Rules
Eligibility
- A wallet address you trade with on Arcus (0x…)
- Whitelisted on ArcusNot whitelisted? Get whitelisted on Arcus; we re-check automatically.
- No open positionsYour start is confirmed when we observe no open positions after the competition starts. Resting orders are allowed.
- Registered while registration is openBefore .
How scoring works
Account and start time
Only perpetual futures on subaccount 0 count. Your start time is the first observed moment after registration and the competition start when your wallet is whitelisted and has no open positions. Activity before your start does not count.
We track your Arcus perpetuals account on subaccount 0, not the token balance in your connected wallet. Perps equity is Arcus account equity minus the value of spot holdings, including unrealized profit or loss on perpetual positions. Fees and funding payments are reflected in equity.
Sending tokens to your wallet does not affect scoring unless the funds enter your Arcus account. Deposits into the Arcus account are capital, not trading profit, and can change the ROI denominator. Spot price changes are excluded from perps PnL; moving funds between spot holdings and the perps balance is adjusted as a capital transfer.
Community Open: ROI
- B
- Measured account equity when your clock starts
- D
- Total deposits after your start
- W
- Total withdrawals after your start
- E
- Closing equity from the final account snapshot
ROI = Profit ÷ max(B + D, $50) × 100%
Deposits and withdrawals do not create trading profit. Every deposit increases the ROI divisor; withdrawals never reduce it. The divisor has a $50 floor.
Example
Start with $10,000, make $1,000, withdraw $9,500, deposit $1,000 and finish with $2,500.
Profit = $2,500 − $10,000 − $1,000 + $9,500 = $1,000
ROI = $1,000 ÷ $11,000 × 100% = 9.1%
Community Open: taker volume
Taker volume is the USD notional of perpetual fills executed as a taker after your start and through the competition deadline. Liquidation fills count as taker volume. Maker volume does not count toward this leaderboard or the prize eligibility floor.
Community Open: prize eligibility
Prizes require at least $500 in taker volume and $50 in committed capital. Trading losses do not reduce committed capital. Once a wallet has qualified on capital, a withdrawal that takes it below the floor makes it ineligible for the rest of the competition, even if it deposits again.
Eligible wallets rank first on both community leaderboards. Other wallets appear below the “Not currently eligible” divider and receive no prizes. One eligible community wallet may win on both leaderboards.
Creator Cup: ROI
The first-place creator receives $10,000. Creators are ranked by ROI using their measured starting equity, even if it differs from the intended $1,000 funding.
ROI = Profit ÷ (B + D) × 100%
Withdrawals are not added back to Creator Cup profit. Any real USDG withdrawal from the creator’s start until is grounds for disqualification after admin review. Spot buys and unexplained balance debits do not count as withdrawals for this rule.
Tiebreaks
- ROI: higher taker volume, then earlier registration.
- Taker volume: higher ROI, then earlier registration.
Community Open uses wallet address as the final deterministic tiebreak. Creator Cup ranks by ROI, then taker volume, then registration time.
Open positions and final results
You do not need to close your positions. Unrealized profit or loss on open positions is included in account equity using Arcus’s reported mark prices. Closing equity comes from the final account snapshot, which may be collected after the competition deadline. Final results are reviewed by Arcus.
For platform details, see the official Arcus documentation, including fees and mark prices.
Updates and time zones
Community leaderboards update hourly; Creator Cup updates every 2 minutes. Each publication shows its scheduled slot time. All times are displayed in your browser’s time zone.
Prizes
$20,000 total · Prizes are paid by Arcus after the results review.
Taker volume · $5,000
| Rank | Prize |
|---|---|
| $1,400 | |
| $950 | |
| $650 | |
| 4th–5th | $400 each |
| 6th–10th | $240 each |
| Total | $5,000 |
Community Open ROI · $5,000
| Rank | Prize |
|---|---|
| $3,000 | |
| $1,000 | |
| $500 | |
| 4th–5th | $250 each |
| Total | $5,000 |
Creator Cup · $10,000
| Rank | Prize |
|---|---|
| $10,000 | |
| Total | $10,000 |
Schedule
Times are shown in your own time zone.
- Registration opens
- Live · clocks can start
- Late registration closes
- Ends · review by Arcus begins
- PayoutPrizes are paid by Arcus after the results review.
Conduct
- No wash trading, self-matching or coordinated trading between accounts. Only subaccount 0 counts.
- One wallet per person in each competition. A creator may enter Community Open with a separate wallet and use the same verified X account for both entries. A single wallet cannot enter both competitions.
- Arcus may disqualify at its discretion and Arcus's determinations on volume, rankings and results are final.
- Prizes are paid by Arcus after the results review. Arcus pays winning registered wallets. No sign-in or claim is required. Prizes cannot be assigned to third parties.
FAQ
Do I need to connect a wallet or sign anything?
What if I have open positions when I register?
Do I need a referral code or previous trading activity?
Can I win on both Community Open leaderboards?
Why did a deposit lower my ROI?
Does withdrawing make me ineligible?
Do I need to close my positions at the end?
Does trading after the end count?
Can I enter both competitions?
How and when are prizes paid?
Terms
Unofficial dashboard; prizes under Arcus's competition rules.
- Who runs this. This is an unofficial community dashboard for Arcus Festival of Longs. Prizes are distributed by Arcus under the competition rules.
- Eligibility. You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority where you live, and not a resident of, or located in, a jurisdiction where participating in this competition or trading on Arcus is prohibited, nor a person on any sanctions list. You are responsible for complying with your local laws.
- One account per person. One wallet per person in each competition. Creator Cup and Community Open entries must use separate wallets; the same verified X account may be used for both. Subaccounts other than subaccount 0, and accounts run for or by someone else, are ineligible.
- Disqualified trades. Wash trading, self-trading, spoofing, layering, artificial volume inflation and any attributes of market manipulation count toward nothing and may lead to removal from the leaderboards. Arcus may disqualify at its discretion.
- Determinations. Arcus's determinations on volume, rankings and results are final. Rewards are subject to post-competition review.
- Payment. Prizes are paid by Arcus to winning registered wallets after the results review. No sign-in or claim is required. Prizes cannot be assigned to third parties.
- Taxes and costs. Recipients bear any taxes and transfer costs that apply to their prize.
- No liability. We are not liable for wrong wallet addresses, venue outages, API lag or errors, or losses incurred trading.
- Changes. A change during the competition is announced on this page and on X.
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