Attention Markets Arena (rules)

How the trading competition works

In a nutshell

Every week, we give away $MON tokens to the best traders. You compete on 4 leaderboards and can win prizes based on your rank. You need to trade at least $100 trading volume to get in the competition

Week 1	Week 2	soon
total: 175,000 $MON • 60k – $ PnL • 30k – % PnL • 25k – Consistency • 60k – Topic Kings	total: 225,000 $MON • 80k – $ PnL • 40k – % PnL • 25k – Consistency • 80k – Topic Kings	...

Skill Leaderboards (3 categories)

1. $PnL

who made the most profit in dollar terms? pure moneymaking

1. %PnL

who made the best percentage return? great for smaller accounts that trade smart

1. Consistency

who trades well, regularly? not just one lucky trade, but steady performance

Each of these pays out to the top 10 traders

Topic Kings

1. Topic Kings - the #1 trader by volume on each of the top 3 markets. If you dominate a hot market, you're the king.

Pays out 3 winners (one per market)

How Much Can You Win?

examples

Rank	Weight (1/r^0.75)	Share	Reward
1	1.000	26.6%	26,599 MON
2	0.595	15.8%	11,862 MON
3	0.439	11.7%	8,751 MON
4	0.354	9.4%	7,053 MON
5	0.299	8.0%	5,966 MON
6	0.261	6.9%	5,204 MON
7	0.232	6.2%	4,635 MON
8	0.210	5.6%	4,194 MON
9	0.192	5.1%	3,839 MON
10	0.178	4.7%	3,547 MON

Topic Kings Prizes

Rank	Weight (1/r^0.75)	Share	Reward
1	1.000	49.2%	12,295 MON
2	0.595	29.2%	7,311 MON
3	0.439	21.6%	5,394 MON

Can You Stack Rewards?

skill leaderboards: you get your best skill reward only

topic kings: yhis one stacks! If you're a topic king AND a skill leaderboard winner, you get both rewards

Reward Curve Formula

For each category, rewards are calculated using an inverse power curve:

$$weight(rank) = 1 / rank^p$$

$$p = 0.75$$

$$reward(rank) = categorybudget * weight(rank) / sum(weight(1..N))$$

Where N is the number of winner slots in that category (10 or 3)

For a given rank r, budget B, and number of winners N:

$$reward(r) = B * (1 / r^{0.75}) / sum(1 / k^{0.75})$$

for k = 1..N

simplified: the reward is the budget multiplied by the rank's weight fraction over the sum of all weights

How Rankings Work

Leaderboards reset every week - fresh start each Monday. If someone above you gets their reward from a different category, you slide up and get a better prize.

FAQ

1. What if I'm on multiple skill leaderboards?

You'll automatically get the highest reward. The system picks the best one for you - no action needed.

1. What if I'm a Topic King AND on a skill leaderboard?

You get both! Topic Kings rewards are bonus rewards on top of your skill leaderboard prize.

1. What's a "Topic King"?

Each week, we look at the 3 most popular markets (by trading volume). The trader with the highest volume in each of those markets is crowned the "king" of that topic. Three markets = three kings.

1. What happens if there are fewer than 10 traders in a category?

The full budget is split among however many traders there are. Fewer competitors = bigger prizes for each!

1. Do I need to sign up?

You need to trade at least $100 trading volume to get in the competition. No signup needed.

1. When do I get paid?

Rewards are calculated after each weekly period ends and distributed in $MON tokens.