AlphaLeague 2026
Competition Rules

AlphaLeague 2026 is a skill-based trading competition operated by Quote.Trade. It includes separate Live and Paper divisions, each with its own starting-capital requirements, cash-prize pool, and strategy-capital review.

• Entry into one division does not create eligibility for the other division.
• Cash-prize ranking and strategy-capital selection are separate decisions.
• Registration remains open throughout the competition period, so a participant may join after competition trading begins.
• Participation, a leaderboard position, or a cash prize does not guarantee a strategy-capital allocation.
• Automated strategies, bots, APIs, and AI agents are permitted, subject to the same rules as manual traders.

To enter or receive a prize, a participant must satisfy all requirements that apply to their division and account.

• Only one prize-eligible account per person or beneficial owner is allowed in each division.
• Participants must meet applicable identity, legal-age, sanctions, jurisdiction, and account-status checks.
• Participants must not be located in, ordinarily resident in, or acting for a person in a jurisdiction where participation would be unlawful or prohibited by Quote.Trade.
• The account must remain open and in good standing through final audit and prize verification.
• Any identity or beneficial-ownership information supplied to Quote.Trade must be accurate and complete.
• Paper participation does not imply eligibility for Live leveraged trading or any other Live product.

Quote.Trade may request reasonable information needed to verify eligibility, beneficial ownership, compliance, or competition integrity before confirming a prize.

All dates and times are stated in UTC. Registration remains open until the competition ends, and a participant may join at any time before that deadline. Only eligible activity recorded after that participant's entry is activated and starting-capital baseline is locked counts. Late entrants receive no time or score adjustment, but all participants are ranked on the same audited net percentage-return basis. The live leaderboard may continue to display provisional data while the final audit is underway.

Live starting competition capital is recorded at entry and used as the participant's locked scoring baseline. Paper balances are simulated, have no cash value, and cannot be withdrawn.

The primary ranking metric is audited net percentage return on locked starting competition capital. Quote.Trade calculates eligible ending equity after excluding deposits, withdrawals, credits, transfers, or other non-trading adjustments that would distort trading performance.

• Leaderboard figures are indicative until the final audit is complete.
• Quote.Trade may correct pricing, position, equity, or return data affected by error, reversal, invalid activity, or a technical incident.
• If audited returns are equal at displayed precision, unrounded return ranks first; if still tied, higher eligible net profit ranks first; if still tied, the participant who first reached the final result ranks first.
• Minimum activity requirements may apply if published by Quote.Trade before the competition begins.

• Only markets designated by Quote.Trade as approved competition markets count toward AlphaLeague.
• A participant may trade manually or through the Quote.Trade app, API, bot, or AI-agent interfaces available to that account.
• Use of automation does not reduce the participant's responsibility for orders, risk controls, credentials, or compliance.
• Trades outside approved markets, outside the competition period, or in an ineligible account are excluded.
• Normal platform execution, margin, liquidation, risk, market-availability, and account rules continue to apply.

The approved market list and any minimum activity requirement shown in the trading interface or official competition notice form part of these rules.

Quote.Trade may review account, order, execution, position, transfer, device, and related integrity data to validate results. Prohibited conduct includes:

• wash trading, self-dealing, coordinated manipulation, artificial activity, or transactions lacking a bona fide trading purpose;
• using multiple accounts, nominees, related parties, or undisclosed beneficial owners to obtain an unfair advantage or additional prize eligibility;
• exploiting a bug, stale or erroneous price, system fault, latency condition, or unintended platform behavior;
• attempting to interfere with the platform, leaderboard, another participant, or the audit process;
• providing false, misleading, incomplete, or inconsistent eligibility information; or
• violating applicable law, these rules, or the Quote.Trade platform terms.

Quote.Trade may exclude affected trades, correct results, suspend eligibility, or disqualify a participant when reasonably necessary to protect competition integrity. Final standings are confirmed only after audit and verification.

• Cash prizes are denominated and paid in USDC after final audit and successful winner verification.
• A potential winner who cannot complete required verification, is ineligible, or is disqualified forfeits the prize; Quote.Trade may award it to the next eligible participant.
• Winners are responsible for any taxes, reporting, wallet compatibility, and lawful receipt obligations that apply to them.
• Quote.Trade will communicate the claim and payment process through the participant's verified account contact method.

Strategy capital is a separate, discretionary opportunity—not a prize. Quote.Trade may consider an eligible, validated strategy for up to $50,000 in the Live division or up to $25,000 in the Paper division.

• Cash ranking does not guarantee selection, capital, a profit share, a fee, revenue, or any other commercial arrangement.
• Paper strategies are considered only after Live-execution, capacity, identity, jurisdiction, and risk validation.
• Any allocated capital remains in a Quote.Trade-owned and controlled account. The participant does not receive custody, withdrawal rights, or control of that capital.
• Quote.Trade may independently follow completed strategy activity or normalized target positions without receiving advance order intent.
• Quote.Trade retains independent execution and risk discretion and may skip, delay, resize, hedge, close, or decline any strategy trade.
• Any allocation, compensation, duration, limits, termination rights, and operational requirements must be set out in a separate written agreement.
• Quote.Trade may select no strategy, one strategy, or multiple strategies and may offer less than the stated maximum.

Trading risk

Live trading involves substantial risk, including loss of collateral and liquidation. Paper results are hypothetical, may not reflect Live execution or capacity, and do not predict future results. Nothing in AlphaLeague is investment, financial, legal, or tax advice.

Operational changes

Quote.Trade may postpone, suspend, modify, or cancel a division when reasonably required by legal or regulatory constraints, market disruption, security or technical incidents, platform availability, force majeure, insufficient eligible participation, or competition-integrity concerns. Quote.Trade may also correct obvious errors and publish clarifications consistent with the competition's intended operation.

Material schedule or rule changes will be published on the AlphaLeague page or through an official Quote.Trade communication. Changes after the competition begins will be limited to those reasonably necessary for lawful, secure, fair, or technically sound operation.

• The Quote.Trade Terms of Service ↗ apply alongside these rules.
• Account and eligibility information is handled under the policies applicable to the participant's Quote.Trade account and as required by law.
• To the extent permitted by applicable law, Quote.Trade's good-faith decisions on eligibility, scoring, audit, prohibited conduct, prizes, and competition operation are final.
• If any provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue to apply.