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Ranked lists of trading tournaments and traders — biggest prizes, top competitors, most prestigious championships, updated as the field shifts.
Top 10 highest-prize trading tournaments of all time
The largest cash prize pools ever announced for trading tournaments — Bybit's $10M WSOT, Binance's $10M Traders League, MEXC's $10M-plus-Ferrari, BingX's $9.8M anniversary, and the Phemex BTC-denominated arena, ranked and explained.
Top paper-trading tournaments worth entering
TradingView's The Leap is the best-organized free paper-trading contest, with multiple variants spanning crypto, US equities, futures, and Abu Dhabi equities — most with $100K virtual starting capital and real-cash prizes. Here's how the major paper events compare.
Top prop firms by payout track record
A prop firm's most important credential is documented payout history. FTMO has paid out $450M+ over a decade; Apex Trader Funding $378M+ since 2022 with a $2.55M single-day record; FundedNext $158M+ since 2022. Here's how the major firms compare on what actually matters — paying traders.
