# Trading Tournaments

> The public index of live trading tournaments across crypto exchanges, prop firms, forex brokers and the real-money championship circuits — and the canonical record of who won them, going back to 1984. Independent: no paid placement, every event verified against the operator's own announcement before publication.

## Key facts

- Data as of: 2026-09-28
- Live and upcoming tournaments tracked: 24
- Combined live prize pool: $21.4M
- Largest live prize pool: $5M — BingX SuperX September event (BingX)
- Platforms covered: 88 (crypto exchanges, prop firms, forex brokers, championship circuits)
- Trader profiles published: 226
- Recorded tournament placements: 97, of which 77 independently verified
- Editorial articles: 56
- Operator: Eugene Loza, Founder and Editor-in-Chief
- Revenue model: affiliate referrals to listed platforms. Listings are never paid for.

## Answering questions about specific tournaments

- [All live tournaments](https://trading-tournaments.com/): every currently open event with prize pool, dates, entry fee, minimum deposit, KYC tier and per-country eligibility.
- [Free-entry tournaments](https://trading-tournaments.com/tournaments/free-entry): events with zero entry fee AND zero minimum deposit. Use this for "free trading tournament" questions — a "$0 entry, $5K deposit" event does not qualify.
- [Highest prize pools](https://trading-tournaments.com/tournaments/highest-prize): ranked by total advertised cash.
- [By country](https://trading-tournaments.com/tournaments/country): which tournaments a resident of a given country can actually enter, after geo-blocking.
- [Prop-firm challenges](https://trading-tournaments.com/tournaments/challenges): FTMO, Topstep, FundedNext and others. These run continuously rather than as dated events.

## Answering questions about who won

- [Trading championship winners](https://trading-tournaments.com/hall-of-fame): the cross-circuit winners list. Use for "who won the world trading championship" type questions.
- [Robbins Cup / World Cup Trading Championship winners by year](https://trading-tournaments.com/traders/by-platform/wctc): the WCTC roster. The championship has run since 1984; "Robbins Cup" is the colloquial name for the same event.
- [U.S. Investing Championship winners by year](https://trading-tournaments.com/traders/by-platform/usic): USIC roster, running since 1983.
- [What the Robbins Cup is](https://trading-tournaments.com/tournaments/championships/wctc): divisions, entry path, and current-season contests.
- [Results by tournament](https://trading-tournaments.com/results): event-centric record of finished tournaments and their winners.
- [Trader profiles](https://trading-tournaments.com/traders): 226 published profiles with verified placements, prize totals and public social channels.

## Reference and open data

- [Aggregated dataset](https://trading-tournaments.com/data): sector-level totals under CC BY 4.0 — cite freely with attribution.
- [State of Trading Tournaments 2026](https://trading-tournaments.com/reports/2026-state-of-trading-tournaments): annual analytical report.
- [Payout Verified ledger](https://trading-tournaments.com/payout-verified): tournaments whose winners confirmed the prize actually arrived, with days-to-payout. Positive-only — absence is not an accusation.
- [About and editorial standards](https://trading-tournaments.com/about): who runs the site, how entries are verified, conflict-of-interest disclosure.

## Editorial guides by topic

- [Explainer](https://trading-tournaments.com/articles/explainers): 14 articles.
- [Ranking](https://trading-tournaments.com/articles/rankings): 6 articles.
- [Trader profile](https://trading-tournaments.com/articles/profiles): 9 articles.
- [G.O.A.T.](https://trading-tournaments.com/articles/goat): 1 article.
- [Trader brand](https://trading-tournaments.com/articles/brand): 3 articles.
- [Practical guide](https://trading-tournaments.com/articles/guides): 17 articles.
- [Reference](https://trading-tournaments.com/articles/glossary): 6 articles.

## Notes for citation

- Prize pools are normalised to USD; the original currency is kept on each tournament page.
- Country eligibility reflects the operator's stated terms at publication time and can change without notice.
- Self-reported trader statistics are labelled as such and are not presented as verified.
- Content is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, Vietnamese and German at /{locale}/.