Rules of the game

How a table is played

1. The account

You play with a dedicated account on your exchange (we recommend a sub-account) and a read-only API key. If the key can trade, withdraw or transfer, it is rejected. One exchange account belongs to one player; one person has one Tradeker account.

2. Taking a seat

Each table has a buy-in, a number of seats, a duration (or an ROI target), minimum and maximum capital, markets (spot, futures) and a list of allowed pairs. You pay the buy-in in USDT and you’re seated. You have 30 minutes to pay a reservation; otherwise the seat is released.

3. The start

Sit & go tables start when full; scheduled ones at their time (with the minimum players). At that moment we take the initial snapshot of each account. To start you must meet: capital between the table minimum and maximum, at least 98% in stablecoins (USDT, USDC, FDUSD, DAI), no open positions and no open orders. Whoever doesn’t comply doesn’t start and the buy-in is refunded manually.

4. During the table

You trade from your exchange as usual, only in the allowed pairs and markets. We measure your equity every minute (spot balance valued at the exchange’s own price + futures wallet + unrealized PnL). ROI = current equity / initial equity − 1.

Forbidden: deposits, withdrawals and transfers to or from the account during the table. They are detected via API and disqualify automatically; the buy-in is not refunded. Trading a pair outside the list raises an alert (or disqualifies, depending on the table).

Hedging between players (mirror trades between two accounts at the same table) puts both payouts on hold pending review. Multi-accounting is grounds for a ban.

5. The close

When time is up we take the final snapshot and rank by ROI (tiebreak: lower max drawdown, then earlier registration). In target tables, the first to reach the target ROI and hold it on a re-read one minute later wins; there is a maximum safety duration.

To get paid you must have made at least one trade during the table; otherwise the prize passes to the next player.

6. The pot

Net pot = buy-in × players who started × (1 − table rake). It is split according to each table’s prize table (winner takes all, 50/30/20, etc.).

7. Payouts

Prizes and refunds are paid manually in USDT over the Tron network (TRC20) to the address in your profile, normally within 24 hours. We email you the txid. If you haven’t set an address, the payout waits until you do. Tradeker never holds your funds and cannot move anything on your exchange.

8. Spectator mode

Anyone can watch live tables: nicknames, ROI and normalized curves. While a table is live, no amounts or traded symbols are shown; when it ends, the pairs each player traded are published.

9. Technical issues

If your key stops responding we keep the last valid read and let you know. If the engine misses the close, the table settles with the first read afterwards and it is logged. Admin decisions on alerts are audited.