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| Detail |  World Cup Trading Championships |  Size.club |  The5ers Trading Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry | Paid entry | Paid entry | Free entry |
| Entry cost | Entry fee per division, plus a minimum starting balance in your own account: $500 for monthly divisions, up to $10,000 for World Cup Futures | Paid entry per attempt. Funded challenges cost $15, $55, $149, $449, $849 or $1,499 by account tier. Cash challenge entries are chosen in the app; the website does not publish the minimum or maximum. Free practice has no prize. | Free |
| Account | Real money | Simulated | Simulated |
| Account details | Your own real-money futures or forex account, held with its partner broker | A 15-minute browser game with a simulated balance on live prices: five 3-minute stages, you against nine skill-rated bots, with one competitor cut at the end of each stage. Funded prize tiers: Bronze $1,000 / $15 entry / 65% share; Silver $5,000 / $55 / 70%; Gold $10,000 / $149 / 75%; Emerald $50,000 / $449 / 80%; Diamond $100,000 / $849 / 85%; Ruby $200,000 / $1,499 / 90%. Funded accounts trade simulated perpetual futures on crypto, equities, commodities and indices. Charts by TradingView. | Forex demo account |
| Markets | Futures, Forex | Perpetuals, Crypto, Stocks, Commodities, Equity indices | Forex |
| Prize type | Trophies or merch | Cash, Prop account | Cash, Prop account, Platform credits, Trophies or merch |
| Operator’s cut | Not applicable (no prize pool) | Not a pooled prize. Entry fees are kept by the operator as service fees, and rewards are paid from the operator's own assets. | None (free entry) |
| Who gets paid | Top finishers per division | In the standard solo format, only the player who finishes first against the nine bots with a positive final score and meets the winning conditions wins. | Top 100 each week |
| How rewards are earned | Net return over the contest period | Score is built from simulated trading P&L plus boosts and rewards. The lowest-ranked competitor is eliminated at each stage end. The terms say results are measured against the platform's evaluation engine on the same market data, and the full scoring method is not published. | Leaderboard position. Recent contests ran for 6 days. |
| Drawdown rules | Your own account; losses are real | Game: position and leverage limits are shown per game. Funded account: daily loss limit of 5%, 4% or 3% by tier, based on equity at 00:00 UTC; total loss limit of 10%, 8% or 6%, trailing from the highest recorded equity and capped at the starting balance. Both include open P&L, and hitting either ends the account. | Not confirmed |
| Trading rules | Any strategy. Futures and forex divisions. | One account per person. Play your own games; automation, scripts, account sharing, self-referral and bug exploits are prohibited. Tied scores use an order fixed before the game. Forfeiting a paid game loses the entry; a cash game voided for a platform issue is refunded. Funded payouts need all positions on that account closed. | Not confirmed. |
| Who can enter | Not confirmed. | 18+. Not available to US citizens or permanent residents wherever they live, anyone in the US, the UK or Ontario, Canada, or residents of the listed sanctioned countries, including Russia, Belarus, Iran, Cuba and North Korea. | Not confirmed. |
| KYC | Broker account opening | The terms say Size does not undertake KYC or sanctions screening, but may request information or verification at its discretion. | Not confirmed |
| Prize withdrawal | Not applicable (trophies, no cash prize) | Wallet deposits are USDC on the HyperEVM network only. Prizes and funded payouts go to the Size wallet by smart contract. Wallet withdrawals cost $1, plus any bridge or provider fees. | Not confirmed |
| Operator | WorldCupChampionships.com | Trench Labs Group Ltd | The5ers (prop firm) |
| Based in | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Sources | Homepage, 2026 entry page. Checked 10 Oct 2026. | Homepage and FAQ (7 November 2026), Funded challenge tiers, entry prices, profit shares and loss limits (7 November 2026), Cash challenges: paid entry and up to 100x multiplier (7 November 2026), Game rules: 15-minute format, bot opponents, eliminations and winning conditions, Opponents and markets, Entry and cash prizes, Funded account drawdown rules, Funded profit split and payouts, Wallet balance, withdrawals and fees, Fair play and access, Official FAQ, Terms of Service PDF: operator, eligibility, KYC stance, fees and payouts (last updated 16 October 2026), Restricted jurisdictions PDF (last updated 11 August 2026). Checked 7 Nov 2026. | The5ers trading competition page. Checked 10 Oct 2026. |
| Visit | Visit World Cup | Visit Size | Visit The5ers |