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| Detail |  World Cup Trading Championships |  Tralent |  Size.club |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry | Paid entry | Paid entry | Paid 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 | $20 to $500, depending on market and tournament length | 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. |
| Account | Real money | Simulated | Simulated |
| Account details | Your own real-money futures or forex account, held with its partner broker | Simulated trading. Tournaments last 1 hour, 4 hours, 1 day or 1 week. | 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. |
| Markets | Futures, Forex | Forex, US stocks | Perpetuals, Crypto, Stocks, Commodities, Equity indices |
| Prize type | Trophies or merch | Cash | Cash, Prop account |
| Operator’s cut | Not applicable (no prize pool) | 17% or 20% of entry fees (Tralent’s pages conflict) | Not a pooled prize. Entry fees are kept by the operator as service fees, and rewards are paid from the operator's own assets. |
| Who gets paid | Top finishers per division | Top 30% of entrants | 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. |
| How rewards are earned | Net return over the contest period | Percentage P&L, with the same position size allowance for every entrant | 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. |
| Drawdown rules | Your own account; losses are real | Not stated | 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. |
| Trading rules | Any strategy. Futures and forex divisions. | Same position size allowance for every entrant. Free practice tournaments pay no money. | 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. |
| Who can enter | Not confirmed. | Must be 18+. Not open to residents of FATF-listed countries, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Sudan, Syria or Venezuela. | 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. |
| KYC | Broker account opening | Veriff identity check before withdrawal | The terms say Size does not undertake KYC or sanctions screening, but may request information or verification at its discretion. |
| Prize withdrawal | Not applicable (trophies, no cash prize) | Bank wire (minimum $50) or USDT (5 USDT fee), up to 5 business days | 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. |
| Operator | WorldCupChampionships.com | Tralent Online Gaming Services Co. LLC | Trench Labs Group Ltd |
| Based in | Not confirmed | Dubai, UAE | Not confirmed |
| Sources | Homepage, 2026 entry page. Checked 10 Oct 2026. | Platform terms, Website terms, How it works. 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. |
| Visit | Visit World Cup | Visit Tralent | Visit Size |