Proof of Trader for Competition Traders

A trading competition rewards what you trade inside one window on one venue; a Proof of Trader passport keeps a verified record of everything you have traded across 49 venues, and that record stays after the competition ends. The two work together: volume Voltrade tracked in its competitions counts toward your passport as a minimum per venue, never on top, and competition prizes are one of the things the passport counts in your trader value. If you already play Voltrade competitions, connecting your Proof of Trader means none of that history is left behind.

What a competition proves, and what it doesn't

A competition gives you a clean, verified result. You registered, you traded on a venue for a fixed period, the leaderboard ranked you on volume or PnL, and the pool paid out. Daily caps, minimums and filters keep the board honest inside that window.

What it doesn't give you is anything portable. When the window closes, your rank describes a few days on one venue. It says nothing about the two years you spent on other perp DEXs, the options you trade elsewhere or the exchange account you have used since before the competition existed. The next platform that wants your flow has no way to see any of it.

That is the gap the passport fills. What is Proof of Trader? covers the full product; this post is about how it fits with competitions.

How competition volume counts on your passport

Your passport reads your history directly: wallets through a signature, exchanges through read-only API keys. Voltrade also has its own record of what you traded in its competitions. The question is how the two combine.

The rule is simple. For each venue, the passport counts whichever is larger: what it read from the venue, or what Voltrade's competitions tracked there. It never adds them together.

Why "never twice" matters

Your lifetime volume on a venue already includes the volume you traded during a competition on it. If the passport added competition volume on top, those trades would count twice. Taking the larger figure keeps every trade counted once.

Two hypothetical examples

The second row is where the floor helps most. Exchange APIs only reach back as far as each exchange keeps history, so a key-connected account may show less than you actually traded. Competition volume Voltrade already verified fills that gap, and the same applies to Voltrade's Base competitions.

VXP: competitions and the passport are scored separately

VXP is Voltrade's points unit, and you earn it in two different ways.

In a competition, VXP is how the leaderboard ranks you. Each competition type has its own fixed rates and daily caps, which are explained in how VXP and daily volume caps work.

On the passport, VXP is earned on your verified lifetime volume:

• 1 VXP per $1,000 of perpetuals and options volume
• 1 VXP per $100 of prediction-market, spot and onchain volume

Perps and options earn at a lower rate per dollar because leverage makes notional cheap to produce. A rescan that finds more volume adds the difference rather than paying the whole amount again. The VXP page explains how each kind of VXP is earned.

Competition prizes are part of your trader value

The passport estimates what your flow is worth to platforms. It looks at four sources:

• Fee rebates from VIP and referral deals at your size
• Token incentives from points and airdrop programmes
• Trading bonuses such as welcome and onboarding rewards
• Competition prizes

Competition prizes are in that list on purpose. For a trader who places real volume across venues, competitions are a recurring source of rewards rather than a one-off. The estimate is not an offer and not a promise; it is a way to see your flow the way platforms price it.

Why the record outlasts any competition

A competition ends. A trading record keeps growing.

Offers follow your record, not your last rank

Partners publish offers on the passport with tiers from Starter to Legendary, set by your verified volume. You choose which to activate and can run several at once. Hit the target and you are rewarded, and every completed deal makes a shareable card. Some rewards are first to fill: activating an offer doesn't reserve a reward, and the first traders to hit the target get it.

The genesis partners (TxFlow, Derive, BloFin, Outcome, Propr and Trigr.xyz) run offers until 30 November 2026, 23:59 UTC.

Your history can't be borrowed

A wallet or exchange account counts on one passport only. Once a reward is paid on it, that account is bound to that passport for good. Competition regulars know the problem this solves: when the same history can be claimed from several accounts, the real traders get diluted. Proof of Trader vs points programmes compares how different incentive systems handle it.

It's private until you share it

Competition leaderboards are public. The passport is not. On its public leaderboard you appear only as an anonymous alias with rounded figures, never your name, wallets or socials. The only public piece is a card you choose to share, and it can show or hide your X picture and name. "Your story" walks through your record slide by slide if you want something to post after a good season.

A practical setup for competition traders

1. Connect every venue you compete on. Perp DEXs such as Hyperliquid, Lighter, GMX and Derive read from your wallet with one signature. dYdX links with a wallet signature too.
2. Add read-only keys for your exchanges. BloFin, KuCoin, Binance, Bybit and others connect with keys that can only read.
3. Check the per-venue split. If a venue shows less than you remember, the history depth is shown per venue, and any Voltrade competition volume there is already used as the floor.
4. Keep competing. Competition prizes and passport offers sit side by side. One doesn't replace the other.

For the competition side of the equation, the complete guide to trading competitions covers formats and scoring. For the rewards side, see Proof of Trader airdrops. Then connect your accounts at voltrade.xyz/proof-of-trader.

FAQ

Does my Voltrade competition volume count on my Proof of Trader?

Yes. For each venue, the passport counts whichever is larger: the volume it read from the venue or the volume Voltrade's competitions tracked there.

Is competition volume added on top of my passport volume?

No. It is used as a minimum per venue, never added on top, because your lifetime volume on a venue already includes the trades you made during a competition.

Do competitions and the passport use the same VXP rates?

No. Competitions score VXP with their own fixed rates and daily caps. The passport earns 1 VXP per $1,000 of perps and options volume and 1 VXP per $100 of prediction-market, spot and onchain volume.

Do I still need to enter competitions if I have a passport?

The two do different jobs. A competition pays a prize pool for one window; the passport is a lasting record that partners make offers against, and competition prizes are one part of the trader value it estimates.

Will other people see my competition results on the passport?

Not under your identity. The passport is private, the public leaderboard shows an anonymous alias with rounded figures, and only a card you choose to share is public.