Futures Champions K.O. | Season 1
Q: What is the Futures Champions K.O. | Season 1?
A: The Flipster New Year Global Trading Competition is an event where traders compete for the highest trading volume and best P&L performance to win their share of 350K USDT rewards.
Q: When is the event registration period?
A: The registration starts from December 29, 2025 at 07:00 UTC until January 5, 2026 at 00:00 UTC.
Q: What is the event period?
A: The Futures Champions K.O. | Season 1 starts from December 31, 2025 at 00:00 UTC until January 5, 2026 at 00:00 UTC.
Q: How to participate?
A: To participate in the Futures Champions K.O. | Season 1, participants must meet the following requirements:
- Complete identity verification on your Flipster account
- Participants need to register on the Trading Competition page using this link.
- To be eligible for rewards, Participants will be required to contribute trade volume on any perpetual pair or spot trading.
- Note: Only the portion of trading fees paid with user capital (not Flipster bonus) will count towards trading volume calculations.
- Please refer to the Bonus Explained article for more information
- The minimum trading volume is 30,000 USDT to be eligible for rewards
Q: When will the rewards be distributed?
A: Rewards will be distributed by January 12, 2026 at 23:59 UTC directly into your Flipster account.
Q: Who is eligible to receive the rewards?
A: The traders based on trading volume in perpetual swaps & spots, will be eligible to receive rewards and ONLY the top 200 ranked users in terms of P&L will be eligible for the P&L reward.
Note: Only trades made after successful registration and identity verification will be considered.
Q: How are rewards calculated?
A: Rewards depend on the total community trading volume of all participants. As more users trade, higher reward tiers are unlocked, with the prize pool starting at 10,000 USDT and increasing up to a maximum of 350,000 USDT.
Reward Pool Tiers Based on Trade volume contributed by all participants:
| Tier | Total Trading Volume | Total Reward |
| Tier 0 | Starting Pool | 10,000 |
| Tier 1 | 500,000,000 | 30,000 |
| Tier 2 | 700,000,000 | 42,000 |
| Tier 3 | 1,000,000,000 | 55,000 |
| Tier 4 | 1,500,000,000 | 75,000 |
| Tier 5 | 2,000,000,000 | 100,000 |
| Tier 6 | 2,500,000,000 | 125,000 |
| Tier 7 | 3,000,000,000 | 150,000 |
| Tier 8 | 4,000,000,000 | 180,000 |
| Tier 9 | 5,000,000,000 | 225,000 |
| Tier 10 | 7,000,000,000 | 350,000 |
The total reward pool will be split between a trade volume competition (70%) and a P&L competition (30%)
Trading Volume reward tiers:
| Tier | Total Trading Volume | Total Reward |
| Tier 0 | Starting Pool | 7,000 |
| Tier 1 | 500,000,000 | 21,000 |
| Tier 2 | 700,000,000 | 29,400 |
| Tier 3 | 1,000,000,000 | 38,500 |
| Tier 4 | 1,500,000,000 | 52,500 |
| Tier 5 | 2,000,000,000 | 70,000 |
| Tier 6 | 2,500,000,000 | 87,500 |
| Tier 7 | 3,000,000,000 | 105,000 |
| Tier 8 | 4,000,000,000 | 126,000 |
| Tier 9 | 5,000,000,000 | 157,000 |
| Tier 10 | 7,000,000,000 | 245,000 |
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Trading Volume rewards will be distributed to eligible participants based on the following calculation during the event period:
- (Eligible user total trade Volume / Total eligible user trade volume) * Corresponding prize pool amount based on tier.
P&L reward pool tiers:
| Tier | Total Trading Volume | Total Reward |
| Tier 0 | Starting Pool | 3,000 |
| Tier 1 | 500,000,000 | 9,000 |
| Tier 2 | 700,000,000 | 12,600 |
| Tier 3 | 1,000,000,000 | 16,500 |
| Tier 4 | 1,500,000,000 | 22,500 |
| Tier 5 | 2,000,000,000 | 30,000 |
| Tier 6 | 2,500,000,000 | 37,500 |
| Tier 7 | 3,000,000,000 | 45,000 |
| Tier 8 | 4,000,000,000 | 54,000 |
| Tier 9 | 5,000,000,000 | 67,500 |
| Tier 10 | 7,000,000,000 | 105,000 |
P&L leaderboard rewards:
| Rank | Winners | % per person |
| 1st | 1 | 20.00% |
| 2nd | 1 | 15.00% |
| 3rd | 1 | 10.00% |
| 4th | 1 | 7.00% |
| 5th | 1 | 5.00% |
| 6th-10th | 5 | 2.00% |
| 11th-20th | 10 | 1.30% |
| 21st–40th | 20 | 0.50% |
| 41st–200th | 160 | 0.06% |
- Only the top 200 ranked users in terms of P&L will be eligible for the P&L reward
- P&L is calculated as the change in account value, excluding deposits and withdrawals (i.e., includes both realized and unrealized P&L)
- P&L will be measured based on the absolute value and not the percentage.
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P&L ranked rewards will be calculated as follows:
- (% per person * Corresponding prize pool amount based on tier)
- The % person indicates the minimum guaranteed amount of the reward pool each winner will receive
Q: Who can I contact if I do not receive my rewards after the distribution period?
A: Kindly submit a service request form or reach out to us via Live Chat support for more information.