Competition Rules
A plain-English explanation of how ClutchTrades competitions work, including the weekly schedule, prize structure and fair play rules.
1. What ClutchTrades competitions are
- Simulated CS2 skin market prediction competitions
- Users receive virtual credits
- Performance is based on simulated buy/sell decisions
- No real CS2 skins are traded
2. Weekly competitions
Start of Week Showdown
- $10 entry
- $300 prize pool
- 48 hours
- Starts Monday 12:00am America/Los_Angeles
Midweek Arena
- $10 entry
- $300 prize pool
- 48 hours
- Starts Wednesday 12:00am America/Los_Angeles
Weekend Warriors
- $15 entry
- $500 prize pool
- 72 hours
- Starts Friday 12:00am America/Los_Angeles
2a. Free Weekend
Free Weekend is a recurring competition that runs every weekend. Entry is free and open to anyone with a ClutchTrades account.
- $0 entry
- 10,000 virtual credits, the same starting balance for every entrant
- Simulated trading only. No real skins are bought, sold or held
- Prize: a $25 Steam gift card for first place
Winner: the entrant with the highest final realised PnL when the round closes.
Eligibility to win: the winner must have closed at least one position and must finish with realised PnL above zero. If no entrant finishes profitable, no gift card is awarded for that weekend.
Tie-break: where two entrants finish on the same realised PnL, the prize goes to whoever reached that value first, by trade timestamp.
Minimum entrants: the 30-entrant requirement in section 7a does not apply to Free Weekend. It runs regardless of entrant numbers.
Prize delivery: the gift card code is emailed to the winner within 7 days of the round closing. Winners have 30 days to claim.
Other prizes: none. The $25 Steam gift card for first place is the only prize on offer for Free Weekend.
3. Competitor Passes
- Monthly Competitor Pass: $100/month
- Annual Competitor Pass: $1,500/year
- Grants access to eligible recurring competitions while active
- Access ends if the subscription lapses or after the current period where cancellation applies
4. Virtual credits
- Every entrant starts with 10,000 virtual credits
- Virtual credits are for simulated competition use only
- No standalone cash value
- Not withdrawable
- Not exchangeable outside competition prize rules
5. Trading mechanics
- Long and short simulated positions
- Positions are opened against the verified aggregate mark price
- The latest verified price snapshots determine the mark price
- No fake or synthetic price data is used for execution
6. Countdown and verified snapshots
- Price updates occur via verified snapshots
- Users see a countdown to the next expected snapshot
- If price data is stale, trading may pause
7. Leaderboard
- Ranked by final realised PnL
- Only profitable traders are shown publicly where applicable
- Your own position may be shown privately
- Final ranking is set after auto-settlement
7a. Minimum Entrants
Each competition requires at least 30 eligible entrants to proceed. If a competition does not meet the minimum, the round may be postponed, rescheduled, cancelled, or rolled into a future competition. Your reserved access or paid entry will remain valid for an eligible future round unless a refund is required or expressly offered.
ClutchTrades does not publicly display live entrant counts.
8. Prize payout structure
Fixed rank payout:
- 1st: 60%
- 2nd: 20%
- 3rd: 10%
- 4th to 10th: split remaining 10% equally
$300 pool (Mon & Wed)
- 1st: $180
- 2nd: $60
- 3rd: $30
- 4th to 10th: about $4.29 each
$500 pool (Fri)
- 1st: $300
- 2nd: $100
- 3rd: $50
- 4th to 10th: about $7.14 each
Eligibility:
- Must be profitable
- Zero or negative PnL receives no prize
- If fewer than 10 profitable entrants, prizes may only be awarded to eligible profitable ranks according to platform rules
Prize pools activate only once the competition proceeds and the minimum entrant requirement is met.
Final prize handling for unallocated ranks should be confirmed in official launch rules.
9. Auto-settlement
- Open positions are automatically settled at competition end
- The final verified snapshot at or before end time is used
- Leaderboard is finalised after settlement
10. Fair play
- No multiple accounts
- No exploiting bugs
- No fraudulent payments
- No bots or scripts
- ClutchTrades may investigate suspicious activity
11. Technical disruptions
- The platform may pause, extend, cancel or resettle if a serious technical error occurs
- Contact support: support@clutchtrades.com