What the Monthly Competition Is
Trade Echo runs a monthly trading competition open to all Discord community members. There are cash prizes for the top finishers and membership rewards for places six through ten. The competition is designed to reward consistent, well-explained trading over the course of a month - not one lucky trade. The scoring system reflects that: the majority of your score comes from how the community evaluates your contributions, not just your raw P&L.
Prize Structure
- 1st place: $4,000
- 2nd place: $3,000
- 3rd place: $1,500
- 4th and 5th place: $750 each
- 6th through 10th place: a 1-month membership plus a swag pack
Prizes are paid to the top ten finishers each month. The same competition runs every month, which means there is a new opportunity to compete regardless of how the previous month went.
Scoring System
Your monthly score is calculated from three components, each weighted differently.
Community Vote: 65%
This is the largest component by a significant margin. Members vote on the quality of your trade alerts and the value of what you share in the community. Votes reflect things like whether your analysis was clear, whether your reasoning was sound, and whether you contributed something useful to other traders. A single high-gain trade with no explanation scores worse here than a month of consistent, well-reasoned posts that help other members learn.
The practical implication: share your reasoning. Post in Trade Analysis when you close a trade, explain what you were looking at, and engage genuinely with other members' breakdowns. That is what earns community votes over the course of a month.
Performance: 25%
Your P&L score is calculated automatically from your bot-validated, closed trades. Only trades with both a BTO (or STO) and a matching STC (or BTC) alert count - open positions are excluded until they are closed. The bot tracks your win rate and P&L across all validated closed trades for the month.
Because this component is 25% of the total rather than the majority, a strong performance record supplements your community standing - it does not replace it. Traders who post big wins but do not share analysis or engage with the community are working with only a quarter of the available score.
Chat Activity: 10%
Constructive engagement in the server's discussion channels contributes to this component. That includes helpful responses to other members' questions, supportive feedback on trade analysis, and substantive participation in Market Talk or the education channels. This is not about posting volume - it is about quality and tone. Respectful, supportive behavior is part of the competition rules, and low-quality posts do not earn meaningful credit here.
How to Enter
There is no separate registration for the competition. Every member who posts validated alerts in the Member Alerts channel is automatically tracked for the month. Your score accumulates as you post trades, share analysis, and engage in the community.
- Post trade alerts in real time using the correct format in the Member Alerts channel. Both the BTO and the matching STC (or the short equivalent) are required for a trade to count toward P&L.
- Share your reasoning in the Trade Analysis channel when you close a position. Explain what you saw, why you entered, and what the outcome was. This is what community votes respond to.
- Engage constructively in Market Talk and the education channels. Thoughtful participation over the full month builds your Chat Activity score gradually.
- Be consistent. A month of steady, well-explained trades outperforms a single lucky hit because 65% of your score reflects what other members think of your contributions over time.
Competition Rules
- All alerts must be posted in real time at entry. Retroactive or backdated posts do not count.
- Only bot-validated alerts count toward performance scoring.
- Only closed trades (with a matching STC or BTC) count toward P&L. Open positions are not scored.
- Community voting reflects member assessment of trade quality and reasoning, not just outcome.
- Respectful, supportive behavior is required. The Chat Activity component rewards constructive engagement, not just frequency.
Using the Leaderboard
The leaderboard is updated as the month progresses and is visible to all members. Checking it weekly gives you a sense of where you stand and which traders are earning strong community votes. Looking at what the top-ranked members are posting in Trade Analysis is one of the most efficient ways to understand what kind of contributions resonate with the community.
If you are new to the competition, focus on the Community Vote component first. Getting comfortable with the alert format and starting to post analysis consistently will build your score more reliably than chasing big P&L numbers. The performance score will follow if your process is sound.
What Winning the Competition Actually Requires
The weighting of the scoring system is intentional. A trader who goes 3-for-3 on large wins but posts no analysis and does not engage with the community will be outscored by a trader who goes 8-for-12, explains every trade in detail, and consistently helps other members in the discussion channels. The competition is designed to surface traders who are both skilled and useful to the community - that combination is what the 65/25/10 split rewards.
The month-to-month structure also means there is no compounding advantage from previous months. Each competition starts fresh, which keeps the field open to newer members who have built strong community standing.
Related: Discord Server Guide - Affiliate Program