Winning
The player with the higher ROI (PnL %) when the duel ends takes the entire pot. Raw PnL doesn’t decide it — ROI does. A player who turns a small position into a big percentage gain beats a player sitting on a larger dollar profit but a smaller percentage return. If ROI is exactly tied, the higher absolute PnL amount breaks it — whoever booked the larger dollar profit takes the pot. If ROI and PnL amount are both identical, there’s no winner: the duel is a draw, and both players are refunded (see Exact draws below). Joining first doesn’t win a tie.Exact draws
A duel is a draw whenever both players finish with the same ROI and the same PnL amount — most often when neither player trades and both sit flat at 0%. A paid duel is then not settled as a win/loss: it’s marked cancelled, and both players are refunded their entry in full — a clean 50-50 split of the pot, with no platform fee.Opponent never joins
Every duel has a 24-hour acceptance window. If nobody accepts the challenge before it closes, the duel is cancelled and the creator is refunded in full. No pot is ever locked up indefinitely.XP
Duels do not award Season XP. XP comes exclusively from competitions — see Earning XP for how that works.Duels settle on-chain, and payouts to winners (or refunds on a draw/cancellation) are gasless — you never pay network fees to collect what you’re owed.
Summary
| Scenario | Outcome |
|---|---|
| Higher ROI at duel end | Winner takes the whole pot |
| ROI tied, PnL amount differs | Higher PnL amount wins |
| ROI and PnL amount both tied (e.g. no trades) | Draw — both refunded 50-50, duel cancelled |
| No opponent joins within 24 hours | Duel cancelled, creator refunded |
| Duel result | No Season XP awarded |
Creating a duel
Set your stake, leverage cap, and time limit before you challenge someone.
Earning XP
See where Season XP actually comes from.