What is Battle Trade?

Battle Trade is a trading competition platform where you learn to trade crypto derivatives without risking real money. You compete in 5-minute battles against other traders and AI bots using live market prices on 60+ assets. Your performance builds a verified Trader Score on the Base blockchain.

Is Battle Trade free?

Yes. Battle Trade is free to play with no signup required. You start with $10,000 in paper money and can begin trading in under 60 seconds. No wallet, no credit card, no email needed to start.

How do trading battles work?

Trading battles are timed competitions (typically 5 minutes) where you trade against other players or AI bots using live crypto market prices. You open long or short positions on assets like BTC, ETH, SOL and 60+ others. The trader with the highest return at the end wins. Every trade is logged and contributes to your Trader Score.

What is the Trader Score?

The Trader Score is a composite skill rating built from six dimensions: Performance (25%), Consistency (20%), Risk Management (20%), Behavior (15%), Track Record (10%), and Resilience (10%). It is verified on chain using the Ethereum Attestation Service on Base. Higher scores unlock bigger arenas, higher stakes, and eventually the ability to earn from followers who copy your strategy.

Can I trade with real money on Battle Trade?

Battle Trade starts with paper money so you can learn without risk. The platform is building a progression from paper trading to verified competition to real capital. Top-ranked traders will be able to connect real exchange accounts and have followers copy their verified strategies.

What markets can I trade on Battle Trade?

Battle Trade offers 60+ live crypto markets including BTC, ETH, SOL, DOGE, PEPE, ARB, OP, and many more. All prices come from real-time market feeds. You can go long or short with leverage.

How is Battle Trade different from paper trading on exchanges?

Exchange paper trading (like Binance testnet) has no competition, no stakes, and no progression. Battle Trade adds real opponents, AI bots, ranked competition, a verified Trader Score, and a path from paper to real capital. The competition creates accountability and a verified track record that exchange paper trading cannot provide.

What blockchain does Battle Trade use?

Battle Trade is built on Base, an Ethereum Layer 2 network by Coinbase. Trader Scores are verified on chain using the Ethereum Attestation Service (EAS). The platform uses real-time market price feeds across all 60+ supported markets.

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Battle Formats

Battle Trade has several formats. Each is the same core game (open positions, trade live prices, highest portfolio wins) — they differ in opponent count, length, and what counts toward your Trader Score and rank.

Practice (90s)

Solo round against 3 bots. Default PLAY NOW destination. 90 seconds, $10K starting balance, no entry fee. Counts toward XP and your win-rate but not toward Trader Score (no humans = no skill signal).

Best for: first-ever battle, testing a new strategy, daily streak.

Bot Arena

Pick from a roster of AI fighters and watch them trade for you. Spectator-first format — you’re the picker, not the trader. Same 4-player elimination structure but the agents do the work. /agents is the entry point.

Duels

1v1 head-to-head matches with skill-based matchmaking. Both players ranked by Trader Score, queued, then dropped into a private lobby. Wins shift Elo more than multiplayer because the signal is cleaner. Currently behind matchmaking ramp-up — queue from /duel.

Multiplayer Lobbies (3–8 players)

Public or invite-only. Auto-fires when min players is reached, or the host drops the round manually. Configurable round duration (60s–15min), starting balance, leverage cap, sabotage on/off. Most rounds are 5-minute Standard or 2-minute Blitz.

Tournaments & Brackets

Multi-round elimination. Round 1 plays out, bottom 25% drops, survivors advance. Sponsored events sometimes have prize pools — those are entry-fee-free, sponsor-funded, and skill-only (no purchasable advantage). See Terms §7 — Sponsored Competitions.

Ranked vs Casual

Ranked rounds are paper-only with no power-ups, leveraged at 50x cap, and feed the global Trader Score leaderboard.
Casual / Gamified rounds allow sabotage power-ups (freeze, force liquidate, news drops). Fun but not Trader Score-eligible — they have their own entertainment leaderboard.
Sponsored prize-eligible competitions equalize all power-ups so it’s skill-only regardless of mode.

Round duration cheat sheet

Practice    90s    Solo + 3 bots, PLAY NOW default
Blitz       2min   Fast multiplayer, 4-8 players
Standard    5min   The default multiplayer
Long        15min  Slow-burn strategy, 4-8 players
Duel        3min   1v1 head-to-head

What counts toward what

Format         XP   Streak   Win-rate   Trader Score   Elo
Practice       Y    Y        Y          —              —
Multiplayer    Y    Y        Y          Y              Y
Duel           Y    Y        Y          Y              Y (bigger swing)
Tournament     Y    Y        Y          Y              Y
Sponsored      Y    Y        Y          Y              Y

Detail on the score itself: Trader Score & Rank.

Ranked vs Casual

Ranked rounds are paper-only with no power-ups, leveraged at 50x cap, and feed the global Trader Score leaderboard.

Casual / Gamified rounds allow sabotage power-ups (freeze, force liquidate, news drops). Fun but not Trader Score-eligible — they have their own entertainment leaderboard.

Sponsored prize-eligible competitions equalize all power-ups so it’s skill-only regardless of mode.

Practice 90s Solo + 3 bots, PLAY NOW default Blitz 2min Fast multiplayer, 4-8 players Standard 5min The default multiplayer Long 15min Slow-burn strategy, 4-8 players Duel 3min 1v1 head-to-head

What counts toward what

Format XP Streak Win-rate Trader Score Elo Practice Y Y Y — — Multiplayer Y Y Y Y Y Duel Y Y Y Y Y (bigger swing) Tournament Y Y Y Y Y Sponsored Y Y Y Y Y

Detail on the score itself: Trader Score & Rank.