First Futures Trade Promotion
From 2 to 30 June 2025, VALR is rewarding eligible participants who place their first-ever Futures trade on the platform. Simply place a trade of $20 or more during the promotion period, and you could receive a Mystery Gift - ranging from Futures trading fee discounts to crypto rewards worth up to 200 USDT.
It’s our way of helping you explore VALR’s secure, transparent Futures platform with confidence.
How to Participate
Getting started is easy:
Log in or sign up at valr.com/signup
Verify your account to VALR’s fully verified (KYC 2) level
Place your first-ever Futures trade of at least $20 on any trading pair during the promotion period
That’s it - you’ll be eligible to receive a Mystery Gift, distributed during one of the weekly reward cycles.
Futures Trading Support Guides
What You Can Earn
Your Mystery Gift may include:
Futures trading fee discounts, or
Cryptocurrency rewards valued up to 200 USDT
Total crypto reward pool: $4,000
Mystery Gifts will be randomly distributed to eligible participants each week throughout the promotion (a participant may only receive one Mystery Gift).
Weekly Reward Cycles
| Week | Dates (UTC) |
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| Week 1 | 2 – 8 June 2025 |
| Week 2 | 9 – 15 June 2025 |
| Week 3 | 16 – 22 June 2025 |
| Week 4 | 23 – 30 June 2025 |
Crypto rewards will be credited within 7 South African business days after each cycle ends.
Futures trading fee discounts will be applied within 7 days after the promotion ends and will remain active through 30 June 2025.
Important Notes
This promotion is open to new and existing VALR customers who have never traded Futures on VALR before.
Only your first Futures trade during the promotion period qualifies.
Rewards are determined at VALR’s sole discretion and may differ between participants.
Futures fee discounts are capped at 100 USDT per person.
A participant may only receive one Mystery Gift.
Rewards are subject to the promotion’s terms and conditions below.
FAQS
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To get started, sign up or log in to your VALR account at valr.com, then create a Futures sub-account from your dashboard. Fund your subaccount by transferring crypto (such as USDT) from your main VALR wallet. Once funded, enable Futures trading by accepting the terms and conditions. You can then place your first Futures trade of $20 or more on any available trading pair. For a full walkthrough, watch our step-by-step tutorial: How to make your first Futures trade on VALR.
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Any fully verified VALR customer (new or existing) who has never traded Futures on VALR before and completes a first Futures trade worth at least $20 between 2 and 30 June 2025.
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Your Mystery Gift may include Futures trading fee discounts or crypto rewards randomly determined and worth up to 200 USDT.
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No. Each eligible participant may receive only one Mystery Gift for their first qualifying Futures trade.
Promotion Ts & Cs (“Rules”):
This promotional campaign (“Promotion”) is run by VALR Pty Ltd (“VALR”).
This Promotion may be used in conjunction with any other competition or promotion run by VALR, except where the terms of such other competition or promotion prohibits or excludes winning in this current Promotion.
The Promotion period (“Promotion Period”) begins at 00:00 am UTC, June 2nd 2025 and ends at 23:59 pm UTC, June 30th 2025 (“closing date”).
Winners will be announced within 7 South African business days after each round.
Rewards will be distributed in whole or in part to qualifying Participants within 7 South African business days after each round.
This Promotion is available to both new or existing customers on VALR who have fully-verified their account and who have never made a Futures trade.
There is no need to register for this Promotion.
VALR reserves the right to make a determination on the rewards and reward winner(s) in its sole and absolute discretion.
Rewards are not guaranteed, may differ per Participant and could amount to zero.
Winners of Mystery Gifts will see rewards automatically credited into their account or via email within 7 days after each round or when the promotion has ended, with the winners user alias displayed on the designated web page. Winners may also be highlighted in marketing emails such as newsletters and on VALR’s social media pages.
Any awarded Futures Trading Fee Discounts will apply from the start of the next Weekly Reward Cycle and remain valid until the end of the Promotion Period.
Mystery gifts shall be decided at random by VALR in its sole and absolute discretion. VALR makes no representations or warranties regarding the mystery gift, including but not limited to its fitness for a particular purpose or customer.
Eligibility
The Promotion is available to both new and existing fully-verified VALR customers who have never traded Futures on VALR.
How to enter:
Sign up with VALR: https://www.valr.com/signup
Complete KYC 2 (Fully- verified status) on VALR
Make a first Futures trade worth at least $20 on any trading pair during the Promotion Period.
Rewards Specifics
Mystery Gift rewards range from Futures Trading Fee Discounts (“Futures Trading Fee Discounts”) to up to $200 in USDT.
Mystery Gift Rewards containing crypto currencies will be distributed within 7 South African business days after each weekly reward cycle.
The Futures Trading Fee Discounts are subject to a maximum rebate cap of 100 USDT per person and will be credited within 7 days after the Promotion Period ends.
Participants who receive a Futures Trading Fee Discount reward will have all eligible Futures Trades on any trading pairs on VALR discounted until the end of the Promotion Period subject to the cap outlined above.
The total rewards pool for rewards containing crypto currencies is capped at $4,000 for this Promotion.
VALR reserves the right to make a determination on the rewards and reward winner(s) in its sole and absolute discretion.
Rewards may differ per Participant.
Mystery gifts shall be decided at random by VALR in its sole and absolute discretion. VALR makes no representations or warranties regarding the mystery gift, including but not limited to its fitness for a particular purpose or customer.
Personal information:
Any personal information provided to VALR by a Participant for purposes of this Promotion will be treated in accordance with VALR’s Privacy Policy.
The nitty gritty:
1. The Promotion is open to all VALR customers, excluding VALR’s directors, partners, employees, contractors, agents, consultants and their immediate families, any designated market makers and any persons resident in VALR’s list of prohibited countries.
2. Participation by all Participants constitutes acceptance of these Rules, VALR’s Terms of Service, VALR’s Futures Terms of Service and Risk Disclosures. By entering the Promotion, you represent and warrant that you meet the eligibility criteria and you agree to accept that VALR may make decisions relating to this Promotion in its sole and absolute discretion and further that any decision made by VALR in terms of these Rules and the Promotion as final and binding including but not limited to any decisions regarding rewards, the reward pool and reward payouts. Any Participants found violating this clause will be removed from the Promotion and VALR may freeze or block such Participant's VALR account.
3. For the purposes of this Promotion, each day will be considered to run from 00:00 - 23:59 UTC.
4. VALR reserves the right at any time in its sole and absolute discretion to determine and/or amend or vary the Rules and the Promotion without prior notice, including but not limited to cancelling, extending, terminating or suspending the Promotion, the Rules, the rewards, the reward parameters, the reward pool, the eligibility terms and criteria, the selection and/or number of rewards or winners.
5. VALR reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to disqualify any Participants from participating in the Promotion and claiming rewards or disqualifying specific trades:
5.1. Where VALR finds the Participant to be party to any anticipated, suspected or actual:
Fraud;
Inappropriate, dishonest or abusive activities;
Use of fake or fraudulent accounts;
Manipulation or violation of these Rules, or
Market manipulation, self-dealing, wash trading or illegally bulk registered accounts; or
5.2. For any other reason as determined by VALR.
6. If you are selected as a reward winner, you agree and consent to VALR publishing your name, your VALR reference number / tag and/or social media handle on VALR’s social media pages, and VALR may make media announcements, publications of names, photographs of any reward winner(s), provided that any reward winner(s) may expressly elect to decline this.
7. VALR will announce on its social media pages when the Promotion has ended. No further rewards will be awarded once VALR has made such an announcement. The Participant should visit VALR’s social media pages regularly for updates.
8. These Rules will be governed and interpreted in accordance with South African law and any disputes arising from the Promotion will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of South Africa.
Disclosure:
Trading or investing in crypto assets is risky and may result in the loss of capital as the value may fluctuate.
VALR (Pty) Ltd is a licensed financial services provider (FSP #53308).
Futures trading is provided by VALR DAM Pty Ltd as a Juristic Representative of CAEP Asset Managers Pty Ltd (FSP #: 33933) an authorised financial services provider.
Futures trading on VALR is high risk. Depending on market movements, your position may be liquidated and you may sustain a total loss of your Cryptocurrencies or Fiat that you have supplied as Collateral.
Please refer to VALR’s full set of risk disclosures found here.
Waiver
The Participant hereby releases, waives and discharges VALR and its affiliates from any and all liability, costs or expenses, claims, demands, actions and causes of action whatsoever for any loss or damages, that may be sustained by the Participant arising out of or relating to the Participant’s participation in the Promotion, or while in any way engaged with activities related to the Promotion, wherever, whenever, or however the same may occur, regardless of who is at fault and including as a result of the negligence or fault of VALR or its affiliates.
Disclaimer
The Promotion and its content should not be construed as investment advice or an offer or an invitation to make an offer, to buy or sell crypto assets, or an inducement to enter into any agreement or commitment with VALR or any of its affiliates in respect to any products or services for any persons, including those who are prohibited from receiving such content under the laws applicable to their place of citizenship, domicile, or residence.
VALR and its affiliates give no warranty, express or implied, including with respect to the fitness for a particular purpose of any information provided, or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, product, practice, service or process presented, or represent that its use would not infringe any rights. VALR accepts no responsibility for, and shall have no liability in respect of, any loss or damage, whether direct, indirect or consequential, which may arise from reliance on or in connection with, the information presented herein.
The Promotion content contained herein does not constitute investment or financial advice (or any advice whatsoever), should not be used as the basis for any investment or financial decisions, and does not purport to provide any legal, tax, or accounting advice.
All VALR's rights are expressly reserved.
