VALR Perps Launch Competition
Trade Perps and compete for 2,000 USDC in rewards.
To kick off the launch of Perps on VALR, over the next month from 13 July to 2 August 2026, we are running a trading competition open to all VALR users. The top 10 Perps traders by trading volume will share a reward pool of 2,000 USDC.
With Perps on VALR, you can choose to go up or down using leverage across 200+ markets including global equities, commodities, precious metals, stock indices, major forex pairs, and crypto assets.
How to get started
Log in or create your VALR account.
Complete full account verification (KYC2).
Navigate to Perps on the VALR mobile app or website.
Complete the required onboarding and risk acknowledgement steps.
For more details, check out our Technical Guide.
Please note: Every eligible trade during the Competition Period counts toward your leaderboard ranking. Cancelled, reversed, or disqualified trades do not count.
Markets available on VALR Perps
VALR Perps provide access to one of the broadest selections of markets available in one place. Trade across these categories with deep liquidity and 24/7 access:
| Global equities: NVIDIA, Tesla, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Palantir, SpaceX, and many more | Stock indices: S&P 500, Nasdaq-100 and other leading international benchmarks |
| Commodities: Brent Crude, WTI Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Copper, and Palladium | Precious metals: Gold, Silver, and Platinum |
| Foreign exchange: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY and other major currency pairs | Crypto assets: A wide range of cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Solana, and Hyperliquid |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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Perps on VALR give you a straightforward way to express your view on a wide range of markets. Our simple trading interface lets you trade on whether prices will rise or fall, with no expiry dates and direct access from your VALR account.
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The competition is open to all fully verified VALR users.
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No separate registration is required. Simply complete your KYC2 verification, finish the Perps onboarding process, and start trading Perps on VALR.
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The top 10 traders ranked by cumulative effective trading volume during the competition period will receive rewards from the $2,000 USDC reward pool. Only executed trades during the Competition Period will count. Cancelled, reversed, voided, test, internal, fraudulent or otherwise disqualified trades will not count.
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Rewards will be credited to winners in USDC within 7 business days after the competition ends.
Leaderboard
(last updated: 13 July 2026)
| Rank | Alias | Volume | Reward in USDC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TBD | TBD | 500 |
| 2 | TBD | TBD | 360 |
| 3 | TBD | TBD | 300 |
| 4 | TBD | TBD | 200 |
| 5 | TBD | TBD | 170 |
| 6 | TBD | TBD | 150 |
| 7 | TBD | TBD | 120 |
| 8 | TBD | TBD | 100 |
| 9 | TBD | TBD | 60 |
| 10 | TBD | TBD | 40 |
Please note: The leaderboard is not updated in real time and may reflect a delay in rankings.
Promotion Ts & Cs (“Rules”):
This promotional campaign (“Competition”) is run by VALR Pty Ltd and VALR Dam (Pty) Ltd (collectively “VALR”).
This Competition 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 participation in or winning in this current Competition.
Participation in this Competition constitutes acceptance of these Rules, VALR’s Terms of Service, Futures Terms of Service, applicable Risk Disclosures and any Perp-specific terms, disclosures or product rules published by VALR from time to time.
This Competition is available to all qualifying new and existing customers on VALR with a fully verified account (“Participants”). Participants must also satisfy any product access requirements applicable to Perps, including any risk acknowledgement, onboarding process, knowledge assessment or questionnaire required by VALR.
The Competition period (“Competition Period”) begins at 00:00 am UTC, July 13th 2026and ends at 23:59 pm UTC, August 2nd 2026 (“closing date”).
There is no need to register for this Competition.
Rewards will be automatically credited into the winners VALR account within seven (7) South African business days after the Competition has ended, with a 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.
VALR reserves the right to disqualify any Participant and/or revoke rewards where it reasonably suspects or determines:
fraudulent activity;
multiple or fake account registrations;
misuse of identity verification (KYC);
market manipulation, including wash trading or self-dealing;
abuse of the Competition mechanics;
breach of these Rules, VALR policies, or applicable laws; or
any other conduct which VALR determines to be inconsistent with the purpose, integrity or fair operation of the Competition.
Rewards will be distributed in USDC unless otherwise stated in the relevant Competition announcement.
VALR reserves the right to disqualify any Participant for any other reason it deems appropriate in its sole discretion.
VALR is not responsible for any lost, delayed, misdirected, incomplete, or corrupted entries, transactions, or rewards due to system, network, or technical failures.
VALR may, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine all matters relating to this Competition, including eligibility, rewards, and winner selection. All decisions are final and binding.
Any leaderboard or in-app ranking displayed during the Competition, if applicable, is indicative only and may be delayed, incomplete or subject to correction. Final winner selection and reward allocation will be confirmed by VALR after the Competition Period.
VALR reserves the right to correct any calculation, display, system-generated or obvious error relating to trading volume, effective trading volume, leaderboard ranking, eligibility, winner selection or reward distribution.
How to enter:
To be considered for a reward, Participants must, during the Competition Period:
Log in or Sign up to VALR.
Complete full account verification (KYC2).
Navigate to Perps and follow the on-screen prompts.
Complete any Perps onboarding, risk acknowledgement, knowledge assessment or questionnaire required by VALR.
Trade on Perps (Only executed trades during the Competition Period will count. Cancelled, reversed, voided, test, internal, fraudulent or otherwise disqualified trades will not count.)
Reward specifics:
Top 10 Traders ranked by trading volume.
The final ranking will be determined solely by a Participant’s cumulative effective trading volume during the Competition Period.
Only trading volume generated during the Competition Period and on eligible Perps trading pairs will be counted. Cancelled, reversed, voided, test, internal, fraudulent or otherwise disqualified trades will not count.
Final ranking will be determined by VALR after applying any exclusions, corrections and disqualifications.
Reward pool: 2,000 USDC
Rewards are not guaranteed and may amount to zero.
Where two or more Participants have the same effective trading volume, VALR may determine the ranking by the time at which the relevant effective trading volume was reached, split the applicable reward, or apply any other reasonable tie-break method in VALR's sole discretion.
Ranking and Reward:
| Rank | Reward in USDC |
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| 1 | 500 |
| 2 | 360 |
| 3 | 300 |
| 4 | 200 |
| 5 | 170 |
| 6 | 150 |
| 7 | 120 |
| 8 | 100 |
| 9 | 60 |
| 10 | 40 |
Personal information:
Any personal information provided to VALR by a Participant for purposes of this Competition will be treated in accordance with VALR’s Privacy Policy.
The nitty gritty:
1. The Competition is open to all VALR customers, except VALR’s directors, partners, employees, contractors, agents, consultants and their immediate families, any designated market makers as well as any persons resident in VALR’s list of prohibited countries.
2. Participation in the Competition 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 Competition, you represent and warrant that you meet the eligibility criteria and you agree to accept that VALR may make decisions relating to this Competition in its sole and absolute discretion. Any decision made by VALR in terms of these Rules and the Competition is final and binding, including but not limited to any decisions regarding rewards, the reward pool, reward calculations and reward payouts. Any Participants found violating this clause will be removed from the Competition and VALR may freeze or block such Participant's VALR account.
3. For the purposes of this Competition, 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 Competition without prior notice, including but not limited to cancelling, extending, terminating or suspending the Competition, 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 Competition, suspend their accounts, revoke all associated rewards, and/or disqualify specific trades:
5.1. Where VALR finds the Participant to be party to any anticipated, suspected or actual:
Fraud;
Fraudulent registration, including providing false identity verification (KYC) information, using others’ KYC details, or registering multiple accounts;
Inappropriate, dishonest or abusive activities, including but not limited to click farming, device farming, or using malicious tools for fraudulent purposes;
Use of fake or fraudulent accounts;
Manipulation or violation of these Rules, VALR’s rules, VALR’s policies, campaign terms, conditions or announcements (as updated from time to time); or
Market manipulation, self-dealing, wash trading, laundering trades or illegally bulk registered accounts; or
Breach of local regulatory requirements; or
Any other activities with the intent or result of abusing, disrupting, or undermining the legitimate operation of the Competition, as determined by VALR.
5.2. For any other reason as determined by VALR in its sole and absolute discretion.
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 Competition has ended. No further rewards will be awarded once VALR has made such an announcement. Participants should visit VALR’s social media pages regularly for updates.
8. These Rules will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with South African law and any disputes arising from the Competition will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of South Africa.
9. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between these Rules and any marketing, promotional, social media, in-app, email, leaderboard or other communications relating to the Competition, these Rules will prevail.
10. VALR will not be responsible for any failure, delay, error, interruption, malfunction or unavailability of the VALR platform, any network, system, blockchain, third-party service provider, decentralised protocol, smart contract, market data source or other technology used in connection with the Competition, including where such issue affects a Participant's ability to enter, trade, qualify for, receive or use a reward.
11. Before any reward is distributed, VALR may require a potential winner to verify their identity, account status, eligibility, compliance with these Rules and compliance with VALR's Terms of Service, VALR’s Futures Terms of Service, Risk Disclosures, KYC, AML, sanctions and internal risk requirements. If a potential winner fails to satisfy VALR's verification checks, is unreachable, does not respond within a reasonable time, has a restricted, suspended, closed or non-compliant VALR account, or is otherwise found to be ineligible, VALR may disqualify that potential winner and may, where applicable, select an alternative winner or reallocate, withhold or cancel the relevant reward.
12. Participants are solely responsible for any taxes, duties, charges, levies or other amounts that may become payable as a result of receiving, holding, disposing of or otherwise dealing with any reward. VALR does not provide tax advice and Participants should obtain their own independent tax advice where necessary.
13. Rewards are non-transferable, non-exchangeable and may not be sold, bartered, gifted or substituted, except at VALR’s sole and absolute discretion. VALR reserves the right to substitute a reward of equal or greater value if necessary.
14. Nothing in these Rules should be interpreted as a recommendation or instruction to buy, sell, hold, open, close or refrain from closing any Perps position, crypto asset, derivative or other product. Participants remain solely responsible for their own trading and investment decisions.
15. When calculating raw trading volume and effective trading volume, VALR may exclude any trades that are cancelled, reversed, voided, duplicated, executed by market makers or excluded accounts, generated through test/internal activity, affected by pricing, calculation, technical or system errors, or otherwise considered abusive, manipulative, non-bona fide or inconsistent with the purpose of the Competition.
16. Participants may incur trading fees, funding, spreads, liquidation losses and other costs or losses by participating in the Competition. Any reward may be lower than the fees, costs or losses incurred by a Participant.
Disclosure: Futures trading is provided by VALR DAM Pty Ltd, a licensed Financial Services Provider (FSP #54897) and Over-the-Counter Derivatives Provider.
Use of the Perps product involves risk; always verify information and refer to VALR’s Risk Disclosures & Futures Terms of Service.
VALR (Pty) Ltd is a licensed financial services provider (FSP #53308).
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 Competition, or while in any way engaged with activities related to the Competition, 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. This includes, without limitation, any loss or damage arising from trading decisions, market movements, liquidation, order execution, technical or system issues, third-party or decentralised protocol failures, reliance on any leaderboard or marketing material, or any delay, error or failure in reward calculation or distribution.
Disclaimer
The Competition 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 of 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.
The Competition is intended only to reward eligible trading activity and should not be understood as encouraging Participants to trade Perps, to use leverage or to trade in volumes beyond their own risk appetite, experience and financial resources.
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 gives no warranty in relation to the availability, performance, security, liquidity or functionality of any Perps pair, third-party execution venue, decentralised protocol, smart contract, liquidity providers, market data source or related service used in connection with Perps or the Competition. 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 Competition 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.
