Guide for Thales' first Trading Competition

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All you need to know about Thales' first Trading competition and how to participate

Cheat sheet:
Registration and leaderboard: https://thales.market/markets/leaderboard 
Duration: Three weeks (Monday, October 11th - Monday, November 1st)
Markets eligible for the competition:
​ETH/BTC market cap ratio >= 0.36 (36%) @ Nov 1, 2021​
​ETH/BTC market cap ratio >= 0.41 (41%) @ Nov 1, 2021​
​ETH/BTC market cap ratio >= 0.46 (46%) @ Nov 1, 2021​
​ETH burned count >= 640,000 @ Nov 1, 2021​
​ETH burned count >= 690,000 @ Nov 1, 2021​
​ETH burned count >= 740,000 @ Nov 1, 2021​
​BTC > $50,000.00 @ Oct 18, 2021 (matured)
​BTC > $55,000.00 @ Oct 18, 2021  (matured)
​BTC > $55,000.00 @ Oct 25, 2021 ​
​BTC > $60,000.00 @ Oct 18, 2021 (matured)
​BTC > $65,000.00 @ Oct 25, 2021​
​BTC > $60,000.00 @ Oct 30, 2021​
​BTC > $62,000.00 @ Nov 1, 2021​
​ETH > $3,200.00 @ Oct 18, 2021 (matured)
​ETH > $3,600.00 @ Oct 18, 2021 (matured)
​ETH > $3,500.00 @ Oct 25, 2021 ​
​ETH > $4,000.00 @ Oct 18, 2021 (matured)
​ETH > $4,200.00 @ Oct 25, 2021​
​ETH > $3,800.00 @ Oct 31, 2021​
​SNX > $8.50 @ Oct 18, 2021 (matured)
​SNX > $8.00 @ Oct 25, 2021​
​SNX > $12.00 @ Oct 18, 2021 (matured)
​SNX > $11.00 @ Oct 25, 2021 ​
Prizes to be distributed:
25,000 THALES tokens
1,500 SNX tokens (courtesy of Synthetix treasury)
10,000 ZRX tokens (courtesy of 0xDAO)
Thales NFTs: Trader, Pro trader, ETH burned, and Market cap Flippening​
Positions eligible for rewards:
Top 20 in Total Profit (in sUSD)
Top 20 in Percentage Gain (in %)
Rewards per placement for each criteria:
You can potentially have a top 20 spot on Total Profit leaderboard and a top 20 spot on Percentage Gain leaderboard at the same time and get double rewards.
A comprehensive Guide on how to register and participate
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Step 1: Navigate to the Leaderboard page and register via Twitter
To navigate to the Leaderboard page use this direct link: https://thales.market/markets/leaderboard​
Or use the sidebar on the Thales main dapp and click on the Leaderboard button:
Position of the Leaderboard button
After you are on the Leaderboard page, connect your wallet and you should see a Verify button appear on the right side of the page.
Position of the verify button
After you click on the Verify button, you will be routed to Twitter and you will get prompted to tweet out a registering tweet containing an Ethereum address you are trying to register for the competition. After you share the registering tweet, your name should soon be visible on the competition Leaderboard.
DISCLAIMER: Your Twitter account needs to be AT LEAST 3 months old to be eligible for the competition.
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Step 2: Navigating to competition markets
To navigate to the Competition Markets overview, you can use the following link: 
https://thales.market/markets?userFilter2=competition
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Link to Competition Markets overview
You can also navigate to Competition Markets overview using a Trading Competition filter button on the Thales dapp main page. After you click on that filter, all of the competition markets will be visible in the Markets Overview table, on the bottom of the dapp main page.
Position of Trading Competition filter button
Market overview of competition markets
The list of markets eligible for this competition are also listed in the Cheat sheet: section of this document.
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Step 3: Trading on the Competition Markets and climbing the leaderboard
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If you are new to Thales and want to learn how to trade the Competition Markets and participate in the competition, we suggest you visit our:
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 Official Thales Trading Guide ⬅
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To navigate to the Competition Leaderboard you can use the following link:
https://thales.market/markets/leaderboard
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Competition Leaderboard page
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Position of sorting buttons on the Leaderboard
There are five different statistics that the leaderboard is following. You can sort the competition participants by those metrics using the sorting buttons highlighted in the snapshot above:
1.TRADES - Total number of filled orders by trader so far
2.VOLUME - Total amount of volume traded by trader so far
3.INVESTMENT - Total amount of sUSD deposited in Competition Markets
4.NETPROFIT - Total amount of profit, denominated in sUSD
5.GAIN -  Return of investment
NETPROFIT and GAIN are the two main metrics that determine winners of the competition!
Profit is only calculated on the matured markets!
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Total rewards for this competition are divided across two categories:
Top 20 in Total Profit (in sUSD):  Top 20 traders who profit the most sUSD from the Competition Markets.
Top 20 in Percentage Gain (in %): Top 20 traders who get the best return proportionate to their investment in the Competition Markets
You can see how the THALES, SNX and ZRX rewards are split across the Top 20 participants for both categories, below:
Rewards table
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That should be all the relevant information you need to start competing in Thales' first Trading Competition! 
Good luck champion!
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