The Pipster Cup Terms & Conditions

1. Eligibility

The Pipster Cup is free to enter and open to traders globally who are 18 years of age or over. One entry per person. By entering you confirm the details you provide are accurate and that you accept these terms.

2. Entry

Enter by completing the signup form at pipster.io/cup with your name, email and country and confirming you are 18 or over. No purchase or payment is necessary. Duplicate entries (including multiple email addresses) and the use of VPNs or IP-address manipulation to create more than one account are prohibited and will result in disqualification.

3. Competition rules

• 🟢Starting capital: Every player begins with $100,000 in simulated capital.
• 📉Maximum drawdown: Your equity cannot drop below $85,000 at any point during the competition. If it does, you are eliminated. (15% max drawdown)
• 📅Daily drawdown: Your account cannot drop more than $8,000 from your start-of-day balance on any single day. (8% daily drawdown)
• 🏆Ranking: Players are ranked by account balance at the Final Whistle on 24th July. Highest balance wins.
• 👤One entry per person: Strictly one account per player. Multiple accounts and abuse of IP addresses or VPNs are not permitted and will result in disqualification.

4. Prizes

The top 100 finishers each win a prize. Challenge accounts are evaluation accounts; passing a Pipster Challenge leads to a funded account traded on a profit split, subject to Pipster's standard challenge terms.

5. Winners & results

Players are ranked by account balance at the Final Whistle on 24 July 2026. Winners will be contacted within 3 business days (by 27 July 2026). Pipster's decisions on rankings and rule breaches are final.

6. Data & privacy

We collect your name, email and country to run the competition and display national representation on the public leaderboard. By entering you agree to receive competition updates and Pipster trading emails; you can unsubscribe at any time. Your data is handled in line with our Privacy Policy.

7. General

Trading uses simulated capital under real market conditions; no real money is at risk during the competition. Pipster may amend these terms or the competition where reasonably necessary.