5%
Daily drawdown
Your maximum loss in any single trading day is 5% of your account balance. Breach the limit and your run ends.
Pipster · Free trading competition
Pipster Halloween
Trade
after dark.
You don't need to wait for Halloween. Buy a challenge now and start trading straight away.
Trade now · Free competition 25–30 October
Competition opens in
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Opens when we flip the switch
$199K
Prize pool
5 days
Trading window
Top 10
Win prizes
Free
No card required
Pip is ready. Are you?
Start trading today
No need to wait.
Buy a Pipster challenge now and begin trading straight away. Your free Halloween entry is separate, so you can do both.
The prize ledger
Make the top ten.
$199,000 in challenge accounts across ten eligible places.
The winners' ledger
Ten names make the book
POOL / $199,000
PlaceRewardAccount
- 1st$100K1-Phase Challenge Account
- 2nd$50K1-Phase Challenge Account
- 3rd$25K1-Phase Challenge Account
- 4th$10K1-Phase Challenge Account
- 5th$5K1-Phase Challenge Account
- 6th$5K1-Phase Challenge Account
- 7th – 10th$1K1-Phase Challenge Account each
Ranked by percentage return · eligibility rules apply
$1K prize accounts have a 12% payout capacity. Every other prize-account size has a 6% capacity. See the FAQ for details.
Stay in the game
Three rules. No surprises.
Stay inside the limits and keep your place on the leaderboard.
10%
Maximum drawdown
Your total account drawdown must not exceed 10% at any point during the competition.
1
Account per trader
Strictly one account per person. Multiple accounts result in disqualification. No exceptions.
Prize eligibility
2 days
Minimum trading days
Trade on at least 2 separate calendar days during the competition.
75%
Single-day P&L limit
No single day may account for more than 75% of your total net P&L. Prizes reward consistent performance, not one lucky night.
Highest percentage return at the close wins. All trading is simulated under live market conditions. The competition rules shown above apply, along with Pipster's standard prohibited-strategy policy.
Competition start
Trading starts at 21:00 UTC.
Sunday 25 October 2026.
Account generation begins
21:00
UTC
Sunday · 25 October · 2026
- 01
Create your free account
Sign up to Pipster. No card, deposit, or purchase is required.
- 02
Enrol from your dashboard
Open the Competitions tab and select Pipster Halloween. One entry per person.
- 03
Your account at launch
Account generation begins at 21:00 UTC on 25 October. Once your account is ready, open it straight from your Pipster dashboard — go to the Access tab and tap Open Trading Platform to start, signed in. Nothing to wait for in your inbox.
Questions from the crypt
Before you enter.
25 – 30 October 2026
Trade now. Compete at Halloween.
You don’t need to wait. Buy a challenge now and start trading straight away, then enter the free competition from 25–30 October.
Start trading today