> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://size.club/docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://size.club/docs/playing-a-trial/how-scoring-works.md). # How scoring works Your Trial scoreboard updates live. The exact formula stays private ([here is why](/docs/playing-a-trial/why-the-formula-is-private.md)). You still need to know what the engine is watching. ## The one question your score answers Are you trading better than the nine bots beside you, right now, in these markets? Two players can finish at the same profit and score differently. One got there on purpose. One got lucky. Prediction alone does not set the number. The score updates while you trade, including before you close a position. Treat it like a fighting game health bar that reacts to every decision. ## What builds your score Six habits the engine rewards. These match the in-game briefing. ### 1. Make money Your profit and loss matters. Making more than the bots would have made in the same markets, over the same minutes, pushes you up. The benchmark follows your book. Trade one market and you are measured on that market. Trade five and you are measured on all five, weighted by how much size you had in each. Pick a slow market and the bar goes slow with you. Pick a volatile one and the bar gets violent too. ### 2. Feel the trend Being on the right side of the move counts. Your positions should align with how price is moving during the Trial. ### 3. Be selective Only take trades you have a reason for. The engine reads churn. Opening positions because the screen looks empty hurts you. Wait for an edge. ### 4. Keep losses small Cut what is failing early. Adding size to a losing trade to get back to even is one of the fastest ways to sink your score. ### 5. Do not get greedy Be sensible with margin and leverage. Bigger size alone does not raise your score. The engine reads reckless sizing as poor trading even when a reckless trade works once. ### 6. Take profits Close winning positions. Letting a green trade turn red because you hoped for more costs you, even if you still finish positive. ## What drags your score down Three habits hurt hard. They can only take points away. Avoiding them earns no bonus on its own, so there is nothing to farm by playing scared. | Bad habit | Plain English | | -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | Averaging down | Putting more money into a trade that is already losing | | Overtrading | Clicking because you are bored | | Tilt trading | Going bigger and faster right after a loss to chase it back | ## Doing nothing scores nothing A flat screen is a zero. A zero is the first name on the elimination list. You do not need to force trades every second. You do need to participate. Passive hiding rarely survives five eliminations. ## Stage Boosts Each three-minute stage has a Stage Boost naming the habit that earns extra score for those three minutes. Read the card, lean toward it. See [Stage Boosts](/docs/playing-a-trial/stage-boosts-and-missions.md). ## One risk limit for your whole book Your exposure limit is your Trial balance multiplied by the leverage cap shown in the terminal. Example: a $1,000 balance at a 20x cap means at most $20,000 of total position, across everything you are holding added together. Ten small positions in markets that move together count as one big bet for the limit. Spreading across correlated markets does not make you look safer by itself. ## Leverage Leverage is capped per market (for example BTC at 20x), and the terminal shows each market's cap. Leverage lets you hold a position larger than the money behind it, and it multiplies gains and losses by exactly the same amount. Optional, never required. ## Related * [How to win](/docs/playing-a-trial/how-to-win.md) * [A Trial, minute by minute](/docs/playing-a-trial/a-trial-minute-by-minute.md) * [Why the formula is private](/docs/playing-a-trial/why-the-formula-is-private.md) * [The bots and Field Rating](/docs/playing-a-trial/the-bots-and-field-rating.md) * [Stage Boosts](/docs/playing-a-trial/stage-boosts-and-missions.md) --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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