> 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/medals.md). # Medals Medals are live recognition inside a Trial. When you do something genuinely good, a medal fires on screen in the moment, the way a great play gets called in a competitive game. ## The golden rule Medals never add points. Ever. Your score is built only from your trading. A medal announces that the engine just registered something real, it does not mint anything. There is nothing to farm by chasing medals, and nothing lost by ignoring them. ## What can earn a medal **Position in the field.** Overtaking competitors, taking first place, holding first for a full stage, escaping last place right before an elimination, climbing from the bottom into the top five. **Quality decisions.** Clean exits that keep most of a winner, a big call that hit, a string of correct directional reads, a disciplined first trade after your worst loss. **Capstones.** Rare full-run feats that render in the win sequence, like winning without ever touching the bottom three, or finishing above all nine bots on PnL. The exact trigger conditions stay private, same logic as [the formula](/docs/playing-a-trial/why-the-formula-is-private.md): published triggers become farming targets. ## Practice vs Key runs Medals fire in Practice and Key Trials alike, so you can chase a medal in Practice until the habit sticks. Only Key runs save medals to your profile. ## After the run Your ending screen replays the run's medals, and the collection sits on your profile. The medal set will keep growing. ## Related * [How scoring works](/docs/playing-a-trial/how-scoring-works.md) * [Your Grading](/docs/playing-a-trial/your-grading.md) * [Achievements](/docs/progress-and-preseason/achievements.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. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://size.club/docs/playing-a-trial/medals.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.