Bybit's record-breaking trading competition, WSOT, will return in 2026, with the addition of Global Assets and AI tracks, early bird team rewards, and a five-week schedule that will continue until December 2, 2026.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 30, 2026 / PRNewswire / -- Bybit This new financial platform, which is trusted by over 80 million users worldwide, has today opened registration for its flagship global trading competition World Series of Trading ( WSOT 2026). Starting from 10:00 UTC today, eligible traders around the world can register, form teams, or join existing teams, and begin to Preheat Quest. Until 10:00 UTC on December 2, 2026, participants can compete for a prize pool of up to 10 million USDT.
This year's theme is “The World Trades Here”, and WSOT is expanding from an encryption competition to a multi-asset trading championship. In addition to Squad and Individual Showdowns, two new tracks have been added: Global Assets, where traders can compete by trading stocks, gold, crude oil, and indices; as well as AI P & L Showdown, where strategies are executed through Bybit AI.
WSOT continued the record-breaking performance of 2025 in 2026. In 2025, the event attracted 520,451 participants from around the world, who formed 1,474 teams. With 71,765 participants registering within 24 hours, it earned the Guinness World Records ™ certification.
How to sign up immediately
- Register through the WSOT page of bybit.com / wsot2026. There is no minimum asset requirement for registration.
- Form a team or join an existing team. The team leader can apply through the WSOT page, and recruitment can begin once the application is approved. Traders can join through team links, by searching for team names, or through referrals from other teams. Traders are also able to compete individually.
- Start Preheat Quest. Complete transaction tasks on five different tracks to unlock rewards from the first day onwards.
- To qualify for the leaderboard, you simply need to hold at least 100 USDT for a period of five minutes within Unified Trading Account. This will allow you to enter the P&L and P&L% leaderboards.
WSOT What new changes are there in 2026?
WSOT 2026 reflects Bybit's transformation into a global multi-asset platform. Cryptocurrencies, stocks, and commodities now share the same account and one competition, and AI has also been integrated into the entire experience from registration to final ranking.
Global Assets Showdown. Two rankings based on trading volume bring the traditional market into WSOT. The Spot ranking covers cryptocurrency and stock spot trading in available regions; the TradFi Perps ranking, on the other hand, covers perpetual contracts for stocks, gold, crude oil, and indices.
AI Showdown. The new leaderboard will rank traders who use the Bybit AI sub-account or the general AI sub-account based on their profit and loss performance. Bybit AI also appears on the WSOT page as a competition assistant, capable of explaining rules and tasks, as well as tracking team and individual leaderboards in real-time.
Preheat Quest. Preheat Quest will run throughout the entire event cycle, covering five tracks: New & Invite, Spot, Derivatives, TradFi, and Bybit AI. Upon completing each task, a track will be unlocked and a reward will be available.
Team mechanisms designed for growth. Now, not only team leaders but also team members can receive rewards for inviting traders to join the team. The leaders of the top 100 qualified teams each receive 100 USDT, the leaders of the top 20 TradFi teams each receive 500 USDT, and the leaders of the top 200 qualified squad teams each receive 50 USDT.
Key dates for each stage
As the total trading volume of participants increases, the prize pool will be gradually unlocked. In Squad Showdown, the team leader receives 20% of each team's reward, the top 10 members share a total of 20%, and the remaining eligible members share 60%. Individual Showdown classifies traders into three weight categories: lightweight, medium, and heavyweight for ranking.
How to participate?
There is no minimum asset requirement for registration. To qualify for the P&L and P&L% rankings, traders must hold at least 100 USDT for a period of five minutes within Unified Trading Account. Each trader can use one main account and up to six sub-accounts to compete, including AI sub-accounts. Traders have the option to join teams as well as compete individually.
Professional users, market makers, and institutional users are not eligible to participate. WSOT 2026 is not open to residents of the European Economic Area or users from other restricted regions.
For the complete rules and terms, please visit https :// www.bybit.com / wsot2026.
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