> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.chok.market/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Preseason & Leaderboard

> Season dates, rankings and what happens at the end.

## Season dates

| | Time (UTC) |
| - | - |
| Preseason starts | 2026-11-10 00:00 |
| Preseason ends | 2026-12-07 23:59:59 |

## Leaderboard

The leaderboard ranks traders by **realized profit and loss** during the season.

* Only realized results count: profit or loss from selling, plus payouts from resolved markets, minus what you paid. Unrealized gains on open positions don't count.
* Traders with the same result share a rank, for example 1, 1, 3.
* Accounts excluded by CHOK, such as the market maker, aren't ranked.

There's also an **invite leaderboard** for the most friends invited. See [Points & Grants](https://docs.chok.market/programs/points.md#invites).

## When the season ends

* Sign-ups, check-ins, invites and grants stop.
* The final leaderboard is fixed.
* The next season starts on a new deployment. chUSD balances, positions and rankings don't carry over.

## Prize draws

CHOK may hold **prize draws** for merchandise. Winners are drawn at random, regardless of predictions, results, points or rankings. Only phone-verified members can enter. See the [Terms of Service](https://chok.market/tos).


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