Tradeify, a futures prop firm, has opened registration for the Premier Trading League, a free contest with a $1 million prize pool. Registration opened in early September 2026. The competition is played on simulated accounts and ends with a live finale in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on December 11. Tradeify is running the event with FlyQuest, an esports organization.
Entry costs nothing. Traders compete across two rounds, called opens. Open 1 runs from September 21 to October 19. Open 2 runs from October 26 to November 23. Each round is built on head to head matches, where two traders go up against each other. Every match starts with a fresh $50,000 simulated account.
The prize money is spread across the field. First place wins $180,000. In total, 1,000 traders get paid. Losses during a match only cost points, not real money, and there is no drawdown limit that knocks a trader out. The prizes pay out in cash even though the trading is simulated.
Each open runs eight head to head matches. The top four traders from each round move on to the live finale. Traders who slip can pay to reset. One reset clears the points from a single match for $25. A full reset wipes total points to zero for $49. Those are the only charges in an otherwise free event.
Traders can trade four futures markets: the E-mini S&P 500, the Nasdaq 100, gold, and crude oil. Position size is capped at one mini contract or ten micros. All of it runs on the Tradovate platform.
A marketing play built on demo accounts
The league sits apart from Tradeify’s main business, which is a paid evaluation that funds traders who pass. In the contest, nobody buys a challenge and nobody puts up capital. That lets the firm reach new traders without the usual price barrier. For readers who are new to the model, here is how a prop firm works.
The FlyQuest tie-in shows where prop firm marketing is going. Firms are paying for sponsorships and esports audiences to reach younger traders. Tradeify announced a wider partnership with FlyQuest earlier in 2026 that covers the org’s teams and creators. Other firms have taken a different route, pitching clear rules and platform quality to stand out, like Swiss Firmup and its focus on transparent futures trading.
Free contests with cash prizes are becoming a common way for prop firms to pull in sign-ups. The event gets attention, builds a list of names, and puts the firm in front of traders who may later buy a paid challenge. For Tradeify, a 1,000-person payout and a televised finale is a large spend, but it buys reach that ads alone would struggle to match.
Registration for Open 1 closes before the round begins on September 21. The full rules, schedule, and match format are posted on the Premier Trading League site. Traders should read the rules before they sign up, since points and resets decide who advances.
