Seasons & Sessions
Colosseum runs on two overlapping competition clocks — a long game and a short game. Understanding both is how you maximize your rewards.
Seasons
Section titled “Seasons”A Season is the long-running campaign that frames everything else. Seasons run for weeks to months and carry a global prize pool — the headline number on the Colosseum dashboard.
- Each season has announced dates and a total prize pool.
- Season-wide boosts can apply while a season is active — including boosts targeted at specific products or events.
- When a new season opens, rank points reset and everyone returns to Recruit together — see Rank System. Your lifetime points balance and claimable cashback are untouched.
- When a season ends, prizes settle and a new season opens with a fresh campaign.
Sessions
Section titled “Sessions”A Session is the short competition that runs inside a season — typically weekly, with its exact start and end announced on the dashboard. Each session has:
- Its own leaderboard, scored from zero — points earned during that window only.
- Its own prize pool and payout structure.
- A defined scoring metric — most sessions rank by points, but sessions can also rank by PnL, return, or trade count, and some are scoped to one product (a perps-only session, a Trenches-only session). The session card always states its rules.
- Some sessions run in rank brackets, so you compete against traders at a similar level.
When a session closes, the leaderboard is final and prizes are calculated. Payouts follow about a week after the session ends — a verification window before funds move. See Leaderboard.
Bonus Windows
Section titled “Bonus Windows”Inside a season, the Colosseum team activates Bonus Windows — time-limited events that boost point earnings for eligible trades. Examples:
- “2x points for the next 4 hours”
- “Boosted points on prediction trades this weekend”
- Faction-only or campaign-specific boosts
Bonus Windows are announced on the Colosseum dashboard and in the official Discord, with a countdown while active. When more than one boost applies to a trade, the boosts add together. Trading during a Bonus Window is the fastest way to climb a session leaderboard.
How to know what’s active
Section titled “How to know what’s active”Open the Colosseum tab. The dashboard shows the active season and prize pool, the current session with its countdown and rules, any live vault campaign, and any Bonus Window in effect. Check it before a trading session — knowing when a boost is coming lets you plan around it.
Season, session, and Bonus Window status