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# Rank System

Your rank is your standing in the Colosseum — the seasonal climb from Recruit to Immortal. Rank determines one thing, and it's a big one: your [**cashback rate**](/onchain-docs/colosseum/cashback.md) on every trading fee you pay.

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## The Six Ranks

Six clean ranks, no sub-tiers. The current ladder:

| Rank      | Rank points to reach | Cashback rate |
| --------- | -------------------- | ------------- |
| Recruit   | 0                    | 25%           |
| Warrior   | 10,000               | 30%           |
| Gladiator | 20,000               | 35%           |
| Champion  | 50,000               | 40%           |
| Warlord   | 350,000              | 45%           |
| Immortal  | 1,000,000            | 50%           |

Rank up and the higher cashback rate applies to every trade from that moment on.

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## Three counters — don't mix them up

| Counter                | What it is                                                                 | Resets?                                                       |
| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Rank points**        | Your seasonal climb — earned from trading and quests, they set your rank   | Yes — at each season open, everyone drops to Recruit together |
| **Points balance**     | Your lifetime points total                                                 | Never                                                         |
| **Season leaderboard** | Points earned this season, ranked against other traders for the prize pool | Each season                                                   |

Your **lifetime points balance is never reset and never spent** — it's your permanent record. Rank points are the seasonal race; the leaderboard is the prize race. The same trading feeds all three.

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## Earning Rank Points

Every product earns rank points per dollar of volume — at different rates, on purpose:

| Activity                              | Rank points per $1                                      |
| ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Trenches** trades                   | 0.75 — the highest rate on the terminal                 |
| **Swaps**                             | 0.50                                                    |
| **Predictions** trades                | 0.50                                                    |
| **Spot sells**                        | 0.35                                                    |
| **Perps** volume (position held 60s+) | 0.05                                                    |
| Perps closed under 60 seconds         | 0.025                                                   |
| Stable-to-stable swaps                | 0.25 — deliberately the lowest-effort, lowest-earn lane |

Two perps wrinkles: hold a position for at least a minute and you earn the full rate, and a position that closes on a major move earns a **1.5× rate — wins and losses alike**. Spot **buys** earn nothing — there's no fee on a spot buy, so the earn sits on the sell.

**Quests** pay rank points on top of trading — daily and weekly quests are the steadiest way to accelerate a climb. Occasional **Bonus Windows**, faction boosts, and season events can multiply point earnings, but they're the exception now — the base rates are where the climb lives.

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## The Season Reset

Rank points reset to zero when a new season opens — **everyone** returns to Recruit together, whales and OGs included. Your cashback rate resets with it and climbs back as you rank up (grandfathered OG traders reset to the OG Recruit rate — see [Cashback](/onchain-docs/colosseum/cashback.md)).

The reset costs your position, not your progress: your lifetime points balance and your claimable cashback are untouched, and the ladder is the same distance for everyone.

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{% hint style="info" %}
Rank pays cashback — that's the whole prize. Session and season **prize pools** are won on the [Leaderboard](/onchain-docs/colosseum/leaderboard.md), which is a separate race scored by season points, not rank.
{% endhint %}