How to join Bybit WSOT 2026: A step-by-step guide

Ready to join Bybit's World Series of Trading (WSOT)? Start by choosing how you want to take part. WSOT 2026 brings five tracks together under the theme “The World Trades Here.” The overall campaign is scheduled for Oct 29, 10AM UTC – Dec 2, 2026, 10AM UTC with a total prize pool of prizes worth up to $10 million.If you're learning how to join the WSOT trading tournament, follow these seven steps to prepare your account, enter your chosen track, and check your progress.Key takeaways:

• Explore five ways to take part, from campaign tasks and squad competition to global assets and AI-assisted trading.

• Prepare an eligible account, complete event registration, and follow the entry steps for your chosen track.

• Plan around your competition window and check any required leaderboard activation before you begin.

WSOT 2026 Competition Timeline

This year's WSOT competition kicks off on Oct 29, 2026 10AM UTC with the preheat quest where users can complete tasks to earn rewards and get a Lucky Wednesday ticket. Following this, the tournament kicks into high-gear with the following events:

• Preheat Quest: Oct 29, 2026, 10 AM UTC – Dec 2, 2026, 10 AM UTC

• Squad Creation: Oct 29, 2026, 10 AM UTC – Nov 11, 2026, 10 AM UTC

• Squad Showdown and Individual Showdown: Nov 13, 2026, 10 AM UTC – Dec 2, 2026, 10 AM UTC

• Global Assets: Spot: Nov 5, 2026, 10 AM UTC – Nov 26, 2026, 10 AM UTC

• Global Assets: TradFi Perps: Nov 19, 2026, 10 AM UTC – Dec 2, 2026, 10 AM UTC

• AI Showdown: Nov 13, 2026, 10 AM UTC – Dec 2, 2026, 10 AM UTC

Step 1: Check your WSOT eligibility

Check whether your country or region is eligible for Bybit's global WSOT event. Users in restricted countries and regions cannot participate. The event also excludes users in the European Economic Area (EEA), users with Pro 3 or above, market makers, and institutional users. Your chosen track may have additional account and product requirements.

Step 2: Prepare the account you'll use

Sign in to the account you plan to register for and complete Standard Identity Verification.WSOT participation requires a Unified Trading Account (UTA), which brings supported trading products into one account.Use your UTA main account to view and complete Preheat Quest tasks. For AI Showdown, prepare an eligible AI Subaccount; Step 5 covers the account types and separate registration.You can register up to one UTA main account and six UTA subaccounts. Decide which account you'll use for each entry before registering, so you can follow its activity and results throughout the event.

Step 3: Register on the WSOT 2026 Event Page

When registration opens, open the official WSOT 2026 event page and click Register. For a subaccount, select Log in with Subaccount. Then follow the event's registration instructions for that account.



Sign in to your account, or select Log in with Subaccount.



Check the Registration Account list, then select Got it.

Step 4: Choose a competition track

Choose a track that matches the products you know and how you want to compete:



• Preheat Quest: Explore supported Bybit products or invite friends through campaign tasks. Complete qualifying tasks to receive their listed rewards and Lucky Wednesday tickets.

• Squad Showdown: Team up with other traders and contribute qualifying trading performance to a shared squad score.

• Individual Showdown: Put your trading profit and loss (PnL) on the leaderboard against traders in your account-equity group. PnL measures the gain or loss from trading.

• Global Assets: Compete through Spot or trade eligible TradFi perpetual contracts in WSOT's new volume-based leaderboards. Trading volume measures the value traded rather than profit. Note that Bybit Stocks requires Level 2 identity verification and product availability varies by region.

• AI Showdown: Compare an AI-assisted trading approach in a dedicated PnL competition through an eligible AI Subaccount.

Eligible Spot products include Spot Trading (including mStocks), Margin Trading, Convert, Spot DCA, Spot Grid Bot, and direct stock trading. TradFi Perps counts only taker volume: trades that immediately match existing orders. For more detail on all five tracks, read the WSOT overview.Factor fees and spreads into your trading costs. Leverage can amplify losses, and AI-generated information or actions can be inaccurate. Choose products you understand and a level of risk you can manage.

Step 5: Complete squad or AI entry requirements

For Squad Showdown, select Squad on the event page to browse teams in Squad Discovery. Open a squad to review its details, then select Join on your chosen squad's card. Each participating main account or subaccount must join separately. To lead a squad, complete the event's squad creation process.



Squad creation runs from Oct 29, 2026, 10AM UTC – Nov 11, 2026, 10AM UTC. Squad joining runs from Oct 29, 2026, 10AM UTC – Nov 19, 2026, 10AM UTC. Members cannot leave or switch squads after Nov 12, 2026, 9:30AM UTC. A squad needs at least ten qualifying members by that cutoff to remain in the competition.For AI Showdown, use an eligible Bybit AI Subaccount or a General AI Subaccount used with a third-party AI agent. Register each AI Subaccount separately through the track's entry process.Participating AI Subaccounts cannot enter the Lucky Draw, Individual Showdown, or Squad Showdown. Plan those activities through other eligible accounts.

Step 6: Check dates and leaderboard activation

All task and competition windows above open and close at 10AM UTC. The separate Preheat Lucky Draw period ends on Dec 9, 2026, 10AM UTC.Participating accounts need a UTA balance of at least 100 USDT to appear on the applicable PnL or PnL% leaderboard. PnL% shows profit or loss as a percentage. AI Showdown uses the same five-minute activation condition on the participating AI Subaccount, which must also maintain a UTA balance of at least 100 USDT.Keep track of transfers during Individual Showdown: adding funds can move your account into a higher equity group, changing who you compete against.

Step 7: Check Preheat Quest progress and reward conditions

On your UTA main account, view the Preheat Quest tasks available to you. The event map groups tasks into cities for New & Invite, Spot, Derivatives, TradFi, and Bybit AI. Your available tasks determine which cities you can light up. Each city contains one or more tasks; completing any one eligible task lights up that city. Follow the requirements listed for your chosen task, then check your completed tasks and lit-up cities on the campaign page.Each eligible task earns one Lucky Wednesday ticket, issued automatically. Recurring tasks earn one ticket for each completed cycle; New User Gifts do not grant extra tickets. Track your ticket count and that week's city requirement. Every Wednesday at 10AM UTC, one winner is drawn from eligible users.For trading tracks, follow your counted activity, score, and leaderboard rank. Review your track's reward requirements and distribution schedule so you know what happens after the competition closes.Leaderboard rewards depend on track allocations, prize-pool unlocking conditions, final rankings, and eligibility. The Lucky Wednesday winner receives USDT or USDC equal to the value of that week's featured prize.

Frequently asked questions

1.Are task rewards the same as Lucky Wednesday prizes?

Task rewards and Lucky Wednesday prizes are separate. Completing an eligible task grants its listed reward or draw chance, plus a Lucky Wednesday ticket. The Lucky Wednesday ticket counts toward the weekly draw once you meet its city requirement. The weekly prize goes to the selected winner.

2.Do I have to join a squad?

No. Joining a squad is only required for Squad Showdown; the other tracks offer separate ways to take part.

3.Does one registration cover every track?

Not by itself. Squad Showdown requires you to join or create a squad, and each eligible AI Subaccount must register separately for AI Showdown. Complete the entry steps for the track you choose.

The bottom line

Choose how you want to take part in WSOT 2026, prepare the account for that track, and complete its entry steps. Then plan your activity around the competition window and follow your progress.Explore the Bybit Learn WSOT page for guides to the event and its trading products.

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