A round turns BTC's continuous auction into a defined contest. The prediction window sets your entry; at lock, the set-level is stamped and two symmetric targets go live (entry ±TP) with knockout levels inside them (entry ±SL). No clock — the race runs until it resolves.
The rules, and what they reward
- LONGS win at entry +TP, SHORTS at entry −TP: directional conviction pays.
- A side that touches its −SL is knocked out PERMANENTLY — even if price comes all the way back. This is the hard-stop discipline of real trading, enforced by the game itself.
- Both sides knocked out = both-stopped: chop pays no one (except MAX PAIN holders — that side market exists precisely to price chop).
- Because SL sits inside TP, surviving matters as much as being right. A violent range kills both heroes.
Strategic consequence: the game rewards exactly what real trading rewards — entering with the regime (trend vs chop), not just direction. Every lesson in Foundations feeds this decision.