Version 2026-10-05, revision 2. These rules apply to EXL Trade's paid tournaments (ETL Daily (daily), ETL Series (3-session) and ETL Weekly (weekly) formats) and to the EXL Ranking. Tournaments run as continuous editions, one after another; the details of each edition (sessions, times, entry fee, spots and prizes) are on the edition page and in Annex I. If they differ, the edition page at the time of your registration prevails.
> Important for participants outside Brazil: a valid Brazilian CPF (taxpayer number) is required to pay the entry fee and to receive any cash prize. EXL clients without a CPF may appear in the EXL Ranking, but do not receive cash prizes under this version of the rules (section 3.4).
1. Organizer
1.1. EXL Trading League (ETL) tournaments are organized by EXL Trade (legal name and CNPJ as stated in the Terms of Use), referred to here as "EXL".
1.2. Contact: EXL support through the channels listed on exltrade.com.
2. What the tournament is
2.1. The tournament is a trading skill competition run on a simulated account (a demo account with a fictitious balance) on the BlackArrow platform by Nelogica.
2.2. No participant money is placed in the market. The account balance is fictitious and cannot be withdrawn. The account result is neither an investment nor a return.
2.3. There is no draw, no prediction and no betting. Placement depends only on the result of each participant's own trades, under these rules.
2.4. There are two kinds of competition:
- paid tournaments, open to anyone who meets section 3, in three formats (section 4);
- the EXL Ranking, free of charge, only for EXL clients with an active trading-desk account (section 13).
3. Who can take part
3.1. Individuals aged 18 or over, registered with EXL and holding a valid CPF. The CPF is required to pay the entry fee and to receive a prize.
3.2. Each person takes part once per edition. A second registration in the same edition with the same CPF, even under another account, is refused or disqualified. The same person may take part in different editions, including at the same time (each edition has its own account).
3.3. EXL employees and service providers involved in organizing the tournaments, and their spouses and relatives up to the second degree, are not eligible for prizes.
3.4. Clients without a CPF (for example, residents outside Brazil) may appear in the EXL Ranking, but do not receive cash prizes under this version of the rules. The prize-winning place passes to the next eligible participant.
4. Formats and editions
4.1. Formats. Paid tournaments come in three formats, all with a US$ 50,000 simulated account:
| Format | Duration | Entry fee |
|---|---|---|
| ETL Daily | 1 CME trading session | US$ 12.90 |
| ETL Series | 3 consecutive CME trading sessions | US$ 16.90 |
| ETL Weekly | the trading sessions of one week (usually 5; in a week with a CME holiday, the sessions that take place) | US$ 19.90 |
4.2. Continuous editions. Editions are created automatically from the CME trading calendar:
- ETL Daily: one edition per trading session.
- ETL Series: a new edition starts every trading session. Editions overlap; each has its own participants, account and result.
- ETL Weekly: one edition per week, sold during the previous week.
4.3. Advance sales. As a rule, editions for the next 7 trading sessions (ETL Daily and ETL Series) and the next 2 weeks (ETL Weekly) are on sale. EXL may pause sales of future editions; anyone who has already paid continues in the edition as normal.
4.4. Times. The CME trading session opens at 5:00 p.m. Chicago time on the previous day (the Monday edition opens on Sunday at 5:00 p.m. Chicago time). The edition ends at 3:30 p.m. Chicago time on its last session. In Brasília time, the open is at 7:00 or 8:00 p.m. and the end at 5:30 or 6:30 p.m., depending on US daylight saving time. Each edition page shows the exact times.
4.5. Holidays. A CME holiday is not a trading session. Editions only use valid sessions in the CME calendar.
5. Registration and entry fee
5.1. Registration is done in the logged-in EXL area, on the edition page.
5.2. Acceptance. Before paying, the participant accepts these rules. EXL records the date, time and version accepted.
5.3. Fee in US dollars, charged in Brazilian reais. The price is set in US dollars and charged in reais at the PTAX selling rate of the day published by the Central Bank of Brazil (or the latest available). The amount in reais is shown before payment.
5.4. Payment methods: Pix and credit card, in a single payment. Card installments are only offered when the fee exceeds the minimum amount shown on the page.
5.5. Pix: the code is valid for 60 minutes. If it is not paid in time, the reserved spot becomes available again, and the participant may generate a new Pix while spots remain.
5.6. A spot is only confirmed once payment is approved. Spots are filled in order of payment confirmation.
5.7. Registration closes 30 minutes before the open of the edition's first session, unless another time is shown on the page.
5.8. The entry fee includes: the edition's simulated account, access to the BlackArrow platform during the edition, market data, the live ranking and the final results.
6. Minimum participants and cancellation
6.1. Each format has a minimum number of confirmed participants (Annex I).
6.2. If the minimum is not reached when registration closes, the edition is canceled automatically and 100% of the amount paid is refunded to each participant by the same payment method, with no request needed.
6.3. EXL may also cancel an edition before the open for technical reasons or force majeure, with a full refund.
7. Refunds at the participant's request
7.1. The participant may request a full refund of the entry fee on the edition page until registration closes.
7.2. After registration closes there are no refunds, because the spot and the account have already been prepared for the participant and the service is provided during the scheduled period.
7.3. Withdrawal requests made within 7 days of purchase are reviewed by support: if the edition account has no trades, the fee is refunded.
7.4. The refund returns the amount paid in reais. With Pix, the amount returns to the source account. With a card, the reversal appears on the statement according to the issuing bank's timeline.
8. The edition account
8.1. The edition account is prepared when registration closes and stays locked until the open of the first session. At the open, all participants' accounts are unlocked at the same time. Buying earlier does not mean trading earlier.
8.2. The participant receives an e-mail with the access details when the account is prepared.
8.3. If the participant already has an active BlackArrow license with EXL, the edition account is opened on that license at no extra cost. Otherwise, EXL creates a temporary license, closed after the edition.
8.4. The account is valid for the edition only. It is locked at the end and closed afterwards.
8.5. The participant is responsible for installing the platform, testing access before the open and keeping the password confidential.
9. Trading rules
9.1. The rules on the edition page apply: allowed instrument, maximum number of contracts, starting balance and the sessions and times. There is no daily loss limit.
9.2. Orders in instruments that are not allowed or above the contract limit are rejected by the platform where possible. If they are executed, those trades do not count, and the case may lead to disqualification (section 11).
9.3. Daily flattening. Positions are flattened automatically by the account's risk profile at the end of each session. Carrying a position from one session to the next is not allowed.
9.4. End of the edition. At the end time, the account is locked automatically: pending orders are canceled and the position is flattened.
9.5. An open position at the end does not count. Only trades opened and closed within the edition's hours count. A position still open at the end time, or flattened after it, is not included in the result.
9.6. Automated strategies are allowed, provided they follow these rules, including section 11.
10. Ranking and final results
10.1. Criterion: net result (profit or loss, after the platform's simulated trading costs) of trades opened and closed within the edition's hours, in US dollars (US$).
10.2. To win a prize, the participant must:
- have made the minimum number of closed trades shown in Annex I; and
- finish with a positive result.
10.3. Tie-break: the participant with fewer trades ranks higher. If the tie persists, the tied places share equally the sum of the corresponding prizes.
10.4. The live ranking is a preview. The official result is the final results, published automatically on the edition page once the trading data is complete. While data is missing, the edition stays "under review" and no partial result is published as official.
10.5. The public ranking shows only the abbreviated name (first name and initial of the last name), the place and the result. Account, e-mail and CPF are never published.
11. Conduct, anti-abuse and disqualification
11.1. The following are prohibited and lead to disqualification:
- more than one registration by the same person in the same edition (same CPF, different accounts, or third parties in their name);
- trading someone else's account or letting someone else trade yours;
- mirrored or coordinated orders between participants (for example, opposite buys and sells in the same instrument at the same moment in different accounts);
- exploiting any failure, data delay, price error or defect of the platform or system;
- any form of fraud, manipulation or use of third-party data.
11.2. EXL monitors, among other signals, registrations with the same CPF, from the same IP address and similarity between orders in different accounts. These signals trigger a review; disqualification depends on objective findings.
11.3. EXL may limit the number of registrations from the same IP address in each edition.
11.4. A disqualified participant receives an e-mail stating the rule breached and may contest it through support within 5 days. Disqualification for fraud does not entitle the participant to a refund.
12. Prizes
12.1. The prize of each format is fixed, paid by EXL and announced before sales of the edition open, split by place: 50% for 1st, 30% for 2nd and 20% for 3rd (amounts in Annex I). The prize does not depend on the number of participants: it does not rise with more participants or fall with fewer.
12.2. The prize is set in US dollars and paid in Brazilian reais, converted at the PTAX selling rate on the payment date, by Pix to a key registered to the winner's own CPF, matching the CPF on their EXL account, within 5 business days after the final results are published.
12.3. The winner receives an e-mail with the amount and next steps. If EXL needs to confirm any information, the deadline starts from the confirmation.
12.4. Announced amounts are gross. Brazilian income tax is withheld at source where applicable, as required by law; the receipt shows the amount in dollars, the exchange rate used, the gross amount in reais, the tax withheld and the net amount.
12.5. Prizes are personal and non-transferable and cannot be exchanged for other goods or services.
12.6. A prize that is not claimed or cannot be paid due to missing winner information (for example, a Pix key under another CPF) remains available to the winner for 90 days after the final results.
13. EXL Ranking
13.1. The EXL Ranking is a free competition, with no registration and no entry fee, only for EXL clients with an active trading-desk account (evaluation or funded account, with an active license).
13.2. There are two cycles: weekly (the week's trading sessions) and monthly (the month's trading sessions). Each cycle closes automatically after its last session, and the winners are set by the final results.
13.3. The ranking uses the net result of closed trades in the cycle's sessions, with the same minimum number of trades and positive result requirements as section 10.
13.4. Each trader appears once, through their best account in the cycle. Paid tournament accounts are not included in the EXL Ranking.
13.5. Fixed prizes (Annex I): US$ 300 per week and US$ 1,000 per month, split 50% / 30% / 20%. To receive a prize, the winner accepts these rules before payment. Sections 3, 11 and 12 apply.
13.6. The EXL Ranking does not affect the trading-desk account: it does not lock or close it, and it does not change targets, limits or payouts. Each account's plan rules continue to apply as normal.
14. Personal data
14.1. EXL processes participants' data under Brazil's General Data Protection Law (Law 13,709/2018, LGPD) and the EXL Privacy Policy:
- name, e-mail and phone, for registration and edition notices;
- CPF, for payment, fraud prevention, and prize payment and tax reporting;
- IP address and browser data at registration, for security and anti-fraud;
- trades in the edition account (and, for the EXL Ranking, in the trading-desk account), for the ranking and final results.
14.2. The public ranking shows only the abbreviated name and the result (section 10.5).
14.3. Participants may request access, correction, deletion and other measures provided by law through the privacy channel shown in the Privacy Policy. Data required by law (for example, tax data) is kept for the legal period.
15. Communications
15.1. Edition notices (confirmation, account prepared, reminders, results, prize, cancellation and refund) are sent to the registered e-mail.
15.2. Participants may receive EXL offers after the edition and may unsubscribe at any time through the link in the e-mail.
16. Technical failures, changes and cancellation
16.1. If a failure of the platform, data provider or exchange prevents an edition from taking place, EXL may:
- calculate the result up to the moment of the failure, if this can be done fairly; or
- cancel the edition, with a full refund of the entry fee.
16.2. After registration, EXL does not change an edition's prizes or rules to the participant's detriment. Corrections of clerical errors are communicated by e-mail; anyone who disagrees receives a full refund.
16.3. These rules may be updated for future editions. Each registration follows the version accepted at that time.
17. Risk notice
Skill competition on a simulated account. Past results, including in tournaments, do not guarantee future results. Trading in the real market involves risk of loss.
18. Governing law and jurisdiction
18.1. Brazilian law applies, including the Consumer Protection Code.
18.2. The courts of the participant's place of residence have jurisdiction.
Annex I · Formats, prizes and EXL Ranking
Paid tournaments (all editions)
| Item | ETL Daily | ETL Series | ETL Weekly |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | 1 session | 3 consecutive sessions | The week's sessions (usually 5) |
| Editions | One per session | A new one every session (overlapping) | One per week |
| Entry fee | US$ 12.90 | US$ 16.90 | US$ 19.90 |
| Charge | In reais at the day's PTAX selling rate; Pix (60 min) or card, single payment | Same | Same |
| Minimum participants | 40 | 30 | 30 |
| Total prize (fixed) | US$ 206 | US$ 203 | US$ 239 |
| 1st place (50%) | US$ 103.00 | US$ 101.50 | US$ 119.50 |
| 2nd place (30%) | US$ 61.80 | US$ 60.90 | US$ 71.70 |
| 3rd place (20%) | US$ 41.20 | US$ 40.60 | US$ 47.80 |
Rules common to the three formats:
| Item | Parameter |
|---|---|
| Account | Simulated, US$ 50,000 starting balance, BlackArrow platform |
| Allowed instrument | NQ only (E-mini Nasdaq-100) |
| Maximum contracts | 5 |
| Daily loss | No daily loss limit |
| Open | 5:00 p.m. Chicago time on the day before the first session (7:00 or 8:00 p.m. Brasília time) |
| End | 3:30 p.m. Chicago time on the last session (5:30 or 6:30 p.m. Brasília time) |
| Registration closes | 30 minutes before the open |
| Account release | Prepared when registration closes, locked until the open and unlocked for everyone at the same time |
| Below the minimum | Edition canceled and 100% of the amount paid refunded automatically |
| Refund on request | Until registration closes (section 7) |
| Criterion | Net result of trades opened and closed within the edition's hours |
| To win a prize | At least 3 closed trades and a positive result |
| Tie-break | Fewer trades (section 10.3) |
| Prize payment | In reais at the PTAX selling rate on the payment date, by Pix to a key under the winner's CPF, within 5 business days after the final results |
EXL Ranking (free, clients)
| Item | Weekly | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| Who takes part | Clients with an active trading-desk account; once per trader, through the best account | Same |
| Period | The week's sessions | The month's sessions |
| Criterion | Net result of closed trades in the cycle's sessions | Same |
| To win a prize | At least 3 closed trades and a positive result | Same |
| Total prize (fixed) | US$ 300 | US$ 1,000 |
| 1st / 2nd / 3rd place | US$ 150 / 90 / 60 | US$ 500 / 300 / 200 |
| Payment | As in paid tournaments, after the winner accepts these rules | Same |

