HTX bots challenge

HTX has opened a futures bot contest that pays traders for pushing automated volume through its derivatives market before April 24. (coincarp.com) The event runs from 10:00 UTC on April 10, 2026, to 10:00 UTC on April 24, 2026, and HTX says participants can trade with any futures bot to climb a volume leaderboard. The top individual prize is 1,000 USDT. (coincarp.com) On HTX, a futures grid bot is an automated strategy that places long or short orders at set intervals inside a price range. HTX says the tool is built for volatile or sideways markets and supports only USDT-margined futures. (htx.com) HTX also offers a Martingale bot, which the exchange describes in its app guides as a separate automated strategy users can create from the Trading Bot page. The company markets its futures bot system as a hands-free product that can run around the clock. (htx.com, htx.com) The contest puts the exchange’s bot products in front of traders at a time when HTX is also promoting copy trading, futures bonuses, and other activity-driven campaigns on its derivatives platform. On its futures homepage, HTX advertises up to 3,000 USDT in trial bonuses for new users and says its platform serves users in more than 200 countries and regions. (htx.com) HTX says futures grid bots draw funds from a user’s USDT-M futures account and move those assets into a trading bots account after creation. The exchange also says normal derivatives trading fees still apply and funding fees may be paid or received while a bot is running. (htx.com) In a separate April 16 contest announcement, HTX said it would disqualify users for wash trading, order matching, fake-account registration, or other attempts to inflate volume. That language suggests the exchange expects aggressive leaderboard trading and is trying to police manipulation across promotions. (coincarp.com) HTX, founded in 2013, rebranded from Huobi to HTX in September 2023 and now describes itself as a broader blockchain ecosystem built around exchange trading and derivatives. The bot challenge ends on April 24, when the leaderboard race for a four-figure prize closes. (htx.com, htx.com)