Last Updated: 2026-10-26
A headline reward is not the amount you will receive or the amount you can withdraw. Start with the exact offer shown to your account, then subtract the additional costs of qualifying. If you would not want the account or the trade without the promotion, a reward does not resolve that mismatch.
This is an offer-evaluation worksheet, not a list of active deals. The earlier weekly-verification claim and unsupported campaign totals have been withdrawn. No account was opened or funded for this review. Trading and custody can lose money; a promotion does not make the qualifying activity risk-free.
Identify what is actually being offered
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| Reward | What to record | What not to assume |
|---|---|---|
| Withdrawable cash or crypto | Asset, amount or distribution, release conditions, withdrawal costs | A crypto amount keeps its value until withdrawal |
| Trading-fee credit | Eligible product, fees it can offset, expiry | The face value can be cashed out |
| Margin or trial credit | Whether principal or only profits are withdrawable; loss and expiry rules | The credit is owned cash or protects your other collateral |
| Discounted subscription | Trial duration, renewal price and cancellation process | A free trial has no later charge |
| Random reward | Published probabilities and all possible outcomes, if supplied | The advertised maximum is the expected payment |
A $50 fee coupon is worth at most the eligible fees it actually offsets before expiry. If you would otherwise incur $8 of those fees, do not value it at $50. Creating extra trades to use the other $42 introduces costs and exposure; it is not a saving on your original plan.
Keep one evidence row per offer
Save the official terms URL and review date, regional entity, new/existing-user condition, invitation or referral requirement, exact eligible product, minimum deposit or filled turnover, deadline and time zone. Record whether deposits must be new funds and whether withdrawing early cancels eligibility. Keep the account-specific offer and confirmation without sharing personal information.
As a concrete example of why the product matters, Coinbase's incentive documentation, checked 26 October 2026, lists separate campaigns with different eligibility and transaction requirements. A condition from one campaign cannot be applied to another. This link does not establish your eligibility or advertise a particular reward.
Do not sum several signup headlines before checking whether they are mutually exclusive. Do not add card purchases, deposits and trading turnover together as though they were the same qualifying measure. Account availability and payment-rail support are separate questions; use accurate payment descriptions and do not bypass regional restrictions.
Work through the additional cash flows
Synthetic example, not a current offer: a fixed $100 withdrawable reward requires $20,000 of total filled turnover. Assume a 0.10% commission on that turnover, $25 of additional spread/slippage, and $5 of transfer costs.
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| Incremental item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Reward, only if all conditions are met | +$100 |
| Commission: $20,000 × 0.10% | −$20 |
| Spread/slippage assumption | −$25 |
| Transfers | −$5 |
| Difference before market P&L, tax and time | +$50 |
If the qualifying trades lose $80, the combined result becomes −$30, even after the reward. If the reward is not paid, the costs remain. Neither the $50 nor the −$30 is a forecast. Spread/slippage must not be deducted twice if already included in your realized trade P&L.
If "$20,000 volume" instead means $20,000 of entries plus $20,000 of exits, commission at the same assumed rate is $40. That is why the definition of turnover belongs next to every calculation. Deposited capital is not automatically a cost, but it remains exposed or unavailable while held; record the holding period separately rather than calling it free money.
Compare with doing nothing extra
The relevant comparison is the activity you actually planned without the reward. Separate existing costs from incremental costs. A fee rebate on trades you already intended to make has different economics from a new leveraged position taken solely to qualify. Do not convert an uncertain market return into a guaranteed offset to promotion costs.
Use three columns: confirmed, conditional, unknown. A visible banner is not confirmation that the reward has arrived. Missing eligibility terms, an unclear withdrawal rule or a required product you do not understand is a reason to leave the value unknown. There is no universal deposit size at which a bonus becomes worthwhile.
After any eligible activity, reconcile the transaction records, reward asset and amount, restrictions and actual withdrawal availability. If the credit is absent, retain the relevant terms and contact the platform through its official support route; this guide cannot promise a payment or resolution date. Never send a recovery phrase or transfer money to a supposed support agent to unlock a reward.
Disclosure: AITR may earn commissions from marked affiliate links elsewhere. This worksheet contains no referral recommendation. It does not determine tax treatment or replace account-specific terms. Compare trading costs consistently before assigning a value to a promotion.