How a match works - Chart Arena

Every match is a fight on a live chart. You and your opponent trade the same price, and every trade you close in profit lands as a hit.

Controls

Button	What it does	Web key
Long	Opens a trade that gains if the price goes up	`L`
Short	Opens a trade that gains if the price goes down	`S`
Close	Closes your trade	`C`

Damage

A trade you close in profit damages your opponent.
A trade you close at a loss damages you. Very small losses don’t.
While a trade is in profit its multiplier climbs, so letting a winner run hits harder.

Rounds

A match has three short rounds, and health resets at the start of each one.
Open trades close automatically when a round ends.
The player with more health takes the round.

Knockouts

A knockout happens when a winning close takes your opponent’s health to zero on a big enough price move, and it ends the match at once. Cards can’t knock anyone out, and knockouts can’t happen in the opening seconds of a round. A player can sit at zero health without being knocked out. They then lose the round on health.

Winning

The player who wins more rounds wins the match. If that’s level, total score decides, then health, and draws are possible. The result screen shows how it ended: by KNOCKOUT, on points or by forfeit.

Cards

In In-Game Cards matches you also play power-up cards. See Cards and decks.

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