The rewards involve is indeed important if you want to push thru your participation in any trading competition. Because you need to assess if it is worth your time and resources. Because when you talk about trading volume, aside from the initial funds, you need your skills and time dedicated to this event. Otherwise, don't join half-heartedly as you will only waste your effort on this.
And this must be the main reason on why we want to join a trading competition but I do not know, maybe for some, their main reason is to test their skills if they are still starting and to know if they have already improved a lot. For those who are not new in trading anymore, this was like a test to tell if they still got it. Rewards are only like a bonus for them and it might not really matter if in case they did not win or if it turns out that the competition is bogus. Apart from time, you also said resources and this could mean money, right? But that was true because many trading competitions I see are not free. The rush on these types of competitions are even higher and are more rewarding once we win on them.
There's only two possible reasons on why people would be joining up on a competition;
Mainly about making or earning money, or they would really be loving to join up competitions and proving out their skills or worth.
How to approach on a trading competition then it would really be just that simply be sticking into your own plans and trying out to do it just like an ordinary day.
If you would really be that keeping into your mind that you are in a competition then this is something that will really be making you distracted. When you are joining up on a competition then
make yourself on each trade to be efficient as possible or making those plans to be on work.
Just dont simply panic or will really be doing things in a rush because this is where you would really be that ending up on having those stirred up kind of mind or emotions
on which this will really be the main reason on disruptting you on doing trades efficiently. So better be wary about these things so that you do able to avoid it out
as much as you could and trade up well just like you get used to.