Earning the right to be treated as if entrusted with more capital
Every participant starts with the same theoretical allocation floor. Finam then adjusts the notional capital attributed to the strategy every week based on quality of performance.
Capital can move up. Capital can also move down from an elevated level. But it does not fall below the starting floor.
This is one of the most important design choices in the whole product. It gives the competition a prop-like shape. The question becomes: who earned the right to be treated as if they were entrusted with more capital?
The participant should not need to rewrite the strategy to react to this. They continue to submit portfolio-intent signals the same way. The system changes the notional assigned to those signals.