Leaderboard eligibility is automatic once your account is synced and verified — there's no separate application, because your ranking is built directly from the same data your EA already reports.
Any MT4 or MT5 account connected through the Solven4 EA begins contributing data to your verified profile immediately. Once enough trade history has accumulated to calculate stable, meaningful metrics — rather than a single lucky day — your account becomes eligible to appear on the public leaderboard.
Syncing an account doesn't automatically make your identity public. You control whether your leaderboard position is shown under your real name, a handle, or kept private entirely while still benefiting from the verified audit trail and analytics privately.
Ranking blends risk-adjusted return, consistency, and drawdown control rather than raw percentage gain alone — see 'How the Leaderboard Ranks Traders Fairly Across Brokers' for the full breakdown of why this matters and how it's normalized across different account sizes and brokers.