# How Rewards Are Calculated ### The Core Philosophy: Rewarding Absolute Effort Our program marks a shift from rewarding relative effort (comparing users against each other) to rewarding absolute effort based on actual trading volume. This approach ensures: * Predictable rewards, unaffected by other users' activity * Earnings based directly on your contribution to the ecosystem * A reward structure that scales with market growth --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.mangrove.exchange/mgv-incentives/ms2-program-closed/how-rewards-are-calculated.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.