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How to play, in one minute

Watch the walkthrough, or read the nine steps under it. The screens are examples: the names and figures in them are made up.

The steps

  1. Step 1

    Start with $100,000 of play money

    It's free and there's no card. The money is virtual; the prices are real market data.

    Your starting balance: $100,000 of play money
  2. Step 2

    Race the month and the week

    The monthly race runs from the 1st to the last day of the month, on one board. The weekly race runs from Monday to Sunday: every Monday the week's return starts again at 0% for everyone, so each week has its own leader. Your balance and positions carry on.

    The monthly race and the weekly race, Monday to Sunday
  3. Step 3

    Open Daily Picks

    Daily Picks is today's screener list. Tap any asset to open its analysis.

    Daily Picks, today's screener list (example)
  4. Step 4

    Read the score

    The score runs from −100 to +100. It blends nine dimensions: HMM regime, technical, trend, support and resistance, fundamentals, sector edge, sentiment, momentum and pattern. It is a composite of 9 dimensions, not a recommendation.

    An asset's analysis with its score and nine dimensions (example)
  5. Step 5

    Add it to your basket: Long or Short

    Pick Long if you think it rises, or Short if you think it falls. Then choose how much of your play money to put in and confirm. A few thinly traded assets are analysis only — the dialog tells you when one can't join the race.

    Adding an asset to the race as Long or Short, with an amount of play money (example)
  6. Step 6

    See how it fills

    While the asset's market is open, your position fills at the live price. When it's closed, it fills at the next session's open. From its fill, your basket races on the leaderboard.

    Market open: fills at the live price. Market closed: fills at the next session's open
  7. Step 7

    Check the leaderboard

    On the Leaderboard, switch between “This week” and “This month” and see your place on the board.

    The leaderboard with This week and This month tabs and your place (example)
  8. Step 8

    Start a league with your friends

    A league is your own ranking inside the race. Share its one invite link and race your friends.

    Start a league: your own ranking with friends, one invite link
  9. Step 9

    Close any time

    Close a position whenever you like, from your Basket.

    A position in the basket with its Close button (example)
Open Daily Picks →Rules and prizes

Play money, real data — not investment advice.