Demonstration only. Every member, ticker and price on this page is invented to show how the contest works. Nothing here is real market data.
Close 30 Jun 2027
Portfolio
Period

Growth leader against the market

Since the 4 January open
# Member Total return No dividends Value

Members
412
Portfolios entered
824
Trading days elapsed
124 of 251
Changes since lock
0

Inside a portfolio

Any member's ten positions, visible to everyone since lock day.

Growth leader

riverbend
Total return
+18.4%
No dividends
+18.1%
Value
$118,360
Ticker Shares Buy price Buy value Price now Value now Dividends Total value Change Total return

Every position was funded with exactly $10,000 at the opening price on 4 January 2027, using fractional shares. Nothing has been bought or sold since.

Against the market

The comparison the contest has always been scored on.

BenchmarkYear to dateBetter / (worse)

Entering, back in December

Ten tickers per portfolio, validated as they are typed, then frozen.

Growth portfolio

Submitted 19 December 2026 · locked 31 December
Positions
10 of 10
Committed
$100,000

A ticker is checked against the exchange, the $5 minimum and the rules below the moment it is entered, so a typo is caught in December rather than found in March.

The rules

Set once per season, identical for everybody.

Portfolios per member
Two — one Growth, one Income
Positions per portfolio
10, at $10,000 each
Priced in at
The open on the first trading day of January
Priced out at
The close on 31 December
Eligible
NYSE, Arca, Nasdaq or Cboe · $5 minimum · no OTC
Leveraged and inverse ETFs
Allowed
Changes after lock
None, for any reason
If a holding is acquired or delisted
Converts to cash at its last close and sits flat