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Upside ArenaHow it works

A stock game for friends

Everyone has a stock pick.Nobody keeps score.

A stock-picking game you play with friends. Play money on Monday, real prices all week, and a scoreboard on Friday.

Free to play. No adverts, and no card.

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A made-up weekThe Sunday Roasters
Week so farWeek
  1. 2SarahChips+0.6%
  2. 1YouTwo banks and a cloud company+1.2%
  3. 4MarcusWhatever was up yesterday-0.4%
  4. 3PriyaOne oil company, all in+0.3%
MondayEveryone starts levelThe same $100,000 each. You open the week in front. S&P 500 +0.4%

01What it is

One league, a new race every week.

The week is the game. These are the ways to play it once the ordinary week has gone stale. Every figure in them is made up.

Battles

The same market, your rule book: which companies, how long, and when anybody may buy.

Draft night

Pick in turn from one board. Once a company is taken, nobody else can have it.

Seasons

Ranked on how far ahead of the market you finished, not on turning up.

Streaks

A trading day looked at is a day counted. Weekends never count against you.

The weekend lineup

Pick on a Sunday. It is bought at Monday's open, at the same price for everyone.

02How you start

It starts with the people you already argue with.

No broker, no deposit, no card. Sign in and you have $100,000 of pretend money and a league with a code in it.

  1. Make a league

    Signing up makes you one, with a code in it. There is nothing to set up.

  2. Send the code

    Anybody with it is in. Nobody without it can find your league at all.

  3. Pick on Monday

    Everyone starts the week level, so it is a fair race every time.

03How it compares

Keep the group chat. Settle it here.

Everybody already says what they would have bought. Arena is where it gets counted.

  • Who is actually winningA table, every FridayA group chat: whoever argues last. A paper-trading app: only you know.
  • Everyone starts levelEvery MondayA group chat: no. A paper-trading app: no.
  • Measured against the marketEvery weekA group chat: no. A paper-trading app: sometimes.
  • What you can buyUS shares over $1, and a few coinsA group chat: anything. A paper-trading app: almost anything.
  • When you can tradeMarket hoursA group chat: any time. A paper-trading app: any time.
  • Real money at stakeNeverA group chat: sometimes. A paper-trading app: no.

04What it costs

Nothing. The free game is the whole game.

There is a membership at about three euros a month. It buys decoration and a little convenience. It cannot move a score, a ranking or what anybody is allowed to trade, and it never will.

Make a league. Send the code. Friday keeps score.

By continuing you confirm you are 16 or older and agree to the Terms and Privacy policy.

Nothing real is at stake

  • The money is pretend. Nothing goes in, nothing comes out.
  • Arena is not a broker, and it never touches an account you hold.
  • Your league is private. Nobody joins it without the code.
  • Take a copy of everything, or delete all of it, from your profile.