How to Play - STONKD
The Full Rundown

How It Works.

From building your first portfolio to climbing the Campus Showdown leaderboard — here's everything that happens inside STONKD.

Way to play
Three steps.
Start to finish.
01
Build Your Portfolio
Select stocks and crypto you want to track. Use real market data, company news, and sector trends to build a portfolio you believe in.
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AAPL TSLA NVDA BTC META
+100% Double Up
+50% Boost
Side Hustle
02
Apply a Strategy Boost
Boosts are strategic tools. Apply one to a position to amplify its weighting, offset underperformers, or enter certain contests using boosts as your entry.
03
Track Your Performance
Monitor your portfolio performance against other participants in real time. Top performers earn real cash rewards. A new contest opens each morning.
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🏅 Beachbum +65.2%
2 StockLover +55.3%
3 Aces281 +48.9%
More Ways To Play
Even More
Formats.

The 3-step flow above covers the daily contest. These two run differently — same 30-minute clock, different rules for winning.

Pick 5 · No Boosts
Let 'Em Ride
Pick 5 stocks. No boosts, no bailouts — just your picks against the clock. Whoever's portfolio posts the highest percentage gain after 30 minutes takes it. Pure conviction, no power-ups to lean on.
Picks
5
Clock
30 min
Wins By
Highest %
Pick 7 · All Or Nothing
Pick 7
Pick 7 stocks or crypto. Every single one has to be green when the 30-minute clock runs out, or you're out. Get all seven moving in the right direction and you win.
Picks
7
Clock
30 min
Wins By
All Green
Power-Ups
SIX MOVES.
USE THEM WISELY.

Boosts are strategic tools that let you adjust your portfolio weightings, offset underperforming positions, or use them as your entry fee into certain contest formats.

+100%
Double Up
Doubles a position’s percentage return. Apply it to your highest-conviction holding.
+50%
Boost
Adds 50% to a position’s return weighting. Useful when your analysis is strong but not definitive.
Side Hustle
Side Hustle
Applies the next position’s percentage return to your selected stock. A tactical reweighting tool.
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy
Sets a position’s return to zero. Removes an underperforming holding from your score calculation.
Futures
Futures Contract
Applies the prior session’s return to the current contest period. Useful when momentum is in your favor.
High Roller
High Roller
Locks in the highest intraday percentage for a selected position. High variance, high reward strategy.
Test Your Market Knowledge
Stonkd IQ.

Four timed finance questions and one market prediction, every day. Build a permanent Investing IQ, climb seven ranks, and prove you actually know the market — no portfolio required.

Play Stonkd IQ →
Per Question
8s
7 Ranks
600→1200
600 · Market Rookie 1200 · Market Legend
Today's Round
Live
910
Current IQ
🔥 5-Day Streak
New From Stonkd
Stonkd Receipts.

Lock in a stock or crypto call, publicly, with a timestamp. Build a track record nobody can fake after the fact and climb the Receipts leaderboard. A public track record, not a prediction market — no wagering.

Make Your Call →
Wagering
None
Record
Public
Latest Receipt
Live
NVDA
“$210 by Friday”
Locked 2:14 PM ET
📜 On The Record
New contests open daily
READY?
LET'S GO.

New contest every morning. First entry free. No card, no catch, no Wall Street degree required.