Competition rules

Pick a weekly competition and you instantly receive ₹10,00,000 of virtual capital — the same stake for everyone. No deposit, no KYC. Build strategies in plain English, snap them together in blocks, paste code, or drop a screenshot; we paper-trade them live against real market data.

Each race runs for one week and locks Saturday at 9 PM IST. At the lock the race auto-settles — open positions close and the standings freeze. Add or edit strategies any time before the lock.

Every position is marked live against real prices. You see it both ways: the rupee P&L (e.g. +₹84,000) and the return percentage (+8.40%). Money tells you the stakes; percent sets your rank.

The live leaderboard is ranked on pure return %— your gain against your starting capital. Every day’s moves compound into that running return, so a steady week of gains keeps lifting you and the board reshuffles in real time. Drawdown is shown for context but never changes your rank.

Three guardrails keep it honest:

• Qualify — place at least 5 trades to be eligible for the Spotlight.
• Position cap — no single trade may exceed 25% of your capital, so no all-or-nothing lottery bets.
• Elimination — drop 25% below your starting capital and you’re out of contention. Your strategies keep trading, but recovery won’t restore eligibility — a real margin call.

Your live rank is pure return %. But the leaderboard also gives every trader a separate ★ Investor Score from 0 to 100 — the credential investors actually read. It’s built from your daily performance, so steady compounding beats one lucky day. It blends four things:

• Risk-adjusted return — gains relative to how much your equity swings around (steadier scores higher).
• Consistency — the share of days you finished green.
• Drawdown control — how well you protected capital versus the elimination line.
• Return — your raw edge, capped so a single lottery week can’t run away with it.

There are no cash prizes. The reward is recognition: top finishers earn a verified, public track record and get put in front of scouting investors. Because the Spotlight is judged on the Investor Score, what gets you scouted isn’t one lucky week — it’s a consistent, risk-managed record you can repeat week after week.

Every race also moves a running progression rating, starting at 1000. It works like a chess rating: beating traders ranked above you gains a lot, beating traders ranked below you gains little, and losing to someone below you costs more than losing to someone above you — the system rewards exceeding expectations, not just finishing high. You need at least 5 trades in a race for it to count.

Rating maps to a visible tier ladder — Rookie → Bronze → Silver → Gold → Platinum → Elite— shown next to your name on every leaderboard. Two anti-frustration shields protect newer or recently promoted players from an instant drop: you can’t be relegated in your first 5 races, or in the race right after a promotion. Racing consistently and finishing on the podium also earn small streak bonuses on top of your rating.