2026 Full Year Trading Competition

Firstly, thanks to @mullokintyre, @peter2 and @debtfree for taking this on originally, and keeping us updated for the past few years.

The 2026 comp is a little bit different.

Instead of set and forget, you have the chance to trade.

The rules for the 2026 Stock Trading Competition are as follows:

• Each member has a nominal $100K to invest in five stocks, $20K +/- per stock.
• Members can make one trade per month to lock in profits or get rid of losers to re-allocate the cash.
• So, you have 12 trades for the year, one per month, made at any time during the month, after hours.
• No need to trade, but you only have one per month.
• The money you’ve made or lost gets re-invested into a new stock that you nominate at the same time as your sell.
• Trades can only be made after hours, so it’s clear on the price conversion and profit or loss.
• I will calculate the profit and loss and reinvestment prices. Just say what you’ve sold and bought with prices, if you like. I will confirm.
• You can pick any stock/ETF listed on the ASX no matter what their value, market cap, or turnover.
• There will be no dividends added, because that would be too hard, and this is a trading game.
• You do not have to post in the relevant stock thread each month, but if you do that would be good.
• No prize money, only glory. 🙁

If this is all too hard, you don’t have to enter.

Idiosyncrasies and anomalies will be ironed out in January, but your initial picks on 31 Dec will be locked in.

Entries will be taken up to midnight on 31 Dec 25.

Sean K