Trader Leaderboard

What the leaderboard shows

The leaderboard ranks practice traders who have chosen to publish their results. Publishing is optional and off by default; if you never opt in, nothing about your account is shared. Ranked figures are simulated: percentage return on a $100,000 virtual starting balance, win rate, and number of trades.

There is no prize, no fee and no real money involved. The leaderboard exists because a visible scoreboard makes people practise more often, and frequency is what builds skill.

How to read a ranking without fooling yourself

• A large return over a handful of trades usually means one oversized position, not skill.
• Compare drawdown alongside return — a 60% gain that survived a 40% drawdown is a fragile method.
• Short measurement windows favour risk-takers; over months, the ranking composition changes.
• Nobody's practice ranking is a recommendation to copy their trades.

Why we show it at all

Competition is a blunt but effective tool for habit formation. A visible ranking makes people return, and returning is what builds the daily review habit that actually improves results. That is the entire justification for the leaderboard, and it is why the ranking carries no reward.

It also serves as a live demonstration of variance. Watch the top of the board over a few weeks: names change constantly, and the traders who stay near the top are usually not the ones who spiked fastest. That lesson is difficult to teach in a lesson and obvious in a table.

Privacy on the leaderboard

• Participation is opt-in; nothing is published unless you choose to publish it.
• Only your chosen display name and simulated statistics appear — never an email address.
• You can stop publishing at any time and the entry is removed.

Frequently asked

• Do I have to appear here? No. Publishing is opt-in and can be switched off at any time.
• Is there a prize? No. There is no money, no entry fee and nothing to win.
• Can I see someone's trades? Only the summary statistics they chose to publish, never their journal.
• How often does it update? Rankings refresh as published portfolios change; short-term positions move constantly.
• Why is the top return so large? Usually concentration and leverage-like sizing, not a repeatable method — check the drawdown column before being impressed.