OffseasonProspect Market

Draft Stock Exchange

Buy low. Sell high. Cash out on draft night.

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Draft Stock Exchange turns the pre-draft calendar into a market. Every prospect on the board is a tradeable stock with a live price, and you spend the winter deciding who is undervalued before the rest of the market catches up.

It is the only game we run that rewards you for being early rather than for being right on one day. If you had the riser pegged in February, you can buy him at February's price and sell him in April to the people who only noticed at the combine.

How it works

You join a contest and receive a $10,000 play-money bankroll. Every prospect opens at a price derived from their consensus mock-draft position — a projected first overall pick opens near $100 a share, a projected third-rounder near $15. From then on the price moves two ways: on real news, when we price in combine numbers, pro days, injuries and mock-draft movement; and on the market itself, as buying nudges a price up and selling nudges it down. You can hold at most 500 shares of one prospect, and no single prospect may be more than 20% of your portfolio at the moment you buy. Every buy and every sell pays a 2% trade fee, so churn costs you. On draft night every share settles at what that player's actual draft slot is worth, your portfolio is liquidated into cash, and the final cash value is your score.

Scoring

Final rankingPortfolio value
Drafted #1 overall$120 / share
Round 2 pick$35 / share
Undrafted$2 / share
Trade fee2% per buy or sell

When it runs

One contest per draft class, running from January to the NFL Draft in April. The market is open daily from 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM ET, and closes for good when the draft begins.

Buying a riser in February

In January a defensive end is projected around pick 25, so his shares open near $57. You think he tests as a top-ten athlete, and you buy 80 shares for roughly $4,560 plus a $91 trade fee.

He runs a 4.52 at the combine. We publish the result as a market event with a +20% impact and his price jumps to about $69. Mock drafts follow and other traders pile in, nudging him higher still. You now hold a position worth well over $5,500.

On draft night he goes eighth overall. Every share settles at $85, so your 80 shares liquidate for $6,800 — a clear gain on the roughly $4,650 you paid, and enough to carry your portfolio to the top of the board.

What makes Draft Stock Exchange different

Months of daily decisions instead of one locked entry — you can change your mind all winter.
Being early pays: you profit from the move, not just from the final answer.
Real market mechanics — a 2% trade fee, a 500-share cap and a 20% concentration limit make position sizing part of the skill.

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