Investfly Guides

Group contests

Investfly contests are one-time, time-bounded trading simulations inside a private investment group or classroom.

Find your contests

Open Groups from the main navigation to see investment clubs and classrooms you own or have joined. Each group contains its own private trading contests, so membership and contest management stay in one place.

Join and participate

1. Join the private group or classroom from its invitation.
2. Open an Open contest and review its mode, asset class, starting cash, start time, and end time.
3. Join before trading starts. Investfly creates a dedicated contest portfolio with the same starting cash as every other entry.
4. For a manual contest, trade that portfolio yourself while the contest is running. For an algorithm contest, submit one compatible strategy; Investfly locks a contest copy and only that copy can trade the portfolio.
5. Follow equity, return, rank, and trade count on the leaderboard.

Each contest uses one asset class and can be long-only or allow short selling. Participation mode, asset class, and starting cash lock after the first participant joins; enrollment closes when trading starts.

Create and host

Create an investment group or classroom, add an optional description, and invite members by email. A new contest opens for enrollment immediately. Choose manual or algorithm participation, one asset class, starting cash, short-selling policy, and its schedule.

A contest follows three states: Open, Running, and Completed. Administrators can update ordinary operating settings such as the description, end time, and short-selling policy while a contest is open or running. Use Duplicate Contest when you want to run a similar contest later, and delete old contests after they are completed.