By The Investment Analyst

Sixty seconds.
One stock. Up or down.

The daily stock-prediction game. Each weekday, one ticker. Call it before the close. See your points, your streak, and where you sit on the leaderboard the moment the market closes.

Free to play · iOS and Android · No account needed to try
Today · NVDA Lock by 4:00 pm ET Confidence: Bold ×2.0
9:41
TickerOne
Today · Tue 02:14:38 to lock
NVDA NVIDIA
$142.06 +1.84%
Your call by 4:00 pm ET
UP
DOWN
Confidence
Safe
×0.5
Normal
×1.0
Bold
×2.0
The daily loop

Sixty seconds a day. That's the whole game.

Three screens. One result. Built so a serious analyst can play it in a coffee break and a newcomer can play it from the train.

9:41
TickerOne
Today · Tue 02:14:38 to lock
NVDA NVIDIA
$142.06 +1.84%
Your call by 4:00 pm ET
UP
DOWN
Confidence
Safe
×0.5
Normal
×1.0
Bold
×2.0
01 /03

Open before the bell

One ticker. From a rotation of 100 — Apple, Tesla, JPMorgan, SPY, the Bitcoin ETFs, the names that move.

9:41
TickerOne
Today · Tue 02:14:38 to lock
NVDA NVIDIA
$142.06 +1.84%
Your call by 4:00 pm ET
UP
DOWN
Confidence
Safe
×0.5
Normal
×1.0
Bold
×2.0
02 /03

Call it

Up or down. Safe, Normal, or Bold. Optionally call a price range for bonus points. Lock by 4pm ET.

9:41
TickerOne
Result · 4:00 pm
NVDA UP
$144.81 +1.94%
You won UP · Bold · ×2.0
+200 pts
7-day streak · ×1.4 streak bonus next call
This week's rank
#412 ▲ 128 since open
See analyst's reasoning
03 /03

See the close

Points hit instantly. Streak bonus rolls over to tomorrow. Your rank moves in front of you.

Mechanics

Easy to play. Hard to game.

Four levers under the hood. They reward people who think before they tap.

01 Confidence costs both ways

The Bold multiplier doubles your points when you're right — and doubles the hit when you're wrong. Safe halves both. Pick the conviction that matches your read, not the one that feels brave.

×0.5SafeHalf stakes
×1.0NormalDefault
×2.0BoldDouble both ways
02 Streaks compound

Every consecutive correct call multiplies tomorrow's score. Break the streak and the multiplier resets — so the game gets harder the better you do, which is the point.

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Day 1 ×1.0 Day 7 ×1.4 Day 10 ×1.7
03 11 wildcards, earned by playing

Hit milestones — a 5-streak, a perfect week, beating the analyst — to unlock cards you can spend on tougher calls.

Insurance Redo Double points Hedge Peek consensus Freeze streak Wild ticker Tight range Champion's call Split bet Backdate
04 Call a price range for bonus

The optional move for the analytically inclined. Pin a range and earn extra points if the close lands inside. Wider band, smaller bonus.

$138 $140 $142 $144 $146
Your range Close inside · +60 pts
The credibility hook

The analysts play too. And show their work.

Every day, an analyst from The Investment Analyst publishes their own call inside the app. Reasoning stays hidden until 4pm — same rules as you. After the close, it's all there: thesis, setup, what they missed.

  • Beat the analyst on a call and unlock a wildcard.
  • Follow individual analysts and see their hit-rate by sector.
  • The full TIA platform is a separate, paid product — not pitched in the game.
See today's call
GR
Geoff Robinson
#1 ranked Institutional Investor analyst
Revealed 4:01 pm
NVDA UP Normal · range $141–144

Reasoning

Hyperscaler capex commentary lands at midday and last week's pullback cleaned up positioning. Setup into earnings still well-bid, but a hot CPI print would change the tape — hence Normal, not Bold. Range is tight because dealer gamma keeps us pinned.


64%
Hit rate · 30d
4
Streak
Semis
Sector best
Weekly recap & deep stats

Read your own tape. Every Friday at 5.

A weekly read-out lands the moment the market closes on Friday. Hit-rate by sector, by confidence, by day of the week — the kind of post-mortem analysts run on themselves.

Week 21 · 19–23 May
3W / 2L
+412 pts
Mon
AAPL
+80
Tue
NVDA
+200
Wed
SPY
−40
Thu
TSLA
−60
Fri
JPM
+232
Best sector
Semis
71% · 12 calls
Best confidence
Bold
62% · ×2.0
Sharpest day
Friday
66% lifetime
vs. Analyst
+3
3 wins ahead this month
FAQ

The seven questions that actually come up.

Is it free?
Playing is free on iOS and Android. Some wildcards and themed seasons cost; everything you need to play every day does not.
Real money?
No wagers. No buy-ins. Top performers get recognition and small monthly prizes — recognition is the point, not cash.
Where do the tickers come from?
A rotation of 100 instruments — US large-caps, the SPY and QQQ, sector ETFs, and the Bitcoin ETFs. Same pool for everyone, picked the night before by the analysts.
What happens if I miss a day?
Your streak ends but your lifetime record is fine. You can use a Freeze wildcard to protect a streak for one weekday.
Do I have to know finance?
No. Up or down is a guess unless you make it a read. The analyst notes after the close are how people pick up the language.
What about The Investment Analyst itself?
TickerOne is made by TIA, an analyst publication for investment professionals. The game stands alone — no upsell to play.
When can I play tomorrow's call?
The next ticker drops at 9:00 pm ET the night before. Pre-market thinkers can lock in early.
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