Vol. I — No. 35

ERSTWHILE

Price $10,000

2026

A game market, not a stock exchange

Streaks and the Market in the daily investing game

On erstwhile.io, a streak is how a player-made ticker is born. Three days claims the name. Five days starts it at $10. Ten days puts it on the public Erstwhile Market. This is a game board. It is not a brokerage.

FieldReadingStatus
3 daysClaim a ticker of 2–4 letters. Not trading yet.Official · 1 source
5 daysStarts at $10.00. Price moves with your days versus the S&P.Official · 1 source
10 daysJoins the public ranking. Columns: rank, ticker, price, today, market cap.Official · 1 source
Miss a dayThe streak resets. Supporters get one streak save a week.Official · 1 source
SnapshotOn 11 November 2026 the board listed 3 tickers and called itself new.Official · 1 source
PenaltiesA warning, a 3-day trading halt, or delisting. A person reviews the case.Official · 1 source
A public ranking board of short ticker names on cream paper with green and burgundy marks
A cream market tape with a rising green line, drawn for the daily investing game guides

What moves the price

The how-to-play page and the FAQ agree on direction: the ticker goes up on days you beat the S&P 500 fund and down on days you do not. They do not publish the size of the move. I am not going to estimate a formula. After each day’s puzzle, the public table refreshes price, today’s change, and market cap.

The board I saw on 11 November 2026 said the Market was new and to expect changes. Three listed names is a snapshot of that morning, not a capacity. I will not treat it as a population.

Fair play

The terms page describes checks for play that looks like someone learned the years from another window. The listed outcomes are a warning, a three-day halt on the ticker, or removal from the board. Daily results can still count unless they are removed. A person reviews the case. I do not have the internal checklist, so I stop at the outcomes the terms actually name.

Questions

Is this a real stock?

No. The ticker is a game object tied to your streak. It is not a listing on a public exchange.

Where is the leaderboard?

The Market table is the public ranking, and only after a 10-day streak. The daily rank on a certificate is a different list.

Keep reading

How to playThe streak sits on top of the daily puzzle.Streak saveOne save a week comes with Supporter.CertificateA daily rank is not the same as a Market listing.

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