The Stax Shot Caller Challenge
Anyone can post a green day. We want to see ten. Season 1 is complete — every entry and exit was tracked in public, final standings below. Season 2 signups are open, start date TBD.
What you get
This isn't for a gift card. Finish near the top and you walk away with a real seat on the platform.
A slot on the platform
The top 3 finishers earn a slot on the Stax platform as a listed shot caller — your own copy-trade strategy that members can follow.
100% of revenue for 12 months
Top 3 keep 100% of their subscription revenue for the first 12 months — instead of the standard 60/40 split.
The shot caller role
First place is also in the conversation for a dedicated shot caller role with us.
You call it, we track it — in public
You get a unique login to the Copy Trade Stax portal. Alert your entries and exits in real time and the system records everything.
Get your login
We send you a unique login to the Copy Trade Stax portal before the season's first open.
Alert in real time
Post every entry and exit as it happens. Anything still open at the final session's close is marked to market at the bell.
Everything is recorded
Fills, exits, tick data, drawdown, technicals — the system captures it all automatically. No screenshots, no honor system.
Live public leaderboard
The leaderboard is public and live for all ten sessions. Members, entrants, and anyone watching can see exactly where you stand.
The whole challenge runs in paper mode inside the Copy Trade Stax portal. Nothing is connected to your broker, no real money is at risk, and no member capital follows your alerts — it's a tracked competition, not a signal service.
We track every options strike tick by tick, so your fills, exits, and P&L move exactly as they would live. Every alert is recorded to the tick and every analytic of your trade is reported back — paper, but true to the market.
The full platform is yours for the run
This isn't a stripped-down demo. You trade in the real Copy Trade Stax portal with every execution tool switched on — the same tools our funded shot callers use.
Multi-tier exits
Scale out of a winner in tiers — take partial profits at multiple targets instead of all-or-nothing.
Trailing stops
Let the portal trail your stop as a trade moves your way, locking in gains automatically.
Adjust TP & SL live
Move your take-profit and stop-loss on the fly as the setup develops — nothing is locked once you're in.
OCO brackets
Your target and stop ride together as one-cancels-other orders, so hitting one automatically cancels the other.
Every supported structure
Long calls and puts, credit and debit verticals, iron condors and butterflies, calendars and diagonals.
Real-time execution & tracking
Every fill, exit, and adjustment is timestamped and recorded automatically for the leaderboard.
What a slot actually gets you
Win a seat and you become a listed strategy in the Stax copy-trading marketplace. Here's how that works once you're in.
Watch both sides of a Stax copy trade — the alert a shot caller sends, and what it does inside a follower's account.
You earn a slot
Finish top 3 and you're listed in the marketplace as a verified shot caller — no application backlog.
Set your price
You decide what your signals are worth. You're in control of your subscription price.
Connect & alert
You get a dedicated pipeline to send your entries and exits through our infrastructure.
Members subscribe
Traders discover your strategy and subscribe to follow it.
They auto-follow
Subscribers add your signals to their automation and your alerts mirror into their accounts — one click.
You get paid
Monthly payouts. The standard split is 60/40 in your favor — and challenge winners keep 100% for their first 12 months.
The rules
Any structure the portal supports — long calls and puts, credit and debit verticals, iron condors, iron butterflies, calendars and diagonals. Nothing that requires holding 100 shares of the underlying. Spreads are all-in and all-out — no closing individual legs. Maximum spread width $10.
1 contract per alert. Maximum 2 averages per position, so 3 total at most. On spreads, an average means another complete structure — not extra legs on an existing one.
At least 1 trade per day, 10 trades minimum over the run. A position with adds counts as one trade.
Entry and exit posted in real time. Anything still open at the final session's close is marked to market at the bell.
Your score rewards clean, followable trading — not the biggest raw number.
Everything is measured in percentages, never dollars — you're judged on what you called, not on how many contracts you traded. Drawdown is peak-to-valley on your cumulative percentage across the season.
Raw return rewards the wrong trader
We're not looking for the biggest number. We're looking for the trader our members can actually follow without getting wrecked.
called · 20% max drawdown
called · 90% max drawdown
Both traders finished at the same number and one ranks well below the other — on purpose. Climb to +200% giving back 20% along the way and you beat someone who reached the same place after round-tripping 90% of it. Your followers lived through the difference.
Claim your spot
Season 1 is in the books. Season 2 signups are open — the start date is TBD, and logins go out before the first open.
Options trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
The standings
Final standings, closed August 15, 2026. Ranked on net percentage called, less half the worst drawdown along the way.
| # | Trader | Score | Called | Max DD | Win rate | Trades |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | STAX | +1379.5% | ||||
| 2 | TCE | +731.7% | ||||
| 3 | isitabuy | +327.4% | ||||
| 4 | Dantheman5606 | -51.7% | ||||
| 5 | DOPE Spreads | -53.6% | ||||
| 6 | mh316 | -74.7% | ||||
| 7 | Copy The Disco 🕺 | -255.4% |
Entrants appear by the handle they registered with, and only once they've closed a trade. Percentages are per-contract on what was called — position size plays no part in the ranking.