If you are trading with real money why are you so hooked on some bullsht fake money trading competition?
You don't know anything about either of these two, so while you're misinformed both deal with real money and that's something that might have taken a few minutes maybe to learn.
Atticus, what is it about Covestor you don't think is real? Have you not read the very obvious bold statement and all caps <b>REAL PEOPLE|REAL TRADES|REAL RETURNS at </B>http://www.worldcupadvisor.com? What part of that isn't looking real to you, because I'm assuming you're not psychotic or under the influence of drugs, but as far as me telling you I'm on these websites trading real money for KC Capital Management I don't know how you're life will change if you find out I am trading real money. Odd. I don't get it, but it's a free country.
I have no idea if "modelers" have to open with $10k, but if they do you're still down from inception. You've got every lame excuse in the book for sucking ass. By your estimation; if you're up it's pure alpha, if you're down it's a benchmarked account. In reality, you're in a "market timing" fund that it down equal to the indices. You have no alpha, edge or any way to rationalize that you have any skill other than the ability to lose money, sim or otherwise.
I stand corrected...your videos of roller skating, hospital wounds, and pages about how you are a super-investor are exactly what the options threads are about. Fortunately we have been provided with an ignore button...
Well you're wrong. This is my third month in a row in the top 10 on Covestor, so if that doesn't mean anything just b/c I'm down I am going to knock the snot out of my benchmarks, but I really already have if you ask me compared to everybody else's results.