Everything you need to know about tracking funds, submitting pitches, reading the data, and getting your university on the platform.
A fund manager logs in and submits a pitch: stock ticker, direction (long or short), entry price, target price, analyst name, and an investment thesis. The pitch is recorded immediately.
The platform fetches the current price for the stock from Yahoo Finance. Return, distance to target, and direction are calculated and updated in real time on the fund's profile page.
When the stock reaches the target price the platform automatically flags it as a hit. Fund managers can also manually exit a pitch at any price. Both update the analyst's accuracy record.
Every pitch - open, closed, hit, or missed - stays on record forever. This builds a verified, objective track record that analysts can reference and share.
"Data centre demand continues to outpace supply. NVDA's H100 order backlog extends into Q3, margin expansion is underpriced by the market."
Every fund and analyst receives a composite score derived from three performance signals. No subjectivity - purely data driven.
Avg return across all closed pitches. Longs measured from entry to exit; shorts measured inversely. Rewards both the magnitude and consistency of returns.
How precisely the exit price matched the stated target. A pitch that exits exactly at target scores 100%. Rewards analysts who set realistic, well-researched targets.
How quickly a pitch reached its target after entry. Exponential decay scoring - faster hits score near 100, slower hits decay smoothly. Incentivises decisive calls.
FundScore = sampleSizeFactor(n) × (Return×0.5 + Accuracy×0.3 + Speed×0.2)
The sample size factor scales the score down for funds with fewer pitches, preventing a single lucky call from dominating the leaderboard.
The platform avg return shown on the monthly recap covers all pitches that were active at any point during that month.
Price at first trading day of the month vs price at last trading day (or current price if the month is ongoing).
Price at first trading day of the month vs actual exit or target price at the point of closure.
Returns are equal-weighted: each pitch contributes equally to the platform average regardless of fund size. The S&P 500 return for the same month is shown as a benchmark.
Fill out the registration form on the homepage with your fund name, university, and contact email. Approval usually takes 24-48 hours.
Once approved, the fund leader receives login credentials. You can manage pitches, add analysts, and edit fund details from the secure fund portal.
Submit pitches directly from your fund's dashboard. Each pitch needs a ticker, direction, entry price, target, and analyst name. Historical pitches can be backdated.
Your fund profile, performance chart, and analyst rankings are immediately visible to everyone on the platform. You appear in the leaderboard, recap, and head-to-head.
Every month gets its own dedicated recap page. It combines live data with editorial commentary to tell the story of the month.
The best individual pitch of the month, scored across return, conviction (ambition of the target), and execution speed. Includes the thesis and entry/target prices.
The top-scoring analyst for the month, with their hit rate, score, and best pitch. Includes a runner-up and a visual hit-rate bar.
Fund rankings for the month with proportional bar charts and rank-change arrows showing which funds moved up or down vs the previous month.
The sector with the highest average intra-month return across active pitches, with each stock's return listed.
The single pitch with the largest absolute return during the month, including who called it and which fund it belongs to.
The top 3 active pitches closest to hitting their target, shown as a progress bar from entry to target. 100% means the target has been hit.
A histogram of all pitch intra-month returns. Dynamic range adjusts to the data spread. The S&P 500 benchmark is shown as a dashed line.
An editorial headline that captures the month's story, plus a pull-quote "stat of the month" with context - both generated from real platform data.
Each month's recap is permanent and shareable at a unique URL: campusalpha.net/recap?month=YYYY-MM. Past months are archived and accessible via the month navigation tabs.
Every month's recap includes a randomised head-to-head matchup between two of the active funds. Clicking "Full Analysis" opens the dedicated H2H page which goes significantly deeper.
Month performance chart - daily data points for both funds, normalised to 0% at the start of the month so you see relative intra-month movement.
Battle stats - six key metrics compared side by side (month return, all-time return, hit rate, active pitches, avg days to hit, long exposure). A summary declares who led on how many metrics.
Pitch return profile - a mini bar chart of every pitch's intra-month return for each fund, showing the distribution of hits and misses.
Commentary - an editorial comparison grounded in real return numbers, explaining what drove the gap between the two funds.
Campus Alpha sends a monthly email newsletter to all subscribers summarising the month's most important data. The email is generated from real platform statistics.
Market Overview - Text describing real index and sector returns for the month, referencing major news events that drove markets.
Editorial headline - a punchy 10-word headline capturing the month's theme, plus a pull-quote "Stat of the Month."
Analyst of the Month - the top analyst's performance with stats and what set their approach apart.
Biggest Mover - the trade that defined the month, with return, analyst, and likely market drivers.
Leaderboard - fund standings with rank-change arrows and commentary on what the gap between funds tells us.
Enter your email on the homepage to receive the monthly brief. The newsletter goes out at the start of each month covering the previous month's data.
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