// FREE FOR UNIVERSITY COHORTS

Graduate with a track record, not just a degree.

Every investment call you make on XA is timestamped, scored against what the market actually does, and yours to keep. Real markets, zero cost, proof of skill you can put in front of an employer.

No payment. No real-money trading. Testnet beta.
analyst‑7f3a · skill profile
COHORT: MANCHESTER
Accuracy712
Timing645
Return quality688
Calibration733
14 settled callsvs consensus: +2.1σ
// For students

Proof of skill before your first job.

CVs say “interested in markets.” XA lets you show a scored, timestamped record of what you actually called — and how it played out.

TRACK RECORD

Timestamped and tamper‑evident

Your call is locked the moment you make it. No editing after the fact, no cherry‑picking. When an interviewer asks “prove it,” you can.

SCORED

Graded on real outcomes

Ideas settle against real market prices at the horizon you chose, graded by how bold the call was — not just whether the arrow pointed the right way.

ZERO COST

Free through your university

Join with your cohort code and you’re granted UPC credits to stake. You never deposit money and nothing real is at risk.

RANGE

Every market, one record

Equities, macro themes, and more asset classes rolling out — with proper charting to plan entries and exits. Conviction is separated from noise by what you choose to stake.

COHORTS

Compete with coursemates

Leaderboards inside your university cohort. You decide who sees your calls — private by default, shared by choice. (Leagues are rolling out through the beta.)

CAREERS

A record that travels

Your ideas also feed XA’s aggregate signal — the data institutions buy. We’re upfront about that: it’s the point. Skill here is visible where it counts.

// For faculty & societies

A live‑markets companion. Nothing to budget for.

Whether you run a finance module, an investment society, or a trading club: XA gives your students structured practice on live markets with none of the safeguarding problems of real‑money platforms.

COST

Free for your cohort

No licence, no per‑seat fee, no procurement. Students join through a cohort code and receive their UPC grant automatically.

SAFETY

No real money, real discipline

Staking granted credits builds sizing and conviction habits without gambling mechanics or deposits. There is nothing for a student to lose but their score.

STRUCTURE

Cohorts you can see

Your cohort gets its own leaderboard and competitions. Run a term‑long challenge, set an earnings‑week sprint, or track a module group’s progress.

PEDAGOGY

Forecasting, not just theory

Built on superforecasting principles: explicit horizons, frozen reference prices, and volatility‑graded scoring. Students learn calibration — the skill textbooks can’t teach.

AMBASSADORS

Student‑led, supported

Each cohort runs with a student ambassador we support directly — onboarding, competitions, and a direct line to the team.

TRANSPARENCY

Honest by design

Anonymised, aggregated cohort output contributes to the signal data institutions buy. That’s stated openly to every student — no hidden model, personal data never sold.

// Feedback & scoring

Every call comes back with a lesson.

Most platforms tell you whether you made or lost money. XA tells you why — scoring each settled idea across independent dimensions and building them into a skill profile over time.

PER CALL

Settlement you can interrogate

Reference price frozen at submission. Your horizon, your target. At settlement, accuracy is graded against the volatility of what you called — a bold, right call on a quiet stock scores more than a lucky coin‑flip on a wild one.

OVER TIME

A skill profile, not a P&L

Accuracy, timing, return quality and calibration tracked separately — so you learn whether your edge is picking direction, sizing conviction, or reading the crowd. (Personalised written feedback on your record is rolling out through the beta.)

// Beyond the app

Learn out loud.

A track record is built alone; a forecaster isn’t. Every cohort plugs into a community built around getting better — not around hype.

DISCORD

Your cohort’s server

Talk through calls before you make them and post‑mortem them after they settle. Competition announcements, earnings‑week threads, and a direct line to the team — plus your personalised skill feedback, delivered where the conversation already is. (Cohort servers open with the relaunch.)

LECTURES

Sessions on your campus

Workshops with your society or class on the craft itself: calibration, sizing conviction, reading consensus, and how the scoring actually works — run with your ambassador, in person or over a call.

PODCAST

How good calls get made

Conversations with practitioners and the platform’s own top‑scoring analysts — what they saw, what they staked, and what the settlement said. (First episodes land alongside the university relaunch.)

// The cost question

Zero. Here’s exactly how.

£0

To join through a university cohort code — for students, societies and faculty alike.

100 UPC

Granted on joining. Stake it on your calls to signal conviction. It is a credit, not money — you never deposit anything.

0 deposits

No card, no wallet required, no real‑money trading. The beta runs on Polkadot Hub testnet.

How is it free? Because the product is the signal, not the student. Anonymised, aggregated forecasts are what institutions pay for — and as the platform grows, accurate contributors share in that. Your ideas have value. We say who pays, and how — in full, on the signal page.

// FAQ

Straight answers.

Is it really free?
Yes — joining through a university cohort costs nothing, and every student receives a UPC grant to stake. There is no premium tier for students and no card required.
Can I lose money?
No. There are no deposits and no real‑money trading. You stake granted UPC credits; a bad run costs you score and staked credits, never cash.
Who can see my calls?
You decide. Accounts are private by default; joining a cohort is how you choose to share with coursemates. Institutional buyers only ever see anonymised aggregates, never your identity.
What happens to my data?
Forecasts contribute — anonymised and aggregated — to the signal data XA sells to institutions. Personal data is never sold. This is stated openly because it is the business model, not a footnote.
Do I need to study finance?
No. Scoring rewards calibration and honest conviction, not jargon. Plenty of the best forecasters come from maths, CS, politics — anywhere.
How does my university get involved?
Use the form below or come through your society. We set your cohort up with a code, an ambassador, and a leaderboard — usually within a week.