Wealthbase: The Robinhood Of Simulated Trading


27% profit every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.


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For this installment, we spoke with Wealthbase CEO John Rourke (answers may have been edited for length and clarity).

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Benzinga: What does your company do? What unique problem does it solve?

John Rourke: Wealthbase is a simulated investing platform for consumers to compete in trading stocks, ETFs, cryptocurrencies and other asset classes in the future. Wealthbaseadvances simulated trading with a modern interface and social, gamified design. Some have called it "the Robinhood of simulated trading."

BZ: Who are your customers?

John Rourke: Wealthbase's target market is Individual investors, investing clubs and partner sponsors in the future.


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BZ: How long have you been in business?

John Rourke: Wealthbase is made by Starburst Labs and is launching its private-beta at the Benzinga Fintech Summit.

BZ: Where are you located?

John Rourke: Wealthbase is headquartered in New York City.

BZ: Who is your company's leadership? What kind of experience do they have?

John Rourke: We have absolutely no experience on Wall Street, which will be a key to our success.

BZ: Anything else Benzinga should know about your company?

John Rourke: Starburst Labs, the makers of Wealthbase.com, is building a suite of separate but complementary apps that connect investors and financial professionals.

Editor's note: This article previously referred to "Wealthbase" by its original name "PaperTraders." The company changed its name to Wealthbase in September of 2017 and all instances of the term "PaperTraders" here have been updated.

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27% profit every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.


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