Trading Challenge Update: Month 5 (August 2025)

Tyler Stokes

Here is a breakdown of my trading portfolio.

This is not financial advice.

The closing prices are for August 31, 2025.

I had a 1% cash position at the end of the month which includes cash from profits. So I am fully invested as of August 31st.

The allocation % are close approximations. They aren’t exact. The prices however are exact.

Find all the details of this challenge here.

Find all the portfolio updates here.

Trading Profits

Ticker Allocation Entry Price ($) Sell Price ($) % Gain
INZY 2% 1.02 3.94 286.27%
INZY 1% 1.02 1.77 73.53%
MP 2% 22.02 35.00 58.95%
ETHU 1% 35.19 54.45 54.73%
PLTR 1% 108.05 136.99 26.79%
TSLL 1% 10.33 13.00 25.85%
EOSE 4% 4.02 5.04 25.37%
TIGR 3% 8.45 10.23 21.07%
MSTR 1% 244.12 294.24 20.54%
BIVI 2% 0.85 1.02 20.00%
AMD 1% 83.19 95.29 14.55%
COIN 3% 162.62 181.62 11.68%
BABA 8% 109.07 121.32 11.23%
BITX 6% 51.95 56.78 9.30%
OSCR 10% 15.06 16.39 8.83%
GRAB 1% 4.60 4.98 8.26%
MSTR 1% 316.90 338.16 6.71%
HIMS 2% 44.56 47.22 5.97%
GOOG 1% 168.84 178.85 5.93%
AMD 1% 89.26 94.13 5.46%
AMZN 2% 180.45 190.09 5.34%
RDDT 2% 109.09 114.00 4.49%
ACHR 1% 9.65 10.04 4.04%
SOFI 4% 12.72 13.13 3.24%
HIMS 2% 27.53 28.38 3.11%
MSTR 3% 370 377.68 2.08%
LMND 1% 38.73 39.50 1.99%
GOOG 3% 158.60 159.35 0.47%
RKLB 3% 21.29 21.30 0.05%
MSTR 5% 387.47 387.48 0.00%
META 3% 631.03 623.67 -1.17%
LABU 3% 52.20 50.45 -3.35%
MSTU 6% 8.66 7.85 -9.52%

Portfolio Update: August 31, 2025

Ticker Allocation % Average Cost ($) Closing Price ($) % Gain
Individual Stocks
TSLA 10% 244.30 333.87 36.66%
TIGR 6% 8.45 12.50 47.93%
EOSE 4% 4.63 6.90 49.03%
DUOL 4% 409.16 297.86 -27.20%
NET 4% 191.71 208.71 8.87%
SHOP 3% 140.88 141.28 0.28%
SOFI 3% 23.49 25.54 8.73%
Crypto Related Stocks
COIN 10% 191.95 304.54 58.63%
HOOD 10% 52.47 104.03 98.24%
ETHU 5% 61.91 146.75 137.06%
ETHA 5% 18.88 32.82 73.83%
MSTR 6% 367.64 334.41 -9.04%
MSTU 3% 7.46 5.27 -29.36%
Bitcoin Miners
IREN 10% 9.92 26.48 166.94%
MARA 7% 14.07 15.98 13.57%
CLSK 6% 8.55 9.47 10.76%
CIFR 5% 2.89 7.64 164.36%
HIVE 4% 1.63 2.95 80.98%
RIOT 4% 7.30 13.76 88.49%
BTDR 2% 9.56 14.29 49.48%
Stocks That Look to Have Bottomed
ENPH 1% 45.78 37.70 -17.65%

Portfolio Gains (as of August 31, 2025): 84%

Total Portfolio Gain: 83.82%
After closing out all my positions in my TraderSync account, I earned a 83.82% gain as of August31, 2025.

Tesla Comparison: Part of this challenge is to see if I can outperform Tesla by the end of the year. From April 7 to August 31, Tesla’s stock price rose from $223.78 to $333.87, a 49% gain. My portfolio is currently up 84%, so I’m way ahead of TSLA right now, which I did not expect was possible.

Note on Allocation Percentages: The allocation percentages I share are approximations. For example purposes, if my account had a starting balance of $50,000, a $500 investment would be 1% of my portfolio. So, if I spend $450 on a stock, I round that to 1%. This rounding helps keep things simple but means the percentages aren’t exact.

About the author

Hi I'm Tyler Stokes. I started my day trading journey in 2024. As a pure beginner I decided to document everything on this website. I plan to share all the ups and downs of becoming a day trader on this website and through social media.