The first LIFT meeting of the 2026 season at Franklin High School

Leaders in Investment, Finance & Trading

A stock trading club and competition at Franklin High in El Paso. No experience needed. You never use real money.

First meeting of the 2026 season. Franklin High School, Sep 23, 2026.

What LIFT is

A club for anyone curious about investing. You don't need to know anything to start. Short lesson every meeting, and you compete all season against the club.

Compete: A season long leaderboard against the rest of the club.
Learn: A short lesson at every meeting.
Connect: Meet people who are into markets.

Members this season: member count

What we teach

Find the style that fits you.

Style How it works Time frame Chart

Long-Term Investing Buy good companies and hold them for years. Time does most of the work. Years

Day Trading Open and close your trades in the same day. Fast, and it takes discipline. Same day

Swing Trading Hold for a few days or weeks to catch one bigger move. Days to weeks

Cryptocurrency How crypto markets work, and why they swing so hard. Open 24/7

Portfolio Building Spread your money out so one bad pick doesn't sink you. All season

Risk Management Size your trades and set a stop loss so one trade can't wipe you out. Every trade

Learn on your own

Free picks for each style. Tap one open and start there.

This is for learning, not financial advice. Paper trade before you ever risk real money.

Long-Term Investing

WatchTwo CentsIndex funds and compounding in plain English.
ReadInvestor.gov, Intro to InvestingThe SEC's own starting point.
ToolCompound Interest CalculatorSee why time beats timing.

Day Trading

WatchHow to Analyze a Single StockThe two ways traders read a stock.
ReadKnow the Risks of Day TradingWhy it's harder than it looks.
ToolInvestopedia SimulatorTry fast trades with fake cash.

Swing Trading

WatchTradingViewCharts on the platform we use.
ReadWhat Is Swing Trading?Holding a trade for days or weeks.
WatchThe Plain BagelWhat drives short-term moves.

Cryptocurrency

WatchWhiteboard CryptoWallets and blockchain in ten minutes.
WatchCoin BureauHow specific coins actually work.
ReadFINRA, Crypto AssetsHow crypto differs from a stock.

Portfolio Building

WatchHow Diversification WorksWhy spreading out lowers risk.
ReadAsset Allocation and DiversificationSplitting money across stocks, bonds, cash.
ToolPortfolio VisualizerBuild a mock portfolio and test it.

Risk Management

WatchWhat Is Risk and Return?The tradeoff behind every trade.
ReadKnow Your Risk ToleranceHow much you can actually handle.
ReadFINRA, RiskStop losses and position sizing.

It started in one classroom in 8th grade.

2024 season. The first LIFT competition.

How we got here

A LIFT meeting in 2025 — 2025 what LIFT did in 2025

First LIFT meeting of 2026 at Franklin High School — 2026 First meeting at Franklin High School. This is the year it grows.

Next Chapters at other El Paso schools, all competing in the same league.

After that Your school. Start a chapter →

The competition

Everyone who joins competes, with fake money on TradingView. You build your account all season using what you learn at meetings.

Standings go up here and on Instagram. At the end of the year, the top traders get trophies on Awards Day, plus prizes from local sponsors.

Season 2026

Starts: date
Ends: date
Starting balance: virtual $ amount
Scored by: scoring method
What you can trade: stocks, ETFs, crypto?
Awards Day: date
Prizes: Trophies for the top traders, plus sponsor prizes
Full rules: link

Standings

RankTraderChapterReturn

From the meetings

Presenting the LIFT intro slide — 2026. Opening slide, first meeting.

Presenting at a LIFT meeting — 2025 season.

Walking through TradingView setup — 2026. Setting up TradingView.

A full room at a LIFT meeting — 2025 season.

The first LIFT group — 2024. The first group, 8th grade.

Students at the first 2026 meeting — 2026. Franklin High School.

A lesson on connecting with professionals — 2025. Connecting with professionals.

The room at the 2026 meeting — 2026. First meeting.

The what we teach slide — 2026. What we teach.

Chapters

Right now LIFT runs at Franklin High. Next up is other El Paso schools, all in the same league. Want LIFT at your school? Send a request and we'll reach out.

Chapter	School	City	Status
1	Franklin High School	El Paso, TX	Active
2	Your school?		Open

From another school?

Students can sign up to compete from any school, right now. The form asks if you want to start a chapter, so we can reach out.

Who runs it

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Join LIFT

Three things before the next meeting.

Fill out the sign-up form. It puts you on the roster. Takes about a minute.
Follow @lifttraders on Instagram for meeting reminders and standings.
Get set up on TradingView. Make a free account and turn on paper trading.

Students at the 2026 meeting — 2026. First meeting at Franklin.

Sign up to compete

One short form puts you in this season's competition. Takes about a minute. Any school can sign up.

Open the sign-up form →

Opens in a new tab. Already signed up at a meeting? You're on it.

Questions

Do I need to know anything about stocks?: No. Every meeting has a short lesson.
Do I have to put in real money?: No. You never risk real money.
What do I need?: A free TradingView account. Have it ready before the next meeting.
When do you meet?: meeting day and time
Does it cost anything?: answer
Can my school get a chapter?: Yes. Send a request and we'll reach out.
Is this financial advice?: No. LIFT is a student club for learning about markets.

Contact

Sponsors, schools, press, or anything else. The fastest way to reach us is a DM on Instagram.

Email: club email

Message us

Sponsors, schools, and press all reach us fastest by DM. Tell us who you are and we'll reply.

DM @lifttraders