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Beat the Couch

4.3(6 votes)
982 plays2 favorites~31.1K players/mo

$10,000 to start. Two secret years of real market history. One button: BUY or SELL. Your opponent is a "couch" in the S&P 500, they always hold. Can you beat the couch?

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About Beat the Couch

$10,000 to start. Two secret years of real market history. One button: BUY or SELL. Your opponent is a "couch" in the S&P 500, they always hold. Can you beat the couch?

Beat the Couch is free to play in your browser — no download and no account needed. Like every good daily game it serves everyone the same challenge each day, so you can compare results with friends and keep your streak alive. Come back tomorrow for a fresh round.

What is Beat the Couch?

$10,000 to start. Two secret years of real market history. One button: BUY or SELL. Your opponent is a "couch" in the S&P 500, they always hold. Can you beat the couch? It belongs to the estimation family of daily games: one shared puzzle per day for every player.

How to play

  1. Look at the item, photo or fact you are asked about.
  2. Enter your best estimate of the number or price.
  3. The game tells you how close you were — the nearer, the higher your score.

Tips & strategy

Compare with something you know the value of and scale from there; keep your estimate in the right order of magnitude.

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