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For the ones watching the markets and the game. A community built around research, conviction, and having a reason for your next move.
Your watchlists. Your research. Your view of the action. A personal workspace for connecting what happens in the market with what happens in the world.
Search symbols, explore price history, and keep your research in one place.
Explore schedules, scores, and available odds across leagues.
For research and context. The terminal does not accept wagers.
Explore event contracts, market pricing, volume, and closing times.
Market prices reflect expectations, not certainty.
This is a public tour. The personal terminal uses an account issued by the group.
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A good take starts a conversation. A researched thesis gives it somewhere to go. Read the work, question the assumptions, bring your own angle.
Explore the researchConsumer trust, valuation, and the questions behind the DoorDash thesis.
A longer view of small-cap energy and a changing commodity environment.
How we approach capital, patience, and independent research.

The group goes beyond the screen. Court jerseys, football kits, and limited drops in the colors we share. For game day. For the group. For wherever you're headed.
Merch updates only. No membership required. Designs shown are previews; release details to follow.
Start with a thesis. Follow the conversation. Bring a different perspective. You don't need a subscription or a contribution to get to know the group.
Public research is open. Membership applications are optional.
Want to help build this? Optional contributions support the tools and community.
Back the projectTHEDEGENGROUP | IC brings together people who follow the markets, question the odds, and care about the game. A place for independent thinking, useful research, and the people behind it.
Stocks, crypto, prediction markets, and sports each offer a different way to understand risk and uncertainty. You can care about a company's fundamentals and still care about the fourth quarter.
We bring those interests together through a shared habit: ask better questions, show your reasoning, and stay open to being wrong.
“Degen” is part of the culture. “Compound interest connoisseurs” is a reminder to think beyond the next move. The group is a place to develop a perspective and test it against other people's ideas.
Research is a starting point for your own judgment. Conviction still needs evidence, and uncertainty never disappears.
The terminal brings market charts, watchlists, sports information, prediction markets, and research tools into an account-based workspace. It gives the conversation a practical toolkit.
Personal terminal access currently uses an account issued by the group. You can explore the public tour and research before applying for membership.
Explore the group →Read a public thesis. Follow us on X. Get notified about the next jersey drop. If you'd like to contribute more closely, introduce yourself through the membership application.
Contributions to the project are optional. The group is a peer community; we don't manage your money, place your wagers, or promise returns.
Introduce yourself →The research gets better when more perspectives enter the conversation.
This isn't a manifesto. It's a working document — a description of how we think about capital, time, and risk. We revisit it regularly because the world changes, but the principles tend to hold.
Compounding is not a strategy — it's a law of mathematics. Applied to capital, it requires only two inputs: a reasonable rate of return, and enough time. The problem is that time requires patience, and patience is in shorter supply than money.
Most retail investors understand compound interest theoretically. Few apply it behaviourally. The gap between knowing and doing is where our group lives — and where we believe genuine edge exists.
This means our default posture is long. We hold positions through volatility that would flush most short-term participants. Not because we are reckless, but because we have researched our convictions well enough to endure noise.
The traditional finance world treats risk as a four-letter word. It optimises for the appearance of safety: diversification that dilutes returns, position sizing that makes every bet meaningless, and consensus that guarantees median performance.
Degeneracy, in the original internet sense, is about being unconventional — going against the grain, trusting your own research over the prevailing narrative, and being willing to be wrong in a way that's yours.
Our investment approach starts with independent research and a clear view of risk. Sports and prediction markets are separate interests within the community; investment capital and a betting bankroll serve different purposes. Each decision needs its own reasoning and limits.
Full research releases and trade theses are available in our releases section and to members.
Tell us what you follow, how you think, and what you would bring to the group. We review membership applications personally. Public research, following the community, and merch updates are open without applying. Personal terminal accounts are issued by the group.
During periods of high applicant volume, review time may extend beyond 30 days. We prioritize quality assessment over speed — your patience is appreciated.
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