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A ChatGPT-curated portfolio recorded stronger returns than the S&P 500 in a simulated trading contest since the start of March 2026. The Rallies AI Arena provided several leading AI models, including ChatGPT, with a $100,000 virtual portfolio at the beginning of March.
By late April, ChatGPT’s account had grown to $139,005, outperforming the S&P 500 by a wide margin over roughly seven weeks of trading.
The experiment gave the AI model its own virtual hedge fund and access to real-time market data. ChatGPT’s portfolio stood out for its heavy concentration in AI infrastructure stocks and for holding every position without selling so far.
The portfolio rose from about $100,000 to $139,005 by April 24, while the S&P 500 climbed more gradually to around $106,129. That left an outperformance of roughly 33 points over the period.
Key positions included:
The timing of the portfolio’s moves matched the chart’s key advances. Credo led early gains, followed by Nebius and Alphabet ahead of April’s rally, with Amphenol added near the acceleration phase.
The article attributes the performance to a common theme across all holdings: exposure to AI’s physical backbone, including chips, cloud, data centers, and connectors.
This was a simulated trading experiment, and the article notes that past performance does not guarantee results.
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