The 2026 Microcap
Stock Picking Contest
Our 2nd stock picking contest is here. Select stocks from three major microcap conferences, build your portfolio, and compete for cash prizes and bragging rights across the microcap community.
Planet MicroCap picks are already in. See the published picks and daily standings on the leaderboard. Phase 2 pick collection opens September 14, 2026 at 9:00 AM Eastern.
How It Works
No entry fee, ever. No subscriptions required.
The contest runs across three major microcap conferences over the course of 2026.
At the conclusion of each conference, select five stocks from companies that presented at the conference.
Portfolio performance will be tracked publicly on a leaderboard for the duration of the contest.
Top performers win cash prizes, bonus awards, and recognition within the microcap community.
Cash prizes, bonus awards, and community recognition distributed across top performers. No entry fee. No subscriptions. Just skill.
Why We're Doing This
"Microcap conferences are full of interesting companies, but most investors never have a structured way to track which ideas actually work."
This contest is designed to make the process more fun, more transparent, and more competitive. We want to bring accountability and structure to a space that's often driven by intuition alone.
It's also a way to spotlight real stock-picking skill in the microcap investing community—and reward people who put in the work.
Phase 1 tracking is live
Verified submissions are being scored from daily market data after the close. Phase 1: Nov 13, 2026, 4:00 PM
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Work Starts After the Conference Ends
Planet MicroCap. SmallCap Discoveries. LD Micro. Three of the strongest sources of microcap idea flow on the calendar. Across the three conferences, investors will see hundreds of companies pitch throughout 2026.
We’ll be carefully monitoring the stocks selected throughout the contest because we believe these conferences bring together some of the sharpest investors in the smaller-cap world.
This will be powered by the new InfoArb Monitor tool our team built, used by GeoInvesting and Microcap Investing Cliff Notes.
InfoArb Monitor
Every company you saw pitch keeps filing, reporting earnings, and releasing news whether you're watching or not. InfoArb Monitor tracks press releases, SEC filings, and earnings call transcripts across the U.S. and Canadian microcap universe — including every presenter at all three conferences.
The place where a thesis formed during a fifteen-minute pitch either gets confirmed by execution, or quietly breaks.
Microcap Investing Cliff Notes
A quality filter for the universe these conferences put in front of you. The Multibagger Quality Index applies a systematic process that merges quality and multibagger factors our team has invested in for over 30 years. Every name that passes gets a Cliff Note: thesis, catalysts, valuation and risks.
Since launch in 2022, 76 out of 144 stocks (53%) in the index became multibaggers. Losers remain in the index for transparency. One to three stocks are added to the index every month.
GeoInvesting
Seventeen years of archived microcap research. Many companies presenting this year have been tracked here across multiple cycles and management teams.
Frauds we identified ( The China Hustle , Zombie Index). Theses that worked. Theses that didn't, and why. When the Cliff Note isn't enough, this is the next floor down.
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GeoInvesting and MS Microcaps research microcap stocks, track management teams, and analyze market opportunities. This contest gives independent investors, analysts, fund managers, and newsletter writers a structured way to showcase stock-picking skill in the microcap landscape.
This contest is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing on this page should be considered investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any security. All investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Participants are responsible for their own research and investment decisions. Past performance is not indicative of future results. GeoInvesting and MS Microcaps are not registered investment advisors.