Alt covers alternative rock, alt-pop, and the messier indie-adjacent. The genre indexes rebound on tour announcements and festival lineups.
Every artist in the Alt sector trades as a "stock" with a price driven by three real signals:
Trading activity moves the price within a ±25% band around the streaming-derived "fair value", so demand can lift an artist above their fundamentals — and selling pressure can push them below.
Sign up free with $10,000 in virtual credits. Pick from the 7 Alt artists above, build a Alt-heavy portfolio, or diversify across all 105 artists on the exchange. There's no deposit, no withdrawal, no KYC — just paper trading against real streaming data.
Every month, the top 10 traders in each genre cup win virtual credits and badges. Hold any Alt artist and you're automatically entered. The cup closes at the end of the month and resets on the 1st — see the leaderboard for current standings (sign-in required).