I decided to run a small experiment with the stock market to see which strategy actually makes more money
- Active trading – buying stocks when they are undervalued and selling when they are profitable.
- 2. Dividend investing – putting the same money into stock blocks that pay weekly dividends.
I used the same total investment amount for both to keep the comparison fair.
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# Starting Setup
Starting investment: $7.7 billion
Instead of putting all of it into dividend stocks immediately, I used the money to actively trade stocks based on a scoring system from the Smart Stock Vault script.
The script assigns stocks a score based on how undervalued they are.
My buying rules were:
- 45 score – acceptable buy
- 50 score – good buy
- 60 score – great buy
- 70+ score – excellent buy
Most of the time I buy the top 1–2 highest scoring stocks.
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# Trading Method
My strategy is simple:
1. Buy stocks with the highest score.
2. Wait until the stock turns green (profit).
3. Hold until the profit exceeds Torn's 0.1% market fee, and I’m happy about making 3m profit if something better turns up if not I hold for longer and take a 7-10m profit and switch to a better score stock
4. Sell and move the money back into the next high scoring stock.
Because of the 0.1% sell fee, I usually need the price to move enough to cover roughly the fees when trading.
So patience is key.
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# How Often I Check the Market
This strategy actually requires very little time.
Typical day:
- Morning check
- Lunch check
- Afternoon / evening session (~30 minutes)
Total time spent: around 1 hour per day or less.
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# 28 Day Results
Total trades: 52
Win rate: 92.3%
(48 wins / 4 losses — although the losses were intentionally recorded for tracking notes) I only ever took them out when I made profit past the 1% fee
Average hold time: 1.8 days
Average profit per trade:
$5,265,979
Best trade:
$39,299,876
Total profit after 28 days:
$273,830,904
Average weekly profit:
$68,457,726
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# The Dividend Comparison
To test if trading was actually better, I calculated what would happen if I had invested the same $7.7b into dividend stock blocks instead.
Portfolio would look like this:
MUN – Energy drink pack – $12.4m
FHG – Feathery hotel coupon – $12.8m
SYM x2– Drug pack – $8m
PTS – 100 points – $3.3m
PRN – EDVD – $4m
THS – Medical supplies – $300k
TCT – Dividend – $250k
GRN – Dividend – $1m
IOU – Dividend – $3m
Total dividend income:
$45.05 million every 7 days
Which equals:
$180.2 million every 30 days
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# Final Comparison
Dividend strategy (30 days):
$180,200,000
Active trading strategy (28 days):
$273,830,904
Difference:
Trading made $93,630,904 more in roughly the same timeframe.
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# Key Takeaways
- Active trading can outperform dividends if you consistently buy undervalued stocks.
2. The Smart Stock Vault scoring system makes identifying good buys much easier.
3. You must account for Torn’s 0.1% trading fee, otherwise profits disappear quickly.
4. The strategy does not require constant monitoring.
5. Even with a few mistakes, the returns can significantly beat passive dividends.---
# Next Step of the Experiment
I will keep tracking this strategy long term to see:
- If the profit remains consistent over 3–6 months
- Whether the win rate stays above 90%
- If market conditions change the effectiveness of the scoring system
If the results stay similar, this could be one of the most efficient low-effort ways to grow wealth in the stock market.
This strategy isn’t for everyone as I also own the stock dividends listed above still making me money I chose to do this as I didn’t like the roi return from the more expensive stocks after I bought the top roi stock blocks available
This strategy may not work if you are using the money of the top 5 roi stock blocks only this is only reflective of my own research at 7.7billion
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If anyone else is running similar strategies or has long-term data, I’d be interested to see how your results compare.
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