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Every tier gets full access to the market and real-time prices. Paid tiers add lower trade fees and bigger StarCoin stipends, and Pro and Elite cut your tax rate on every gain in your personal portfolios. Inside a league, everyone plays on the same terms.
Why a subscription and not a cut of your league? Most fantasy platforms take 10–15% off the top of every contest, so they earn more the more you play. StarTrader charges a flat subscription instead: what you pay us in real money doesn't move with how often you trade or how well you do.
Your plan never beats your friends. Inside a league every member gets the same 0.5% trade fee, the same 25 trades a day and the same tax rate (20% short-term, 10% long-term, before the commissioner's adjustment). Plan perks apply to your personal portfolios.
You will also meet two in-game costs, and we would rather you hear them from us. In your personal portfolios there is a trade fee on Free and Plus, which is zero on Pro and Elite, and every tier pays tax on gains. In a league every member pays the same 0.5% fee and the same tax, whatever plan they are on. Both are charged in StarCoins, not dollars. They exist to pull currency back out of the game so the economy doesn't inflate, they never convert to cash for us or for you, and inside a league part of the tax you pay goes straight into that league's prize pot and back out to players. That is the real difference from a contest rake: a cut of entry fees is money leaving a prize pool before anyone wins.
Free · Starter
Get started, no commitment.
Free
- 1 personal + 3 league accounts
- Leagues up to 10 members
- 10 personal trades a day
- 1% fee on personal trades
- Real-time market data
- Market orders only
- 30% short-term / 15% long-term tax on personal gains
- 1 watchlist of 15 players
- Portfolio P&L and history
Plus · Active Trader
More room to play.
Billed monthly
Six leagues and 25 personal trades a day, all season.
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- 2 personal + 6 league accounts
- Leagues up to 12 members
- 25 personal trades a day
- 0.5% fee on personal trades
- Real-time market data
- Market orders only
- Ad-free experience
- 200 SC monthly stipend
- 30% short-term / 15% long-term tax on personal gains
- 2 watchlists of 30 players
- Portfolio P&L and history
Pro · Serious Trader
For serious competitors.
Billed monthly
Zero fees on your personal trades, however often you trade.
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- Unlimited accounts
- Leagues up to 16 members
- 50 personal trades a day
- Zero fees on personal trades
- Real-time market data
- Market + Limit orders
- Ad-free experience
- 500 SC monthly stipend
- 20% short-term / 10% long-term tax on personal gains
- 5 watchlists and price alerts
- 50 AI assistant questions a month
- Standard IPO access (coming soon)
- P&L, history, and performance analytics
Elite · Commissioner
Unlimited everything.
Billed monthly
Run a 50-person league for less than one DFS bad beat.
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- Unlimited accounts
- Leagues up to 50 members
- Unlimited personal trades
- Zero fees on personal trades
- Real-time market data
- Market + Limit + Maker orders
- Ad-free experience
- 2,000 SC monthly stipend
- 2x daily login multiplier
- 10% short-term / 5% long-term tax on personal gains
- Priority IPO access (coming soon)
- Unlimited watchlists and price alerts
- 150 AI assistant questions a month
- P&L, history, and performance analytics
Switch to annual billing and save up to $84/yr.
| Feature | FreeStarter | PlusActive Trader | ProSerious Trader | EliteCommissioner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accounts and Limits | ||||
| Personal accounts | 1 | 2 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| League accounts | 3 | 6 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Max league size (as commissioner) | 10 | 12 | 16 | 50 |
| Daily trades, personal | 10/day | 25/day | 50/day | Unlimited |
| Fees and Currency | ||||
| Trade fee, personal | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0% | 0% |
| Monthly StarCoin stipend | 200 SC | 500 SC | 2,000 SC | |
| Daily login multiplier | 1x | 1x | 1.5x | 2x |
| Inside a League (every plan) | ||||
| Trade fee | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Daily trades, per league | 25/day | 25/day | 25/day | 25/day |
| Tax on gains, before the commissioner's adjustment | 20% / 10% | 20% / 10% | 20% / 10% | 20% / 10% |
| Market Access | ||||
| Market data | Real-time | Real-time | Real-time | Real-time |
| Order types | Market only | Market only | Market + Limit | Market + Limit + Maker |
| Ad-free experience | ||||
| IPO access (coming soon) | Standard | Priority | ||
| Analytics | ||||
| Portfolio analytics | P&L & history | P&L & history | P&L & history | P&L & history |
| Watchlists | 1 list, 15 players | 2 lists, 30 players | 5 lists | Unlimited |
| Price alerts | ||||
| AI assistant questions | 50 / month | 150 / month | ||
| Taxes | ||||
| Tax on short-term gains, personal (sold under 30 days) | 30% | 30% | 20% | 10% |
| Tax on long-term gains, personal (held 30+ days) | 15% | 15% | 10% | 5% |
Tax applies to gains. Your portfolio itself is untaxed. You are taxed only when you sell a position for more than you paid for it. Holding costs you nothing, and selling at a loss is never taxed.
Losses carry forward. When you sell at a loss it is banked, and it reduces the gains you are taxed on later. Losses inside one sale net against that sale's gains too. Each pool is kept separate: a loss taken in a league offsets gains in that same league only. It cannot reach your personal accounts. Buying a name back within 30 days of selling it at a loss moves that part of the loss into the new position's cost basis instead, so you still get it back when you sell that position.
Your personal rate is a rolling 12-month average of the tiers you have held. Inside a league every member pays the league's rate instead. No switch flips the day you upgrade. Upgrading starts pulling your rate down immediately and it keeps falling the longer you stay, which is why a one-month upgrade right before a big sale will not buy you the headline rate.
Can I switch plans later?
Yes, anytime. Upgrades take effect immediately and your tax history carries over. Downgrades take effect at your next billing cycle.
Does annual billing affect my tax rate?
No. Your personal rate comes from your subscription tier. Billing period has no effect on it. It is a rolling 12-month average of the tiers you have held, so an upgrade phases in rather than switching over on day one. League accounts use the league's rate, the same for every member. Annual billing just saves you money on the subscription itself.
What happens if I downgrade?
The downgrade takes effect at your next billing cycle. If you have more accounts than your new tier allows, close the extras before downgrading.
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