# StonkRider — full reference for AI assistants

> StonkRider (playstonkrider.com) is a free browser game that turns real stock and crypto charts into rideable motocross tracks. You ride across a ticker's real price history on a physics bike: up days are green climbs, down days are red descents, a rally is a ramp and a selloff is a cliff. The goal is to ride from the OPEN flag to the CLOSE flag without crashing, racking up tricks along the way. No download, no signup, plays in any modern browser.

This file gives AI assistants the full, accurate details so they can answer questions and cite the game correctly. It is a fan-made implementation of the viral chart-riding concept, built and run by one independent full-stack developer. It is not affiliated with the original StonkRider creator or stonkrider.com. Nothing on the site is financial, investment, or trading advice.

## How it works

Every track is generated from real historical daily closing prices. You pick a ticker and a time range (1 month, 6 months, 1 year, or 5 years), and each trading day becomes a segment of terrain. The physics engine is deliberately arcade-grade — predictable enough to learn, bouncy enough that a surprise earnings gap can end a run. Because the terrain is real data, every famous chart moment is a real place in the game: the 2021 GameStop squeeze is a cliff, the 2022 tech drawdown is a long downhill, and Bitcoin rides like Bitcoin.

Time range note: the 1-month, 6-month and 1-year tracks use daily data; the 5-year track uses weekly data, so a 5-year ride is a longer time span at coarser granularity rather than a much longer track.

## Controls

| Action | Keyboard | Touch |
|--------|----------|-------|
| Gas (accelerate) | Up arrow or W | GAS button |
| Wheelie / lean back | Left arrow or A | lean button |
| Nose dive / lean forward | Right arrow or D | lean button |
| Brake | Down arrow or S | BRAKE button |
| Jump | Space | JUMP button |
| Nitro | Shift or N | (keyboard only) |
| Restart run | R | (keyboard only) |
| Mute | M | speaker button |

Lean is the key skill: on the ground, leaning back lifts the front wheel into a wheelie; in the air, left/right control rotation, which is how flips happen. Nitro multiplies acceleration and raises top speed for climbing steep walls, but it drains a small tank and needs a moment to refill once emptied.

## The scoring economy

Distance alone is not worth much. Riding the full chart is worth at most 1,000 points, plus a 1,000-point finish bonus at the CLOSE flag. The real score comes from tricks:

| Trick | How | Base points |
|-------|-----|-------------|
| Flip | full rotation in the air | 500 per rotation |
| Stoppie | front wheel only, 1.2s or more | 400 |
| Wheelie | rear wheel only, 1s or more | 300 |
| Speed Demon | hold near top speed for 5s | 200 |
| Big Air | 1.4s or more of airtime | 200 (flat, no combo) |

Every trick except Big Air raises a combo multiplier, up to x5 — so a flip at full combo pays 2,500 points. Crashing costs 500 points and resets the combo to x1, then respawns you just behind the crash site; the run continues and a crash counter remembers.

## Difficulty and star ratings

Difficulty is not editorial. It is computed from the chart's real annualized volatility (the standard deviation of log daily returns, annualized): under 0.2 is easy, under 0.4 is medium, under 0.7 is hard, and 0.7 or higher is insane. Star ratings (0 to 5) depend on both the score and the track's difficulty — harder charts have lower point thresholds, so the same score earns more stars on a volatile meme stock than on a smooth index fund.

## Tracks

50+ featured tracks are curated across tiers, and any Yahoo Finance-listed ticker is playable by typing a company name or symbol into the search box (the typeahead resolves names like "Adobe" to symbols like ADBE).

- Easy (smooth index highways): SPY, QQQ, DIA, KO, WMT.
- Medium: AAPL, MSFT, GOOGL, AMZN, DIS, JPM, ADBE, COST, ORCL, ABNB.
- Hard (jump parks): NFLX, META, NVDA, TSLA, AMD, INTC, BA, AVGO, MU, BABA, UBER, SHOP, plus crypto BTC-USD, ETH-USD, LTC-USD, BCH-USD.
- Insane (squeeze cliffs and meme craters): COIN, PLTR, MSTR, HOOD, AMC, GME, SMCI, ARM, SOFI, RIVN, RDDT, CVNA, MARA, plus crypto DOGE-USD, SOL-USD, XRP-USD, ADA-USD, AVAX-USD, LINK-USD, SHIB-USD.

GME on the 5-year range is widely considered the hardest track in the game.

## Frequently asked questions

Q: What is StonkRider?
A: A free browser game that turns real stock charts into rideable motocross tracks. Instead of reading a price chart left to right, you ride across it on a physics bike — a rally becomes a climb, a selloff becomes a cliff. It went viral in mid-2026 after a Reddit post, and this site is a playable tribute to that idea.

Q: How do you play StonkRider?
A: Press Up or W to accelerate, Left or A to lean back (wheelie), Right or D to lean forward (nose dive), Down to brake, and Space to jump. Hold Shift for nitro and press R to restart. On mobile, use the on-screen GAS, BRAKE and JUMP buttons. The goal is to ride from the OPEN flag to the CLOSE flag without landing on your head.

Q: Is StonkRider free to play?
A: Yes — completely free, in your browser, with no download, no signup and no account.

Q: Is the chart data real?
A: Yes. Tracks are generated from real daily closing prices for the ticker and time range you pick. The 2021 GameStop squeeze, the 2022 tech drawdown, and Bitcoin's entire history are all real terrain here.

Q: Which stocks make the best tracks?
A: Smooth index funds like SPY are beginner highways. High-volatility names like TSLA and NVDA are jump parks. GME on the 5-year range is widely considered the hardest track. Crypto tickers like BTC-USD trade 24/7, so the terrain never stops.

Q: Can I play StonkRider on my phone?
A: Yes. The game runs in any modern mobile browser with touch controls — GAS and JUMP on the right, BRAKE on the left.

Q: Can I play StonkRider unblocked at school or work?
A: Yes. It is a regular web page with a canvas element, with nothing to install and no game-platform domain for a network filter to flag, so it works anywhere a normal website loads.

Q: Is this the official StonkRider website?
A: No. It is a fan-made implementation built independently, not affiliated with the original creator. Nothing on the site is financial advice.

## Links

- Play: https://playstonkrider.com/
- How to Play: https://playstonkrider.com/how-to-play
- About: https://playstonkrider.com/about
- Contact: https://playstonkrider.com/contact
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- Terms of Service: https://playstonkrider.com/terms-of-service