How to Play Stonks: Leverage, Bust Price, Auto Cashout & Tips

To play Stonks, you pick a bet amount, choose leverage (the payout multiplier) from 10x to 1000x, and press Up or Down on a live, randomly generated price. From that moment your bet gains or loses that multiple of every percentage move, you can cash out whenever you like, and an auto cashout will close the bet for you at a target you set. This guide walks through each step, explains what leverage, the bust price and auto cashout actually do, runs three sample bets so you can see the numbers, and ends with the tips we give every new player.

Key Takeaways

• Stonks is a provably fair casino game: a generated price ticks every 250 milliseconds, and you bet on whether it goes up or down.

• Leverage is the payout multiplier. Your stake never changes; what changes is how much each move is worth. At 10x, a 1% move is 10% on your stake. At 100x, a 1% move is a 100% gain, a profit equal to your whole stake.

• The bust price is shown before you confirm every bet, and the higher the leverage, the closer it sits to your entry.

• Auto cashout closes a bet at the profit you set, as a percentage or a value, without you watching.

• You can have several bets open at once, Up and Down together, within an exposure cap.

• Bets run from $0.001 to $10,000 in crypto equivalent, with a $100,000 maximum payout per bet, stake included.

What is Stonks?

Stonks is a Stonks game from Shuffle Games Studio, played on a price chart that has no real market behind it. One chart runs continuously, every player sees the same chart, and every bet placed on it appears on the graph as it wins or loses. Each tick is produced by Shuffle's provably fair system, and the full price path can be verified once the round ends, so the game does not ask you to take its randomness on trust.

It sits in the Shuffle Originals lobby with the other in-house games and runs in the browser on desktop and mobile. You stake in whichever coin your Shuffle balance holds, and winnings settle in the same coin the moment a bet closes. The Stonks price is not the price of Bitcoin or any other asset.

Before you start: a ten-minute free-play ladder

Stonks has no separate demo mode, but you can play with nothing at stake by setting the bet amount to $0. A $0 bet uses the same chart, leverage range and auto cashout as a real one. Spend ten minutes on $0 bets before your first real one, and run this ladder:

1. Place a $0 bet at 10x, Up. Watch how the bet's value moves, and note that the bust price sits 10% below your entry.

2. Place it again at 100x. The value now moves ten times as fast. A 1% move in your favor doubles what the bet is worth; a 1% move against it ends the bet.

3. Place it at 500x. The bust is 0.2% away. A handful of ticks decides it.

4. Place it at 1000x. The bust is 0.1% away. Count how many ticks the bet survives.

Four bets, one lesson: leverage is a speed dial. The ladder shows you where on that dial you are comfortable, and that is worth more than any tip below.

How to play Stonks step by step

Step 1: Set your bet amount

Type an amount or use the quick buttons to double or halve it. Stonks accepts anything from $0.001 to $10,000 in crypto equivalent, and $0 if you want to watch a bet play out with nothing at stake. For a first real session, use a stake you would be happy to lose on a single bet, because at high leverage that is exactly what one bet can do.

Step 2: Choose your leverage

Slide between 10x and 1000x. As you move the slider the bust price updates live, so you always see the exact price at which the bet would end. Pick the leverage first, then look at the bust price, then decide whether you are comfortable with how close it is.

Step 3: Add an auto cashout (optional, recommended)

Enter a profit target as a percentage of your stake or as a value. When the price reaches it, the game cashes you out automatically. Setting it before you bet means you decide your exit calmly rather than mid-move.

Step 4: Press Up or Down

Up means you expect the price to be higher than it is now. Down means lower. Your entry price is the price at the tick you press, and the bet is live immediately.

Step 5: Watch, adjust, or walk away

Your open bet appears on the chart and in the My Bets tab, with its entry, current value and a cash-out button. You can add or remove an auto cashout on any open bet from there. If you set one, you do not have to watch at all.

Step 6: Cash out

Close the bet manually at any moment, let the auto cashout close it, or let it run. If the round ends while a bet is still open, it is cashed out automatically at the final tick.

What is leverage in Stonks?

Leverage is the payout multiplier: the number your gains and losses are multiplied by. Your stake stays the same whatever you choose; leverage decides how much every 1% the price moves is worth, in whichever direction the price went.

Both columns move together. That is the point of leverage and the reason to choose it deliberately: low leverage lets a bet ride through a choppy stretch, high leverage turns a tiny move into a large result in a few ticks. If you know the Crash gambling game, playing Stonks at 500x or above feels similar: the number climbs fast and the bet can end just as fast.

What is the bust price?

The bust price is the price at which a move against your bet uses up the whole stake and the bet closes as a loss. It is shown before you bet: below your entry for an Up bet, above it for a Down bet, and the higher the leverage, the closer it sits.

Two details worth knowing. First, the bust is checked every tick, so if a cash-out and a bust would land on the same tick, the bust applies. At very high leverage those two can be a single tick apart, which is one more reason to let an auto cashout handle the exit. Second, there is no partial loss at the bust price: reaching it or passing it ends the bet with the stake gone.

What is auto cashout, and when should you set one?

Auto cashout is an instruction to close your bet automatically once it reaches a profit you choose. In Stonks you set it as a percentage of your stake or as a value, and you can add, change or remove it on any open bet.

Set it when you already know what a good result looks like. If you stake $20 at 10x and would be pleased with $5 of profit, a 25% auto cashout does the watching for you. If one tick jumps past your target, you receive the target you set, not the larger figure that tick would have shown. That trade is deliberate: you give up the occasional overshoot in exchange for never having to time the exit by hand.

Players who like to name their payout before the round starts will recognize the idea from the Limbo casino game, where you pick a target multiplier up front. Stonks gives you the same certainty about your exit, with the option to leave early if the chart changes your mind.

Reading the Stonks chart

The chart opens as an area graph, with a candlestick view one tap away. You can switch the tick interval from one second up to minutes, zoom out to see the shape of the round, and drag to pan; the view stays where you leave it. The live price turns green on an up tick and red on a down tick.

Three things on the chart are worth reading before every bet:

• Your own open bets, marked at their entry so you can see distance to bust at a glance.

• Other players' bets and results, which appear on the same chart and in the Leaderboard tab. They are context, not a signal: the price has no memory and nobody's bet changes the next tick.

• The tick interval you are on. A move that looks dramatic at one second looks like noise at one minute. Choose the interval that matches the leverage you are playing.

Three sample Stonks bets

The numbers below use the rule every Stonks bet follows: gain or loss equals stake × leverage × the percentage move. The bust distances are the ones the game shows for each leverage level.

Bet 1: low leverage, set and forget

You stake $20 at 10x and press Up. Your bust price is 10% below entry. You set an auto cashout at 25%, which is $5.

The price drifts down 3%, then recovers. At 3% down the bet shows −$6 and is still well clear of the bust. When the price reaches 2.5% above entry, the bet hits +25% and the auto cashout closes it at $5 profit. You never touched it after pressing Up.

Bet 2: high leverage, over in seconds

You stake $5 at 500x and press Down. Your bust price is 0.2% above entry. Every 0.1% the price falls is +50% on your stake, or $2.50.

You set an auto cashout at 100%, which needs a 0.2% drop. Within a few ticks the price either falls 0.2% and the bet closes at +$5, or rises 0.2% and busts. Either way the whole bet resolves in seconds, with the stake as the most you can lose.

Bet 3: Up and Down at the same time

You open two bets at once: $50 Up at 10x, and $20 Down at 50x. The Up bet busts 10% below entry; the Down bet busts 2% above.

If the price rises 1%, the Up bet shows +$5 and the Down bet shows −$10. If it rises 2%, the Down bet busts for −$20 while the Up bet sits at +$10 and is still open. If instead the price falls 1%, the Down bet shows +$10 and the Up bet −$5. Running both lets you play a sharp move in either direction while a slower bet stays open underneath. It does not remove risk; it shapes it, and both bets count toward your exposure cap.

Having several bets open at once

Stonks lets you hold multiple bets at the same time, each with its own direction, leverage and auto cashout. The My Bets tab lists every open bet with its entry, current value and cash-out button, with your closed bets stacked underneath.

A total exposure cap applies across your open bets. A new bet that would push you past the cap is declined before it is placed, so the cap is a hard ceiling rather than something to track by hand. Each bet is also subject to the $100,000 maximum payout, stake included: a bet that reaches it is cashed out at that amount automatically.

If you like building toward a payout step by step and banking it on your own terms, the rhythm is close to the Mines casino game, except that in Stonks several bets can be building at once.

Faster play with hotkeys

On desktop, the whole bet panel runs from the keyboard.

A practical pattern: set your stake and leverage once, then alternate between Z or X and Space to place a series of bets at the same settings. On mobile the controls are touch-sized and the hotkeys do not apply.

Stonks tips for new players

None of these change the odds. The price is random and has no memory, so there is no pattern to read and no setting that beats the game. What tips can do is make sure every bet is a decision you made on purpose.

Choosing leverage

• Run the free-play ladder first and pick the range you were comfortable with.

• Expect wins and losses to come quickly above 100x, where a sub-1% move resolves the bet. Treat those as short, sharp bets and cash out early rather than waiting for a reversal.

• At 10x, a bet can survive a swing of several percent, which suits players who want to watch the chart rather than react to it.

Using auto cashout

• Set an auto cashout on every bet until you know how fast your chosen leverage moves.

• Decide the target before you press Up or Down, not after the bet is open.

• If a tick overshoots your target, you still receive the target. That is the deal; set the target you would be happy with.

Managing your session

• Decide a loss limit for the session before the first bet, and stop when you reach it.

• Keep each stake small relative to your session bankroll, especially above 100x.

• Split a session into several small bets rather than one large one.

• Close open bets before you step away from the screen, or make sure each one has an auto cashout set.

• Treat other players' bets on the chart as context, never as a prediction.

Is there a Stonks strategy that works?

No. Stonks is a game of chance on a provably fair random price, and no strategy changes its long-run odds or guarantees a win. Each tick is independent of the last, so streaks, chart shapes and other players' results tell you nothing about the next move. What you control is the risk behind each bet: leverage, stake size, auto cashout and when you cash out. The tips above are about choosing those deliberately, not about beating the price.

Play Stonks at Shuffle

Stonks rewards players who choose their risk on purpose: the leverage slider, the visible bust price and the auto cashout field are all there so that every bet is a decision you made in advance. Start with $0 bets, pick your range, and see how the chart moves. For how Stonks fits alongside Crash, Limbo, Mines and the rest of the in-house lineup, the Shuffle Originals guide covers every title.

Responsible Gaming

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How to play Stonks: FAQ

How do you play Stonks on Shuffle?

Set a bet amount, choose leverage from 10x to 1000x, optionally set an auto cashout, and press Up or Down on the live price chart. Your bet gains or loses that multiple of every percentage move. Cash out manually at any time, let the auto cashout close it, or let it run to its bust price.

What does leverage do in Stonks?

Leverage is the payout multiplier. Your stake stays the same; leverage sets how much each move is worth. At 10x, a 1% move in your favor is a 10% gain on your stake and the bust price sits 10% from entry. At 100x, a 1% move is a 100% gain, a profit equal to your stake, and the bust is 1% away. Higher leverage means bigger results from smaller moves and a bust price closer to your entry.

What is the bust price in Stonks?

The bust price is the price at which a move against your bet uses up the stake and closes the bet as a loss. It sits below your entry for an Up bet and above it for a Down bet, and the higher the leverage, the closer it is. It is shown on screen before you confirm.

What is auto cashout in Stonks?

Auto cashout automatically closes your bet when it reaches a profit target you set, as a percentage or a value. If a tick jumps past the target, you receive the target amount. You can add, change or remove it on any open bet from the My Bets tab.

Can I bet Up and Down at the same time?

Yes. You can hold several bets at once in either direction, each with its own leverage and auto cashout. A total exposure cap applies across your open bets.

What are the bet limits in Stonks?

Bets run from $0.001 to $10,000 in crypto equivalent, and the maximum payout on a single bet is $100,000, stake included. A bet that reaches $100,000 is cashed out automatically.

Can I play Stonks for free?

Yes. There is no separate demo mode, but you can set the bet amount to $0 and play with nothing at stake. A $0 bet uses the same chart, leverage range and controls as a real one, and it is the best way to run the leverage ladder described above before you stake anything.

What are the best Stonks tips for beginners?

Run the free-play ladder to find a leverage range you are comfortable with, set an auto cashout on every bet, keep stakes small relative to your bankroll, decide a session loss limit before you start, and never leave a bet open unattended without an auto cashout. None of these change the odds; they make each bet a deliberate choice.

Is there a strategy that beats Stonks?

No. The price is random, each tick is independent, and no setting changes the long-run odds. What you control is the risk behind each bet: leverage, stake size, auto cashout and when you cash out. Choose those deliberately and set a session limit before you start.