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What is Praeter
Northwestern has no shortage of opinions. What will the Chem final average be? Who takes the next game? Until now, those predictions lived in conversations, group chats and Fizz surveys, then disappeared as soon as the moment passed.
Praeter gives them a place to live.
Make a prediction. Choose your side. See what everyone else thinks. Then come back when the outcome is settled and find out who actually saw it coming.
No money involved. Just competition, conviction, and a record of how good your instincts really are.
Trade what happens next.
+1,000¢
Starting balance for every new account
Live
Prices move automatically as students trade
Oracle
Traders submit evidence to verify the final outcome
Ranked
Compete campus-wide, and by major, on the leaderboard
How it works
Ask a question about anything happening on campus — an exam average, a game, an election. Admins review it before it goes live.
A proposal needs real demand — 15 upvotes — before it opens for trading, so the markets that go live are ones people actually care about.
Buy into the outcome you believe in. Prices move automatically as more Praeters trade, just like a real market.
Once a market closes, the students who traded it vote on what actually happened — get it right and your stake doubles, get it wrong and it costs you.
Every account here is one
Praeter comes from Latin, carrying the idea of going beyond — exceeding expectations and pushing past what's expected.
A Praeter is more than just a trader. They take positions on markets, propose new ones, and step in as an Oracle to help verify outcomes when markets close.
The leaderboard tracks net worth both individually and by major. So when a Praeter from your major reaches #1, you finally get to say your major is the best — and actually have the numbers to back it up.
