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Your child's potential.
Priced daily.

BrightFutures is the first regulated market for parents to buy, sell, and hedge event contracts on real childhood milestones — from first steps to first acceptance letters. Because "trust the process" isn't a strategy.

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CONTRACT #10482 SETTLES JUN 2032
Makes the varsity team
Underlying: L. Ortiz, age 11 · Sport: Soccer
58¢YES
42¢NO
Volume: $14,220 · 3 open positions from this contract's mother
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How it works

Parenting instinct, converted to a position.

Three steps between "I have a feeling about this kid" and a settled, liquid contract.

STEP 01

List a milestone

Create a contract for any measurable moment in your child's development. Reading age, team tryouts, college list — if it can be verified, it can be priced.

STEP 02

Set your position

Go long on the piano recital. Short their odds at varsity. Diversify across siblings to manage household risk.

STEP 03

Let the market decide

Contracts settle automatically once the outcome is verified — report card, coach's email, orthodontist visit, whatever it takes.

Today's markets

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A sample of what's trading on the exchange right now. New listings open every school year.

Athletics

Makes the travel soccer team by age 12

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Milestones

Fully toilet trained before 3rd birthday

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Admissions

Admitted to at least one Ivy League school

YES · 9¢
NO · 91¢
Enrichment

Still playing the violin at age 16

YES · 23¢
NO · 77¢
Career

First job is an unpaid internship at Dad's company

YES · 64¢
NO · 36¢
Wellbeing

In therapy by sophomore year of college

YES · 55¢
NO · 45¢
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What traders are saying

"I shorted my son's travel soccer tryout and hedged with a call option on his piano recital. Either way, I win."

Dana M. · 14 open contracts

"My daughter doesn't know she's an asset class yet. That's the beauty of a well-diversified childhood."

Priya S. · Verified trader

"Finally, a way to make my anxiety about my kid's future generate a return instead of just a headache."

Kevin R. · Founding member

Stop hoping. Start pricing.

Every "we'll see how it goes" is just an unpriced contract. Open an account and find out what the market really thinks of your kid's chances.

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