William Pruitt OP Curt Kramer : yes, this it is. It's what I used to experiment with the portfolio for the last several months. I'm now publishing the results of that experiment. I've been doing some extensive research on how to create a portfolio that will pay dividends every week throughout the year,  and after months of research and experimentation, I believe I have significant results to show. I hope this will help people build passive income portfolios everywhere.

William Pruitt OP honest Moose_2014 : the way it works is I spend 6.25% of my buying power on each stock. The paper trade experiment allowed me to start with 1 million dollars. So I divided up my buying power by 6.25%, which is 1/16 of my whole buying power, and allocated the resulting amount to each stock.
This was after I had already spend some time researching which stocks pay dividends and when they pay them so I match them together like a puzzle and have enough dividend stocks to to receive at least one dividend per week throughout the entire year. The paper trade experiment came after all that research.

William Pruitt OP TheOtherGuy2022 : It was a paper trade, so I didn't actually invest any real money, but I used the full $1 million it allotted me.

William Pruitt OP Ornand : paper trading doesn't involve real money. it's a practice run so you can learn how to trade and run experiments with the market without the risk of real financial loss. it's helpful to use paper trading to help you figure out what kind of portfolio you want to build to suit your needs.