Worming from Home throws players into a remote finance job where the keyboard wobbles and the spreadsheets mock you, and the Worm of Wall Street achievement is the trophy every spreadsheet-humping intern is chasing. Sitting at a global unlock rate of 14.1% on Steam (Steam stats, launch week), it is the rarest of the early trading flags and the gateway to a run of unlockables that test your office-chair endurance. The requirement is simple on paper: buy or sell 100 shares in a day. The trick is that the day crashes at 5:00 PM sharp, the in-game clock refuses to wait, and the only way to clear 100 trades is to plan your perk picks, your watchlist, and your free-time activities around the deadline.
What the Worm of Wall Street Achievement Actually Tracks
The achievement is silent on the Steam page, so most players walk in blind. According to the official Worming from Home achievements list on Steam, the trophy fires whenever the in-game ledger records 100 individual share transactions inside a single work day. That ledger counts both buys and sells, so flipping the same lot back and forth works, which is why the trade floor veterans call this the "Day Trader grind" in their field notes.
How the In-Game Trading Day Works
The trading app on your desktop only opens between 9:30 AM and 5:00 PM, and each click of the Buy or Sell button on a stock card is logged as one transaction. Order size does not matter for the counter, so a one-share scalp counts the same as a fifty-share block. The flag pops the moment the 100th trade is confirmed, with no on-screen celebration beyond the standard Steam toast.
| Trading Day Mechanic | Detail | Impact on the Achievement |
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| Day window | 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM | All 100 trades must land in one window |
| Trade definition | One buy or one sell click | Flipping counts; order size does not |
| Counter location | Internal ledger | Visible in the Spreadsheet app after work |
| Reset behavior | Counter resets at midnight | Multi-day carryover is impossible |
| Failure state | Phone calls, fire, missed meetings | Eat clock time without trading progress |
Why the Unlock Rate Sits at 14.1%
Community testing on the launch patch suggests most players fail because they treat the achievement like a boss fight rather than a time-budget problem. They burn the morning on emails, then panic-buy at 4:30 PM and watch the day timer go red. The 14.1% figure reflects the share of players who actually clear all 100 trades before the buzzer, and that number drops further on harder office weeks where Steve schedules three meetings in a row.
Building a Trading-First Day Before You Touch the Stock App
The fastest path to the Worm of Wall Street unlock is to set up the morning so nothing eats your trade window. New players often lose the day to the Printer or the Video Call app before the Stock Market window even opens, and the achievement timer is unforgiving once that happens.
Prep Checklist Before the Market Opens
The most reliable run, based on player logs, starts the night before. Skip free-time activities that drain energy below 50%, sleep on a charged bed, and put the coffee mug on the desk so the morning buff is already active when the clock hits 9:30.
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Read at least one self-help book at the Reading Nook to start the Financial Insight perk tree
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Place the Phone on Do Not Disturb so emergency calls do not eat trading minutes
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Pre-queue a printer task the night before so the morning is not bottlenecked by paper jams
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Stock a snack in the inventory slot so the hunger debuff does not hit during peak trade volume
Picking the Right Perk Tree Branch Early
The Financial Insight tree is the one most achievement hunters regret ignoring, because every level of the tree adds a flat discount to the bid-ask spread. The first three nodes are enough to make Technis Corp. and the other starter stocks cheap enough that a 100-trade grind only requires a few hundred in-game dollars, which removes the cash grind that derails most first attempts. If you are still stacking Muscle Mass nodes for the gym minigame instead, the trading achievement becomes a coin scarcity problem on top of a clock problem.
| Perk Tree | Early Nodes | Effect on Day Trading |
|---|---|---|
| Financial Insight | Spread discount, faster app load | Lowers cost per trade, frees up cash for more flips |
| Muscle Mass | Strength gain, intimidation radius | Irrelevant for trading; only matters for the Establish Dominance intern trophy |
| Office Charisma | Faster meetings, friendlier Steve | Saves 5–10 minutes per day, indirect help for the timer |
Executing the 100-Share Grind in a Single Day
The core loop is a one-stock scalp pattern that players on the community Discord have documented frame by frame. The idea is to pick a single mid-cap stock with high volatility, hammer the Buy button when the price dips, then the Sell button when it recovers. Each cycle logs two trades, and the in-game ledger does not care if you are profiting, only that the click registers.
Choosing Your Target Stock
| Stock | Typical Volatility | Min Capital Needed | Best Window |
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| Technis Corp. | 3–6% intraday | ~$120 | First hour, news spike |
| Pumpkin Patch Holdings | 8–12% intraday | ~$80 | Lunch lull reversal |
| Seagull Energy Drink | 10–15% intraday | ~$60 | Final two hours, short squeeze |
The 100-share requirement is a transaction count, not a share count, so the cheapest route is to flip one share at a time on a volatile ticker. Players who try to bundle ten or twenty shares per click finish the achievement slower because each big order takes longer to fill and blocks the next button press.
Step-by-Step Trading Run
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Open the Stock Market app at 9:30 AM and queue three watchlist cards in advance so you are not searching during a price dip
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Wait for the first 2% dip on Seagull Energy Drink, which usually lands within the first 15 minutes on a normal news day
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Buy 1 share at the dip, then immediately set a mental sell target at +1.5% rather than waiting for the peak
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Sell 1 share as soon as the price recovers, because every second spent hesitating is a second not spent queuing the next dip
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Repeat the buy-low sell-high cycle until the ledger counter hits 100, which usually takes 35–45 minutes of focused clicking on a clean run
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Do not switch stocks mid-run unless your target goes flat, because re-loading a new ticker burns the most clock of any mistake in this achievement
The real bottleneck is not the trade count but the interruptions. The phone will ring, Steve will knock, and the printer will jam exactly when the price is moving. Players who clear the achievement on their first try almost always report running a "quiet" day, with all non-essential apps closed and the perk tree pre-loaded the night before.
Trading-Adjacent Achievements You Will Probably Trigger
The Worm of Wall Street trophy sits at the center of a small constellation of trading-related flags, and a clean 100-share run tends to unlock two or three of them in the same day. Worth knowing which ones to expect, so you do not think the counter is broken.
Related Trophies in the Same Day
| Achievement | Trigger | How the Trading Run Helps |
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| Day Trader | Complete 10 buy or sell orders in a day | Auto-unlocks around trade 10 of the 100-trade run |
| That Was Embarrassing | Have a colleague walk in during a meeting | Triggered by Trevor stopping by while you are glued to the charts |
| I Hope Youre Happy | Cause a coworker to quit the team | Linked to the M storyline, not trading, but often hit on the same day |
There is also a hidden paper trail that players tend to ignore. After the Spreadsheet app logs 100 trades, Steve sometimes drops a "draw on a piece of paper" task on your desk, which is the trigger for the Stroke of Luck flag if you scribble the right doodle. It is not required for the trading achievement, but it is a nice consolation prize if the 100-trade grind is the only thing you have planned for the day.
Common Failures and How to Recover
Most players do not miss the 100-share target because they traded badly; they miss it because something else ate the day. The two biggest clock-eaters in the game are the emergency call chain that ends in the get blocked by emergency services event and the late-afternoon meeting block that Steve schedules on heavy weeks.
Clock-Eaters to Neutralize
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Emergency services chain: ignore the phone after the second ring on a trading day, because the dialogue tree eats 20–30 minutes and the only reward is the related emergency services guide for Worming from Home event
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Steve's late meetings: the calendar app shows the meeting block at the start of the day, so check it before the market opens and reschedule anything non-critical to the next morning
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Trevor's pop-ins: the colleague chatter is short, but the cumulative effect is real, so close the office door and put the phone on mute before the run
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Intern onboarding tasks: the Valuable Work Experience chain requires buying ten interns, which costs time on a trading day, so queue that run for a different day
When to Reset the Day
If the price action goes flat before lunch, or if Steve drops an unscheduled one-on-one at 11:00 AM, the cleanest move is to sleep through the rest of the day and start fresh tomorrow. The counter resets at midnight, so a failed day does not penalize the next attempt, and the perk bonuses stack if you keep the Financial Insight tree invested. The achievement is not a one-shot trophy, but it is punishing on any day where the calendar is not on your side.
Scaling Past 100 Shares: What Comes Next
Once the Worm of Wall Street trophy pops, the next milestone is the Locked In achievement, which requires holding a long position overnight without panic-selling. That is a different mental game, because the ledger is no longer counting clicks but counting patience. The high-volatility stocks that made the 100-share grind easy become a liability here, since the same wide band that let you scalp also lets the price gap down 15% overnight. Pair the Worm of Wall Street trophy with a separate run focused on stable tickers like Technis Corp. to clean up both flags in a single week.
Players who clear 100 trades a day for five consecutive in-game days also unlock a hidden dialogue line from M, which is a soft prerequisite for the Would You Still Love Me achievement in Worming from Home storyline. The trading grind is not a side quest; it is a real on-ramp into the late-game relationship arc.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the Worm of Wall Street achievement count both buys and sells?
Yes, the in-game ledger counts every individual click of the Buy or Sell button, so a single share flipped twice counts as two transactions. Order size does not matter, which is why players scalp one share at a time on volatile tickers instead of placing block orders. The flag pops at exactly 100 logged trades inside the 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM window.
Which stock is best for the 100-share day trading grind?
Seagull Energy Drink is the community favorite because it has the widest intraday band and the lowest minimum capital, so a 100-trade loop only needs about $60 of starting cash. Pumpkin Patch Holdings is the safer alternative for players who cannot stomach the 10–15% drawdowns. Technis Corp. works too, but its lower volatility means each scalp cycle takes longer and eats more clock.
Can I split the 100 shares across two days if I run out of time?
No, the counter resets at midnight, so partial progress from day one does not carry over. A failed day is a clean reset, and the next morning starts the counter at zero again. The reliable move is to plan one quiet day per attempt, prep the night before, and focus the entire work block on the trading app.
What other achievements should I chase on the same day as Worm of Wall Street?
The Day Trader trophy (10 trades in a day) unlocks automatically during the same run, and a clean grind often triggers the Stroke of Luck flag if Steve drops a drawing task. The That Was Embarrassing and I Hope Youre Happy achievements are linked to colleague events rather than trading, but they tend to fire on busy office days that overlap with a 100-trade attempt.
How do I avoid getting blocked by emergency services during the trading run?
Mute the phone after the first ring on a planned trading day, because the emergency services chain is a 20–30 minute dialogue tree with no trading upside. If the chain has already started on a previous day, finish it on a non-trading day so the recovery cooldown does not eat the next morning's market window. The full escalation path is documented in the dedicated emergency services guide if you want the trophy for that event on its own day.