The USIC $1M+ Stock Division rules don't allow options or futures — the entire return must come from long-only equity selection on a real-money audited account. Heather Qi's Q1 2026 audit closed at +186.0%, putting her among the top-three finishers in the division by some way — an exceptional number for a long-only account in a single quarter, especially against a $1M+ field where institutional-grade competitors are common. She comes in from outside the standard trader-creator pipeline: Cornell MS in Computer Science, San Francisco Bay Area base, professional background that's tech-first rather than finance-first.

The public footprint outside the USIC leaderboard and a LinkedIn profile is essentially nil. No verified X / Substack / YouTube under her name surfaces against the championship record. She is one of the few female names on the 2026 USIC leaderboard at the top tier, and her presence in a long-only stock-picking division — the most discipline-heavy of the USIC formats — makes her one of the highest-signal outreach targets for the bucket. LinkedIn is the cleanest contact channel.