Play the market.
Level up your money.
StockMarkids is a markets simulator you play in your browser — build a portfolio of real companies like Nvidia and Roblox, trade with virtual cash, and watch it move with the real market. Real skills, zero real money. Free to play.
- Ages 13–17
- Play money · real markets
- Free to play


// the gap we're closing
School won't teach this. So we made it a game.
Most teens leave school knowing more about mitochondria than money. StockMarkids gives you a head start on the one subject that follows you for life — and makes it genuinely fun.
65%
of Gen Z can't confidently explain how investing works.
We're here to flip that — early.
$0
of real money at risk.
Real markets, play money. Mess up for free.
13–17
the squad we're built for.
From first trade to real market confidence.
Stat reflects industry research on Gen Z financial literacy, 2025.
// how it works
From zero to your first trade in minutes.
Start with $100k in play money
Open your free account in the browser and get a virtual stack to invest. Nothing's real — so mess up all you want.
Buy real companies you know
Trade live-priced stocks like Nvidia, Roblox and Tesla — the brands behind your games, your phone and your feed.
Watch it move — and learn why
Your portfolio rises and falls with the real market in real time. Plain-English explainers break down every move.
// know the meta
Bull vs Bear — read the market state.
Every market is in one of two modes. Learn to read them and you play smarter than most adults.
Prices climbing, confidence high. When the bulls are running, the market's on a winning streak.
Prices falling, everyone's cautious. Bear markets test your nerve — smart players play the long game.
// the companies you'll trade
Trade the brands behind your world.
Not random ticker symbols — the real companies you already know. See how the people who make your GPU, your console and your favourite games actually perform.
NVDA
Nvidia
The chips in your gaming PC
RBLX
Roblox
Yeah — that Roblox
TTWO
Take-Two
The studio behind GTA
EA
Electronic Arts
FIFA, Madden, Apex
SONY
Sony
PlayStation
MSFT
Microsoft
Xbox & Minecraft
AAPL
Apple
The phone in your hand
TSLA
Tesla
Elon's cars
// …and hundreds more, all the way up to the whole S&P 500
// what's inside
A real trading platform. Minus the boring bits.
Live market data
Real, live-updating prices on real stocks and ETFs. No fake numbers, no toy data.
$100k virtual portfolio
Play money, real markets. Zero risk, all the lessons — reset and try again any time.
Levels, badges & streaks
Earn XP as you learn and trade. Keep the streak alive and rank up your investor profile.
Leaderboards & challenges
See how you stack up against your mates and the whole squad in weekly trading challenges.
Why-it-moved explainers
Plain-English breakdowns of what just happened to your stocks, and why — learn by doing.
Watchlists & alerts
Follow the companies you actually care about and get pinged when something big moves.

// the head start
Imagine getting this at 15 — not 35.
Most people learn money the hard way, years too late. Start now and compounding, confidence and instinct are on your side for life. That's the real cheat code — and it's available before you can even drive.
// for grown-ups
Made for parents to feel good about.
Big ambitions for your teen, zero things to worry about. Here's the promise we're building on.
Safe & private
Built for teens, with privacy locked in from day one.
No real money at risk
Teens practise on real markets using virtual money only.
Ad-free, always
No ads and no nudges to spend — just genuine learning.
You stay in the loop
Follow your teen's progress and back them all the way.

// season 0 · now recruiting
Get in before the gates open.
StockMarkids is free to play. Join the waitlist and founding players unlock premium perks the day it drops.





