Market Mayhem
YOUR MARKET. YOUR NEXT MOVE.
Play a free stock market game with virtual money. Trade through fictional headlines, challenge a friend, or explore at your own pace.
Virtual money. Real decisions to think about.
FOR EDUCATORS
Create a session, share its room code, and lead the activity. Add your own questions or choose from 36 economics prompts, from middle school to advanced high school.
New educator? Open the educator workspace to see signup options. Students join with a classroom code.
PLAY TOGETHER
Enter their six-character code and pick a nickname. Everyone trades the same market with a separate portfolio.
Use the same browser and device to return to your portfolio.
EXPLORE AT YOUR OWN PACE
Race the clock in a fictional challenge or explore without a deadline in freeplay. No market-data setup needed. Follow the news and ask the reporter for pointers.
Play on my own Host a friends gameThe gameplay tutorial will show you around when you first play.
Learn the controls as you play a fictional, news-driven market. Buy shares, follow your cash and portfolio value, and decide how to react when a headline changes the story. You can experiment without putting real money into the market.
Try a timed challenge for a defined finish, or choose freeplay to explore without a deadline. Start with the tutorial, make a small virtual trade and use the reporter to think through your choices.
Follow the beginner's first-round guideHost a shared fictional market and give friends the room code. Everyone trades in the same market with a separate portfolio. Compare your choices afterward: which headline mattered, and how much did you keep in cash?
Host or join a multiplayer stock market gameNo. Trades and balances are virtual. You can start a fictional solo game without signing up for a brokerage account or connecting a market-data service.
Fictional solo play can work offline after you open the game online and its offline files finish downloading. Browser saves stay on that browser and device. Multiplayer and online saves need an internet connection.
No. Fictional prices follow the simulation. Optional real-market practice uses provider quotes that may be delayed. A winning game does not show that a strategy will work with real money.