Your first run
Trade the story.
Choose your starting cash in Settings (default
$15,000), then a timed challenge, timerless Freeplay,
or Realistic mode. Challenge targets per round: Easy $150, Normal
$300, Hard $600. Round earnings are the change in cash plus
open-position value since that round began. Meet the target at the
bell to win the round; win all three for an overall victory. A missed
target does not end the run.
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Read the wire. Headlines name affected sectors and
the duration of their price pressure.
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Choose your exposure. Select a company, enter
shares or a cash preset, then buy. Keep some cash if you expect a
dip.
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Manage the exit. Watch your entry price and open
profit/loss. Sell part of a position or exit it entirely.
Each timed round adds volatility: opening momentum, a sector shock,
then a turbulent close. Prices are uncertain; no signal guarantees a
profit.
Pause freezes time and trading. Switching away automatically pauses.
There are no fees, borrowing, or short selling.
Realistic mode uses provider quotes for paper trading. Find real
stocks, then explore candlesticks, volume, and moving averages in the
Chart view. Queue USD limit or stop orders and manage them in Open
orders. Conditional orders only run while the session is running; stop
fills may gap beyond the trigger. Find real stocks to build a
watchlist. Quotes refresh before orders; closed markets or stale
quotes block trading. There is no timer or earning goal. Real markets
continue while you pause. Selected stocks, holdings, and pending-order
stocks refresh about once a minute while running, not tick by tick.
Check quote timestamps; provider delays and request limits still apply.
The first stock search can take up to a minute. Common US listings
appear first, but listing availability does not guarantee quote access.
Freeplay has no rounds, deadline, or earning goal. Trade for as long
as you like, then choose End session. At the close, open positions are
valued at their last price. Replay the same market for practice or
choose New market to prepare a fresh session, then press Start when
ready. Replay starts immediately.
To change difficulty and round duration, choose Timed challenge in
Settings. Timerless modes hide those controls. Use Install in the main
toolbar for desktop and mobile installation; on iPhone/iPad, use
Safari's Share menu and Add to Home Screen. Save before closing. Cloud
handoff requires a configured account and confirmation that your game
has synced; local saves remain on the current device.
Economics in everyday life
Choose a concept for an example. Then look for it in your own decisions.
Supply and demand
Opportunity cost
Inflation
Incentives
Optional classroom discussion
- With $100 available, how much would you invest and how much would you keep in cash?
- What was the next-best alternative to your last trade? That is its opportunity cost.
- What would happen to your portfolio if your largest holding lost 20%?
- Pick a completed trade: what did you expect, what happened, and what would you change?
The game compresses time and leaves out fees and taxes. A profitable trade can still be risky, and a winning round does not prove a strategy will work in real life.
