Modern finance · 1950s–1990s
1977
Learning with play money
The Stock Market Game starts teaching students to invest with virtual money.
Since 1977, The Stock Market Game has let school students manage a virtual portfolio, one of the best-known classroom simulators.
💡 Why it made sense then
Practising with pretend money teaches how markets work without risking savings.
Ideas it gave us
- 🎯 Paper trading
Paper trading is practising trades with pretend money, so you can learn how markets work and test strategies without risking real savings.
- 🎯 Stock market simulator
A stock market simulator is a game or tool that lets you buy and sell with virtual money under market-like rules, to learn investing without financial risk.
Practise with $10,000 in play money
Free. No real money involved.