Stock Market Trading Simulator
Register for free and get $100,000 in fake money to practice trading stocks, ETFs, and cryptos in our real-time investing simulator.
Our free stock market courses will help you get started.
Ranked #1 Stock Simulator by the Corporate Finance Institute
Practice Trading with our Free Real-Time Stock, ETF, Options & Crypto Simulator
Learn to invest in the stock market with our free min-courses, practice your own investing strategies risk-free, participate in national contests, and create your own contest and challenge your friends, family, or co-workers.
LEARN
Learn how the stock market work and how to invest with our free stock market mini-courses.
PRACTICE
Practice building a virtual portfolio of stocks, ETFs, options & cryptos.
EARN
Earn prizes from monthly contests & compete against other investors.
SHARE
Create your own contest and invite friends & family to learn & compete together.
Practice Trading & Learn to Invest with Confidence
Why choose Wall Street Survivor to build your confidence and succeed in the market?
The best way to learn How to Invest in Stocks. Period.
Wall Street Survivor mini-courses are the very best way to learn and practice how to invest. Courses are a step-by-step learning experience that combines articles, images, videos and trading in a fun way.
Looking to get started in the market? We’ve got a course for you. From “what is a stock?” to “how to diversify” we’ve got you covered. We have dozens of courses designed to teach you everything you need to know.
Investing Simplified: Your Jargon-Free Learning Hub
Our library of articles and videos help you understand how to invest in the stock market. We break down the concepts you need to understand into easy little steps lessons.
Whether you’re a beginner looking to understand “What is a Stock?” or an experienced trader competing in our contests, our free educational resources complement your practice trading experience.
Find Trading Ideas
What to buy? With thousands of companies trading on public exchanges, how do you know which stocks to add to your portfolio?
With the Ideas section, Wall Street Survivor sifts through all those companies to bring you the very best stocks to invest in.
Trading: Learn by Doing
We believe that the days of reading theory in textbooks are over. At Wall Street Survivor, we combine great content in the form of articles, videos and courses with a world-class stock market simulator.
We give you virtual cash to practice trading in the stock market; real companies under real market conditions. All our trades are made in real-time to bring you the most realistic experience.
Learn Investing & Stock Trading
At Wall Street Survivor, you’re not alone. With over 500,000 registered users, you get to trade stocks and engage with a huge community of fellow traders of all skill levels.
Not sure where to invest? Read our review of the best stock newsletters and practice trading. Don’t understand a concept? Our huge community of experts are waiting to help.
Follow traders you like and get into some smack talk with traders you’re competing against. Learning to invest has never been more fun!
Top Investing Newsletter & Stock Picking Service Reviews
We subscribe to the top 20 investing newsletters, so you don’t have to. We share our results in our reviews below!
Motley Fool Stock Advisor: Best Stock Newsletter for under $100
Find out why this service is consistently ranked the BEST STOCK NEWSLETTER and see the remarkable returns their picks have achieved vs. the market.
Best Stock Newsletters as of June, 2025
We subscribe to dozens of stock newsletters and track their performances. See which service has the best performance over the last 1 & 3 years.
Alpha Picks Review: Learn Why this Top Newsletter Is it Worth It
Discover why Alpha Picks is ranked #1 for beating the market over the last 3 years. See how their powerful, data-driven Quant system delivers top stock picks.
About Wall Street Survivor
Wall Street Survivor is on a mission to demystify investing and personal finance through interactive and comprehensive education.
We take the complex concepts needed to succeed financially and break them down into easy to understand lessons.
Jargon-free courses, paired with the web’s best virtual stock market. Practice how to buy stocks under real market conditions. Our program lets people buy stocks in a risk-free way as well as teach them how to manage their money.
We have also developed several personal finance courses designed to teach the basics of how to build a household budget as well as how to develop comprehensive goal setting techniques to ensure stability and success in one’s financial life.
We are paid subscribers to dozens of stock newsletters. We actively track every recommendation from all of these services, calculate performance, and share the results of the top performing stock newsletters whose subscriptions fees are under $500. The main metric to look for is "Excess Return" which is their return above that of the S&P500. So, based on last 3 years ending June 29, 2025:The Best Stock Newsletters as of June 29, 2025
Ranking of Top Stock Newsletters Based on Last 3 Years of Stock Picks
Rank Stock Newsletter Stock
PicksAverage
ReturnExcess
ReturnPercent
ProfitableMax %
Return1. 
Alpha Picks76 63% 40% 73% 969% Summary: 2 picks/month based on Seeking Alpha's Quant Rating; Retail Price is $499/yr. See details in our Alpha Picks Review. July, 2025 Promotion:
Save $502. 
Moby.co308 43.3% 12.3% 74% 1764% Summary: 60-150 stock picks per year, segmented by industry; Retail Price is $199/yr. Read our Moby Review. July, 2025 Promotion:Next pick free! 3. 
Stock Advisor72 41.2% 6.9% 78% 258% Summary: 2 picks/month and 2 Best Buy Stocks lists focusing on high growth potential stocks over 5 years; Retail Price is $199/yr.
Read our Motley Fool Review.July, 2025 Promotion: Get $100 Off 4. 
Value Investor39 17.5% 6.1% 38% 410% Summary: 10-25 stock picks per year based on Zacks' Quant Rating; Retail Price is $495/yr. Read our Zacks Review. July, 2025 PROMOTION:$1, then $495/yr 5.
Rule Breakers66 40.0% 4.7% 61% 311% Summary: 2 picks/month focusing on disruptive technology and business models; Lifetime average return of 355% vs S&P500's 149% since 2005; Now part of Motley Fool Epic. Read our Motley Fool Epic Review. Current Promotion: Save $200 6. 
TipRanks SmartInvestor121 10.6% 3.7% 55% 340% Summary: About 1 pick/week focusing on short term trades; Lifetime average return of 355% vs S&P500's 149% since 2015. Retail Price is $379/yr. Read our TipRanks Review. Current Promotion: Save $180 7. 
Action Alerts Plus394 20.0% 3.4% 57% 220% Summary: 100-150 trades per year, lots of buying and selling and short term trades. Read our Jim Cramer Review. Current Promotion: None 8.
Stock Advisor Canada36 32.3% 0.5% 69% 378% Summary: 1 pick/month from the Toronto stock exchange; Retail Price is CD$199/yr. Read our Motley Fool Canada Stock Advisor Review. July, 2025 Promotion: Save $100 Top Ranking Stock Newsletters based on their last 3 years of stock picks' performance through May 31, 2025 as compared to S&P500. S&P500's return is based on average return of S&P500 from date each stock pick is released. NOTE: To get these results you must buy equal dollar amounts of each pick on the date the stock pick is released. Investor Business Daily Top 50 based on performance of FFTY ETF.