Day Trading Simulator
Practice Day Trading With Fake Money
Get $100,000 in virtual cash and trade U.S. stocks, ETFs, and options with live market data. Practice entries, exits, and risk management before you risk real money.
New to active trading? Start with our free, bite-sized courses (plain English, no jargon). Use the simulator to practice what you learn— with zero dollars at risk.
Ranked #1 Stock Simulator by the Corporate Finance Institute
Free courses for active traders
LEARN
Brush up on order types, risk, and how markets move—explained in plain English, without the hype.
Real-time practice account
PRACTICE
Place trades with $100,000 in fake money under live market conditions. Test ideas, keep a journal, and learn what actually works for you.
Monthly contests
COMPETE
See how your discipline holds up when other traders are watching the same quotes. Good pressure—still no real dollars on the line.
Private contests
SHARE
Invite friends or classmates into your own game. Same rules for everyone, clear leaderboard, and a shared vocabulary when you debrief trades.
Learn to Day Trade—Risk-Free.
Learn to day trade without putting your own capital on the line.
Day trading is fast, emotional, and easy to get wrong when you are learning. On Wall Street Survivor, you’ll get a realistic place to practice fast-paced decisions before you fund a live account.
You get a $100,000 practice portfolio, live data for stocks and ETFs, and options so you can work on timing and risk the right way (with fake money first).
If you are serious about short-term trading, practicing first is not optional—it is the part most people skip, then pay for later. Sign up with email and password only; no Social Security number required to start.
Use the simulator to test day-trading strategies, watch how volatility hits your positions, and build habits (stops, position size, patience) before you risk real money.
How a Day Trading Simulator Helps (Without the Drama)
Social feeds love screenshots of big wins. What they rarely show is the grind: waiting for setup, taking small losses on purpose, and sticking to a plan when price wiggles. A simulator lets you experience that grind with practice before you risk your real money.
Wall Street Survivor is your sandbox. Place and close trades, size positions, and review what happened—using the same kinds of symbols and data you will see in a real brokerage account, minus the fear of blowing up your savings on day one.
From Practice Wins to Real Prizes
When you are ready for a little extra motivation, join our monthly trading competitions for the chance to win free prizes! Trade alongside a large community and tighten your process. Still the same rule: your entry fee is $0.
Your Toolkit for Smarter Day Trading Practice
$100,000 in Virtual Cash
Fund your practice account once and reset discipline as often as you need. Use the balance to experiment with position size and holding time—without touching your bank account.
Real-Time Market Data
Quotes update like the live market. That matters for day trading practice: you are not clicking against yesterday’s prices.
Learn Before You Size Up
Work through free, bite-sized courses on risk, charts, and strategy—then immediately try the idea in the simulator.
Contests That Keep You Honest
Join public competitions or spin up a private game. Either way, you get accountability and a reason to follow the rules you said you would follow.
What You Can Practice (Stocks, ETFs, Options)
Day traders live in liquid names. Your practice account is built for the same universe: large-cap and mid-cap equities, sector ETFs, and listed options when you want to work on defined-risk structures—not just clicking random tickers.
- U.S. common stocks (NYSE, Nasdaq, and other major listings)
- ETFs for sectors, indexes, and themes
- Equity options for spreads, covered calls, and directional tests
- Real-time quotes and order types you will recognize from a live broker
- Portfolio view so you can track intraday P&L like you would in real life
Tip: keep your first few weeks boring. Small size, repeated process, and notes after each session beat hero trades every time.
Practice Day Trading With People You Trust
Trading alone can fool you; a small group keeps you honest. Create a private contest for your friends, study group, or team at work—same start date, same rules, clear leaderboard.
Your Game, Your Rules
Keep it simple (stocks only) or layer in options—whatever matches the skill level in the room.
- Invite-only: a private URL for people you choose.
- Skill-matched: beginners and experienced traders can share a contest with clear guardrails.
- Flexible: focus on equities for pure day-trading practice, or add ETFs for sector rotation drills.
Ready in About a Minute
The fastest way to improve is deliberate reps. Stop only watching the market—start logging trades you can review tonight.
- Register your Wall Street Survivor account.
- Receive $100,000 in virtual cash automatically.
- Open the simulator and place your first practice day trade with live data.
Rank of Top Stock Newsletters Last 3 Years, as of April 5, 2026
We are paid subscribers to dozens of stock and option newsletters. We actively track every recommendation from all of these services, calculate performance, and share our results of the top performing stock newsletters whose subscriptions fees are under $500. The main metric to look for is "Return vs S&P500" which is their return above that of the S&P500. So, based on April 5, 2026 prices:
Best Stock Newsletters Last 3 Years' Performance
| Rank | Stock Newsletter | Picks Return | Return vs S&P500 | Picks w Profit | Max % Return | Current Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Alpha Picks | +93% | +75% | 72% | 1,571% | May, 2026 Promotion: See all their picks & get $50 off |
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| 2. |  Zacks Value Investor | +58% | +46% | 53% | 1,134% | May, 2026 Promotion: $1, then $495/yr |
| Summary: 10 stock picks per year on January 1st based on Zacks' Quant Rating; Retail Price is $495/yr and includes 6 different services including those below. Read our Zacks Review. | ||||||
| 3. | Zacks Top 10 | +31% | +19% | 74% | 170% | May, 2026 Promotion: $1, then $495/yr |
| Summary: 10 stock picks per year on January 1st based on Zacks' Quant Rating; Retail Price is $495/yr and includes 6 different services. Read our Zacks Review. | ||||||
| 4. |  Action Alerts Plus | +20% | +6% | 61% | 208% | Current Promotion: None |
| Summary: 100-150 trades per year, lots of buying and selling and short-term trades. Read our Jim Cramer Review. | ||||||
| 5. |  TipRanks SmartInvestor | +13% | +5% | 57% | 266% | Current Promotion: Save $180 |
| 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. | ||||||
| 6. | Zacks Home Run Investor | +7% | +2% | 43% | 337% | May, 2026 Promotion: $1, then $495/yr |
| Summary: 40-50 stock picks per year based on Zacks' Quant Rating; Retail Price is $495/yr. Read our Zacks Review. | ||||||
| 7. |  Moby.co | +19% | 0% | 55% | 797% | May, 2026 Promotion: Get #1 Stock Pick Free |
| Summary: All it requires is an email address to get their #1 stock pick free; 60+ stock picks per year, segmented by industry; consistently beating the market every year; retail price is $365/yr but save try it for $99. Read our Moby Review. | ||||||
| 8. | IBD Leaderboard ETF | 11% | -1.8% | n/a | n/a | May, 2026 Promotion: NONE |
| Summary: Maintains top 50 stocks to invest in based on IBD algorithm; Retail Price is $495/yr. Read our Investors Business Daily Review. | ||||||
| 9. | Zacks Under $10 | +0.4% | -3% | 33% | 263% | May, 2026 Promotion: $1, then $495/yr |
| Summary: 40-50 stock picks per year based on Zacks' Quant Rating; Retail Price is $495/yr. Read our Zacks Review. | ||||||
| 10. | Dogs of the Dow Strategy | +6% | --7% | 50% | 34% | Current Promotion: None |
| Summary: Buy the 10 highest yielding dividends stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on January 1st and sell on Dec 31st each year. | ||||||
| 11. |  Stock Advisor | +7% | -17% | 59% | 141% | May, 2026 Promotion: Get $100 Off |
| 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. | ||||||
| 12. | Rule Breakers | +11% | -18% | 51% | 208% | Current Promotion: Save $200 |
| Summary: Rule Breakers is included with the Fool's Epic Service. Get 5 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. | ||||||
| Top Ranking Stock Newsletters based on their last 3 years of stock picks covering 2026, 2025, 2024, and 2023 performance 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. Performance as of April 5, 2026. | ||||||