About WallStreetSurvivor

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WHO WE ARE

The demystifiers of Wall Street

Here at Wall Street Survivor, we’re on a mission to demystify investing through interactive and comprehensive education.

Online financial education is typically very dry and full of jargon. It’s like an Investing 101 textbook thrown onto a web page. We believe online investing is fun, challenging and potentially very lucrative. And we want you to share in that fun and excitement. So we don’t just teach investing and personal finance topics by telling you how. We get you doing right away, by competing in virtual stock trading games.

You’ll learn the fundamentals of trading stocks, bonds, mutual funds, futures, currencies and options, as well as how to get your personal finances in order.

Jumping head first into the stock market can be scary. Wall Street Survivor turns that fear into fun, while preparing people for a successful financial future with our virtual stock exchange.

WHAT YOU GET: A VIRTUAL STOCK EXCHANGE + COMPREHENSIVE LESSONS

Wall Street Survivor allows you to get in the driver’s seat and manage your own fantasy stock portfolio while competing risk-free against friends and strangers.

Jargon-free courses, paired with the web’s best stock simulator, allow you to learn and practice trading stocks in a risk-free way.

After the experience and knowledge gained from playing Wall Street Survivor, you will have the skills to take charge of your financial future. You will have earned the training and practice needed to take an active roll in directing your retirement investments, your savings plans, 401(k) company plans, or your mutual fund investments. All the while, you play in highly entertaining contests and participate in a community of like-minded investors.


All of Our Financial Education Sites

After 33 years of business and 10 million users, the Stock-Trak Family of sites continues to grow and now includes:

Stocktrak. Finance. Education. Gamified.

Targets university business classes and trading rooms. StockTrak.com is now used by more than 1,000 professors and their 70,000 college students each year, including over 80% of the top U.S. Business Schools.

Personal Finance Lab

Targets high school business and personal finance classses. PersonalFinanceLab is a unified platform combining our financial literacy course, curriculum and games for high school students. This site is used in many high school personal finance, economics, and business classes.

If you are a high school teacher, you must visit PersonalFinanceLab.com.

Stock Market Investing 101

Targets individuals looking for the best free investing course for beginners. Investing 101 is an online Investments course that is structured like a college level class with chapters, additional reading, exercises and quizzes to that users can monitor their own progress and move at their own pace.

How The Market Works

Targets high school & college students in personal finance, business and finance classes; as well as asults wanting to learn about investing in the stock market. HowtheMarketWorks is now used by 400,000 users each year and features trading of U.S. stocks, bonds and mutual funds. This site also allows any user to create a customized stock market game and challenge their classmates or friends. The site also features over 300 educational articles, videos and assignments aligned to national high school standards.

Wall Street Survivor. Demystifying Investing.

Targets the general public that wants to learn how to invest in the stock market; includes free courses. Wall Street Survivor® is used by 150,000 individuals each year looking to learn about the stock market and want to use a stock market simulator to trade U.S. stocks and options with a free virtual portfolio. This site also features many concise courses and other helpful pages like best stocks to buy now.

Virtual Stock Exchange

Targets international investors looking for a free stock market game. The Virtual Stock Exchange offers 40+ international exchanges trading stocks, currencies, and commodities in your local currency. Compete with your friends and climb the real-time rankings!


The Best U.S. Brokerages as of June 30, 2025

Ranking of Top U.S. Stock Brokerages Based on Fees, Features, and Sign-Up Bonuses

We are experienced users of dozens of stock trading platforms. We stay up to date on these platforms' service offerings, subscription fees, trade commissions, and welcome bonuses. The brokerages listed below are for U.S.-based investors, and are ranked in order of overall value received after taking advantage of their sign-up and/or referral offers.

Rank Brokerage Fees Features Sign-Up Bonus Read Our Review
1. robinhood-review Robinhood $0 ✅ U.S. stocks, ETFs, options, and cryptos
✅ Now 23 million users
✅ Cash mgt account and credit card
Free stock up to $200 with new account, plus up to $1,500 more in free stock from referrals Robinhood Review
2. Moomoo $0 ✅ Free Level 2 Nasdaq quotes
✅ Access to U.S. and Hong Kong markets
✅ Educational tools
60 free stocks with $5k deposit; or 25 free stocks with $2k deposit Moomoo Review
3. Interactive Brokers $0 ✅ Access 150+ global stock exchanges
✅ IBKR Lite & Pro tiers for all
✅ SmartRouting™ and deep analytics
Refer a Friend and Get $200 Interactive Brokers Review
4. Robinhood Gold $5 ✅ 4% APY on cash
✅ 3% IRA match
✅ Level II data
✅ No interest on first $1,000 of margin
 Save with Annual Fee Robinhood Gold Review
5. M1 Finance

$3 monthly

10k in assets

✅ Automated investing “Pies”
✅ Banking & low-interest loans
✅ No trading fees with scheduled trades
$75-$500 Tiered Sign-up bonus M1 Finance Review
6. Webull $0 ✅ Extended-hours trading
✅ Great charts and screeners
✅ Commission-free options trading
$10 and a 30-day complimentary subscription to Webull premium;
$200-$30,0000 Tiered Sign up bonus
Webull Review
7. Public $0 ✅ Fractional shares
✅ No payment for order flow model
✅ “Alpha” tool with earnings calls
$100-$10,000 Tiered Cash Account Transfer Bonus Public Review
8. Composer $32 a month ✅ Invest in automated strategies
✅ Build custom strategies easily
✅ IRAs
$49 per successful referral with no limit on the number of referrals Composer Review
9. Stash

Growth $3;

+ $9 Month

✅ Stock-Back® debit card rewards in fractional shares
✅ Auto-invest and budgeting tools
✅ Curated theme portfolios
$5 when you invest $5 Stash Review
10. Acorns

Bronze $3; Silver $6; Gold $12 a month

✅ Automated investing portfolios
✅ ESG curated portfolios
✅ Acorns Early Invest for Kids' Accounts
Get a $20 bonus when you start saving & investing Acorns Review
11. Etoro $0 ✅ CopyTrading™ to follow top traders
✅ Trade U.S. stocks, ETFs, and crypto
✅ Trades with themed portfolios
$10 Crypto Sign-Up Bonus Etoro Review
12. Cash App $0 ✅ U.S. stocks and bitcoin; $1 minimum
✅ Peer-to-peer payments
✅ Beginner-friendly financial ecosystem
Up to $200 in free overdraft coverage and earn 4% on cash Cash App Review
Fees, features, sign-up bonuses, and referral bonuses are accurate as of May 31, 2025. All information listed above is subject to change.