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- Cryptocurrencies
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If you want to jump right in and test your strategies, click here to go straight to your Dashboard and place your first trade.
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New to Investing?
If you are new to the stock market, you have come to the right place to learn. We are here to help you practice, build confidence, and hopefully become wealthier.
Keep reading below for 5 Helpful Hints to get started, including where to get the best stock picks and which brokerage accounts give you free stock when you are ready to open a real brokerage account.
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The idea of Wall Street Survivor is that anyone can register and create their own contest and invite their friends. Whether you are interested in stocks or cryptos, its a great place to learn and practice and practice some more before you risk you real money.
So once you get used to the site, create your own contest and invite your friends!
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5 Helpful Hints to Get Started
1) Don’t Know What You’re Doing? Check out the Investing101 Course
Go through 10 easy-to-follow chapters covering everything from market fundamentals to building your own strategy. Best of all, you get to apply every lesson in real-time with your $100,000 practice portfolio.
Also, here is a list of some other popular courses to help you make the most of your money:
- 10 Steps to Start Investing the Right Way
- How to Pay off Debt
- Growing Your Portfolio on Falling Prices (Short Selling)
Discover all our courses and learn the different investing strategies that have worked for veterans like Warren Buffet or Peter Lynch.
2) Know About the Stock Market Already? Go Straight to the Trading Page
Our trading page puts everything you need on one screen. Pull up any stock or ETF, analyze its performance with live charts and detailed quotes, and place your trade in just a few clicks. It gives you all the control of a real brokerage account, with none of the real-world risk.
We have a full-service research center with tons of trading ideas and other resources. Click here to view today’s market movers to get started!
If you’re looking for a professional investment research platform to help you screen for the best stocks for your portfolio, we highly recommend Seeking Alpha. You can get a FREE two-week trial of Seeking Alpha here or read our Seeking Alpha review here.
If you’re trying to find the perfect investing app to help you along your investing journey, check out our list of the Best Investing Apps!
You can also find trading ideas from the My Portfolio widget on the dashboard, or by going to the Trading Ideas page.
3) Gear Up for the Real World
A great adventurer needs the right gear. Once you’ve honed your skills on Wall Street Survivor, our expert reviews will help you choose the best tools to set-up and manage your real brokerage account.
We spend thousands of dollars and countless hours subscribing to and analyzing the top 20+ investing newsletters and platforms so you don’t have to. Check out our in-depth reviews to see which services actually deliver, and step into the market with confidence.
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Full Ranking of The Best Stock Newsletters as of December 27, 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.
4) Invite Your Friends & Family to Private Contests
It’s free to set-up a contest for you and your friends to test out different trading ideas and get practice investing in the stock market. All while using virtual money. There’s no limit to how many contests or how many people you can invite to join.
Customize what securities are included, specify all the trading settings, like will margin trading be allowed. Short selling…
5) Win Real Prizes in Our Monthly Contests
Put your skills to the test and earn prizes! In our monthly contests, you can compete against other investors from across the community. It’s a fun way to sharpen your strategy without any of the risk.
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Ranking of Top Stock Newsletters Based on Last 3 Years of Stock Picks as of December 27, 2025
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 December 27, 2025 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 | 82% | 56% | 76% | 1,583% | January Promotion: Save $50 |
| Summary: 2 picks per month based on Seeking Alpha's Quant Rating; consistently beating the market every year since launch; tells you when to sell and they have sold almost half. See complete details in our Alpha Picks Review. Or get their Premium service to get their QUANT RATINGS on your stocks to better manage your current portfolio--read our Is Seeking Alpha Worth It? article to learn more about their Quant Ratings. | ||||||
| 2. |  Zacks Value Investor | 60% | 40% | 54% | 692% | January 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. |  Moby.co | 50% | 16% | 74% | 2,569% | January Promotion: Next pick free! |
| Summary: 60-150 stock picks per year, segmented by industry; consistently beating the market every year; retail price is $199/yr. Read our Moby Review. | ||||||
| 4. | Zacks Top 10 | 36% | 15% | 71% | 170% | January 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. | ||||||
| 5. |  TipRanks SmartInvestor | 20% | 9% | 62% | 464% | 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. |  Action Alerts Plus | 27% | 5% | 66% | 208% | Current Promotion: None |
| Summary: 100-150 trades per year, lots of buying and selling and short-term trades. Read our Jim Cramer Review. | ||||||
| 7. | Zacks Home Run Investor | 5% | -0.4% | 45% | 241% | January 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. | ||||||
| 8. | Dogs of the Dow Strategy | 16% | -1.8% | 43% | 44% | 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. | ||||||
| 9. | IBD Leaderboard ETF | 11.4% | -1.8% | n/a | n/a | January 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. | ||||||
| 10. |  Stock Advisor | 34% | -3.9% | 75% | 289% | January 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. | ||||||
| 11. | Zacks Under $10 | -0.2% | -4% | -4.3 | 263% | January 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. | ||||||
| 12. | Rule Breakers | 34% | -5.1% | 69% | 320% | 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 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 December 27, 2025. | ||||||