Traders

Paper trading simulator and stock watchlist

Practise stock trading with play money. Follow the stocks, ETFs, indices and coins you care about, study their charts, and place paper trades at real, slightly delayed prices without risking a cent.

Free with a Happy Light account. No credit card.

Traders watchlist with prices, daily change and sparklines for stocks and bitcoin
The watchlist: price, change and a sparkline for every symbol.

Learn to invest without the risk

Many people want to try investing but do not want to learn on their own savings. Traders gives you a calm place to practise: follow companies you know, test an idea, and see what would have happened. It suits students, curious beginners and anyone who wants to try a strategy first. Because it is a simulator, mistakes cost nothing and the account can be reset in one click. Dutch visitors can practise beleggen oefenen with nepgeld, using real prices from many exchanges.

What you can do

Follow your stocks

Keep several named watchlists with prices that refresh every minute, a sparkline for today and tags to filter by sector or country.

Paper trade with $100,000

Place market and limit orders against delayed real prices. See your positions, cost basis, profit and loss, and your account value over time.

Chart and analyse

Candle or line charts with moving averages, Bollinger bands, RSI and MACD, plus plain-language signals and a note per stock for your own thesis.

Replay a real trading day

Trade a random past session bar by bar, long or short, with the date hidden until the closing bell. A safe way to practise day trading.

Your paper account: value, cash, positions, open orders and history.
Your paper account: value, cash, positions, open orders and history.

How it works

  1. Create a free account

    One Happy Light account signs you in to every app in the suite. No card needed.

  2. Search and add symbols

    Look up a stock, ETF, index or coin, add it to a watchlist and open its chart.

  3. Place a paper trade

    Buy or sell with play money, track the result and reset the account whenever you like.

Questions

Is this real money?

No. Traders is a paper trading simulator. Every order uses play money, so nothing here can gain or lose real money, and nothing is connected to a broker.

Where do the prices come from?

From Yahoo Finance’s public data. Most exchanges are about 15 minutes behind, and each price shows whether it is live, delayed or the market is closed.

Does it cost anything?

No. Traders is free with a Happy Light account.

Which markets can I follow?

Stocks and ETFs on many exchanges, major indices and cryptocurrencies. Prices from foreign listings are converted to dollars at the current rate.

Is it investment advice?

No. Signals and indicators are there to learn from. Nothing in Traders is a recommendation to buy or sell.

Start practising today

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