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Best Stock Market Simulators (2026): 10 Compared
Ten stock market simulators compared on starting money, live or delayed prices, lessons, feedback, broker tickets and class tools, with the best fit for each.
Trading Game vs Three Investeers: which fits you
The two closest apps in this category. Three Investeers has a web app, more indicators and a cheaper PRO. Trading Game has analysts, an AI chart read, a coach, battles and a balance you can lose. Here is how to choose.
In this article
Three Investeers fits someone who wants a browser today, sixty indicators and the cheapest PRO.
The short answer
Of everything on this site, Three Investeers, listed in the App Store as "Stock Market Simulator & Game", is the closest thing to Trading Game. Both are phone apps with live prices, lessons, , a leaderboard and a free tier with ads. If you have used one, the other will feel familiar for the first ten minutes. Unlike Trading Game, it has a web app today, and its PRO tier is cheaper on most plans.
After ten minutes they part company. Three Investeers is a simulator with a school attached. Trading Game is a school with a simulator in the middle. Analysts post two setups a day on the chart, an AI reads the chart alongside you, and a coach goes over each trade afterwards. Then there are ten-minute battles against real people, a timed daily drill, and a small starting balance on purpose. None of the first three exists in Three Investeers, by its own pages.
One more difference matters more than any feature. Three Investeers goes to 100x leverage and says, to its credit openly, that it never closes a losing position. Trading Game stops at 50x, and its help page walks you through what leverage does to a two percent move. If you learn leverage in a game that lets a position sit at minus 300 percent, you have learned something no broker will let you repeat.
What the first hour looks like
Three Investeers. You download it, or open the web app, and you have $100,000. Trades are placed in fixed chips of $100 to $5,000 with leverage of none, 5x, 10x, 20x or 100x; the 100x is rationed for free users and unlimited for PRO. Stop loss and take profit are set as percentages. The chart is clean, with line and candle views and a menu of sixty-plus indicators, MACD and Bollinger Bands among them, but no volume. The Trading School has illustrated lessons and quizzes; how many is not published, and the full set needs PRO, which the listing prices at $1.99 a week. A weekly leaderboard counts down in the corner, and the developer says the top three sometimes win real money. There are daily top-gainers and a pattern quiz called Pattern Sniper. Nobody reviews your trade; the leaderboard is the review.
Trading Game. Install it, pick a balance between $500 and $10,000 (or $200), and start on chapter one, not the ticket. A short illustrated lesson, a chart question, then a first trade at the live price, stop and target set, leverage anywhere from 1x to 50x. Two analyst setups a day wait under Daily Insights, ready to copy onto your own chart. Tap the robot icon and the AI reads the chart alongside you. Close the trade, tap AI Analyse, and Max, the coach, tells you what you did and whether it was a decision or a guess.
Where the two part company
Put the two apps side by side and the simulator halves are near enough the same: live prices, similar markets, leverage, a leaderboard. The difference is everything Trading Game has built around its simulator, and most of it is about putting a person, or something standing in for one, next to you while you trade.
Analysts, every morning. Each trading day brings two setups from Trading Game's analysts, one at the European open and one at the US open, levels drawn on the chart, reasoning written for a beginner. Copy to Chart reproduces the drawing on your own chart in a tap; you adjust it and trade it. Two copies free, unlimited in Pro. Finding those two ideas is the analyst's whole working day, and users vote on the markets they want covered. Three Investeers has no equivalent.
An AI that reads the chart with you. Chart Intelligence marks the levels, calls the chart a buy, sell or wait, puts a confidence figure on it and explains why. Draw your own lines first and it marks those too. It links each pattern it finds to the Academy lesson that explains it. In beta, free, and its own help page says it can be wrong. Three Investeers lists no AI feature.
A coach who reviews the trade. Close a position, tap AI Analyse, and Max picks the trade apart: did you hesitate, bail early, double up after a loss. The review follows a process we refined over years of watching beginners. A few messages a week are free; the full conversation is Pro.
Volume on the chart, and fewer indicators on purpose. Three Investeers advertises sixty-plus indicators and says itself that volume is not one of them. Trading Game ships volume, Volume Profile, RSI, VWAP, Bollinger, SuperTrend and four moving averages, each with a lesson, plus an auto-MA that shows which average has worked best on that timeframe. We tested bigger indicator menus on beginners and they confused everyone, so the short list is a decision, not a gap.
Leverage with a warning, not a loophole. Trading Game's ticket goes to 50x and lets you bet half the portfolio; both are left in on purpose, for fun, with the warning that anyone who trades for real knows it is a terrible idea. Three Investeers goes to 100x and says a losing position is never force-closed. Both are open about it; the difference is the ceiling and the warning.
Opponents, not just a table. Trading Battles are ten-minute 1v1 matches against a friend, the AI or a stranger; you see their positions but not their score, and against a friend you can sabotage them with a ten-second connection blackout. The weekly leaderboard shows the top three all week. Pattern Hunter is a daily race to name the pattern, no hints. No prizes, no lucky wheels, no gift boxes; the competition is the fun, as it is in real markets, plus a few easter eggs I will not spoil.
A plan, and books. The Academy is 150-plus lessons in sixteen chapters across trading, investing and personal finance, with a free 28-day plan. Quick Reads are slide summaries of the trading books everyone recommends; one free a month, about 28 illustrations per chapter by my count. A market clock tells you what is open right now, in your own time.
The small balance. Trading Game starts at $500, and there is no undo button on a trade; the aim is a game that feels fun, challenging and possible, not easy. Everyone who tries it should walk away with something they can use in real life, from why fuel prices move to why inflation is the first thing anyone's money has to beat.
What Trading Game does not have that Three Investeers does: a web app today, sixty indicators, a cheaper PRO, and 100x. What neither has: options, limit orders, a real broker on the other end.
Where Three Investeers is the better choice
You want a browser today. The web app is live at app.stockmarketgame.net. Trading Game's web version is listed as coming soon, and until it ships this is the plainest reason to pick the rival.
You want more indicators to explore. Sixty-plus, including MACD, which Trading Game does not ship. If you already know what an indicator is for and want to try a dozen, Three Investeers gives you the menu.
You want to pay less. The listing prices PRO at $1.99 a week, with a $12.99 monthly plan, yearly plans from $19.99 and a $99.99 lifetime option. Trading Game Pro is $19.99 a month or $54 a year on the current offer. Compare what each unlocks: PRO is mostly the school and unlimited 100x; Pro is the coach, the analyst copies, the advanced courses and the book library.
You want 24/7 and a prize. The developer says its assets trade day and night including weekends, and that the weekly top three sometimes win real money.
Two things from its own small print. Losing leveraged positions are never force-closed, and positions are not adjusted for stock splits. Read both before drawing a lesson from a strange balance.
Round by round
Eleven things a beginner meets in the first week, and which fits each better. Several are even, because the simulators are built from the same parts. No totals.
| What you need | Trading Game | Three Investeers | Better fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting money | $500 to $10,000 on the first screen, and a $200 option | $100,000 for everyone, with fixed stakes of $100 to $5,000 per trade | Trading Game. Same industry default, same problem: with $100,000 a bad trade is a shrug. With $500 it is a lesson. |
| Prices | Live, several updates a second | Live, several updates a second | Either. Both make the same claim and both are built around it. |
| Markets | 220+ assets: stocks from four exchanges, ETFs, indices, forex, commodities, crypto | 200+ securities: stocks, forex, indices, commodities, crypto | Either. Nearly the same shopping list. Neither has options. |
| Leverage and what happens without a stop | 1x to 50x; stop and target on the ticket; 50x is left in on purpose, with a warning | None, 5x, 10x, 20x or 100x (100x rationed for free users); percentage stops; the developer says a losing leveraged position is never force-closed, and positions are not adjusted for stock splits | Either. Both let you set a stop. Three Investeers says plainly that a 100x loser can sit at minus 100 percent and beyond, which no broker allows. Trading Game does not say what it does in that case, and caps at 50x. |
| Learning what to do | 150+ lessons in 16 chapters, a free 28-day plan, Pattern Trainer, book summaries | A Trading School of illustrated lessons and quizzes; counts not published; full access needs PRO; a Pattern Sniper quiz | Either. Both teach, both charge for the deep end. Compare the explanations, not the counts. |
| Someone shows you a trade | Two analyst setups a day, drawn on the chart, explained; Copy to Chart puts them on yours | None mentioned | Trading Game. This is the first real gap. One app has analysts working every morning; the other has a leaderboard. |
| Feedback on a trade | AI reads the chart before, the coach reviews the trade after | None mentioned | Trading Game. The second gap. Three Investeers tells you where you rank. Trading Game tells you why. |
| Charts | Five drawing tools; volume, Volume Profile, RSI, VWAP, Bollinger, SuperTrend, four MAs; 10 timeframes from 15 seconds | Line and candles with 60+ indicators including MACD, RSI and Bollinger; no volume, no Fibonacci; timeframes not stated | Either. Three Investeers has more indicators. Trading Game has volume, which is the one that matters, and teaches each tool it ships. |
| Price | Free with ads; Pro $19.99 a month or $54 a year on the current offer | Free with ads; PRO from $1.99 a week per the listing, $12.99 a month, yearly plans from $19.99, lifetime $99.99 | Three Investeers. Three Investeers is cheaper on the monthly, yearly and lifetime plans. What you get for it is a different question. |
| Playing against people | 10-minute 1v1 battles with sabotage, weekly leaderboard, daily Pattern Hunter | A weekly leaderboard with occasional real-money prizes for the top three | Trading Game. One has a podium. The other has a duel, a podium and a daily drill. |
| Platforms | iPhone, iPad and Android; web coming soon | iPhone, iPad, Android and a web app | Three Investeers. Three Investeers' web app is live. Trading Game's is still a promise. |
The facts, side by side
Three Investeers cells come from the developer's site, the Apple and Google listings and the app's terms, read on 23 October 2026; where the developer does not say, the cell says so. Trading Game is ours, so its cells come from the app itself, its Pro page and its help centre.
| Trading Game | Three Investeers | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting money | You choose: $500 to $10,000 on the site; $200 is offered as well (default $10,000). Reset in Settings to start over | $100,000 virtual money |
| What it costs | Free with ads. Pro $19.99 billed monthly, or $89 a year shown at $54 on the current offer: full AI coach, advanced courses, the full book library, unlimited Copy to Chart, no ads | Free with ads; PRO subscription $1.99/week in the App Store (unlimited 100x leverage, PRO badge, Trading School access; prices vary by region) |
| Sign-up | Download and start; a free account saves progress | Not stated |
| Where it runs | iPhone and iPad (iOS 15+), Android. Web version listed as coming soon | iOS (14.0+), Android (com.threeinvesteers.app), web app (app.stockmarketgame.net) |
| What you can trade | 220+ assets: stocks from NYSE, LSE, NSE and Tokyo, 15 ETFs, indices, commodities, forex pairs and crypto | Real tickers: stocks, forex pairs, indices, commodities (gold, oil, gas) and crypto; App Store says 200+ securities; no options |
| Price data | Real time; prices update several times a second | Real-time (prices update multiple times per second); provider not named |
| Order types | Market entry with preset trade sizes and leverage from 1x to 50x; take profit and stop loss set on the ticket | Market entry with fixed stakes ($100/$500/$1,000/$5,000), leverage none, 5x, 10x, 20x or 100x (100x rationed for free users), stop-loss and take-profit as percentages; no limit orders mentioned; losing leveraged positions are never auto-liquidated |
| Simulated fees | None; buy and sell prices differ like real markets | Not stated (no fees mentioned) |
| Lessons | 150+ illustrated Academy lessons with quizzes in a 16-chapter path (fundamental courses free, advanced in Pro); a 28-day plan; Pattern Trainer and a timed daily pattern game; Quick Reads book summaries (one free a month) | 'Trading School': illustrated bite-sized lessons and short quizzes; counts not published; full access needs PRO |
| AI and feedback | Chart Intelligence reads the open chart, draws the levels, gives a buy, sell or wait scenario with a confidence level and checks your own drawings (beta; its help page says it can be wrong). Max, the AI coach, reviews a closed trade and answers questions (limited free, full in Pro). Daily analyst setups at the EU and US open; Copy to Chart puts them on your chart (2 free, unlimited in Pro) | None mentioned |
| Charts | Candlestick and line charts, 5 drawing tools, indicators including volume, RSI, Bollinger Bands, VWAP, SuperTrend, Volume Profile and four moving averages, 10 timeframes from 15 seconds to 1 month | Line and candlestick charts with trades plotted; moving averages, MACD, RSI, Bollinger Bands and '60+ other indicators'; no volume or Fibonacci, no fundamentals; timeframes not specified |
| Games and contests | 10-minute 1v1 Trading Battles against a friend, the AI or anyone; weekly, battles and friends leaderboards (no prizes); daily timed pattern game | Weekly fantasy leaderboard with countdown; daily top gainers/losers; occasional real-money prizes for the top three; App Store advisory 'Infrequent/Mild Contests' |
| Who can use it | Worldwide; the site says 100+ countries, including the US, Canada, UK and Australia. App Store age rating 4+ | App Store 4+, Google Play 3+; terms require age 13+ (under 18 with parental consent); no country limits stated |
| Languages | Six in the app (the App Store listing shows English) | App Store lists English only; developer website in 12 languages |
| Trading hours | Follows each market; forex generally 24/5 and crypto 24/7; a market-hours screen shows what is open in your time zone | Developer says assets trade 24/7 including weekends; stock behaviour outside market hours not stated |
| Starting over | Pick a new balance when you start over (statistics and history are deleted) | Not stated |
Try it yourself
Which of the two?
Sort each goal to the app that fits it better, by the facts above.
Three Investeers for a browser, more indicators and a cheaper PRO. Trading Game for analyst setups, AI feedback, a coach and battles.
What would you expect?
What this shows: Similar simulator, different school. Three Investeers ranks you; Trading Game coaches you.
The simulators are close cousins. Three Investeers adds a web app, more indicators and a cheaper PRO. Trading Game adds analysts, an AI chart read, a coach, battles and a balance small enough to teach. Pick by what you want around the chart.
Who should pick which
Pick Three Investeers if you need a browser now, you want a long indicator menu, or you want the cheapest PRO and you already know how to teach yourself.
Pick Trading Game if you want the trade demonstrated, the chart read with you and your work reviewed; or if you want opponents rather than a table.
Try both free, with leverage at its lowest. Open one trade in each on the same asset with the same stop. In Three Investeers, note where you finished on the leaderboard. In Trading Game, read what the coach said. Then ask which of the two you could use tomorrow. That is the whole comparison.
Questions beginners ask
Is Three Investeers free?
Free to download with ads. PRO is $1.99 a week in the App Store subscription text; the in-app purchase list also shows a $12.99 monthly plan, yearly plans from $19.99 to $79.99 and a $99.99 lifetime membership. PRO adds unlimited 100x leverage, a PRO badge and full Trading School access. Trading Game is free with ads; Pro includes the deeper courses and the full AI coach.
Does Three Investeers use real prices?
Yes. Its Google Play listing says real-time market prices that update multiple times per second. Trading Game makes the same claim. Neither names its data provider.
Why does the 100x leverage matter?
At 100x a 1% move against you equals your whole stake. A stop loss is a limit you choose; liquidation is the broker closing a position when margin runs out. Three Investeers says it never liquidates, so a 100x loser can sit at minus 100% and beyond, which no broker allows. Trading Game's highest setting is 50x, left in with a warning.
Does Three Investeers have a web app?
Yes. The developer offers it on iPhone, Android and through a web application at app.stockmarketgame.net. Trading Game is on iPhone, iPad and Android, with its web version listed as coming soon.
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