Trade real stocks with live prices and zero real money. Apple, Tesla, Nvidia and 20 more — practice exactly the way you would trade for real, with charts, leverage and stop-losses. No sign-up, nothing to download.
Live market data · long & short · leverage, stop-loss & take-profit · runs in your browser
A stock trading simulator lets you buy and sell real stocks using a virtual balance instead of real money. You see the same live prices and candlestick charts a real trader sees, place the same kinds of orders, and watch your profit and loss move tick by tick — but a losing trade costs you nothing except the lesson.
MarginPad's simulator is built for people who want the skills to transfer. It uses live market data, real leverage, and real liquidation mechanics, so the instincts you build here — sizing a position, setting a stop, cutting a loser — are the exact instincts you need when real money is on the line.
Click any market to open it in the simulator with a live chart.
Choose one of the instruments below. A live candlestick chart loads instantly — the same data a real screen shows.
Set your size and leverage, then buy if you expect it to rise or sell if you expect it to fall. Add a stop-loss and take-profit if you want.
Your profit and loss updates in real time as the price moves. Close whenever you like and review the trade in your journal. Repeat, learn, improve.
Most new traders lose money in their first months — not because the market is impossible, but because they learn the mechanics with real cash on the line. A simulator flips that: you make the beginner mistakes for free. You find out how fast leverage can wipe a position, how a stop-loss actually protects you, and whether your strategy survives contact with a real chart — before a single dollar is at stake.
Because MarginPad uses real prices and real liquidation, there is no false comfort. A 10× position that would blow up in real life blows up here too. That honesty is the point: you graduate with habits that hold up when it counts.
| MarginPad simulator | Real trading | |
|---|---|---|
| Money at risk | $0 | Your capital |
| Prices & charts | Live market data | Live market data |
| Leverage & liquidation | Real mechanics | Real mechanics |
| Sign-up needed | No | Yes (broker) |
| Cost of a mistake | A lesson | Real loss |
Yes. There is no sign-up, no card and no real money involved. You practice with live market prices using a virtual balance, so you can learn without risking a cent.
20+ US blue-chips including Apple, Tesla, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and Coinbase, plus the S&P 500 (SPY) and Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) ETFs.
Yes. Prices and candles come from real market data with correct market-hours behaviour, so the chart you practice on matches a real trading screen.
Yes. You can go long or short, add leverage, and set a stop-loss and take-profit, exactly like a real futures or CFD account. Liquidation is simulated too, so you learn risk safely.
You can view charts any time. Opening a new stock trade is paused while that market is closed, because the price is frozen at the last close, and it reopens automatically when the market does.
No. The simulator runs in your browser on desktop and mobile — nothing to install.
It uses real live prices and real leverage and liquidation mechanics instead of a gamified fake feed, so the habits and risk skills you build actually transfer to real trading.
Open Apple on a live chart and place your first paper trade — no account, no risk.
Open the simulatorYou can also practice Forex simulator, Index simulator. MarginPad is a free practice platform — not investment advice, and simulated results do not guarantee real returns.