Learn to invest before you leave school.
Build a virtual £100,000 portfolio, follow the real London market, and pick up the habits of a working investor. No jargon, no risk.
Real markets, played the safe way.
You trade with virtual money on live London Stock Exchange prices. The market is real; the risk is not.
Build two portfolios
An Active book you can trade every day, and a Strategic book with limited trades that rewards patience and long-term thinking.
Follow the market
Watch prices move on real data, decide when to buy and when to sell, and keep your cash working instead of sitting idle.
Climb the league
Your returns are ranked against schools across the country. Top teams move from the heats to the semi-finals and the grand final.
Two ways to think like an investor.
- Active Investor: trade daily, react to the news, and learn how quickly momentum can turn.
- Strategic Investor: a capped number of trades each month forces you to plan ahead and hold your nerve.
- Keep too much in cash and your score suffers, just like a real fund that leaves money on the table.
Play for more than bragging rights.
Winning teams and their schools take home genuine rewards, from scholarships to a trip across the Atlantic.
First prize
An all-expenses week in New York for the team and their teacher, £200 spending money, and a £1,000 scholarship each.
Runners-up
A VIP London trip or experience voucher, £150 spending money, and a £750 scholarship per member.
Trader of the Year
Awarded to the team with the strongest combined return across both portfolios in the opening round.
We also build the software that runs on markets like these.
Running an investment game taught us how much good product depends on solid engineering. So we started a studio for it. Today we design and build web and mobile apps, fintech platforms, and AI features for banks, brokers, and founders who need software that holds up under real money and real users.
Talk to the studioNotes on money, markets and getting started.
Short, plain-English reads for students, teachers, and anyone learning how investing actually works.
How to read a share price without panicking
What the numbers on a ticker mean, and which ones actually matter for a beginner.
Why holding beats trading for most beginners
The quiet case for patience, and what the Strategic portfolio is really teaching you.
Running the challenge in a single lesson a week
A light-touch plan for weaving markets into your timetable without extra prep.
“It was exciting and genuinely educational. It changed how I think about my future. Now I want to be an investor.”Harry, Glenthorne High School, aged 14
Ready to make your first trade?
Read the rules, form a team of four, and see how far a virtual £100,000 can take you.
Start learning