Paper Trading
Practice placing buy and sell orders using real, indicative market prices and entirely virtual money. It's a way to get a feel for order mechanics and portfolio tracking without any financial risk.
This is a simulation only. Your cash balance, holdings, and trade history are virtual and saved only in this browser (not in an account) — they reset if you clear your browser data or switch devices. No real money is involved, nothing is sent to a broker or exchange, and nothing here is investment advice. See our disclaimer.
How the simulator works
You start with ₹5,00,000 of virtual cash. Type a quantity next to any instrument and press Buy: the simulator fills the whole order instantly at the latest indicative price, deducts the cost from your cash, and adds the position to your holdings at a weighted-average price. Selling does the reverse. Prices for commodities and crypto are converted from US dollars at the current USD/INR rate so everything sits in one rupee balance.
What it leaves out — on purpose
Real trading is messier. A real order pays brokerage, exchange and regulatory charges, and taxes; it may fill at a worse price than the one on screen (slippage); it may only partly fill in a thinly traded stock; and shares bought today settle on a later day. The simulator ignores all of that, so a virtual profit here would usually be smaller — or a loss — in a real account.
Getting more out of practice
- Write down why you're buying before you press the button, then check later whether that reason held up. It's the habit that matters, not the virtual P&L.
- Notice how you feel on a red day. If you want to sell everything, that's loss aversion — a bias worth understanding before real money is involved. Our investor psychology section explains it.
- Keep positions small relative to your virtual balance, as you would with real savings.