ChartTrainer / Paper trading simulator
Free paper trading simulator with no broker and no money.
Practice trading without opening a brokerage account or risking a dollar. Replay a market day candle by candle and trade it with real contract sizes, tick values and commissions, then let the journal show you what to fix.
- Free plan, no card needed
- $0 evaluation resets
- No broker, no money
What it looks like
Markets to paper trade
Futures follow the CME day and stocks the 9:30 to 16:00 New York session. Forex pairs and crypto are there too, on generated data for now.
Index futures
| Symbol | Name | Tick = value per contract | Size | Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NQ | E-mini Nasdaq-100 | 0.25 = $5.00 | Whole contracts | $2.80 per contract |
| MNQ | Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 | 0.25 = $0.50 | Whole contracts | $0.74 per contract |
| ES | E-mini S&P 500 | 0.25 = $12.50 | Whole contracts | $2.80 per contract |
| MES | Micro E-mini S&P 500 | 0.25 = $1.25 | Whole contracts | $0.74 per contract |
Stocks and ETFs
| Symbol | Name | Size | Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAPL | Apple | Whole shares | $0.01 per share |
| TSLA | Tesla | Whole shares | $0.01 per share |
| NVDA | Nvidia | Whole shares | $0.01 per share |
| MSFT | Microsoft | Whole shares | $0.01 per share |
| AMZN | Amazon | Whole shares | $0.01 per share |
| META | Meta Platforms | Whole shares | $0.01 per share |
| GOOGL | Alphabet | Whole shares | $0.01 per share |
| AMD | AMD | Whole shares | $0.01 per share |
| NFLX | Netflix | Whole shares | $0.01 per share |
| AVGO | Broadcom | Whole shares | $0.01 per share |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF | Whole shares | $0.01 per share |
| QQQ | Invesco QQQ Trust | Whole shares | $0.01 per share |
Commissions are for a round turn, in and out, and you can change them in Settings.
How it works
- Pick a market and a day. A future, a stock, a currency pair or a coin, and the session you trade. The day replays candle by candle with the date hidden.
- Place paper trades. Market, limit and stop orders, a stop and target on every entry and sizing from your dollar risk. Commission comes out of every fill, like a real account.
- Review every trade. Each fill lands in the journal with entry, exit, size and P&L. Grade it, tag the setup and the mistake, and let Progress show your best hours and what to fix next.
Paper trade an evaluation
Give your paper account prop firm rules: a profit target, a trailing or static drawdown, a daily loss limit and a consistency rule, checked on every candle. Edit any number before you start.
- 50K, 100K, 150K Evaluation: End of day trailing drawdown, daily loss limit, 50% consistency
- 50K, 100K Intraday Trail: Real time trailing drawdown on unrealized peak, no daily limit
- 50K Static: Fixed max loss that never trails, hard daily loss limit
- 25K, 50K, 100K Stock Evaluation: 6% target, 4% static max loss, 2% daily pause, flat by 15:55
Questions
- Is the paper trading simulator free?
- Yes. The Free plan never expires and needs no card: 45 minutes of replay and 30 trades a day, 1 evaluation account, the journal, the daily challenge and battles. Pro ($19 a month) removes the daily limit.
- Do I need a broker account?
- No. Nothing connects to a broker and no money is involved. Sign up with an email address or Google and start practicing.
- Is it live paper trading?
- No, it replays past market days. You trade a past session candle by candle with the date hidden, so you can practice the New York open at any time of day, as fast or as slowly as you like.
- Is it real market data?
- Yes for futures, gold, index CFDs and stocks: sessions are real market days, the real trading of past sessions replayed with the date hidden, and battles and the daily challenge always use them, even on the Free plan. Forex pairs and crypto run on generated data for now. Because the date is hidden, you trade what you see, not what you remember.
- Will my paper trading results match real trading?
- No simulator can promise that: there is no real money at risk, no real order queue and none of the pressure of a real loss. Paper trading is where you build and test habits before money is on the line.
- Can I backtest a strategy too?
- Yes. Write a strategy in the Pine Script style editor, build the rules without code or start from one of over 100 built in indicators and strategies, then backtest it on past sessions with commission, slippage and a full report, including your odds of passing an evaluation.
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