Bringing global economic markets to your computer - it's free to play and no sign up required!
Start or Join a GameBecome a trader and trade commodities on our fabricated stock market.
The game lasts for around 15-minutes and the aim is to be the trader with the most portfolio balance at the end of the game!
We don't keep any information about you other than your trading name and your performance at the end of the game.
The trading game is complete free. If you like the game, please feel free to buy me a coffee to say thanks!
It's a bit of fun, but teaches you the risks associated with trading. Don't worry, there's no real money involved.
Welcome to the trading game! This game brings the global economic market to your computer. Represent a trader managing a hedge fund while trading economic goods with your friends. Each trader has to take account of their resources and use them to gain an advantage in the global market. You have to be careful as investing in the wrong commodity can cause traders to lose huge amounts of money!
The Trading Game is free to play. We don't collect any user information (apart from your trader's name and your game performance to display on our leaderboard) and we don't display adverts.
If you like the game please feel free to donate here. We're completely funded by the support of our players!
The Trading Game is based off a game designed by Newcastle University's Outreach Team to teach global economics in schools. This is the slightly more sophisticated online verison built for anyone to play!
At the start of the game, each trader is given 1,000 stocks in different commodities (Lumber, Oil, Gold, Electronics, Rice, Coffee). During the game the stock market will change and traders will have to hedge their bets whether to buy, sell, or hold. The aim of the game is to earn as much money as you can. The trader with the most amount of cash and stock value at the end of the game will win. Before playing, please make sure you've read our Terms and Conditions.
If you're playing at hard difficulty, each trader is given no stocks at the start of the game and has to use the $10,000 of available funds to build their wealth.
Game size: 1 to 1-25
Age: 11+
Each trader is given 1,000 shares in each commodity and $10,000 of avilable funds. The prices of these commodities will change throughout the game, so it is up to the trader when to buy, sell and hold their stock.
Stocks will only become available when another trader sells their share. However, at random points in the game the bank may release additional stocks for traders to buy, but the bank may also remove stocks. Stocks are purchased on a first-come-first-serve bases. Trades take less than half a second process and orders are processed at current market rates.
Each game lasts for roughly 15 minutes and during this time, the market updates several times a minute. The countdown at the top indicates how long the market is open for. Each time the market is updated traders will receive a notification.