Upcoming Sessions and Deadlines
The Stock Market Experience is no longer being offered by Economic Literacy Colorado. If you are looking for a financial literacy tool that has a personal budget game and stock market game for students, please go to Personal Finance Lab® . If you’re looking for a free stock game, feel free to register and create your own contest on How The Market Works. If you have questions about the Economic Literacy Colorado, please contact Molly McVeigh at molly.mcveigh@econlitco.org.
How Will Your Students Benefit?
National research shows participation in stock market simulation programs improves test scores in economics, mathematics, and financial literacy.
Skills gained through the Stock Market Experience:
- Economic and personal financial literacy
- Resource allocation
- Diversification and investment strategies
- Critical thinking
- Data interpretation, analysis and synthesis through use of models and simulations
- Problem solving
- Research skills
- Oral and written communication
- Public speaking
- Leadership, teamwork, collaboration
- Identifying trends and forecasting possibilities
- Student-led inquiry
Stock Market Simulation Features
Real Time Trading
All US Stocks, ETFs, Options, Futures, Spots, and Future Options trade at real-time bid/ask prices for the most realistic simulation possible
Realistic Broker Fees
The simulation includes all transaction costs and broker fees to add every degree of realism
More Security Types
Students have the freedom to trade any investment type: stocks, bonds, futures, mutual funds, ETFs, options, currencies, and more
Professional Research
Get news, quotes, analyst ratings, historical prices, and option chains for every US security, plus much more industry and market research