I built a dumb social paper trading game
TL;DR for the game at bottom.
Long weekend with the market closed had me fiending for a candle to stare at, so I built something dumb.
I got tired of people posting one green trade, a cropped P&L screenshot, or some “trust me bro I’m up all time” nonsense while never showing the full chart.
So I made a paper trading game where everyone gets the true American equalizer:
a small loan of $1,000,000.
No real money involved. Just fake money, real tickers, and a permanent record of your bad decisions. Game has built in tutorials so who knows, you might just learn something along the way.
Basic idea:
Everyone starts with the same fake $1M balance
You make paper trades
Your profile shows actual history instead of one cherry-picked screenshot
There are daily, weekly, and all-time scoreboards
There is also a board for the biggest losses, because that is where the real art happens
If you nuke the account, you can reset and get a new small loan
The whole point is receipts.
No more shitty cropped green screenshots. No more “I’m actually up all time bro.” No more posting one lucky trade and disappearing when the account gets turned into dust.
If you talk like you can beat the market, cool. Here is a fake million dollars. Go do it in public.
The vibe I’m going for is basically:
Reddit dark mode + terminal charts + public humiliation + a scoreboard for people who think risk management is optional.
If you have ideas, find bugs, or see an obvious way people are going to cheese this, comment or DM me.
TL;DR for the game:
Everyone gets a fake $1,000,000 small loan and trades stocks, options, and crypto with paper money.
No real money, no deposits, no prizes. Just public profiles, leaderboards, P&L calendars, and permanent receipts so people can’t hide behind shitty cropped green screenshots.