Best Sites to Learn Virtual Stock Trading in India: Entering the Indian stock market can be a tedious job for beginners. First, you need to open your brokerage account (Demat and trading account). This means that you have to pay the account opening charges and go through the complex documentation process. Further, as stock market trading involves market risk, you can always lose some money— especially, you are a beginner.
So, how to solve this problem? How to Learn stock trading in India without actually risking any money. The answer is by using virtual stock trading platforms.
In this post, we are going to discuss how to use virtual stock trading platforms in India. It’s going to be an exciting post. Therefore, without wasting any time, let’s get started. Here are the topics that we’ll cover today:
Table of Contents
1. What is Virtual Stock Trading?
Virtual Stock Trading (also known as Paper Trading) is similar to actual trading where you can buy and sell stocks. However, here no real money is involved. You invest only in virtual money. Such platforms that provide virtual trading facilities are called stock simulators.
When you register in these stock simulators, you will get virtual money (Say Rs 10 lakhs or 1 Crore) in your account. You can use this money to practice trading.
Stock simulators provide real-time stock data, which means that you can try out different strategies of trading in stocks just like the real world stock market, but risk-free.
Also read:7 Must Know Websites for Indian Stock Market Investors.
2. How do virtual stock trading platforms work?
It’s a really straightforward process to use a stock simulator to do virtual stock trading. Here are the steps required to start virtual stock trading in India (Paper Trading India)-
- Open a free account (using your email-id) on a simulating platform (discussed below).
- Get instant virtual money in your account.
- Start buying/selling stocks like real trading scenarios.
- Monitor your portfolio and track profit/loss.
- Try different strategies and learn the trading basics.
- When you get enough confidence and experience- move to real trading.
3. What are the pros and cons of using the virtual trading platform?
Nothing is perfect in this world. Although there are many advantages of using virtual trading platforms (especially for beginners), however, there are also a few disadvantages. Let’s discuss them- one by one:
— Advantages of using Virtual stock trading platforms
- No need to open a demat/trading account or go through any documentation process.
- No real money is required to start virtual trading.
- Real-time market scenarios to try out different strategies and to learn the basics.
- Risk-free trading practice.
- Okay to make mistakes and take risks as there’s no real loss here.
— Disadvantages of using virtual stock trading platforms
- There’s no emotional attachment as real money is not involved.
- You can quickly get bored as winning/losing virtual money is not much exciting.
- The real market scenario might be a little different than the virtual trading environment. (In the virtual trading platforms, participants take extra risks and bets than they would actually take in a real scenario.)
Also read:7 Best Stock Market Apps that Makes Stock Research 10x Easier.
#5 Best sites to learn virtual stock trading in India.
1. Moneybhai
Moneycontrol website offers Moneybhai. It is a free virtual trading platform where you’ll get Rs 1 crore virtual cashon registration which you can use to invest in shares, commodities, mutual funds, or fixed deposits on the platform.
At Moneybhai, you can also compete with fellow Indian traders by joining different leagues. There’s also a free forum on this website where you can ask your queries or participate in the on-going discussion threads.
2. Trading View
TradingView is another popular virtual stock trading website/app in India. It is one of the best paper trading websites in terms of the facilities it provides like charts, technical tools are more. Users can sign up for free and connect to Paper trading to start virtual trading.
For the budding traders, who want to practice live candlestick charts or technical indicators tool to make their trades, they should definitely try out Tradingview paper trading.
3. TrakInvest
TradingView is a global trading platform that helps you to learn, develop and improve your investing skills. Currently, it provides curated market data and news from 10 exchanges. It also offers beginners’ guides and videos, certification courses designed by industry experts and simulations for competing for rewards.
At TrakInvest, you can also track other traders and dig deeper into their trading activity (portfolio) where you can replicate their trades using the ‘Copy Trade’ facility. Overall, TrakInvest provides a simple and friendly platform for ‘Social’ virtual trading for beginners.
4. Dalal Street
Dalal Street Investment Journal (DSIJ) popular virtual stock trading platform in India which helps you tounderstand the different trading nuances and to test your investment strategies.
On registration, you’ll get virtual cash of Rs 1,000,0000 to create your portfolio. At DSIJ, you can also discuss strategies with like-minded participants in the discussion group.
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5. Moneypot
Moneypot is another finest virtual trading simulators for the Indian stock market, offering traders, students, and even corporations the opportunity to learn the technical of the stock market. The money pot is a social trading platform that attempts to unite an online trading community. It’s a fun and helpful stock market simulation game that you may play on the internet.
One of the best part of Money pot virtual trading platform is it is extremely simple to join up and register. Simply go to the website, look for the registration icon in the upper right corner, click it, and you’ll be ready to play the game. You will receive 2 lahks virtual currency after signing up, which you may use to trade and invest in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other commodities.
During the game, the participant’s portfolios are measured against other players in real-time and at the end of that game, the winners are those who have the highest returns relative to the other participants. The leading Traders can win cash prizes.
Bonus: Other Popular Virtual Stock Trading Platforms
Bonus #1: Investopedia stock simulator
This is my favorite stock simulator.
Investopedia provides a FREE stock simulation platform where you can easily learn how to place trade orders (like market order, limit order, stop loss, etc), how to create a portfolio, how to create a watchlist and more. On registration, you’ll get $100,000 as virtual cash which you can use to trade. You can also compete with thousands of Investopedia traders/players on the same platform.
The reason why I didn’t place this platform in the top 5 is that you cannot trade in Indian stocks on the Investopedia stock simulator. Therefore, if you’re looking to learn virtual stock trading in India (Paper Trading India), then it might not be a good option. However, if you are comfortable with trading in foreign stocks like Apple, Google, Amazon, etc, then feel free to check out this simulating platform.
Bonus #2: Market Watch
Market Watch is yet another excellent paper trading platform that enlightens you on the basics of the stock market while also allowing you to see a real-time experience. Here, the players can build their portfolio and play in the real-time markets to make a spot on the top of the leaderboards.
A few great features of Market Watch stock trading game is Advanced Trading where the participants can enable advanced options like limit and stop loss orders, as well as partial shares and Custom Gameplay. This feature gives the users options to set the starting budget and can allow margin trading, short selling and more.
This virtual stock trading game will teach you all you need to know about the stock market basics, especially if you want to trade in US or foreign stocks. After a few days of using this platform, you will have a better understanding of all the important variables you need to know before buying and selling stocks with real money.
Closing Thoughts on Virtual Trading
In this article, we discussed the best virtual stock trading websites in India, where you can evaluate your investing and trading skills for FREE without risking any money and with the least documentation required.
Virtual stock trading in India is an excellent way to learn the basics of trading in the stock market. Using these platforms, you can try different investment/trading strategies without any fear of losing your real money. It’s always advisable to try virtual stock trading (paper trading India) for a few weeks before directly jumping into the market.
You can now get the latest updates in the stock market on Trade Brains News and you can also use our Trade Brains Stock Screener to find the best stocks.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Which is the best virtual trading app in India?
TradingView, TrakInvest, Dalal Street, and Money pot are some of the best virtual trading apps in India. Apart from that, there are certain websites that are good for virtual trading, like, Moneybhai by Moneycontrol, Investopedia Stock Simulator and Market Watch Virtual Stock Exchange.
- How can I learn online trading in India?
You can learn online trading in India by reading and researching using platforms like MoneyControl, Economic Times, Investopedia, and Trade Brains. You can read books to understand the financial market and get financial knowledge regarding fundamental analysis and technical analysis. Further, you can create an account on virtual stock trading platforms, make a dummy portfolio, and try virtual trading, before you actually invest money. Finally, once you are confident enough, you can set up your demat and trading account and start online trading in India.
- Does Zerodha provide virtual trading?
No, Zerodha does not provide virtual trading to clients on a daily basis. However, Zerodha’s partner platforms like Streak provide similar services. Zerodha’s Kite trading platform mostly focuses on active traders and investors.
- Can I do virtual trading?
Yes, you can do virtual trading in India without investing any real money. Virtual trading in India is an excellent way to learn the basics, without using real money. It helps you to try different investment and trading strategies without any fear of losing your money.
- How do I start virtual trading?
To start with virtual stock trading, you need to open a free account on a simulating platform. Once you’ve signed up, you will receive instant virtual money in your account. Then, you can start buying and selling stocks using different strategies., Monitor your portfolio and track profits and losses. Finally, you can find out what strategy works for you and move to real trading when you’re confident and have gained experience.
Kritesh (Tweet here) is the Founder & CEO of Trade Brains & FinGrad. He is an NSE Certified Equity Fundamental Analyst with +7 Years of Experience in Share Market Investing. Kritesh frequently writes about Share Market Investing and IPOs and publishes his personal insights on the market.
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Naveenon July 12, 2018 at 1:01 pm
Abhishekji all your articles are very informative.thank you for building our path to become great investors
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Kritesh Abhishekon July 18, 2018 at 11:35 pm
You are welcome, Mr. Naveen.
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Chandaon July 17, 2020 at 11:18 am
Nice article sir… thank you
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Amanpreet singhon June 13, 2020 at 7:25 pm
brother wich one uh selected?
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Prabhdeep Singhon July 13, 2018 at 2:35 pm
Thanks for the article, Informative.
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Kritesh Abhishekon July 18, 2018 at 11:34 pm
You are welcome, Prabhdeep.
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Sagar Kumbharon July 29, 2020 at 9:44 am
In this paper trading apps which app has stop loss & gain loss fascility??
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Vinay kumar Awasthion January 14, 2022 at 5:39 am
God bless you….
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Avnesh Kumaron October 23, 2021 at 10:31 pm
Very informative article
Thanks Brother
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Aidenon August 19, 2018 at 10:18 pm
This is truly useful, thanks.
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Nelsonon September 8, 2018 at 8:30 pm
This is actually useful, thanks.
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Nikhilon November 24, 2018 at 3:34 pm
I want to do virtual trading on options. Any site which provide this facility ?
Also would like to know if any free screener exist for options and future analysis. For example i use chartink screener for cash stocks.Reply
ramachandran pon February 15, 2019 at 8:37 pm
HI,
where would like learn trading and forex and any trading in chennai
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poonam adhikarion May 30, 2019 at 5:52 pm
Your articles are very informative.thank you
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kiranon June 13, 2019 at 9:49 am
is there any website or app for conducting virtual trading game for free
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Muktion August 1, 2019 at 11:28 am
Pls. Suggest the best app for virtual intraday trading.
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Zopdiwalaon August 23, 2019 at 5:30 pm
Are there any apps on which we can trade as per our convenience? Trading during the day is not possible for me. I mean let’s say we sign in to the app,can we reset the time to make it look like it’s 9 am even though it could be 9pm and carry on with trading like on normal day?
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Matthew Mcleroyon November 25, 2021 at 11:55 pm
I am very interested in learning Day trading and I’m going to do everything in my power to know how to do it
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Matthew Mcleroyon November 25, 2021 at 11:59 pm
I am very interested in learning Day trading..
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davielon March 14, 2020 at 8:23 pm
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Kumaron March 24, 2020 at 7:58 am
Can we look into charts for trade timings in any platform ?
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Noora Khanon March 24, 2020 at 5:40 pm
very informative
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TULSIDAS NATHWANIon April 29, 2020 at 11:47 am
THANKS thanks.
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Rajagopalanon June 5, 2020 at 5:35 pm
Very useful post. Is there any website which gives free online stock trading experience?
Thanks.Reply
Tharunon July 16, 2020 at 4:51 pm
Abhishek sir,
Thank you for such a good info .Reply
Aditya Vidiyalaon July 22, 2020 at 5:33 pm
Very good article broo. It is very simple n clean to understand the information. Cool…
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Sagar Kumbharon July 29, 2020 at 9:45 am
In this paper trading apps which app has stop loss & gain loss fascility??
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Akhilesh Payasion August 13, 2020 at 9:05 pm
Is there any virtual or paper trading available in indian stock market where we can switch through one click to virtual to real trading and vice versa. As happens in iqoption etc. So we do not have to learn the tools again when we register on some real trading platform.
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bokka venkata rameshon April 15, 2022 at 5:47 pm
You can do it on Opstra
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Ashishon September 3, 2020 at 4:57 pm
Is it possible to become financial independent through stocks??
(Profit of 4 lakhs/month)Reply
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Intresting!!Let me know the answer to this question.
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Kritesh Sir, thanks for precise and lucid explantion.
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gitanjali oswalon September 18, 2020 at 3:38 pm
Kritesh Sir, thanks for precise and lucid explantion.
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PRASAD DESHPANDEon December 12, 2020 at 11:18 am
ON WHICH SITE, I CAN VIRTUAL TRADE IN “OPTIONS (PUT / CALL)”
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Mangesh Gadgilon December 27, 2020 at 5:36 pm
Is there a website by tradingfortomorrow for trading in real market with virtual money?
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George Papazovon May 3, 2021 at 12:37 pm
Wow, Kritesh You have written so well about stock trading in India. This article is very helpful for traders. They will know how that can trade easily. Really impressive.
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Rishion June 5, 2021 at 11:05 am
Has anyone seen Neostox?
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Amiton July 5, 2021 at 5:11 pm
is moneybhai still working? Since i can see all leaders with 1CR amount itself… no less no more….
and i cant even invite people in my league …Reply
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Thanks for sharing the valuable information, this will be very much helpful
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God bless you….
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Nice Post. very well written and very impressive
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Very informative article but we also can earn money from sign up some broker’s and their promocode.
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