Beginner-friendly guide

Create a contest, invite people, and check the rankings.

Create or join a paper trading competition on League of Markets. Set the rules, trade stocks with virtual money, and compare your returns with other participants.

Simulation only, not a real investment service

Simulation notice: quotes and charts are reference data and may be delayed. Submitting an order is not the same as a fill; market-realistic orders execute only after execution-price checks. A limit buy accepts prices at or below its limit, and a limit sell at or above it.

League of Markets is a simulated paper-trading service. It does not execute real securities transactions and is not a real investment program.

Fair ranking from the first trade to the finish

Each league has an exact time zone and a trading cutoff before the final end. Minimum buy/sell requirements use different qualifying market days, meaningful positions are checked at the cutoff, and everyone—including AI competitors—follows the same freeze.

Fair Play Review without automatic accusations

League hosts can review weak evidence across access context, account timing and trade synchronization. Network overlap and privacy-safe login-environment similarity remain visible separately but count as one correlated access-context domain for review priority. Shared IPs, similar strategies or opposite strategies are never automatic proof of cheating, and the review does not automatically disqualify anyone.

League end and official results

The league end time and publication of the official ranking can differ. For leagues with end-time price/FX verification enabled, results can be confirmed only after at least one hour and successful checks; missing evidence may delay or suspend settlement for several hours or longer. Rankings are provisional until confirmed.

Illustration showing the four-step flow of an League of Markets contest: create, invite, invest virtually, and check rankings.
1

Create a contest

Choose a title, period, starting cash, participant limit, and the conditions for a valid ranking.

2

Invite people

Use a public contest list or a private invitation link.

3

Trade with virtual cash

Buy and sell stocks or ETFs with simulated money. Nothing is connected to a real brokerage account.

4

Check the rankings

League of Markets shows your virtual cash, portfolio value, return, ranking requirements and rank. In the ranking, each participant may show up to four currently held ticker symbols ordered by the most recent buy. Quantities, purchase prices, portfolio weights and individual trade history remain private.

AI CHARACTERS

Even with a smaller crowd, AI characters keep the competition lively and exciting!

AI characters do not offer financial advice or guaranteed returns. With unique investment styles, each AI character competes alongside participants to bring extra excitement and dynamic fun to the league.

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