Invest virtually.
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StockSaathi is a free stock market simulator and paper trading app for Indian teens, ages 13–18. Start with ₹1,00,000 of virtual money and buy real NSE and BSE stocks, ETFs and mutual funds at real market prices. Never invested before? It's built for you: an AI coach watches every trade and catches beginner mistakes, like panic-selling or FOMO buying, the moment you make them.
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You don't need to know what a P/E ratio is, open a demat account, or ask anyone for money. StockSaathi gives you a practice portfolio of ₹1,00,000 in virtual money and lets you learn the way most people actually learn: by doing it. Create a free account, search for a company you already know, buy a few shares and watch what happens as the real price moves. Try a limit order. Hold through a bad week. Sell too early and see what you missed. Whenever something confuses you, ask the AI coach in plain English, or switch on Hinglish mode in Settings. It explains terms, walks you through your own portfolio and never tells you what to buy or sell. Every mistake costs nothing, and every one becomes a lesson built from your own decisions. You can browse the markets without signing up first.
An AI coach that catches your mistakes as you make them
Most beginners lose money in the same few ways, so StockSaathi checks every trade you make for nine of them: panic-selling after a sharp drop, FOMO-buying a stock that has already run up, chasing a stock that jumped today, anchoring to its 52-week high or low, putting too much money into one stock, putting too much into one sector, selling winners early while holding on to losers, churning in and out of the same stock, and overtrading. When a check fires, the coach explains what it noticed using your own numbers. Before a likely panic-sell, StockSaathi pauses you and shows how often that stock's past falls recovered, how long that took, and which falls never did, then lets you decide. Your report card grades the quality of your decisions, not just your returns, from A+ to D, with badges for good habits like holding your nerve through a dip. Ask the coach a question, no account needed.
Relive real Indian market crashes
Time Travel replays real market crashes day by day. Drag a slider through the COVID-19 crash of 2020, the 2008 global financial crisis or the 2016 demonetisation shock, and watch the same ₹1,00,000 portfolio split in two: one investor who held, and one who panic-sold on day three. Every step is a real Nifty 50 closing level. In the COVID-19 replay, selling dodged the crash but missed the whole recovery, and holding finished 5.6% ahead once the Nifty set a new record in November 2020. The 2008 replay shows the uncomfortable opposite: within its window, selling early really did win. Featured replays go further, from the Harshad Mehta scam of 1992 and Satyam in 2009 to the YES Bank crisis, the Paytm IPO and the Adani–Hindenburg report, and you can type almost any market event to generate a replay of your own. The three hand-built replays need no account, so you can try one right now.
What you can do on StockSaathi
Trade NSE and BSE stocks
4,000+ stocks from NSE and BSE, including NSE SME listings, plus ETFs and mutual funds at real market prices. Place market, limit and after-market orders, and read candlestick charts from one day to the full history.
Behavioural coach
Nine checks run on every trade, flagging panic-selling, FOMO, concentration, churning and more. The coach explains what it saw in your own numbers and never recommends a trade.
Time Travel crash replays
Scrub through the COVID-19 crash, the 2008 financial crisis or demonetisation, and watch holding and panic-selling split apart day by day.
Report card
A letter grade from A+ to D that updates after every decision and measures how you invest, not how lucky you got. Earn badges for habits like diversifying and holding long term.
News and sentiment
Indian market headlines from major business news sources, each tagged bullish, bearish or neutral, so you can read the mood before you trade.
Send and receive
Send virtual cash to friends by @username or share a redeem code. Useful for classroom challenges. There is no leaderboard ranking anyone by returns.
Try it now: no signup needed
Scrub through the COVID-19 crash. Watch a ₹1,00,000 portfolio split into held and panic-sold on day 3, and see the gap open up in under a minute.
Run the COVID-19 replay →Frequently asked questions
What is StockSaathi?
StockSaathi (also written Stock Saathi) at stocksaathi.co.in is a free paper trading app and stock market simulator for Indian teenagers. You practise investing in real NSE and BSE stocks with ₹1,00,000 of virtual money while an AI coach explains your decisions. It is only a learning simulator: it never sells subscriptions, stock tips, trading signals or trading bots.
Is StockSaathi good for complete beginners?
Yes. StockSaathi is built for people who have never invested. You don't need a demat account, a broker, prior knowledge or any money. You learn by placing practice trades with virtual money, and an AI coach explains what happened and flags common beginner mistakes, like panic-selling or FOMO buying, as you make them.
Is StockSaathi free?
Yes, completely. There is no paid plan, no subscription and no in-app purchase, and StockSaathi never asks for payment details.
Is any real money involved?
No. Every rupee in StockSaathi is virtual. You start with ₹1,00,000 of practice money that cannot be deposited, withdrawn or converted into anything real, and no real shares are ever bought or sold.
Which markets and stocks can I trade?
Over 4,000 Indian stocks listed on the NSE and BSE, including NSE SME listings, plus 300+ ETFs and more than 8,000 active mutual fund schemes. Trades use real market prices. Futures and options, crypto and foreign stocks are not available.
Who is StockSaathi for?
Indian teenagers aged 13 to 18 who want to learn how the stock market works before they invest real money, including school students, college students and complete beginners. Anyone aged 13 or older can create a free account.
How is StockSaathi different from other stock market simulators?
StockSaathi teaches by doing rather than through lessons. Instead of reading modules, you make decisions with virtual money and get coached on your own trades as they happen. It covers both NSE and BSE, lets you replay real Indian market crashes, and deliberately has no leaderboard ranking players by returns, because the goal is good investing habits, not short-term bets.
Can I try StockSaathi without signing up?
Yes. You can browse markets and stock charts, read market news, chat with the AI coach and play the curated crash replays without an account. Placing trades and keeping a portfolio needs a free account.
Does StockSaathi give investment advice?
No. StockSaathi is an educational simulator. It is not a SEBI-registered broker, investment adviser or research analyst, and it is not affiliated with SEBI, NSE or BSE. The AI coach explains concepts and reflects on your own decisions but never recommends buying or selling a security.
Is StockSaathi safe for teenagers?
StockSaathi uses only virtual money, collects no payment details and does not sell personal data. The AI coach never recommends buying or selling anything. To have your account and all its data deleted, write to grievance@stocksaathi.co.in.
Kya StockSaathi par asli paisa lagta hai?
Nahi. StockSaathi par sab kuch virtual paise se hota hai. Aapko ₹1,00,000 ka practice portfolio milta hai jisse aap NSE aur BSE ke asli stocks khareed aur bech sakte hain, bina koi real paisa lagaye, aur bilkul free.
Share market kaise seekhein bina paise lagaye?
StockSaathi par free account banaiye, virtual ₹1,00,000 se practice trades kijiye, aur AI coach se Hinglish mein sawal poochiye. Coach aapki galtiyan, jaise ghabrahat mein bechna ya FOMO mein khareedna, turant pakadta hai aur samjhata hai.