Rapunzl's Real-Time Stock Market Simulator Was Built for Students
Rapunzl provides every student with a simulated $10,000 to invest across 8,000+ real stocks and crypto with real-time pricing streamed directly from Nasdaq and Coinbase.
Students who have used Rapunzl's curriculum and simulator since 2018
150,000+
Scholarships awarded through Rapunzl's free investing competitions
$300,000+
Schools that have taken part in Rapunzl's national scholarship competition
1,000+
Real stocks and crypto priced live from Nasdaq and Coinbase, inside a simulated $10,000 portfolio
8,000+
Search 8,000+ real stocks by name, ticker or industry
Leverage Rapunzl's discovery tools to search companies by ticker or company name, discover companies by industry, or analyze competitors head to head to identify investment opportunities.
Explore interactive charts and technical indicators on every stock
Rapunzl provides a comprehensive suite of investment tools to help you build your portfolio. Use Rapunzl to analyze a company by accessing interactive charts, detailed company financials, technical indicators, and key support levels.
Read real financial statements constructed from the latest SEC filings
Interactive income statements, balance sheets, and cash-flow charts, built from companies' actual SEC filings, let students judge what a business earns, owns, and owes. This integration aligns learning concepts with real-world simulations to enhance engagement and retention.
Compete for 529 scholarships from January through April
Once you've started building your simulated portfolio, enter Rapunzl's National Scholarship Competition for a chance to win! Every student is ranked based on their portfolio performance from January to early May, with the top students receiving prizes in 529 accounts.
Access integrated curriculum across 48 standards-aligned modules
Rapunzl's simulator connects to 48 standards-aligned modules and 5 prebuilt courses. This curriculum is woven around different actions on the Rapunzl platform so that trading ties back to lessons on diversification, risk, and compound growth.
Powered By Real-Time Prices and 70+ Years of Federal Reserve Data
Rapunzl provides students with real-time pricing streamed directly from NASDAQ, SEC-filing financials, and 70+ years of economic indicators that is updated monthly by the Federal Reserve.
Coca-Cola is expected to have a strong financial performance in the coming years, driven by its strong portfolio of 200 brands and its global presence in over 200 countries. The company's ability to navigate through challenging market conditions and its resilient business model make it a top pick for analysts, with its key CSD brands, including Coca-Cola, Diet Coke/Coke Zero, Sprite, and Fanta, contributing to its over 30% global market share.
What the Bears Are SayingWalmart
Walmart is facing significant challenges in the retail landscape and has been playing offense with price investments to stay competitive. While the company's recent actions on worker pay and sustainability are commendable, its investments in these areas may continue to negatively impact profitability. The intensifying competition in the digital battleground and potential increases in tariffs also pose risks to the company's future growth.
What the Bulls Are SayingNetflix
Netflix is expanding their presence in the gaming industry, and partnerships with publishers are expected to bolster their lineup of original content. Despite some challenges with engagement and pricing options, the company has reported strong financials and is focused on increasing revenue and operating profit. Overall Netflix is solidifying its position as a global leader in streaming entertainment with a strong focus on customer satisfaction and strategic partnerships.
What the Bears Are SayingApple
Apple is facing significant challenges that could impact its growth and profitability in the near future. These include potential declines in unit sales and upgrades, a difficult pricing environment, and slowing growth in its services business. The company's current valuation is high compared to its historical levels and its premium to the S&P 500 and Nasdaq is unwarranted, with regulatory and geopolitical risks adding to the caution.
What the Bulls Are SayingBest Buy
Best Buy Co is well positioned in the consumer electronics market, with a strong presence in both domestic and international segments. The company's focus on improving customer experience through vendor relationships and store-within-store concepts, coupled with its diverse product offerings across multiple revenue categories, has led to strong financial performance. Its investments in media, marketplace, and membership programs are driving profit gains and positioning it for future growth.
What the Bears Are SayingHerc Holdings
Herc Holdings is facing a challenging outlook as it has issued initial guidance indicating a slow start to its updated three-year plan, with anticipated equipment rental revenue growth only in the range of 7-10% and a significant reduction in net rental capital expenditures. The company operates in a contracting environment, with the Architecture Billings Index in negative territory for five consecutive months, suggesting ongoing softness in industrial spending.
What the Bulls Are SayingDelta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines is positioned for strong financial performance due to structural cost savings and a reduction in jet fuel expenses, which are expected to enhance profit margins. The recovery of corporate travel and increasing premium revenue growth opportunities place Delta in a favorable position for continued revenue expansion, with projections indicating earnings per share could surpass $7 in 2024 and reach over $10 by 2027.
Students Analyze Technical Indicators, Backtest Positions & Dive Deeper
Rapunzl provides students with the ability to access complex analyst tools and technical analysis to further explore the world of investing. These tools provide actionable insights around how a student can develop their portfolio, manage risk, and diversify their investments.
What if you'd bought five years ago? Students pick a stock, a date, and an amount, then watch real history play out.
Moving averages, RSI and MACD on live charts, each one explained with Rapunzl's Technical Indicator Library.
Rapunzl AI reads candlesticks on any stock chart and explains the setup to students like a Wall Street analyst.
Receive a score out of 100 for how well your simulated portfolio's risk is spread, plus the holdings, sectors & volatility behind it.
Analyze up to three stocks by percent return over any given time range to compare relative performance of various tickers.
Students narrow thousands of stocks to the few that fit their own rules, starting from 34 ready-made ideas.
Rapunzl's two econ mini-games help put students in the decision-maker's seat and provide project-based learning opportunities to apply classroom learning.
Students set the federal funds rate through real historical scenarios — Volcker's inflation fight, 2008, the pandemic — and watch inflation and unemployment respond on a lag.
Frequently Asked Questions About Rapunzl's Simulator
Yes. Rapunzl's stock market simulator is free for students, including real-time pricing and unlimited trades with no transaction fees. Teachers can start with a 30-day free trial of the simulator and Teacher Portal, with full access to lesson plans and live support while they evaluate it.
No. Every Rapunzl student invests a simulated $10,000, and no real money is ever bought or sold. The scholarship prizes are real, but the trading never is, so students practice investing for free, with no real money involved.
Each Rapunzl student starts with a simulated $10,000 to invest across 8,000+ real stocks and cryptocurrencies with real-time pricing. The $10,000 is an intentional, student-realistic starting amount rather than the $100,000 default many other simulators use.
Rapunzl's pricing streams in real time from Nasdaq and Coinbase, not on the 15-minute delay most classroom simulators use. That gives students a real-world trading experience that mirrors an actual brokerage account as closely as possible.
Yes. Alongside 8,000+ real stocks, students can trade cryptocurrency at real-time prices, all with simulated money and no real funds at risk. Because the whole experience is simulated, students can study crypto's volatility and the blockchain and Web3 concepts behind it without any financial exposure.
Rapunzl's simulator and accompanying curriculum are built for students in grades 6–12. The program is available in English and Spanish with screen-reader accessibility built in, and Mandarin and Portuguese translations are in progress. If you need other languages supported in your classroom, reach out and we'll help.
Yes. Rapunzl pairs the simulator with 48 standards-aligned modules and 5 prebuilt courses, and each module ships with a teacher guide, a student presentation, activities, articles, and an assessment with an answer key. The curriculum is built on the Council for Economic Education's six pillars, and per-state standards crosswalks are available on request.
Yes. Teachers get a dashboard that tracks each student's progress and assessment scores, and grades export as CSV or XLSX along with a standards crosswalk for each lesson. The files are built to drop into whatever gradebook your school already runs.
Yes. Rapunzl complies fully with COPPA and FERPA and is already used in 1,000+ schools. We don't store personally identifiable information such as a student's age, location, gender, or ethnicity, and student data is handled to meet the privacy and security requirements of major school districts.
Rapunzl runs on phones, tablets, and in any web browser with no software to install, and works with most single sign-on (SSO) providers. Teachers can also set up a class by uploading a roster as a CSV or XLSX, and the platform meets the data-privacy and security requirements of major school districts.
Yes. Rapunzl is free on the Apple App Store and Google Play, and it also runs in any web browser on phones, tablets, and computers with no installation required. Students can pick up the same simulated portfolio on any device.
The SIFMA Stock Market Game gives students a $100,000 account on roughly 15–20-minute delayed data, often through shared team logins. Rapunzl gives each student their own account with a realistic simulated $10,000, live streaming prices from Nasdaq and Coinbase, cryptocurrency, a built-in 48-module curriculum, and a free national scholarship competition with $25,000+ in 529 prizes — free for students in grades 6–12.
Rapunzl hosts a national scholarship competition for middle and high school students each school year, with sign-ups available in January and prizes awarded in early May. Entry is free, and $25,000+ in prizes are awarded annually. Check out our scholarship page for more information.
Guides for Teachers
Practical, classroom-tested guides for running the simulator with your students.
