A classroom trading simulator with no per-student fees
Your students stop gaming a leaderboard and start building market instinct they keep — reacting to the news you inject, feeling a margin call, defending a position out loud — all in a single class period. MockXMarket gives you that live trading lab at one flat fee, with nothing billed per student in the room.
Flat from $99/month · No lab servers · Set up a session in minutes
StockTrak vs. MockXMarket at a glance
Comparison based on publicly available information as of June 2026. StockTrak is a trademark of its respective owner; MockXMarket is not affiliated with or endorsed by it.
| Typical per-student simulators (e.g. StockTrak) | MockXMarket | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Often billed per student, per course/semester | Flat instructor fee — no per-student charge |
| Starting price | Scales with class size | Flat from $99/month |
| Time-compressed live sessions | Primarily real-time / real-market data | Yes — run a full market in one class period |
| Asset classes | Equities, options, futures, FX, bonds | 9 incl. crypto + commodities + posted-margin index futures |
| Live in-class leaderboard | Varies | Built-in, projector-ready |
| Student setup | Account required | Join by code; accounts optional |
| Portfolio analytics | Returns, rankings | Sharpe, max drawdown, equity curve, grading |
Why professors switch
Run it as often as the lesson needs
Because a flat fee covers a 25-student seminar and a 200-seat lecture alike, you stop rationing the simulator to one graded event a semester — cost never decides who participates or how often you teach with it.
The lesson lands while the class is still in the room
A multi-day market plays out in one class period, so you debrief the panic and the recovery while students still feel them — not weeks later when the moment has passed.
The derivatives lessons that actually transfer
Students live through leverage and a real margin call instead of reading about them — the options and futures intuition that shows up on the final exam and on the desk, not just buy-and-hold equities.
Less of your time on setup, more on teaching
No lab servers, no installs, no IT ticket. Spin up a session, share a code, and the class is trading in minutes — so your prep goes into the debrief, not the logistics.
What it changes in your classroom
- Teach the whole syllabus from one screen — equities through FX options to leveraged index futures live in a single student portfolio, so concepts connect instead of living in separate weeks.
- Direct the lesson as it unfolds — inject the news and control the pace so the market becomes a teaching instrument you steer, not a background contest that runs itself.
- Make the stakes feel real — a projector-ready leaderboard turns a quiet lecture into an event students actually care about winning.
- Grade on evidence you can defend — per-student Sharpe, max drawdown, and an equity curve map straight onto a rubric that holds up in a grade dispute.
- Get everyone trading in minutes — join by code, nothing to install, accounts optional — no class time lost to setup.
- Never ration access on cost — flat pricing with no per-student fees, so every section gets the same experience.
For finance professors: what changes without per-student fees
Per-student billing quietly shapes how a course uses a simulator. When every participant costs money, instructors hesitate to assign it to large lectures, to use it for a single one-off session, or to let students experiment freely. A flat instructor fee removes that friction: the same subscription covers a 25-student seminar and a 200-seat section, so you can run a simulation as a recurring activity rather than a once-a-semester event you have to justify on the budget.
It also changes the pedagogy. Because MockXMarket runs time-compressed sessions, a market that would take days in real time plays out in one class period — so the simulation becomes a live teaching instrument you direct, not a semester-long background contest. You inject the news, you control the pace, and you debrief from per-student analytics while the experience is still fresh. For a step-by-step run-of-show, see our guide on how to run a trading simulation in class, or browse assignment ideas by course.
Run your first session this week
Create a session, share the code, and give your class a market that pushes back — the kind of lesson that shows up on the final, not just the leaderboard. Flat pricing, no per-student fees.
Get started →Frequently asked questions
Is MockXMarket a good alternative to StockTrak for a university finance class?
Yes. MockXMarket is purpose-built for the classroom. The biggest structural difference is pricing — a flat monthly instructor fee with no per-student charge — plus time-compressed live sessions that let a full market play out in one class period.
How much does it cost compared to per-student simulators?
MockXMarket starts at a flat $99/month for the instructor with no per-student fees and no lab-server setup. Per-student models charge each enrolled student per course or semester, which scales with class size.
What asset classes are supported?
Nine: equities, options, Treasuries/bonds, FX, indices, crypto, commodities, and index futures with posted-margin leverage, plus cash and shorts — all in one portfolio with live P&L and analytics.
Do students need to install anything?
No. Students join a live session from a browser with a code. Nothing to install, no lab servers, and accounts are optional.