You direct the lesson, not a background game — the Wall Street Survivor alternative built for teaching
A self-paced contest fills time; it doesn't teach a room. MockXMarket is the teaching instrument: you decide when the rate shock lands and how fast the market moves, the whole class trades through it together — including derivatives — and you debrief from per-student equity curves while the decisions are still fresh. Flat from $99/month, no per-student fees.
Instructor-run sessions · Class leaderboard · Flat from $99/month
Gamified investing vs. a teaching platform
Comparison based on publicly available information as of June 2026. Wall Street Survivor is a trademark of its respective owner; MockXMarket is not affiliated with or endorsed by it.
| Gamified consumer platforms (e.g. Wall Street Survivor) | MockXMarket | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary audience | Individual learners | Professors & their classes |
| Live instructor session | Self-paced | Real-time, instructor-controlled |
| News injection / market events | Limited | On demand, mid-session |
| Asset classes | Mostly equities | 9 incl. options, FX, futures, crypto |
| Grading & analytics | Basic | Sharpe, max drawdown, equity curve, grade |
| Pricing | Subscriptions / per learner | Flat instructor fee, no per-student charge |
What you get to teach
The teachable moment, on your cue
You drop the rate decision or earnings shock and the room reacts in real time — so volatility, herding, and risk management become something the class lived, not a slide. A self-paced game can't manufacture that moment when your lesson needs it.
An hour the class remembers
One shared leaderboard on the projector turns the session into a competitive event students talk about afterward — the engagement a solo contest never creates.
Instinct that outlasts the course
With options (Greeks) and posted-margin futures, students feel leverage and a real margin call firsthand — the hedging intuition that transfers to the final and the desk, not just stock-picking practice.
A grade that survives a dispute
Every student ends with Sharpe, max drawdown, and an equity curve that drop straight into your rubric — defensible evidence of how they reasoned, not a participation badge.
For finance professors: engineering the teachable moment
Gamified consumer platforms optimize for individual engagement — streaks, badges, courses. That is a different goal from teaching a room. In a course, the value is not in keeping one learner busy for weeks; it is in creating a single, vivid market event you can dissect together. A rate surprise that triggers a wave of margin calls, an earnings beat that the efficient-market believers fail to front-run — these are the moments students remember and that anchor a concept.
MockXMarket is built to manufacture those moments on demand. You decide when the shock lands and how fast the market moves, then debrief from a shared leaderboard and per-student equity curves. Derivatives are first-class, so the lesson can extend to hedging and leverage, not just stock-picking. See teaching options & derivatives with a simulator for two ready-to-run exercises, or the full run-of-show guide.
Make the next class a market they'll remember
Set up in minutes with no IT, share a join code, and direct a live market your students trade through together — then debrief while it's fresh. Nine asset classes, flat pricing, no per-student fees.
Get started free →Frequently asked questions
How does MockXMarket compare to Wall Street Survivor for teaching?
Wall Street Survivor is a gamified consumer platform for individual learning. MockXMarket is a classroom tool — the instructor runs a live session, paces the market, injects news, and grades each student across nine asset classes.
Is there a leaderboard for class competitions?
Yes — a live, projector-ready leaderboard during the session, plus post-session analytics and a grade for each participant.
What does it cost?
Flat instructor pricing from $99/month with no per-student fees, plus a free way to get started and no lab servers.
Which asset classes can students trade?
Nine: equities, options, Treasuries, FX, indices, crypto, index futures with posted-margin leverage, plus cash and shorts.