VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
★ FINANCIAL TOOLS & SERVICES DIRECTORY ★
PRICE: 5 CENTS
Free financial education site best known for its dictionary, guides, and market explainers. Includes a paper-trading Simulator with $100k virtual cash that supports stocks, ETFs, options, and select crypto on NYSE/Nasdaq (quotes delayed ~20–30 minutes). Investopedia Academy courses were discontinued in June 2024, with past purchasers given access instructions via email.
Key features
- Extensive financial dictionary (14,000+ definitions) and more than 36,000 articles, attracting over 40 million monthly readers.
- Free paper-trading Simulator with $100k in virtual cash, supporting market, limit, and stop orders on delayed data (~20 minutes).
- Assets supported in the Simulator include stocks, options, ETFs, and select cryptocurrencies, limited to NYSE and Nasdaq listings.
- Option to create public or private games with configurable rules such as margin use, short selling, or options trading, plus leaderboards.
- Built-in research tools, price charts, company information, and a stock screener integrated with the Simulator.
- Regularly updated financial news coverage and opt-in newsletters, including Investopedia Daily.
- Help Center with ticket-based support available through a “Submit a request” system.
- Investopedia Academy courses were discontinued in mid-2024; existing customers received instructions to continue accessing purchased material.
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