Ghost Run

Before you risk real money,
find out if you’re any good at this.

Ghost Run replays real market history one decision at a time. You get £10,000 of pretend money and a year that has already happened — the same news, in the same order, without knowing what came next.

How it works See the replays
One replay, start to finish
14
replays of real market history
66
companies, each with a plain-English primer
2
free to play, with no account at all

What it looks like

Six screens, in the order you meet them.

  • The Ghost Run home screen, listing companies with sparklines

    Pick a company you know

    Sixty-six of them, each with a plain-English primer. Nvidia before "the year everyone bought Nvidia".

  • A company page explaining what the business does

    Find out what it actually does

    What the business is, how it makes money, and the three things that move its price.

  • The trade ticket, asking the reason for a trade

    Say why you are buying

    Chasing it, or think it is cheap? The reason is recorded. Half of what this measures is why.

  • A replay in progress, the chart stopping at the current decision date

    Decide without the ending

    The chart stops on the day you are standing on. Real news, real dates, no hindsight.

  • The trader profile, showing results across runs

    See the pattern

    How often you beat buying and holding, what you chase, what you sit on.

  • The glossary screen

    Ask the ghost

    Every term explained, led by the things the app deliberately will not let you do.

Everyone thinks they would have bought the dip

Here is the dip. You do not get to know what happens next.

01

You stand on a real date

The chart stops at the day you are on. You see the headline that broke that morning, and nothing after it.

02

Buy, sell — or hold

Holding is a decision and it is recorded like the other two. Half of what this measures is what you chose not to do.

03

Then you find out

Your result against someone who bought and held, and against someone who panicked and sold. And what your decisions say about you.

A trading simulator, not a trading app

What it is

A stock market simulator and a course in investing for beginners, for people who have never invested. Paper trading against real market history — shares, crypto, FX and commodities — with the news of the day and no idea what comes next. Closer to a driving lesson than a game.

What it is not

Not a broker and not a brokerage account. No real money, no live or delayed prices, no order book, no leverage, no tips and no signals. Nothing here is financial advice, and it is not gambling — nothing is staked and nothing can be won.

Who it is for

Beginners who want to learn investing before risking anything. People who suspect trading is a quick way to make money and have never had to act on an opinion in real time. Anyone who has read about behavioural finance and would rather find out how they behave than read another article about it.