What Is US Stock Demo Trading? How Real Stock Mode Works
Real Stock Mode in Moshimo StockSim lets you practice trading real US companies — Apple, NVIDIA, Microsoft, and more — for free, on their actual stock prices. The rest of the game revolves around 200 fictional companies, but Real Stock Mode is the one part built specifically around real, existing companies.
How Real Stock Mode Works
- ●Coverage: 58 real US companies, including Apple, NVIDIA, and Microsoft
- ●Pricing: Previous trading day's closing price from IEX data, updated each morning
- ●Funds: Starts with a virtual $10,000 (tracked separately from your main portfolio and rankings)
- ●News: Real headlines and sources for each stock (full articles open on the publisher's site)
Prices aren't a live feed — they're the previous trading day's close, refreshed each morning. That means it's not built for minute-by-minute day trading practice, but it's well suited to a slower, research-oriented style: picking a company, then checking why its price moved against the news.
Why Practice US Stocks Before Trading Them for Real
Interest in US stocks and ETFs keeps growing, but jumping straight into real money can feel intimidating — currency exposure, less familiar company names, and bigger price swings than many people are used to.
Real Stock Mode is a place to get comfortable with the whole flow — finding a stock, comparing its price against the news, and placing a buy or sell order — before any real money is involved. Because the companies are real, the practice feels a lot more grounded than trading purely fictional stocks.
What You Can Do in Real Stock Mode
The stock list lets you filter all 58 companies by sector (technology, semiconductors, financials, and more), by top gainer, or by market cap, so you can get a feel for company size while you browse.

Each stock's detail screen shows a daily price chart, company info, and related news, all on the same screen where you place your trade — so you can check whether a headline actually explains the move before you act on it.

How This Differs From a Broker's Demo Account
Many brokers offer their own demo or paper trading accounts, but they often require opening an account first, or only run for a limited trial period. Real Stock Mode needs no brokerage account or identity verification — it's simply part of the Moshimo StockSim app, available for as long as you want to use it.
| Brokerage account / ID verification | Not required |
|---|---|
| Time limit | None |
| Coverage | 58 real US companies |
| Price updates | Previous close, refreshed each morning |
| Cost | Completely free |
Real Stock Mode vs. the Fictional Market — Which to Use?
Alongside Real Stock Mode, Moshimo StockSim also runs a fictional market of 200 companies where prices are designed to move sharply on in-game news — a good place to practice reasoning about price moves, or to get comfortable reading metrics like PER, PBR, and ROE.
Real Stock Mode, on the other hand, is the better place to build a feel for picking, buying, and holding companies you actually recognize. Using both together — metrics practice on the fictional market, real-company intuition in Real Stock Mode — covers more ground than either alone.
FAQ
Is US stock demo trading free?
Yes — Real Stock Mode in Moshimo StockSim is completely free, with no brokerage account or identity verification required.
Are the prices in Real Stock Mode live?
No, prices are the previous trading day's closing price from IEX data, refreshed each morning. It's built for slower, research-oriented practice rather than minute-by-minute day trading.
How are the covered stocks chosen?
Real Stock Mode covers 58 well-known, highly liquid US companies, including Apple, NVIDIA, and Microsoft.
Can I use results from Real Stock Mode to make real investment decisions?
Prices track real company movements, but this is not investment advice. It's intended purely as a practice tool for getting comfortable with the mechanics and price action of real stocks.

