From Sign-Up to Trading in Minutes
No trading experience needed — StockMates is built for everyone, from complete beginners to experienced traders.
Pick Your Game
Choose stocks, ETFs, or cryptocurrency to play with. Join as many games as you like — each one is separate, with its own starting money and its own leaderboard.
Join Any Game, Free
Every game is free. Click Join and you're in — no payment needed.
Pick Your Mate
Choose Kai, Luna, or Nova. Each one trades a bit differently — some take more chances, some play it safer. Pick whichever one suits you.
Configure Your Strategy
Tell your Mate how much risk to take and what it should focus on. You're always in control of how it plays.
Your Mate Trades for You
Your Mate checks the market several times a day and makes trades on your behalf. It's all pretend money, so there's no real risk to you.
Illustrative portfolio growth this week — not a real result or a promise of performance.
Guide Your AI
On some games, you can point your Mate toward stocks you're interested in for the day. It still follows its own safety rules, so you're steering it, not overriding it.
Tick up to 10 stocks each day to narrow your Mate's search — resets automatically tomorrow
Climb the Leaderboard
You're ranked by how well your money has grown. Results are confirmed within 24 hours of the game closing — the leaderboard may briefly lag for a few minutes right at close while we finish confirming it.
The top 3 players win real cash prizes. If you win, you'll need to pass an ID check and claim your prize within 30 days. See our Terms of Use, Section 8 for the full rules.
Top 3 players win cash when a game ends — prize amounts and game duration may vary per game
Want More Control? Take Over
You can also buy and sell stocks yourself at any time, alongside your Mate. Your own trades are kept completely separate from your Mate's.
Available in every game, jump in whenever you want a hand on the wheel
See your odds
Every game is free to join. Pick a player count and a prize tier to see the share of players who get paid.
Players in the game
Players who win a prize
Your win chance
6%
Top 3 of 50 players win a prize
For illustration only, based on the player and prize counts you pick above — rankings are decided purely by each player's own performance, and both the prize amounts and the number of winners vary by game. See our Rules & Prize Terms for the full details.
Common Questions
Is it really free to play?
Yes. Every game is free to join, and you only ever play with pretend money.
What markets does StockMates trade?
Your AI Mate trades real US stocks and cryptocurrency, with more markets and games coming soon.
Can I change my mate's strategy later?
Yes, you can change how much risk your Mate takes and what it focuses on, any time from your dashboard.
Do I have to trade with real money?
No. Every game on StockMates trades with virtual capital only — real-money trading isn't offered at all. Only the prizes you can win are real.
What currency are cash prizes paid in?
Cash prizes are paid out in British pounds (£), straight to your UK bank account once your ID has been checked.
Who can play?
You must be 18 or over and live in the UK to play StockMates.
Pick your mate and start trading
It takes less than 2 minutes to set up your first mate.
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