Business Studies: Stock Market Challenge

Now with an additional simulator, which enables more shock factors!

Turn your classroom into a live market. The Stock Market Challenge Simulator gives every student a $10,000 stake and the chance to trade household-name stocks from Apple and Tesla to Amazon as fresh headlines roll in. One moment they’re weighing an earnings surprise; the next, they’re reacting to a change in interest-rate expectations or a supply-chain shock. Prices shift, confidence wobbles, and suddenly the theory they’ve studied comes to life.

What begins as a simple portfolio quickly becomes a lesson in budgeting and accountability. Students track their positions, calculate profit and loss, and confront the reality that every decision carries risk. They’ll debate when to cut losses, when to let winners run, and how much of their cash to keep in reserve. Along the way, they learn to read economic indicators with purpose and spot the human biases—fear, greed, overconfidence—that drive investor behaviour.

The result is a dynamic, high-engagement experience that blends economics, numeracy, and critical thinking. Your learners won’t just know how markets work—they’ll feel it, remember it, and be able to explain the “why” behind every move.

It’s accompanied by a printable PDF worksheet packed with classroom ideas, discussion prompts, and quick extensions to run an outstanding lesson from day one.

Learning Outcomes:

Explore how financial markets react to economic and corporate events

Practice budgeting, profit/loss calculation, and risk management

Evaluate decision-making in response to uncertainty and time pressure

Build a deeper understanding of economic indicators and investor psychology