Short, practical walkthroughs — how to get in, how to place an order, how to set a stop, how sizing works, and what the Lab is actually scoring you on.
What you need to get in, what the free account includes, and why an account is required.
Arena, Daily Challenge, Hall of Discipline, Performance and the learning path — what each one is for.
A plain comparison of what a free account gets and what Lab Pro adds.
BUY and SELL, the two entry modes, and every field on the order ticket.
Presets, typed prices, and the one rule the Lab will not let you break quietly.
What each of the four position buttons does, and when each is the right call.
The chart controls in the top bar — and why switching timeframe starts a fresh chart.
Why BUY sometimes enters instantly and sometimes opens a form — and which sessions use which.
The three components, what raises and lowers each, and why profit is not an input.
The Overview and Journal tabs, and how to use them to find what to fix next.
What earns progression in the Lab — and why none of it is tied to profit.
One chart a day, the same for everyone — what it is for and how it works.
Everything people ask before their first session.
A practice simulator for traders. You sit at a chart that replays candle-by-candle, make real decisions under uncertainty, and get coached on how you decided — position sizing, stops, patience, discipline. Think flight simulator, not tip service.
Neither. Every chart in the Lab is synthetic data generated by us, and every trade is simulated with play capital. Nothing you do here places a real order or touches a real broker. The Lab is educational only — it is not investment advice and gives no buy or sell calls on any real security.
Yes, a free account is needed to enter the Lab — it takes a moment, needs no card, and it is what lets us save your progress, streak and score. The free account includes Module 1 of the curriculum plus unlimited practice sessions in the Arena. Lab Pro unlocks the later modules and the advanced indicators (VWAP, RSI, MACD, ADX).
Press Enter the Lab, create your free account or log in, and you land in your workspace. From there pick the next lesson on your learning path, or go straight to the Trading Arena to practise freely.
Press BUY or SELL on the trade bar under the chart. In free practice, the Daily Challenge and the first lesson you are in the trade immediately at a sensible default size — then you set your stop. From the sizing lesson onwards the full order ticket opens instead: quantity, stop, target, and the exposure and risk figures, then PLACE. Keyboard: B to buy, S to sell.
Once you are in a trade, the position bar shows SL and TP controls: tap a preset (0.5%, 1% or 2% away for the stop; 1%, 2% or 4% for the target) or type the exact price. When the full order ticket is open you can set both before you enter. TRAIL SL makes the stop follow price in your favour — and it never widens.
Order value (exposure) is how much capital the position commands — quantity × price. Risk if stopped is what you actually lose if price hits your stop — quantity × (entry − stop). They are very different numbers, and you size on the second one. A tight stop lets you hold large exposure at small risk; a wide stop risks a lot even on a small position. Both are shown live in the order ticket.
Because a lucky win is still a bad trade. Your headline number is a Decision Quality Score that grades your process — did you define risk before entering, size sensibly, respect your stop, avoid revenge entries and overtrading. Win recklessly and the Lab says so; lose with sound process and it tells you to keep going.
One chart, the same for everyone, every day. Clear it to keep your streak and earn bonus XP. It is a way to get a single honest rep in on a busy day.
Yes — with an account the Lab remembers every session. Your Performance page keeps an overview and a full trade journal, plus XP, a daily streak, missions, badges and a weakness heatmap that tells you what to work on next.
It works on a phone for reading and light practice, but the Arena is a chart-and-ticket workspace — a laptop or desktop is a much better experience, and that is what we would recommend for real practice.
If you are not sure, find your trader type first — 23 situations, about five minutes, no charts. It reads how you behave under pressure and points you to the one drill that trains your pattern: the patient-trader mission if you chase moves, the no-revenge mission if a loss carries into your next trade, and so on. If you would rather just start, Module 1 (Risk Management) is the right first stop for everyone.
No. We never tell you what to buy or sell, and we make no claims about returns. The Lab teaches process on simulated markets. What you do with real money in a real market is your own decision and your own risk.
Open the Lab, take a lesson, and make some decisions. Free to start, no card required.
Enter the LabThe Trading Lab is an educational simulation running on synthetic data. It is not investment advice, gives no buy or sell calls, and makes no claim about returns.