Access Rapunzl's Real-Time Stock Market Simulator Built for Students
Rapunzl provides every student with a simulated $10,000 to invest across 8,000+ real stocks and crypto with real-time pricing streamed directly from Nasdaq and Coinbase.
01 · DISCOVER
Discover New Companies
Leverage Rapunzl's discovery tools to search companies by ticker or company name, discover companies by industry, or analyze competitors head to head to identify investment opportunities.
02 · ANALYZE
Analyze A Company Stock
Rapunzl provides a comprehensive suite of investment tools to help you build your portfolio. Use Rapunzl to analyze a company by accessing interactive charts, detailed company financials, technical indicators, and key support levels.
03 · RESEARCH
Monitor Company Financial Statements
Interactive income statements, balance sheets, and cash-flow charts, built from companies' actual SEC filings, let students judge what a business earns, owns, and owes. This integration aligns learning concepts with real-world simulations to enhance engagement and retention.
04 · COMPETE
Enter National Scholarship Competitions
Once you've started building your simulated portfolio, enter Rapunzl's National Scholarship Competition for a chance to win! Every student is ranked based on their portfolio performance from January through April, with the top students receiving prizes in 529 accounts.
Rapunzl's simulator connects to 40 standards-aligned modules and 5 prebuilt courses. This curriculum is woven around different actions on the Rapunzl platform so that trading ties back to lessons on diversification, risk, and compound growth.
Rapunzl provides students with real-time pricing streamed directly from NASDAQ, SEC-filing financials, and 70+ years of economic indicators that is updated monthly by the Federal Reserve.
Coca-Cola is expected to have a strong financial performance in the coming years, driven by its strong portfolio of 200 brands and its global presence in over 200 countries. The company's ability to navigate through challenging market conditions and its resilient business model make it a top pick for analysts, with its key CSD brands, including Coca-Cola, Diet Coke/Coke Zero, Sprite, and Fanta, contributing to its over 30% global market share.
What the Bears Are SayingWalmart
Walmart is facing significant challenges in the retail landscape and has been playing offense with price investments to stay competitive. While the company's recent actions on worker pay and sustainability are commendable, its investments in these areas may continue to negatively impact profitability. The intensifying competition in the digital battleground and potential increases in tariffs also pose risks to the company's future growth.
What the Bulls Are SayingNetflix
Netflix is expanding their presence in the gaming industry, and partnerships with publishers are expected to bolster their lineup of original content. Despite some challenges with engagement and pricing options, the company has reported strong financials and is focused on increasing revenue and operating profit. Overall Netflix is solidifying its position as a global leader in streaming entertainment with a strong focus on customer satisfaction and strategic partnerships.
What the Bears Are SayingApple
Apple is facing significant challenges that could impact its growth and profitability in the near future. These include potential declines in unit sales and upgrades, a difficult pricing environment, and slowing growth in its services business. The company's current valuation is high compared to its historical levels and its premium to the S&P 500 and Nasdaq is unwarranted, with regulatory and geopolitical risks adding to the caution.
What the Bulls Are SayingBest Buy
Best Buy Co is well positioned in the consumer electronics market, with a strong presence in both domestic and international segments. The company's focus on improving customer experience through vendor relationships and store-within-store concepts, coupled with its diverse product offerings across multiple revenue categories, has led to strong financial performance. Its investments in media, marketplace, and membership programs are driving profit gains and positioning it for future growth.
What the Bears Are SayingHerc Holdings
Herc Holdings is facing a challenging outlook as it has issued initial guidance indicating a slow start to its updated three-year plan, with anticipated equipment rental revenue growth only in the range of 7-10% and a significant reduction in net rental capital expenditures. The company operates in a contracting environment, with the Architecture Billings Index in negative territory for five consecutive months, suggesting ongoing softness in industrial spending.
What the Bulls Are SayingDelta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines is positioned for strong financial performance due to structural cost savings and a reduction in jet fuel expenses, which are expected to enhance profit margins. The recovery of corporate travel and increasing premium revenue growth opportunities place Delta in a favorable position for continued revenue expansion, with projections indicating earnings per share could surpass $7 in 2024 and reach over $10 by 2027.
GO FURTHEROn Rapunzl Web
Dive Deeper with Advanced Functionality
Rapunzl provides students with the ability to access complex analyst tools and technical analysis to further explore the world of investing. These tools provide actionable insights around how a student can develop their portfolio, manage risk, and diversify their investments.
What if you'd bought five years ago? Students pick a stock, a date, and an amount, then watch real history play out.
Moving averages, RSI and MACD on live charts, each one explained with Rapunzl's Technical Indicator Library.
Rapunzl AI reads candlesticks on any stock chart and explains the setup to students like a Wall Street analyst.
Receive a score out of 100 for how well your simulated portfolio's risk is spread, plus the holdings, sectors & volatility behind it.
Analyze up to three stocks by percent return over any given time range to compare relative performance of various tickers.
Learn Economics by Running the Economy
Rapunzl's two econ mini-games help put students in the decision-maker's seat and provide project-based learning opportunities to apply classroom learning.
Students set the federal funds rate through real historical scenarios — Volcker's inflation fight, 2008, the pandemic — and watch inflation and unemployment respond on a lag.
Students start as a loan clerk and work up to bank president: reading borrowers, pricing risk, and growing a loan book that earns without blowing up.
~6 hours
Personal Finance or Economics
Frequently Asked Questions About Rapunzl's Simulator
No. Students invest a simulated $10,000, and no real money is ever traded. Scholarship prizes are real but the trading never is so that we can provide students with a risk-free way to learn about investing and trading for free.
Yes. Pricing streams in real time from Nasdaq, not on the 15-minute delay most student simulators use. This provides students with an immersive, real-world learning experience and ensures that Rapunzl's simulator replicates an actual brokerage account as closely as possible.
The Rapunzl simulator and accompanying curriculum are built for students in grades 6–12. The program is in English and Spanish with screen-reader accessibility built in. We are currently in the process of translating the program into Mandarin and Portuguese. If you are interested in administering Rapunzl in a classroom with different languages supported, please reach out.
Rapunzl hosts a national scholarship competition for middle and high school students each school year, with sign-ups available in January and prizes awarded at the end of April. Entry is free, and $25,000+ in prizes are awarded annually. Check out our scholarship page for more information.
Rapunzl's platform runs on phones, tablets, and in the browser. Our program does not require any installation and adheres with all data privacy and security policy requirements from major corporations and school districts.
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