Portfolio simulation for universities, colleges, and trading schools

Portfolio Simulation for Finance Classes

Investfly helps instructors turn investments, portfolio management, derivatives, fintech, and stock market training programs into hands-on trading labs. Students practice with virtual portfolios while instructors manage classes, contests, invitations, and performance tracking from a dedicated dashboard.

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Teach the markets by letting students manage one

Most stock market games stop at a leaderboard. Investfly goes further by pairing a virtual trading platform with strategy creation, backtesting, paper forward testing, and instructor administration.

  • Create virtual portfolios for simulated trading exercises and independent strategy experiments without using real capital.
  • Run class trading contests with start dates, end dates, starting points, and trading-rule controls.
  • Invite students by email, track registered and unregistered students, and export student summaries to CSV.
  • Connect portfolio simulation to no-code and Python strategy tools for modern fintech coursework.
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See the virtual trading lab in action

The product tour shows how Investfly connects simulated portfolios, stock market research, and strategy tools that instructors can adapt for finance courses and coaching cohorts.

Built for Instructors, Useful for Students

A practical finance classroom platform for instructors who need more than a one-size-fits-all stock game.

Instructor Dashboard

Create multiple virtual classrooms, switch between courses, invite students, manage rosters, and see portfolio contest participation in one instructor workspace.

Virtual Portfolios

Students can use simulated portfolios to review portfolio construction, trade management, positions, history, cash, buying power, and hypothetical performance without placing live orders. Simulation limitations apply.

Strategy Labs

Move beyond manual trades with no-code automated strategies, Python strategy development, historical backtests, and forward testing in virtual accounts.

For Universities, Colleges, and Trading Schools

Investfly is centered on accredited finance education, with enough flexibility for specialized trading programs and private market-training organizations.

Universities and Colleges

Support semester-based finance courses, lab assignments, student portfolio tracking, and trading contests for investments, derivatives, portfolio management, and fintech classes.

Private Trading Schools

Give coaching cohorts a simulated environment for reviewing user-authored entries, exits, risk rules, and portfolio records without placing live orders.

Training Programs

Run cohort challenges, workshops, bootcamps, and continuing-education labs with virtual portfolios, contest settings, and instructor-visible performance summaries.

A learning sequence that maps to the semester or cohort

Use Investfly as a semester-long portfolio simulation, a short trading tournament, a derivatives assignment, a bootcamp challenge, or a capstone strategy lab.

Investfly virtual portfolio dashboard for student portfolio simulation
1

Create a virtual class or cohort

Name a class for each course, section, workshop, or cohort. Invite students and separate activity across multiple groups.

2

Launch a trading contest

Set available contest dates, starting values, repeat rules, trade-size limits, and other constraints shown in the current instructor controls.

3

Students assign virtual portfolios

Students join with an Investfly virtual portfolio and manage trades against course objectives.

4

Track and export performance

Review student portfolios, game points, rankings, registered students, pending invitations, and CSV exports for grading support.

Course and Training Fit

Position Investfly where students need to apply finance theory or trading lessons to observable portfolio decisions.

Investments

Security selection, diversification, trade notes, portfolio returns, and market behavior.

Portfolio Management

Allocation, buying power, cash management, performance tracking, and comparison across student portfolios.

Derivatives

User-authored trade constraints and simulation assignments using the features currently available to the class.

Fintech and Trading

No-code and Python strategy building, historical backtesting, and virtual forward testing.

Available Academic Tools

  • Simulation plus automation: teach manual portfolio decisions and algorithmic strategy design in the same environment.
  • Instructor control: manage classes, cohorts, contests, invitations, student membership, and contest lifecycle from one dashboard.
  • Portfolio records: virtual accounts can display balances, buying power, positions, trade history, and hypothetical performance fields.
  • Configurable coursework: available contest and simulation features depend on the current academic plan and product capabilities.

What students learn by doing

  • How trade decisions affect cash, buying power, positions, and portfolio value.
  • How rules and constraints change portfolio construction behavior.
  • How backtested strategy ideas can differ from forward-tested virtual portfolio performance.
  • How risk, diversification, timing, and market movement show up in observable results.

Academic and Trading Education FAQ

Is Investfly a stock market simulator for college students?

Investfly provides virtual portfolio simulation and instructor-managed classes and contests. Available fields and instruments depend on the current academic plan and product capabilities.

Can instructors run trading contests?

Yes. Instructors can create contests inside a class, configure contest rules, start and end contests, review student scores, and export summaries.

Can private trading schools use Investfly?

Academic organizations can contact Investfly to review current eligibility, simulation, contest, and instructor-dashboard capabilities.

Can students use multiple portfolios?

Students can create multiple Investfly virtual portfolios, which makes it practical to compare different allocations, trading ideas, or automated strategy experiments.

Which course formats are available?

Availability varies by plan and current product capabilities. Instructors should review the current configuration options before designing assignments.

How do academic customers get pricing?

Instructors can create an account to explore the platform and contact Investfly for student discounts, class access, and bulk academic pricing.

Bring portfolio simulation into your finance classroom or trading program

Set up an instructor-led trading lab for portfolio management, investments, derivatives, fintech coursework, or private stock market training.

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