Updates

One of the most common requests we get from teachers is if students can see each other’s trades. Well, now they can!   We added a new contest rule, called “Public Portfolios”. If you turn on public portfolios for your Read More

One of the most-requested new features in Spring 2018 was cryptocurrency trading, both from students and teachers. You asked and we listened – crypto trading is now available on HowTheMarketWorks! Cryptocurrencies currently share some of the rules from Stocks, such Read More

With our most recent update, the HTMW videos page got a great new revision – with each video getting a bigger window and better navigation!   This also means if you create a HTMW Assignment, the links to view each Read More

You can now edit your assignments on HowTheMarketWorks! In the past, once you created an assignment it was set in stone. With the newest HTMW update, you can add and remove tasks in real time, giving you more control of Read More

Do your students have a hard time getting started with their portfolio? Do you want a place where you can see all your tools in one place? Us too, which is why we added the new Dashboard to HowTheMarketWorks! The Read More

Update time! HowTheMarketWorks is growing – and the list of great educational articles you can include in your class assignments is growing too! Last week we added 3 new Personal Finance and Investing articles, plus one great new personal finance Read More

Have you ever been working on a trading assignment on HowTheMarketWorks, only to be frustrated when you want to check your progress on a mobile device? Not anymore! Mobile Assignments Are Here Whether you are trading on an Android tablet, Read More

Frustrated with the delay between the updates in your portfolio value, and how fast you move on the rankings page? Not Anymore! Real Time Rankings on HowTheMarketWorks In the past, we needed to check everyone’s account and revalue them in Read More

Thousands of teachers have created an Assignment in the last semester on HowTheMarketWorks, and we are happy to report that we’re launching another group of features just for you! Now when you create your custom stock trading game you will Read More

Mobile HowTheMarketWorks is now live! You can now easily trade on the go with a completely mobile-optimized interface for trading, managing your portfolio, doing research, and everything else you could want on HowTheMarketWorks! Right now, if you log in with Read More

Streaming prices are here! The “Last Price” on your open positions page is now constantly updating – no more need to keep refreshing the page to get the latest prices! The price will now flash green if the price went Read More

We have always been firm believers that it is great practice to continue trading even after your classes end, and we’re starting a new program of monthly stock contests to help support that! These contests are open to everyone – Read More

You’ve asked, and we listened! With this most recent update, teachers have more tools than ever to manage their classes on HowTheMarketWorks. You can access all these new tools from the Rankings page when you’re logged in as the contest Read More

This is the biggest new feature we’ve ever added! We know that there are tens of thousands of teachers who use HowTheMarketWorks in their classroom every year to teach math, social studies, personal finance, and business, so we’ve added some Read More

The first set of contests that were created on our new site are starting to come to an end, so this batch of new features is built for you! From this point forward, once your contest ends, you can come Read More

We’ve added some great new charts to the Open Positions page! Once you’ve purchased any stock or ETF, you can view your portfolio as a series of charts showing each stock’s performance. You can switch between the day’s change, for Read More

After months of development behind the scenes, the new version of HowTheMarketWorks is now live and available for all users to test out! New features we’ve added in this major update: Users can now join as many contests as they Read More