Long or ShortDaily Challenge
The same 5 charts for everyone, every day. Keep your streak alive and share your result grid.
Free · No real money · iPhone & Android
Read the chart. Make the call.
Long or Short is a free stock market game played on real historical charts. The stock and date are hidden, so there's no hindsight. Go long, go short or skip it, then see what happened.
Coming soon to iPhone and Android.
5charts a day, the same for everyone
$0real money at risk, ever
4ways to play solo
1v1live ranked duels
How it works
One chart. One call. See what happened.
Every round takes a few seconds, and every one teaches you something about reading price action.
Read the chart
A real historical chart with the stock and date hidden, so there's nothing to remember and no hindsight to lean on.
Make the call
Go long, go short or skip it. Passing on a choppy chart with no real edge earns a discipline bonus.
See what happened
The chart plays out, your call is scored in R, and the reveal shows what you were looking at.
Try a round
Made-up chart · the game uses real ones
Will it go up or down from here? Make your call.
Modes
Play your way, every day.
Quick solo rounds, a daily puzzle, a full career and live head-to-head duels.
Career
Chapters that teach one family of patterns at a time, with stars to earn and a boss to beat.
Survival & Blitz
Endless charts and a few lives, or as many charts as you can read before the clock runs out.
Compete
Take on real players in live ranked duels, or send a friend a code. Climb the leagues every week.
- Ranked duels
- Friend duels
- Weekly leagues
- Seasons
- Tournaments
Learn as you go
A short tutorial, Trading 101 in plain language, coach notes after your trades and drills for your weakest setups.
Make it yours
Build up your trading office and collect skins, avatars and titles.
The basics
Long or short? That's the whole game.
Go long
You think the price will rise. You win if it goes up and lose if it goes down.
Go short
You think the price will fall. You win if it goes down and lose if it goes up.
Traders use these words for the two sides of every trade. Here you pick a side on real past charts, so you can practise reading trends, candlestick patterns and key levels like a paper trading simulator, but faster and without risking a cent.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Is Long or Short free?
Yes. It's free to download and play. Gems, which you earn by playing, buy skins, crates and streak freezes. They never buy trading cash or change your score.
Who is it for?
People curious about trading who don't trust themselves to trade yet, and anyone who wants to sharpen their chart reading in a few minutes a day. No experience needed: a short tutorial and a plain-language glossary cover the basics.
What problem does it solve?
Learning to read charts usually means risking real money, or studying old charts where you already know what happened next. Long or Short hides the ticker and date so there's no hindsight, and gives you a scored answer within seconds, so you can practise often without losing anything.
Is this real trading?
No. Long or Short is a game played on historical charts. No real money is ever at risk, and trading cash and in-game items have no real-world value. Nothing in the game is financial advice.
Are the charts real?
Yes. Every round is a real historical market chart. The name and the date stay hidden until the reveal, so you read the chart itself instead of remembering what happened.
What does going long or short mean?
Going long means betting the price will rise. Going short means betting it will fall. In the game you can also skip a chart that has no clear edge, and a good skip earns a discipline bonus.
Can I learn candlestick patterns with it?
Yes. Career chapters teach one family of patterns at a time, coach notes explain your trades, Trading 101 is a plain-language glossary, and drills target the setups you miss most.
Can I play against friends?
Yes. Challenge a friend to a duel with a code, play live ranked duels, and climb weekly leagues, seasons and tournaments.
Do I need an account?
No. You can start playing without giving a name or an email address. Save your progress with Apple or Google whenever you like to keep it on a new phone.
Today's chart is waiting.
Five charts, the same for everyone. How many will you call right?
Coming soon to iPhone and Android.