Stock Market Investing Guide

How the stock market works

Unlike businesses, which produce guaranteed passive income, the stock market lets you buy shares in twelve fictional companies whose prices move continuously on their own — independent of your clicks or purchases. You profit by buying shares while the price is low and selling once it rises, exactly like a real brokerage account.

The 12 stocks & their risk profiles

Reading the price chart

Each stock's detail screen shows a sparkline chart of recent price history, along with its all-time high and all-time low since you started tracking it. A price near its all-time low with a slight upward trend is typically a better entry point than buying right after a sharp spike.

How prices move (volatility & drift explained)

Every stock has two hidden properties: volatility (how large each price swing can be) and drift (a slight long-term directional bias, usually upward). High-volatility stocks like CryptoCoin Exchange can swing dramatically in a single tick, while low-volatility stocks like Gold Reserve Co. move in small, steady increments.

Buying and selling shares

Select any stock to open its detail view, enter the number of shares to trade, and confirm. Quick-select buttons let you buy 1, 10, 100, or the maximum number of shares your current wallet can afford. Selling works the same way in reverse, instantly converting shares back to cash at the current price.

Tracking profit & loss

Your holdings track an average cost per share across all your purchases of that stock. The game compares this average cost to the current price to show your real-time profit or loss, both per stock and across your entire portfolio.

Investing strategies by risk tolerance

Common mistakes

• Buying immediately after a sharp price spike instead of waiting for a pullback.
• Putting your entire wallet into one highly volatile stock instead of spreading risk.
• Forgetting that stock holdings reset on prestige — don't park money you need for an imminent reset.