About PaisaTrade
Learn the market before you risk your money.
PaisaTrade helps Indians learn, understand and practise the stock market — with clear lessons, real market data and a paper trading account that costs nothing to make mistakes in.
10
structured courses
75
lessons with diagrams and practice
145
shares with charts
68
ready-made screens
Why we exist
Crores of new investors. Very few good teachers.
India now has well over ten crore demat accounts, and most were opened in the last few years. Many first-time investors learn from social-media tips, paid "sure-shot" groups or expensive mistakes. SEBI's own studies show that the large majority of individual F&O traders lose money.
PaisaTrade exists to change the order of things: learn first, understand what you are looking at, practise with virtual money — and only then decide what to do with real savings. Everything we build follows that order.
Our vision
An India where nobody has to lose money to learn the market.
Every investor makes beginner mistakes. The only question is whether they cost real savings or nothing at all. We want the first hundred mistakes of every Indian learner to happen in a practice account, with a patient teacher beside them.
Mission
Make market education clear, honest and free to start, in the language you think in.
Promise
We teach and you decide. We will never make that decision for you.
Measure
Success is a learner who understands a share, not one who trades more.
Why we are different
Most platforms want you to trade. We want you to understand.
No tips. Not even once.
Most of the internet tells beginners what to buy. We teach how to judge a share yourself, and Sensa is built so it cannot give a buy or sell call.
We earn nothing when you trade
PaisaTrade is not a broker. We are paid for teaching, so we have no reason to push you to trade more, or to trade at all.
Lesson, then practice, on the same screen
Read about a stop-loss, then place one in paper trading on real prices a minute later. Learning and doing are not two different apps.
Every number shows where it came from
Delayed prices are labelled delayed. Calculated figures say they are calculated. If we do not have a figure, we show a dash, never a guess.
English and Hinglish
Lessons and the glossary are written the way people actually talk about the market at home, without talking down to anyone.
Built for classrooms too
Colleges and institutes can run classes with assignments, practice accounts and progress reports, on the same platform learners use alone.
Our red lines
Six things PaisaTrade will never do
If you ever see us break one of these, tell us. We will fix it and say so publicly.
Report a problem- Tell you what to buy, sell or hold
- Ask for your broker login or bank details
- Sell your personal data
- Use countdown timers or fake urgency to rush you
- Show a profit screenshot to sell a course
- Call a paper profit a real one
Learn · Understand · Practise
Three steps, one account.
- 01
Learn
Chapters of short lessons with diagrams, worked examples and practice checks take you from the basics to charts, tax, IPOs and derivatives risk, with reward coins along the way.
- 02
Understand
Apply it to real data: Market Today, stock pages, the IPO centre, the screener and a glossary for every term.
- 03
Practise
Place paper trades with virtual money and realistic charges, journal them and let Sensa review your decisions.
What's inside
Everything a learner needs, in one place
Structured lessons
Courses taught like a real class, from 'what is a share' to charts, tax, IPOs and F&O risk: chapters, drawn diagrams, five kinds of practice questions and reward coins for every chapter you finish.
Start learningPaper trading
Practise orders, stop-losses and position sizing with virtual money on real NSE prices, including realistic charges.
Try it freeMarket Today
Nifty, Sensex and sector indices, top movers and the live market session — explained, not hyped.
See the marketIPO centre
Every mainboard and SME IPO with dates, price band, subscription, allotment help and the (unofficial) GMP.
Open IPO calendarStock screener
68 ready-made screens and a custom builder, each with the exact rule and how to read it.
Browse screensSensa
An AI tutor that explains concepts, reads your paper portfolio and answers with live data — never tips.
Ask a questionMCP for AI apps
Use PaisaTrade's market data and your practice account inside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and more.
Connect your AICalculators & glossary
23 calculators for SIP, EMI, tax and position size, and 136 market terms explained.
Open tools
What we stand for
Education, never advice
We are not a broker or a SEBI-registered adviser, and we say so. We teach how to think; we never tell you what to buy.
Honest data
Delayed prices are labelled delayed. The GMP is called unofficial. Every screen shows its exact rule. No fake urgency.
Practice before money
Most beginners lose money learning with real capital. Paper trading lets you make those mistakes for free.
Your data stays yours
We never ask for broker logins, never sell data, and you can delete chats, tokens and your account any time.
Who PaisaTrade is for
First-time investors
Understand demat accounts, SIPs, IPOs and risk before you put in a rupee.
Aspiring traders
Learn charts and risk management, then test ideas on paper with realistic costs.
Colleges & institutes
Run classes with assignments, practice accounts and progress reports for every student.
Working professionals
Short lessons, clear explanations and an AI tutor that fits around your day.
Built in the open, with learners
We publish what we are working on and what learners have asked for. Vote on an idea, suggest a feature or report a bug, and watch it move.
Questions people ask
What is PaisaTrade?
PaisaTrade is an Indian stock market education platform. It combines lessons, paper trading with virtual money, market and IPO data, a stock screener and an AI tutor, so you can learn, understand and practise in one place.
Is PaisaTrade a broker?
No. PaisaTrade does not open demat accounts, take IPO applications or place real orders. It is a learning platform, and it is not a SEBI-registered investment adviser.
Is PaisaTrade free?
Yes. The Free plan includes all core lessons, paper trading with ₹1,00,000 virtual cash, the screener, IPO and market pages and daily Sensa questions. Paid plans add larger practice balances and higher AI limits.
Where does the market data come from?
Prices, indices and IPO details come from exchanges, licensed data providers and public sources. They are delayed and labelled as such, and are meant for learning — not for placing real trades.
Is PaisaTrade the same as 5paisa, Paisabazaar or paitrade.in?
No. PaisaTrade (paisatrade.in, also written Paisa Trade) is an independent education platform. It isn't related to 5paisa (a stockbroker), Paisabazaar (a loans and cards marketplace) or paitrade.in.
Who is PaisaTrade for?
First-time investors, students, working professionals starting SIPs, and anyone who wants to understand trading before risking money. Every course is available in English and Hinglish.
Can colleges use PaisaTrade?
Yes. Institutions can create classes, assign lessons and practice tasks, and see progress reports for each student.
Start with one lesson today
Free forever plan. No card needed. ₹1,00,000 in virtual money to practise with.
PaisaTrade is an educational platform. It is not a stock broker and not a SEBI-registered investment adviser or research analyst.