About us

Learn the stock market without burning your savings.

Fanta-Trade was born from a simple idea: the best way to understand markets is to get your hands dirty. Only, at first, it is better to do it with fake money.

Every member receives virtual capital to invest freely: they can buy, sell, make mistakes and try again, watching how their portfolio moves over time. It is a tool designed for curious people, students and enthusiasts who want a concrete idea of risk and return.

Fanta-Trade is a simulation project for educational and entertainment purposes: does not collect money, does not execute real orders and does not provide financial advice.

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Our story

From 2008 to today.

The homepages that followed one another over almost twenty years of Fanta-Trade.

  1. 2008

    Fanta-Trade is born

    The first version, “FT beta”: a stock market game in the browser with fanta-euros to invest, real prices and stocks, and a leaderboard of fanta-traders. All of it, of course, free.

    The Fanta-Trade homepage in 2008
    From the Internet Archive · users' names and photos blurred
  2. 2009

    The Funny Side of Trade

    Version 1.0 arrives, in Italian and English: a portfolio of 100,000 fanta-euros, charts and analysis, and a new leaderboard crowning the best trader of the day.

    The Fanta-Trade homepage in 2009
    From the Internet Archive · users' names and photos blurred
  3. 2010

    The community is born

    Members publish their own analyses of stocks and rate them with stars; new markets are added, such as the São Paulo Stock Exchange.

    The Fanta-Trade homepage in 2010
    From the Internet Archive · users' names and photos blurred
  4. 2013

    Facebook and challenges

    You can also sign in with Facebook, challenges between users are born and the homepage shows community statistics: how many are in profit and how they invest.

    The Fanta-Trade homepage in 2013
    From the Internet Archive · users' names and photos blurred
  5. 2014

    A new look

    The site gets a makeover with “The Fun Side Of Trade”: articles, shares, markets and currencies in a simpler menu, the first map of world markets and a link back to the original version.

    The Fanta-Trade homepage in 2014
    From the Internet Archive · users' names and photos blurred
  6. 2017

    Real-time simulation

    The dashboard arrives: the map of world markets, commodities, discussions and groups, and sign-in with Facebook and LinkedIn.

    The Fanta-Trade homepage in 2017
    From the Internet Archive · users' names and photos blurred
  7. 2019

    The bull and the app

    A new logo with the bull, the Android app on Google Play and the map of the community's investments.

    The Fanta-Trade homepage in 2019
    From the Internet Archive · users' names and photos blurred
  8. 2026

    Fanta-Trade today

    A brand-new platform that also welcomes long-standing members: 8 languages, a weekly leaderboard, private leagues for friends and schools, limit orders and stop losses, markets from all over the world.

    The Fanta-Trade homepage in 2026