Pick a direction and ride the trend. Go long or short a real index future with $5,000 play money, watch leverage magnify every tick, and flatten before the 4:00 p.m. close on real QQQ and SPY prices. No broker, no sign-up, no real risk.
Real Bybit prices: 3-minute candles of the USDT perpetual contracts on the QQQ and SPY index ETFs, 77 US trading sessions from May 14 to September 25, 2026 (fetched September 28, 2026). In this game one contract is 10 units. Opening and closing each pay a 0.1% fee on the contract value.
This futures trading game lets you trade a real stock-index future in either direction with $5,000 of play money: a Bybit perpetual contract on the QQQ (Nasdaq-100) or SPY (S&P 500) ETF, replayed one real 3-minute candle per tick from 9:00 a.m. to the 4:00 p.m. close (New York time). You start by choosing to go long (you think the future will rise) or short (you think it will fall), then flatten the position to bank your open profit or loss before the close. Perpetual contracts never expire, so here the 4:00 p.m. close plays the role of expiry.
The twist that makes futures different from buying shares is leverage. Every contract carries a built-in multiplier, so a small move in the index price translates into a much larger swing in your equity. That is why your Open P/L can sprint up or down on a single tick, the same force that makes real futures both powerful and dangerous.
The futures loop: read the trend, go long or short, let leverage magnify the move, flatten to lock in P/L, and repeat before the close. Direction and timing both matter.
Because you can profit from a fall as easily as a rise, futures let you trade trends in both directions, but leverage means a wrong call hurts just as fast as a right one pays.
Reality check: real futures are leveraged derivatives that can lose more than you deposit, and most retail traders lose money. This is a free skill game that replays past prices, not financial advice; see investor.gov.
Learn the ideas behind this game in what is leverage in trading, what is short selling, and what is margin trading.
It is a risk-free game where you go long or short a real index future (a Bybit perpetual on QQQ or SPY) with $5,000 of play money. Each contract uses a built-in multiplier, so small price moves create bigger profit and loss, letting you feel leveraged futures trading without a broker or real funds.
Going long bets the future rises; going short bets it falls. The game lets you pick either direction, then flatten to lock in your open profit or loss before the session ends at the 4:00 p.m. close.
Futures carry a contract multiplier, so each $1 move in the price is multiplied across your contracts. That leverage magnifies both gains and losses, the core lesson of futures trading and why risk control matters.
The prices are real, the money is not. Every tick is a real 3-minute candle of a Bybit USDT perpetual contract on the QQQ or SPY index ETF (May to September 2026), while all balances are play money stored in your browser. There is no broker and no real money. It is a free educational game and not financial advice.