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Mission 3: Market Navigator

For teens: shares, a stock simulator, the futures risk lesson and the futures simulator.

Captain Coin, the Wealthonauts mission leader

Mission 3 brings together investing lessons for teens. First, learn what a share of stock is, then build a diversified pretend portfolio. Next, complete the required futures risk lesson before trying the Futures Frontier simulator. Every step uses fictional companies, prices and money.

Captain Coin leads these investing lessons for teens

Steps in these investing lessons for teens

  1. Learn: What Is a Share of Stock?
  2. Play Stock Market Simulator
  3. Learn: Futures, Margin and Leverage
  4. Play Futures Frontier Simulator

Each step opens in a new page. When you finish a lesson, press the complete button; when you play a game, simply try it. Then come back here, and your checklist below updates automatically on this device. Once every step is done, you earn the mission bonus XP.

Tips for grown-ups

Missions work best in short sessions of about 15 minutes. For example, do one step a day and talk about it at dinner. Finally, track progress in Mission Control.

  1. Learn What Is a Share of Stock?
  2. Play Stock Market Simulator
  3. Learn Futures, Margin and Leverage
  4. Play Futures Frontier Simulator