It's all simulated.

Every dollar on Tars Trading is simulated. The $100,000 you start with isn't real, the fills aren't real, and nothing you do here moves actual money. That is the entire point — this is a place to build skill before skill costs you anything.

Not investment advice. Tars, the academy, and everything on this site are educational. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security. Tars the mentor will never give you a directive trade — by design.

No brokerage, no custody. Tars Trading is not a broker-dealer, does not execute real orders, and never holds your money or securities. Market data is provided for education and may be delayed or incomplete; when a quote is stale, the terminal says so.

Simulated results never promise real ones. A strategy that worked on historical or simulated data can fail with real capital. Backtests here separate in-sample from out-of-sample precisely because past performance — even honest past performance — does not predict the future.

Trade the practice account like it's real, and let the lessons — not the losses — be the expensive part.