“Best paper trading app in Nepal” used to be an easy question with a thin answer. Most simulators were either foreign apps with no NEPSE at all, or NEPSE-only tools with a chart, a buy button and not much else. In 2026 StockYatra — Lacspace’s paper-trading platform — has grown into something different: a complete trading education product with three live markets, a full academy, competition, a community and even a shop, and every single part of it is free.
This article is the complete case. Not a comparison — that piece exists — but a tour of what is actually in the box in late 2026, with the numbers as they stand on stockyatra.com today.
The six pillars
1. A real trading terminal
The core has not changed since launch, and it is still the reason to be here: live candlestick charts with OHLC data, long and short positions with honest margin math, leverage chosen per trade, stop-loss and take-profit that fire on their own even with the app closed, profit and loss marked to market tick by tick, and session replay — “trade Monday again on Friday”. How the simulator works walks through a trade in four moves.
2. Three markets, one wallet
This is the big 2026 change. StockYatra now runs Nepal’s NEPSE (31 stocks in Rs.), India’s NSE (30 large caps in ₹) and US stocks on what the app calls its Forex board (30 names in $) — 91 live-simulated stocks from the same 10,000 starting coins. Your ₹ and $ trades are converted into coins at a practice exchange rate, so you never need a foreign-currency account. The three boards, explained.
3. A 57-course academy
The Learn tab is a full stock-market course for Nepal: 57 courses across 8 tracks, from “what is a share” to IPOs and Mero Share, chart reading, risk and the NEPSE sectors. Nineteen courses are free; the rest unlock with coins you can earn inside the app. Quizzes pay XP and levels. The academy, course by course.
4. Leagues, a live leaderboard and achievements
Every trader sits in one of five percentile leagues — Fox, Bull, Cheetah, Tiger, Lion — on a leaderboard that refreshes every few seconds, with 20 achievements and a shareable Trader Card. How the leagues work · Achievements and the Trader Card.
5. A community inside the app
Global chat for every verified trader, friend requests, private direct messages, @mentions, and the Yatra Users directory to find a study partner at your level. Tips and “sure-shot” calls are banned by rule; only verified accounts can post. Why Lacspace built a community into a simulator.
6. The Yatra Bazaar
A cosmetics shop — frames, titles, banners, chat bubbles, name colours and trophies — that accepts only coins you earned by trading and learning. Buy, equip, gift a friend, pin trophies on your public profile. Inside the Bazaar.
“Free” means free
The word gets abused, so here is the precise version. There is no premium tier, no subscription and no feature behind real money. Trading never costs a coin; coins can be earned by trading well, finishing courses, referring friends and winning the daily call; an optional top-up (Rs.100 = 1,000 coins) exists on the web but is never required.
| Where money usually appears | StockYatra |
|---|---|
| Per-trade fee | Never — Rs 0 per trade, forever |
| Premium tier or subscription | None |
| Markets behind a paywall | None — NEPSE, NSE and US stocks all open |
| Community features | Free, for every verified trader |
| Cosmetics shop | Earned coins only; topped-up coins cannot be spent there |
| Courses | 19 free; the rest unlock with coins you can earn by trading, learning and referring |
Why this matters for a beginner in Nepal
The market charges tuition; a simulator does not. On StockYatra a beginner can make every classic mistake — no stop-loss, oversized position, revenge trade after a loss — and pay in coins and a lesson instead of savings. Then, because the same terminal now carries India and the US, they can find out which of their habits are market habits and which are just NEPSE habits, before either costs money. How to start trading in Nepal without losing money is the plan; the 30-day practice plan is the schedule.
It is also built here. StockYatra is made in Nepal by Lacspace, uses the symbols, wallets and language Nepali traders already know, and reflects NEPSE’s own rhythm — Sunday-to-Thursday sessions, circuits and settlement — inside the simulator.
Platforms and getting started
iPhone and iPad on the App Store, Android on Google Play, and the web terminal at trade.stockyatra.com. One account, one wallet, one set of friends and progress across all three. Sign up, take your 10,000 coins, pick a board, place a trade — the app’s own promise is “from zero to your first trade in about a minute”.
Keep reading: Three markets, one practice wallet · Inside the Yatra Bazaar · The complete StockYatra feature list · How StockYatra works
StockYatra is an educational paper-trading simulator. Coins are virtual, have no monetary value and cannot be withdrawn or exchanged for money. StockYatra does not facilitate the buying or selling of real securities and does not constitute investment, financial or trading advice. Market data is for learning purposes only.
Frequently asked questions
Is StockYatra really free, or is there a premium version?
It is free and there is no premium version. There is no subscription, no per-trade fee and no feature locked behind real money. You start with 10,000 virtual coins; coins can be earned by trading well, finishing courses, referring friends and winning the daily call. An optional coin top-up exists on the web (Rs.100 = 1,000 coins) but nothing in the app requires it.
Which markets can I practise on StockYatra?
Three, from one account: Nepal’s NEPSE (31 stocks, priced in Rs.), India’s NSE (30 large caps such as RELIANCE and TCS, priced in ₹) and US stocks on the “Forex” board (30 names such as AAPL and NVDA, priced in $). That is 91 live-simulated stocks, with more markets on the way.
Do I need a Demat account, KYC or a broker?
No. Because no real securities are traded, there is no Demat account, no BOID, no broker and no KYC. You sign up, receive your coins and can place your first paper trade in about a minute.
Are the prices real?
They are live-simulated for practice: every stock ticks through the day on StockYatra’s market engine, anchored to the company’s real-world price level, so it moves and feels like a real market. It is not an official exchange feed and should never be used for real-money decisions.
What is the Yatra Bazaar?
An in-app cosmetics shop on the web terminal: avatar frames, titles, banners, chat bubbles, name colours and trophies that show on the leaderboard, in chat and on your public profile. Items are bought only with coins you earned inside the simulator — topped-up coins are for trading — so nothing there costs real money.
Which platforms is StockYatra on?
iPhone and iPad (App Store), Android (Google Play) and the web terminal at trade.stockyatra.com. One account carries your coins, positions, watchlist, friends and progress across all of them.
