Innovation Academy · Alpharetta · Est. 2025

Learn and trade
real financial markets.

Every member gets a $100,000 practice account, a live leaderboard, and a full season to climb it. We specialize in ETFs like SPY and QQQ, and teach the fundamentals from the ground up. No prior knowledge required, and no cost to join.

Set up your account → Read the rules
01 / Aboutwho runs this

Three passionate students who
wanted hands-on experience
with the stock market.

The IA Stock Simulation Club teaches you to read and trade the market the way it actually moves, through monthly workshops and a club competition where everyone trades the same starting balance and logs their trades each week on the leaderboard.

On the record
Founded2025
SchoolInnovation Academy
AdvisorCoach Wallace
MembersOpen enrollment
PlatformTradingView
01
Krishna Osgood
Co-founder
Manages the club's technical infrastructure: the website, the TradingView setup, and the weekly leaderboard.
02
Phoenix Vance
Co-founder
Handles club operations, including rooms, recruiting, and logistics, and leads presentations at each meeting.
03
Nasir Sodiq
Co-founder
Develops the curriculum, the competition rules, and the content for every workshop.
02 / Competitionthe rulebook

One season.
One leaderboard.

Trade as much or as little as you want, with no required number of trades and no forced positions. We focus on and teach the ETFs most people start with, but the choice is yours. Here are the full rules.

R1PlatformTradingView paper trading. Real market prices, a simulated portfolio, no money down. Free, no card required.
R2What you tradeAny stock or ETF on TradingView. The club specializes in SPY and QQQ, which is what every workshop is built around.
R3HoldingHold overnight, over weekends, as long as you want. Short selling allowed. No options, no leveraged ETFs.
R4Position capMax 30% of your portfolio in any one position at entry, so no single trade decides the season.
R5Staying activeTrade as often as you like. There's no minimum. Just log your portfolio each week so the board stays current.
R6ReportingScreenshot your portfolio and submit it every Sunday by 11:59 ET. The leaderboard updates Monday.
R7The resetOne reset per season if you need it, though it restarts you at $90,000 rather than $100,000.
R8WinningThe highest portfolio value at the end of the season wins.
03 / The Seasonten meetings

Two semesters,
one curriculum.

Fall builds the fundamentals. Spring goes deeper into patterns, sectors, macro, and portfolio construction. You can trade every week in between, meetings or not.

Fall · Foundations
AUGMeeting 01
Launch & platform setup
What's a stockWhat's an ETFTradingView
This monthPlace three trades on anything. Get comfortable. Returns don't matter yet.
SEPMeeting 02
Reading a chart
CandlesticksVolumeSupport & resistance
This monthDraw two support and two resistance levels on a SPY daily chart and share it.
OCTMeeting 03
Indicators & risk
EMA 9 / 21VWAPStops
This monthOnly take trades where the 9 EMA is above the 21. Set a stop on every one.
NOVMeeting 04
Entries, exits & macro
Opening-range breakoutVWAP reclaimFed & CPI
This monthOpening-range breakouts only. Top three present how they're trading.
DECMeeting 05
Midseason review
StandingsWhat workedSpring goals
This monthPull your fall trade history. Bring your best trade, your worst, and one lesson.
Spring · Advanced
JAN/FEBMeeting 06
Advanced chart patterns
FlagsHead & shouldersDouble tops
This monthSpot a pattern forming on SPY or QQQ. Post your read and your call before you enter.
FEB/MARMeeting 07
Sector rotation & ETF deep-dive
SectorsSector ETFsSPY vs QQQ
This monthTrack which sectors lead and lag. Make one trade off rotation logic and write up why.
MAR/APRMeeting 08
Trading the macro calendar
FOMCCPI & jobsEarnings
This monthFind the next scheduled event. Call SPY's move before the print, then track what happened.
APRMeeting 09
Portfolio construction & final sprint
Position sizingDiversificationEnd-game
This monthLast full month. Look at your book and decide, deliberately, how you finish.
MAYMeeting 10 · Finale
Season finale
Final boardWinnerTop-3 talks
This monthFinal standings are locked and the winner is announced. The top three members present their approach from the season.
04 / Leaderboardlive standings

The season
leaderboard.

Everyone starts at the same $100,000. Standings are ranked by portfolio value and updated every Monday through the season.

CUTOFF Sun 11:59 ET
UPDATES Mondays
RANK BY Portfolio value
SEASON_01 / 2025–26Opens August
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The season hasn't started yet.
Set up your account now so you're on the leaderboard from the first week.
Set up your account →
05 / Resourceslearn it

Resources to get
you started.

Read

Intro to ETFs ↗Investopedia Candlestick charts ↗Investopedia Day-trading basics ↗Investopedia Support & resistance ↗Investopedia

Watch

Warrior Trading ↗Beginner day trading Rayner Teo ↗Technical analysis Investopedia ↗Fundamentals

Club tools

Onboarding guide →10-step setup · start here Club watchlist ↗TradingView · SPY + QQQ Club chart layout ↗EMA · VWAP · volume Submit weekly P&L ↗Sundays by 11:59 ET
Get in

Season one opens
in August.

No experience, no application essay. Sign up through the Innovation Academy student portal, show up to the first meeting, and you're trading. Set up your account before then so you don't lose a week.

Set up your account → iastocktrading@gmail.com
IA Stock Simulation Club · Innovation Academy · Est. 2025
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