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 — SPY and QQQ — and teach the whole thing from candlesticks up. No experience, no buy-in, no catch.

01 / Aboutwho runs this

Three students who wanted
less theory, more screen time.

The IA Stock Simulation Club teaches you to read and trade the market the way it actually moves — monthly workshops plus a club competition where everyone trades the same starting balance and the leaderboard tells the truth.

On the record
Founded2025
SchoolInnovation Academy
AdvisorCoach Wallace
MembersOpen enrollment
PlatformTradingView
01
Krishna Osgood
Co-founder
Builds and runs the website, the TradingView setup, and the leaderboard that updates every Monday. If it's technical, it's his.
02
Phoenix Vance
Co-founder
Handles the school side — rooms, recruiting, logistics — and runs the front of the room at every meeting.
03
Nasir Sodiq
Co-founder
Writes the curriculum, the competition rules, and every workshop. The reason the club actually teaches something.
02 / Competitionthe rulebook

$100,000.
One year. One winner.

Trade whatever you want — we focus on and teach the ETFs most people start with. Highest portfolio value in May takes it. Here's the whole rulebook, no fine print.

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 — that's 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. Keeps a single lucky all-in from deciding the season.
R5Staying activeThree trades a week, minimum. Miss two weeks running without a heads-up and you drop off the board.
R6ReportingScreenshot your portfolio and submit it every Sunday by 11:59 ET. The board updates Monday. ▲ weekly
R7The resetBlow up your account? One reset per season, but it drops you to $90,000. Spend it wisely.
R8WinningHighest portfolio value when the season closes in May. Winner gets the prize, the top spot, and a feature here.
03 / The Seasonten meetings

Two halves,
one climbing board.

Fall builds the fundamentals. Spring goes deep — patterns, sectors, macro, portfolio construction. You 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 & the reveal
Final boardWinnerTop-3 talks
This monthThe board locks, the winner's announced, the prize is handed over, and the top three walk everyone through their year.
04 / Leaderboardlive standings

The board
doesn't lie.

Everyone starts at the same $100,000. From there it's just trades and time. Updated every Monday, all season.

CUTOFF Sun 11:59 ET
UPDATES Mondays
RANK BY Portfolio value
SEASON_01 / 2025–26Opens August
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Nobody's traded yet.
Set your account up now so you're on the board the first Monday.
Set up your account
05 / Resourceslearn it

Everything we'd hand a
brand-new trader.

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.

IA STOCK SIMULATION CLUB / iastocksimulation.com