Paper account
Cash and positions are simulated separately for each user. No real funds are connected.
ASTER runs on live IEX market data and personal simulated accounts — see exactly what that means.
Read the market before you risk a cent.
ASTER runs the whole flow — order ticket, positions, account activity, and a personal simulated portfolio — against live market quotes, so every decision leaves a record you can inspect.
- Account
- Personal simulation
- Order types
- Market · Limit
- Execution
- ASTER simulation
- Markets
- US equities
The order ticket
Four fields in. One paper order out.
Pick a side, a symbol, an order type, and a size. ASTER checks the risk limits, simulates the order using a fresh quote, and records the result.
Open the order ticketSideBuy
SymbolAAPL
TypeLimit
Quantity12
Limit price$226.10
Est. value$2,713.20
Live quotes
The book, as the engine sees it.
The same Alpaca IEX feed the workspace trades against, refreshed every five seconds. Orders and balances are simulated separately for each user.
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Not investment advice.
What you get
The parts of a brokerage that are easy to skip.
The interesting part of a trading product is not the chart. It is whether the account adds up afterwards.
Order types
Market and limit orders are simulated against available market quotes.
Risk guard
ASTER checks share and notional limits, and rejects a stale quote, before an order is simulated.
Account activity
Your simulated fills and cash movements appear in your account history.
Straight answers
No returns are promised here, because none can be.
ASTER does not offer plans, yields, or payouts on a timer. It is a paper-trading workspace for learning how ordering, holding, and settling actually work with simulated accounts. If a site guarantees you a fixed percentage on a schedule, that is not trading — close the tab.
Read how the paper account worksPromised returnNone
Cash typePaper cash
Fill sourceASTER simulation
Balance checkVirtual balance
Real capitalNever
Open an account and place your first paper order.
Four steps to a workspace tied to personal simulated accounts — identity, location, security, review. No card, no deposit, no real money.