Practical, jargon-free guides on paper trading, charting, risk management and the markets of Asia. Read, then practise it free on StockYatra.
Real data from StockYatra's launch: 2,150 members, 17,500+ practice trades, a 1,013-person peak day, 36% next-day return and what we changed because of it.
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Real StockYatra learning data: 1,054 lessons completed, 357 verified certificates, and NEPSE Basics as the most-finished course. What beginners study first, and why.
StockYatra 2.1 brings pro charts to your phone: 46 indicators, RSI and MACD panes, hollow candles, Renko, line break and OHLC bars, plus a full-screen order ticket.
Lumi is StockYatra's AI market buddy. Ask in Nepali, Hindi or English and get short, clear answers about charts, indicators, IPOs and the app. Education only, never tips.
StockYatra 2.1 is now on the App Store and Google Play: Lumi AI in Nepali, Hindi and English, pro charts with 46 indicators, chat with friends, leagues and the monthly Cup.
A step-by-step routine to practise reading charts without risking money: use bar replay on the free StockYatra charts to hide the future, make a call, check it, keep score, then paper trade in the app.
Candlestick, hollow candle, OHLC bar, line, Heikin Ashi, Renko and line break charts compared: how each is built, what it is good at, what it hides, and when a beginner should use it.
What a moving average is, how a simple (SMA) and exponential (EMA) moving average differ, how to pick a length, what golden and death crosses are, and why crossovers fail in sideways markets.
A plain-language guide to RSI and MACD: how each is calculated in principle, how to read overbought, oversold, crossovers and divergence, and the market conditions where both give bad signals.
What support and resistance are, why they work, how to draw them as zones, what happens when they break, and the mistakes beginners make. Worked examples with simple round numbers.
Learn to read candlestick charts step by step: open, high, low and close, bodies and wicks, timeframes, candles in groups, volume, and the mistakes beginners make. With free charts to practise on.
From 124 sign-ups in August to 1,593 in September, and 1,014 daily actives on a single day: what drove a Nepal-built paper-trading app's first growth month — lessons in Nepali, community, and shipping daily.
On StockYatra, 6,685 of 9,263 closed practice trades made a profit. Real traders do not win 72% of the time. What the simulator cannot teach you, and how to practise so the habits transfer.
NABIL, NTC, NICA, NIFRA, GBIME and UPPER: the NEPSE shares first-time investors practise on most, from 10,000 paper trades on StockYatra — plus the US and Indian favourites. Data, not advice.
Real numbers from StockYatra: when beginners trade, how long they hold, how many go long vs short, how many use leverage, and what it says about learning the stock market in Nepal.
Why a team in Nepal is building a world-class, learning-first paper trading app: our mission, the principles we build by, who we build for and where we go next.
An honest 15-point checklist for choosing the best paper trading app in 2026: cost, markets, realism, learning, habit, community, safety and access.
Most practice tools are English-only, built for big markets, and leave you to learn alone. See what global paper trading apps miss and how StockYatra fills it.
New in StockYatra: a Watch feed, lesson videos in Nepali, English and Hindi, chat shortcuts, Loved by Users, a 20,000-coin Rate Us bonus and Promote & Earn.
Track open and upcoming Nepal IPOs, FPOs, right shares and mutual funds in StockYatra, then apply on Meroshare step by step and check your IPO result.
Yatra Bazaar sells frames, titles, banners, chat bubbles, name colours and trophies for earned virtual coins, from 30,000 to 10 crore. Cosmetic only.
How StockYatra turns paper trading into a daily habit: five weekly leagues from Fox to Lion, league points, streak freezes and a daily Bull-or-Bear call.
StockYatra has 117 stock market lessons, each with a short explainer video in Nepali, English and Hindi, plus quizzes and practice with virtual coins. Free.
Swipe short stock market videos in Nepali, English and Hindi: help videos, lesson explainers and creator clips. Like, comment, share and save, all free.