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State of Nepal's new investors.

What first-time investors actually do when nothing is at stake — from every practice trade on StockYatra. Anonymised and aggregate; no individual is identifiable. Free to quote with a link. As of 29 September 2026 at 23:38 NPT.

10,285
Practice trades
by 1,181 traders
8pm
Busiest hour
Nepal time · 802 trades
72%
Paper win rate
of 9,350 closed trades — why that's misleading
77%
Closed within 5 minutes
scalping on a fee-free engine
27%
Short trades
practising what NEPSE doesn't allow retail
31%
Used leverage
5× is the favourite setting
When

Nepal practises after dinner.

Practice trades by hour of the day, Nepal time. NEPSE itself is open 11:00–15:00, Sunday to Thursday; our users mostly learn in the evening.

02505007501,00012am: 361 trades12am1am: 208 trades2am: 78 trades3am: 57 trades3am4am: 65 trades5am: 100 trades6am: 186 trades6am7am: 361 trades8am: 502 trades9am: 544 trades9am10am: 525 trades11am: 475 trades12pm: 528 trades12pm1pm: 446 trades2pm: 544 trades3pm: 468 trades3pm4pm: 436 trades5pm: 429 trades6pm: 481 trades6pm7pm: 623 trades8pm: 802 trades8029pm: 771 trades9pm10pm: 764 trades11pm: 531 trades
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Practice trades by hour (NPT)
Buckettrades
12am361
1am208
2am78
3am57
4am65
5am100
6am186
7am361
8am502
9am544
10am525
11am475
12pm528
1pm446
2pm544
3pm468
4pm436
5pm429
6pm481
7pm623
8pm802
9pm771
10pm764
11pm531
How long

Three in four trades close within five minutes.

Time between opening and closing a practice trade. A simulator with no fees rewards the quick flip; the real market charges for it.

< 1 min: 4,156 trades (44%)< 1 min4,156 · 44%1–5 min: 3,035 trades (32%)1–5 min3,035 · 32%5–30 min: 1,216 trades (13%)5–30 min1,216 · 13%30 min–2 h: 314 trades (3%)30 min–2 h314 · 3%2 h–1 day: 509 trades (5%)2 h–1 day509 · 5%1 day–1 week: 104 trades (1%)1 day–1 week104 · 1%1 week+: 16 trades (0%)1 week+16 · 0%
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Closed trades by holding period
CategorytradesShare
< 1 min4,15644%
1–5 min3,03532%
5–30 min1,21613%
30 min–2 h3143%
2 h–1 day5095%
1 day–1 week1041%
1 week+160%
Which way

Long, mostly — but a quarter go short.

Retail investors cannot short on NEPSE. On paper, they try it.

Long · 73% · 7,559Short · 27% · 2,726
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Long vs short practice trades
SideTradesShare
Long7,55973%
Short2,72627%
How much

Leverage: most say no; those who say yes pick 5×.

1×: 7,058 trades (69%)1×7,058 · 69%2×: 1,012 trades (10%)2×1,012 · 10%3×: 387 trades (4%)3×387 · 4%4×: 83 trades (1%)4×83 · 1%5×: 1,700 trades (17%)5×1,700 · 17%10×+: 45 trades (0%)10×+45 · 0%
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Practice trades by leverage
CategorytradesShare
1×7,05869%
2×1,01210%
3×3874%
4×831%
5×1,70017%
10×+450%
What

The names beginners reach for.

Most-practised stocks on each board. This is what people practise on, not what anyone should buy — data, not advice.

Nepal (NEPSE)

NABIL: 3,928 trades (60%)NABIL3,928 · 60%NTC: 869 trades (13%)NTC869 · 13%NICA: 663 trades (10%)NICA663 · 10%NIFRA: 546 trades (8%)NIFRA546 · 8%GBIME: 331 trades (5%)GBIME331 · 5%SHIVM: 262 trades (4%)SHIVM262 · 4%
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Most-practised Nepal (NEPSE) stocks
CategorytradesShare
NABIL3,92860%
NTC86913%
NICA66310%
NIFRA5468%
GBIME3315%
SHIVM2624%

India (NSE)

RELIANCE: 284 trades (76%)RELIANCE284 · 76%TCS: 28 trades (8%)TCS28 · 8%HDFCBANK: 26 trades (7%)HDFCBANK26 · 7%SBIN: 13 trades (3%)SBIN13 · 3%TATAMOTORS: 11 trades (3%)TATAMOTORS11 · 3%ICICIBANK: 10 trades (3%)ICICIBANK10 · 3%
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Most-practised India (NSE) stocks
CategorytradesShare
RELIANCE28476%
TCS288%
HDFCBANK267%
SBIN133%
TATAMOTORS113%
ICICIBANK103%

US stocks

AAPL: 463 trades (67%)AAPL463 · 67%MSFT: 71 trades (10%)MSFT71 · 10%GOOGL: 67 trades (10%)GOOGL67 · 10%AMZN: 34 trades (5%)AMZN34 · 5%TSLA: 33 trades (5%)TSLA33 · 5%NVDA: 28 trades (4%)NVDA28 · 4%
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Most-practised US stocks stocks
CategorytradesShare
AAPL46367%
MSFT7110%
GOOGL6710%
AMZN345%
TSLA335%
NVDA284%
How many

Most people are still testing the water.

Traders grouped by how many practice trades they have placed. The median is about three; the job of the product is to move people rightwards.

1 trades: 304 traders (26%)1 trades304 · 26%2–4 trades: 424 traders (36%)2–4 trades424 · 36%5–9 trades: 236 traders (20%)5–9 trades236 · 20%10–24 trades: 137 traders (12%)10–24 trades137 · 12%25–49 trades: 51 traders (4%)25–49 trades51 · 4%50–99 trades: 20 traders (2%)50–99 trades20 · 2%100+ trades: 9 traders (1%)100+ trades9 · 1%
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Traders by number of trades placed
CategorytradersShare
1 trades30426%
2–4 trades42436%
5–9 trades23620%
10–24 trades13712%
25–49 trades514%
50–99 trades202%
100+ trades91%
Growth · last 14 days

New traders and trades, day by day.

Per Nepal-time day. Today is still in progress, so its bar is partial.

New sign-ups per day

02505007501,00016 Sept: 6 sign-ups16 Sept17 Sept: 8 sign-ups18 Sept: 1 sign-ups18 Sept19 Sept: 7 sign-ups20 Sept: 5 sign-ups20 Sept21 Sept: 6 sign-ups22 Sept: 2 sign-ups22 Sept23 Sept: 9 sign-ups24 Sept: 6 sign-ups24 Sept25 Sept: 6 sign-ups26 Sept: 75 sign-ups26 Sept27 Sept: 448 sign-ups28 Sept: 817 sign-ups81728 Sept29 Sept: 143 sign-ups
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Sign-ups per day
Bucketsign-ups
16 Sept6
17 Sept8
18 Sept1
19 Sept7
20 Sept5
21 Sept6
22 Sept2
23 Sept9
24 Sept6
25 Sept6
26 Sept75
27 Sept448
28 Sept817
29 Sept143

Practice trades per day

01,0002,0003,0004,00016 Sept: 15 trades16 Sept17 Sept: 31 trades18 Sept: 54 trades18 Sept19 Sept: 108 trades20 Sept: 54 trades20 Sept21 Sept: 50 trades22 Sept: 56 trades22 Sept23 Sept: 38 trades24 Sept: 162 trades24 Sept25 Sept: 68 trades26 Sept: 198 trades26 Sept27 Sept: 1,551 trades28 Sept: 3,401 trades3,40128 Sept29 Sept: 1,296 trades
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Trades per day
Buckettrades
16 Sept15
17 Sept31
18 Sept54
19 Sept108
20 Sept54
21 Sept50
22 Sept56
23 Sept38
24 Sept162
25 Sept68
26 Sept198
27 Sept1,551
28 Sept3,401
29 Sept1,296
Daily actives

People who opened StockYatra each day.

Distinct accounts per Nepal-time day. We started measuring on 25 September 2026.

07501,50025 Sept: 23 people25 Sept26 Sept: 96 people26 Sept27 Sept: 512 people27 Sept28 Sept: 1,014 people28 Sept29 Sept: 512 people29 Sept512
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Daily active users
Daypeople
25 Sept23
26 Sept96
27 Sept512
28 Sept1,014
29 Sept512
Community & learning

More than a simulator.

What people do between trades: talk, add friends, watch lessons, compete, and set alerts. All-time counts unless stated.

1,298
Chat messages
verified-only, moderated Global chat
384
Friendships
accepted friend pairs
1,525
In a league this week
1,589 league seats all-time
224
Bull-or-Bear calls
41% called the direction right
54
On a 3-day+ streak
right now
924
Video views
125 likes in the Watch feed
25
Price alerts set
26 Bazaar items earned
621
Verified accounts
407 by phone · 214 by email
Records

The record book.

3,401
Trades in one day
28 Sept
817
Sign-ups in one day
28 Sept
1,014
Most people in a day
daily actives peak
24.3 crore
Biggest paper portfolio
virtual coins · started with 10,000

Method and terms

Every chart is a count over practice trades and accounts on StockYatra's production database, refreshed hourly from the same API that powers the app (JSON feed). Trades are paper: virtual coins on a live-simulated market anchored to real price levels, never real securities. Nothing here is investment advice, and nothing identifies a person.

Use it. The data is published under CC BY 4.0: quote, chart or embed it with a link to stockyatra.com/data. Journalists and researchers who want a cut we don't show — by month, by market, by lesson progress — can write to hello@stockyatra.com.

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