Practise every trade on a live chart, without risking money
The MarkIQ SI Trading Desk is a full trading workspace in your browser. Place paper trades on live prices, size them by risk, see the news on the candles, and review what works, all on one screen, before you risk real money.
Trade on paper like on a real platform
A virtual 10,000 USD account
Every trader gets a paper account to practise with. Trades fill on bid and ask prices, so the spread counts like it does at a broker.
Market, limit and stop orders
Buy or sell at market, or place limit and stop orders, each with a stop loss and take profit.
Drag your stop and target on the chart
Stop loss, take profit and pending order lines sit on the chart. Drag them to a new level and the order updates.
Size by lots or by risk %
Enter the percent of your balance you want to risk and the ticket works out the lot size from your stop distance, so every trade risks what you planned.
Many markets, every timeframe
Gold, silver, platinum and palladium; forex majors, crosses and exotics; stock indices; 20 major cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, XRP and Solana; oil and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 ETFs; and synthetic indices. Timeframes from 1 second to monthly.
Light or dark
Switch the whole desk between a dark and a white theme.
Analysis on the same chart
Chart Analysis
One tap draws the trend, the key zones and trade plans with trigger, invalidation and target on your chart, from real price data, with alerts when a setup lines up.
Market Scanner
Scans many markets and timeframes for ICT and SMC setups, supply and demand, candle patterns and indicator signals, with alerts.
Multi-timeframe, correlation and exposure
See several timeframes at once and how your open trades overlap across markets.
Why it moved and Replay
Releases and headlines are pinned to the candles they moved. Replay any past release or any date candle by candle to practise.
Drawing tools and presets
Draw on the chart, manage objects and save chart layouts as presets.
Discipline and review
Prop Challenge tracker
Track a prop firm challenge: profit target, daily loss room and total drawdown left.
Trade Journal
Log your trades and see what works and what does not.
Heads-up before the news
If a high-impact release is 5 to 35 minutes away for a market you have a trade on, you get one alert on the site and on Telegram.
Watch the NFP agent trade
On US jobs report days the Trading Agent tab shows an AI agent paper-trading gold and EUR/USD from the official numbers, with every step logged.
Leaderboard
Paper results of manual traders and bots, with realistic spreads and commission, ranked by % return with a 30-trade minimum.
Learn to trade with us
Practice helps most when someone shows you what to practise. The MarkIQ SI Academy teaches the skills behind every trade you place on the desk. Classes run in person at the MarkIQ SI trading floor in Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, and online for students anywhere.
Beginner: Market Foundations
How forex, gold, oil, indices and crypto work; spreads, pips, lots and leverage; reading candlesticks, trends, support and resistance; stop loss, take profit and position sizing; and your first written trading plan, practised on demo and paper trades.
Intermediate: Forex Market Analysis
Market structure and multi-timeframe analysis, supply and demand zones, indicators as filters, the economic data and central banks, putting technical and fundamental analysis together, and managing trades with moving stops and partial profits.
Pro: Complete Forex Trader Program
The full path over 18 weeks: foundations, risk management and trading psychology, technical analysis including smart money concepts, fundamental analysis, trading automation, prop firm challenge preparation and mentored practice on the trading floor or online.
Practise what you learn
Each week ends with practice on the tools: sizing trades with the risk calculator, logging them in the Trade Journal, finding setups with the Market Scanner and running a mock prop challenge.
How to start
- Open the Trading Desk and pick a market and timeframe.
- Create a free account so your paper trades are saved.
- Set your risk % in the ticket, place the stop and target, then buy or sell.
- Drag the lines on the chart to manage the trade.
- Review your results in the Trade Journal and on the leaderboard.
Paper trading uses virtual money only. Results on paper do not guarantee results with real money. MarkIQ SI provides education and market information, not financial advice. Trading carries a high risk of loss.
Questions
Is the MarkIQ SI Trading Desk free?
Yes. The chart, paper trading and the tools on the desk are free, with daily limits on some tools.
Do I need an account to paper trade?
You can look at the chart and tools without one. A free account (email link, no password) saves your paper trades and balance.
How are paper trades filled?
Buys fill at the ask and sells at the bid, so the spread counts. Limit and stop orders fill when price reaches them, and stop loss and take profit close the trade at those levels.
Can I size a trade by risk?
Yes. Enter a risk % in the trade ticket and it calculates the lot size from your stop distance and balance.
Does the Trading Desk connect to my broker?
No. The desk trades on paper only. MarkIQ SI never asks for your trading password and never trades real money for you.
Which markets can I practise on?
Gold and other metals, forex majors, crosses and exotics, stock indices, 20 major cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, XRP, Solana and more), oil, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 ETFs, and synthetic indices.
Can MarkIQ SI teach me how to trade?
Yes. The MarkIQ SI Academy teaches trading from beginner to advanced: Beginner, Intermediate and the Pro: Complete Forex Trader Program, covering risk management, technical and fundamental analysis, trading psychology and prop firm preparation. Classes are in person in Abeokuta, Nigeria, and online. Outlines and prices are at markiqsi.com/courses.
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