About TradeHQ

TradeHQ is a free educational trading simulator built by Anuga Weerasinghe. It is not a brokerage and uses virtual money. Core simulator features work without signup; the site also uses third-party services including advertising.

Who builds TradeHQ

TradeHQ is built and maintained by Anuga Weerasinghe as an independent educational project. It began as a way to let students in markets with limited access to brokerage accounts learn how trading actually works before risking money they cannot afford to lose.

TradeHQ is not a brokerage, not a registered investment adviser, and not affiliated with any exchange or broker. It holds no client money because it never handles money at all.

How the content is produced

  • Lessons and guides are written for TradeHQ, not syndicated from elsewhere.
  • Factual claims about market mechanics cite exchange, regulator or central-bank documentation where possible.
  • Nothing on the site forecasts prices, and no page recommends an instrument.
  • Errors are corrected when reported; the contact page is the fastest route.

How the project is funded

TradeHQ is free to use with no subscription and no paid tier. It is not funded by broker referrals or by payment for asset coverage, and no company pays to appear in a lesson, comparison or guide.

Why this site exists

Most people meet trading through advertising: a broker campaign, an influencer's screenshot, or an app that makes placing an order feel like a game. Almost none of that explains what an order actually does, what position sizing is, or how quickly leverage removes an account. TradeHQ exists to be the boring middle step between that advertising and someone's savings.

TradeHQ does not present practice results as evidence of future income. Community Reviews publish visitor-submitted feedback without independently verifying identity or experience. The Community Practice Board displays server-recorded ranked simulated portfolios, not verified investment returns.

Editorial standards

  • No price predictions, targets, signals or 'best asset' rankings anywhere on the site.
  • No invented statistics, testimonials, credentials or performance figures.
  • Numbers in lessons are worked examples and are labelled as such.
  • Every page states that the platform is educational and simulated.
  • Corrections are made promptly when a factual error is reported.

Contacting the maintainer

The contact page reaches the person who writes and maintains everything here. Corrections, bug reports and feature requests all go to the same place; response times vary with request volume.

Educational simulation only — not financial advice. TradeHQ is a free educational paper-trading simulator. No real money is traded and no content here is a recommendation.