Free paper trading and market research for India

Practise Nifty options with virtual money. Research every NSE stock and IPO.

An option chain with greeks, pro charts and a ₹50,000 paper account, next to IPO GMP, volume spikes, a Nifty 500 heatmap and fundamentals for about 3,200 NSE stocks. Same market, same charges, zero risk.

  • Real NSE and BSE market data
  • No KYC, no real money
  • Real brokerage and margin
Market pulse · Nifty 50023 Oct session
-1.47%
Market-cap weighted move
41 up
441 down
Construction Materials
+0.13%
Oil Gas & Consumable Fuels
-0.32%
Information Technology
-0.34%
Capital Goods
-2.81%
BLS Polymers logoHottest IPO by GMPBLS Polymers+23.33%
NSE stocks with charts and financials
3,200+
NSE stocks with charts and financials
IPOs tracked with GMP right now
30
IPOs tracked with GMP right now
stocks scanned for volume spikes
500
stocks scanned for volume spikes
index option chains: Nifty, Bank Nifty, Sensex
3
index option chains: Nifty, Bank Nifty, Sensex
virtual capital in every new account
₹50,000
virtual capital in every new account

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Four steps from
zero to your first trade.

No broker, no KYC, no funding. Everything below runs on real market data with virtual money.

01

Join the free beta

Sign up with your email, confirm it with a 6-digit code, and you start with ₹50,000 of virtual capital.

02

Read the chain

Nifty, Bank Nifty and Sensex option chains with open interest, IV, greeks and max pain.

03

Place the trade

Market or limit, single leg or a ready-made strategy. Brokerage, STT and GST come off the fill, and writing options blocks SPAN plus exposure margin.

04

Manage and review

Drag a stop, target or trailing stop on the chart, then check the equity curve and win rate to see what your edge really is.

Learn the basics

Short guides for new traders

Why paper trade before you trade real money?

Most new F&O traders lose money in their first year, usually on mistakes that cost nothing to learn in practice: oversized positions, no stop-loss, buying options days before expiry while theta eats the premium.

Paper trading with virtual money lets you test a setup, learn how margin and charges work and build a record of your own results before a single rupee is at risk.

Start practising

What IPO GMP tells you (and what it doesn't)

Grey market premium is the unofficial price above the issue price at which an IPO changes hands before listing. Issue price + GMP gives a rough estimated listing price.

It moves with market mood and can flip in a day, so read it with the subscription numbers, especially QIB demand, and the company's own financials.

See today's IPO GMP

How to read an option chain

Calls sit on the left, puts on the right, and each row is a strike. Heavy call OI often marks resistance and heavy put OI support. The put-call ratio sums up which side is busier.

IV shows how expensive options are; delta and theta show how a premium will react to the index and to time. Max pain is the strike where option buyers lose the most at expiry.

Open the option chain

Questions, answered straight.

What is ShareSetu?
ShareSetu is a free paper trading and market research site for Indian markets. You practise Nifty, Bank Nifty and Sensex options with virtual money on real market data, and research NSE stocks, IPOs and new listings without signing up.
Is any real money involved?
No. No order is ever sent to an exchange and no funds are held or moved. Every new account starts with ₹50,000 of virtual capital, so the only thing you can lose is time.
Is the market data real?
Yes. Prices, the option chain, open interest, IV and greeks come from a third-party market data feed. If the feed is down the site says 'No data available'; it never invents a price.
What is IPO GMP and how often is it updated?
GMP (grey market premium) is the unofficial premium an IPO trades at before listing. ShareSetu refreshes GMP and subscription every 30 minutes and shows the estimated listing price, a 0–5 fire rating and the full GMP trend for each issue. GMP is indicative only, not a guarantee.
Are brokerage, taxes and margins realistic?
Yes. Brokerage, STT, exchange charges, SEBI fees, GST and stamp duty are applied at FY 2026-27 rates, and writing an option blocks SPAN plus exposure margin as a broker would.
Do I need an account?
Not for research: Markets, stocks, the heatmap and every IPO page are open to everyone. Paper trading needs a free account (free during the beta) so your balance, positions and history follow you between devices.
Will my paper trading results match real trading?
Not exactly. Fills use the quoted price, but slippage, thin liquidity and partial fills are not fully modelled, so a strategy can behave worse with real money and real size.

Make your next mistake with virtual money.

Learn the option chain, test a strategy and see your real win rate before anything is at stake. Free while in beta.