For clubs and teachers
The technical-finance lab for high-school clubs.
A ready-to-run six-week program. Students learn by coding real market models in the browser and finish with a capstone they can show. You get a plan for every meeting and a clear view of who's keeping up.
- ✓ Math clubs
- ✓ Coding and CS clubs
- ✓ Investing clubs
- ✓ Economics and DECA/FBLA
- ✓ Competition teams
- ✓ AP Stats, Calc and CS classes
Six weeks, one meeting each
From how markets work to a capstone, in order, with nothing to prepare.
Week 1
Markets and risk
Price a share, read a bid-ask spread, and measure why two stocks are safer than one.
Week 2
Options and payoffs
Sketch call and put payoffs and spot a mispriced option with put-call parity.
Week 3
Pricing
Implement Black-Scholes in Python until it matches the reference price.
Week 4
Risk sensitivities
Compute the Greeks and explain one to the group with a real-world analogy.
Week 5
Research discipline
Backtest a strategy and find where look-ahead or survivorship bias could fool you.
Week 6
Portfolio capstone
Submit and present a capstone: a question, code that answers it, and an honest result.
Zero prep for the leader
A plan for every meeting
This week's goal, discussion prompts and common sticking points, right on your class page.
Messages ready to send
A weekly note with the lessons, due date and link, plus a friendly nudge for anyone behind.
A scorecard, not a spreadsheet
Who started, who's active each week, who needs help and why, and every capstone. Export it anytime.
Why code, not a stock game
| Question | Stock games and finance-literacy courses | StrikeLab |
|---|---|---|
| What students do | Pick stocks in a simulator or read about finance | Write the models themselves: pricing, risk, backtests |
| What they finish with | A leaderboard rank or a quiz score | A capstone: a question, working code and an honest result |
| What the leader gets | A class list | A weekly plan, ready-to-send messages and a scorecard |
Safe to bring to your school
- Built for ages 13–18. No ads, no selling data, no public profiles or leaderboards for students.
- Student work is private to the student and their leader unless the student shares it.
- Students can delete their account and everything in it at any time.
- We'll help with your district's student-data agreement. Read the privacy page.
Questions
Does the leader need finance or coding experience?
No. The lessons teach the material; the weekly plan tells you how to run the meeting, what to ask, and where students usually get stuck.
Can students use it outside the meeting?
Yes. Lessons are short, run on any laptop or Chromebook, and pick up where each student left off. Most of the work can happen in the meeting if you prefer.
What do I see as the leader?
Who has started, who's active each week, week-4 retention, who needs a nudge (and why), and each student's capstone, with a CSV export for your records.
Is anything public?
No. Student work is private to the student and their leader. A student can create a share link for their capstone, which hides their name and stops working when they turn it off.
Google Classroom or SSO?
Not yet. Students join with one invite link and a free account.
What does it cost?
The pilot is free. After it, $199/year for a club or $499/year for a school instructor. Students never pay.
Teaching AP Stats or AP Calc? See how the lessons line up.