Personal Finance Lesson Plans

We want to make it as easy as possible to teach real personal finance skills to your students, so we have been working with our friends at EconEdLink.org, along with our own team of personal finance experts and educators, to build a set of the best lesson plans and teacher resources anywhere in the world. Read More…

HTMW Webinars: Upcoming Sessions and Resources

Welcome to HowTheMarketWorks, The Best Free Stock Market Game! Get ready for our webinar series, where we will go through all the features of using HowTheMarketWorks in your class or club, and answer any questions you may have about the totally FREE platform! If you missed our last webinar, you can view a recording of Read More…

NYSE Teacher Workshops

TEACHERS: Come to New York this Summer and Attend a 5 Day Training Session at the New York Stock Exchange–Financial Aid is available to cover travel!– Financial Aid requests due May 1st. Registration Forms due May 17th NYSE-SEC Summer Teacher Workshops are offered for teachers who want an in depth stock market experience and are Read More…

Teachers Guide

This is a free site created to help you and your students. There will never be any cost to
you, and you can use it as long as you wish.

Contest Help

Our FREE Stock Market Game allows to you create or join up to 4 stock contests and also create 3 personal portfolios!

Create a Contest

Create a virtual stock market game or a stock market contest on How The Market Works.

The stock market can seem overwhelming to beginners, so we have compiled a short list of how to get started in our market game.

Teacher Resource Center

Lesson plans for every level of education, chat with other instructors, how to create a game, and much more.

Teachers Lounge

Chat with other educators about your problems, share lesson plans, learn about other instructor’s experience and successes.