NEPSE practice trading

Practise on the real market.
Pay the real costs.

Place limit orders on live NEPSE prices with virtual money. Every ticket charges broker commission, the SEBON fee, the DP charge and capital gains tax, exactly as a real trade would, so what you learn transfers.

Trading arena · Season 4

Rs. 11,24,000

Virtual balance · +12.4%

18 days left
1gyanu_fx
+42.8%
2lagani_raja
+31.0%
7You
+12.4%
8bear_bhai
-3.2%
Order estimateRs. 19,880.00
CommissionRs. 65.00
SEBONRs. 3.00
DP chargeRs. 25.00
Net receivableRs. 19,787.00

Illustrative. Sample app screen. Figures are examples, not live NEPSE data.

An arena order, in full

Buy 100 NABIL at Rs 512.00, sell at Rs 560.00.

The share price moves 9.38% in your favour: a Rs 4,800.00 gain on paper. Broker commission, the SEBON fee, the DP charge and capital gains tax take Rs 857.86 of it, 17.87% of the gain, gone before it reaches you. A practice account that ignores fees shows you the first number and never the second.

Every arena ticket shows this breakdown before you confirm, using the same engine as the calculators.

Buy side

100 shares at Rs 512.00
Rs 51,200.00
Broker commissionTiered by trade value: 0.33% here
Rs 168.96
SEBON fee0.015% of the trade
Rs 7.68
DP chargeFlat, per scrip per settlement
Rs 25.00
Total payable
Rs 51,401.64
Real cost per share
Rs 514.02

Sell side, held under a year

100 shares at Rs 560.00
Rs 56,000.00
Commission, SEBON and DP
Rs 218.20
Capital gains tax10.0% short-term rate
Rs 438.02
Net receivable
Rs 55,343.78
Actual profit
Rs 3,942.14

Rates as applied by the app: SEBON commission circular (2024-25 reduced scale), DP charge Rs 25 flat, CGT per the FY 2083/84 schedule effective 17 July 2026. Short-term is a holding of up to 365 days. Hold this same trade past a year and the tax falls to the long-term rate.

Why the fees matter

A practice account without fees teaches you that a small favourable move is a profit. On NEPSE it often is not. Charging the real costs is what makes a practice result worth trusting.

What it teaches

Four habits the arena builds.

Order mechanics, cost awareness, honest comparison, and the reflexes that hold when the money is real.

  • Limit orders, learned without the tuition fee

    Place a limit order, watch it fill or expire, and understand what day validity means, all without any real money changing hands. The lesson lands differently when it costs nothing.

  • What fees do to a trade

    Every arena order shows broker commission, SEBON fee, DP charge and capital gains tax before you confirm. Most paper trading skips this. The arena does not, because fees are what turn a winning idea into a flat result.

  • A leaderboard that is a fair test

    Every season ends with a ranked table. Your position reflects your decisions, not luck: the same prices, same fees, same starting balance for everyone.

  • Reflexes that hold under real conditions

    The arena mirrors actual NEPSE mechanics: real prices, real costs, real order types. The habits you build in practice are the ones that show up when you trade for real.

How it works

Three steps to your first practice trade.

The order matters here: you check the balance, place the order, then read the result against everyone else.

  • Open the arena and check your balance

    Each season starts with a fresh virtual cash balance. Open the arena tab, see your current holdings and how the season stands, then decide what you want to buy.

  • Place a limit order

    Pick a stock, set the price you want, and confirm. The order ticket shows broker commission, SEBON fee, DP charge and capital gains tax before you tap confirm, exactly as it would on a real trade.

  • Watch it settle and compare on the leaderboard

    Your order fills at the real market price if the conditions are met, or expires at end of day if not. Check the leaderboard to see where your season return sits against other participants.

Next

When the practice is over.

Arena questions

Answered honestly.

New to order types? Read how NEPSE trading works.

Virtual trading, sometimes called paper trading, is practising the stock market with pretend money. You place real-looking buy and sell orders on real stocks at real prices, but nothing is deducted from your bank account. The point is to learn how the market behaves before you put actual rupees on the line.

No. Every order in the arena uses virtual cash. There is no connection to your broker account, no real DEMAT, and nothing leaves your wallet. You can buy, sell, and lose the entire balance without a single paisa at stake.

Yes. The arena uses live NEPSE market data, the same feed that drives the rest of the app. When you place a limit order in the arena, it fills at the actual market price, not a simulated one. If NABIL trades at Rs. 512, your arena order executes at Rs. 512.

Because a practice that ignores fees teaches you the wrong habit. In real NEPSE trading, every buy and sell carries broker commission, a SEBON regulatory fee, a DP charge on sells, and capital gains tax. The arena charges all four on every order so your results mean something: a trade that looks profitable in the arena will look the same when you do it for real.

Each season starts with the same virtual balance for every participant. You trade freely across the season window using real NEPSE prices. At the end, the leaderboard ranks everyone by portfolio return. Seasons reset so new and experienced traders start equal each time.

Yes. The full arena, including order placement, the leaderboard, and the fee breakdown on every ticket, is free on iOS and Android.

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