
No experience needed
Beginner Trading & Investing
Learn how stocks work, then place your first simulated trades.
- Understand stocks & ownership
- Read basic charts + volume
- Define basic risk
- Place simulated buy & sell orders
2 Days · Minneapolis
Hands-on stock trading & investing education in Minneapolis.
Call: (612) 444-1726Start with the fundamentals or build on what you already know — live, in person, and hands-on.

No experience needed
Learn how stocks work, then place your first simulated trades.
2 Days · Minneapolis

For people who know the basics
Trade the live New York market session in simulation.
Mon–ThuMinneapolis
Fridays · Minneapolis
See what learning the stock market at MAAL is actually like.
Real market. Simulated capital. Free class.

Built to teach the market from zero.
Maxamed Aideed
Lead Instructor & Co-Founder
“We weren’t trying to build another place that tells people how to make money in the stock market. We set out to build the trading and investing education we would have wanted starting from zero — a room where you can ask questions, get your hands on the market, and learn how it actually works.”
— Founders Maxamed & Jamarti Aideed
Not in class. Every trade you place here is on simulated capital — you learn the discipline in live market conditions, so none of your own money is ever in the market while you are learning.
Because a feed cannot watch your screen, and it cannot answer while the decision is still in front of you. Here the instructor is in the room, and he can.
Still unsure? That is exactly what Fridays are for — take a station, place one trade in live conditions, and decide before any money changes hands.
Try a free Friday →62 lessons, written by the academy. Free to read, no email required.
EnergyPriced by a commodity it does not control, and often green on a red day.Read the lesson →
Sector LeadershipEleven sectors, and usually one is carrying the whole market.Read the lesson →
Communication ServicesA few giants of the attention economy, from platforms to telecom.Read the lesson →
TechnologyThe biggest weight in the index, and the first sector to react.Read the lesson →
Real EstateProperty as a listed income stream, moved above all by interest rates.Read the lesson →Get started