After you sign up, the fastest way to learn Ezana is to touch each core area once. The five steps below take about an hour in total, need no connected brokerage and no real money, and leave your Home dashboard with real data to look at.
Step-by-step
- Read your first Learning Center lesson. Open Learning Center from the top nav and start “What Is the Stock Market?” in the Stocks & Investing track. Pass the short quiz at the end to record your progress.
- Create a watchlist. Open Watchlist from the top nav, click + New List, give it a name, and add a few tickers. Ezana suggests tickers that match the theme of your list name.
- Place a mock trade. Open Trading → Mock Portfolio. Your practice account starts with $100,000 of virtual cash. Search a ticker, enter a dollar amount, and click Buy.
- Research a company. Open Research → Company & Portfolio Research, search a ticker you just bought, and review its financial overview. Try comparing two companies side by side.
- Come back tomorrow. Your Home page tracks a Day Streak of consecutive days you sign in, which is an easy way to build a routine.
Each step also appears in the onboarding checklist, so you can see what you have finished and what is left.
Things to know
- Some pages are still in beta. During the current beta, pages such as Inside the Capitol, the Leaderboard, Badges, Empire Rankings, and Betting Markets may show a “coming in v1.0” notice instead of opening for your account.
- Mock trades are practice only. Nothing you do in the Mock Portfolio places a real order or moves real money.
- Dashboard looks empty? Add watchlist tickers and place a mock trade; the Home cards fill in from that activity.
- Feeling overwhelmed? Do one step per day. Your lessons, lists, and mock positions are saved to your account.
Next in Getting Started: Creating Your Ezana Finance Account and Login Streak & 30-Day Multiplier Reward.
Related articles
- The In-App Onboarding Walkthrough
- Paper Trading: Practicing With $100,000
- Creating and Organizing Watchlists
- What to Know Before You Sign Up
FAQ
Q: Do I need to connect a bank or brokerage to explore?
A: No. Lessons, watchlists, mock trading, and company research all work without linking anything.
Q: Do I have to do the steps in order?
A: No. The order is a suggestion. Each step stands on its own, and progress is saved as you go.
Q: Why does a page say “coming in v1.0”?
A: That page is part of a feature set that has not opened to all accounts during the beta yet.