Is this real money?
No. Every order uses virtual money, and no real trade reaches a market. Real-day drills replay historical stock or crypto prices, while DEMO uses synthetic data and is not a real stock. Blind Drill is not a broker. Its purpose is practice and review; simulated gains and losses do not predict live trading results.
Does Blind Drill give investment advice or trade signals?
No. Blind Drill supplies neither investment advice nor trade ideas, signals, tips or alerts. You choose your own orders and rules within a historical simulation. The discipline grade shows how you followed the rules checked during that drill. A high grade does not mean a strategy is suitable for you or likely to earn money.
Where does the stock data come from, and why is volume lower?
Stock bars are built from actual trades on IEX, a US national stock exchange. Prices are real trades, but volume includes IEX trades only, not activity across the whole market. Coverage runs from 04:00 to 16:00 ET. In regular hours, a minute with no IEX trade produces a flat bar at the previous price. VWAP starts at 09:30 ET.
Where do crypto prices come from?
Crypto prices come from decentralized exchange trading pools, also called on-chain markets. They can differ slightly from prices on centralized exchanges. Available pairs include assets such as BTC, ETH and SOL against the US dollar. Crypto quantities are units rather than shares and can be fractional. Replays use historical 1-minute bars, not live data.
Why does crypto use UTC?
A crypto day in Blind Drill is a UTC calendar day, from 00:00 to 23:59 UTC. The replay clock uses that same reference, and crypto VWAP is measured from 00:00 UTC. Blind crypto drills begin at 13:30 UTC. Stock sessions use ET instead, so check the displayed time zone when moving between markets.
Why might my fills differ from a broker's?
Blind Drill models orders from 1-minute bars. Market orders fill at the next bar's open plus slippage. Limits fill at the open if price already passed the limit, otherwise when touched at the limit price. Stops trigger when touched, plus slippage. If a stop and target are touched in one bar, the stop is assumed first. These are simulated fills, not real execution.
What is a blind drill?
Blind Drill chooses a lively historical day and hides the ticker and date until the session ends. You trade one bar at a time with virtual money, using only the bars released so far. Stock drills start at 09:30 ET and crypto drills at 13:30 UTC. At the end, the identity is revealed and the remaining day appears in grey.
How are lively stock days chosen?
For each stock, eligible days have first-two-hour movement at least as large as that stock's typical day in the library. The comparison is specific to the stock, rather than a single movement threshold for every symbol. This is a selection rule for the drill. It does not promise that a chosen day has an easy or profitable setup.
Can I pick my own stock, pair and day?
Yes. Members can choose a stock or crypto pair, an available day and their own start time. US stocks and ETFs come from a rolling library of recent sessions, roughly the last month, with a new day added every trading day. The selection depends on what is in the library. Market data cannot be exported or downloaded.
Why is there no Level 2 or tick data?
Blind Drill replays historical 1-minute bars containing open, high, low, close and volume. Those bars do not provide Level 2 order-book information or the sequence of individual ticks. The fill model works within that limitation. Use the trainer to practice decisions and rule adherence; its chart does not show the detail needed to reproduce tick-by-tick execution.
Can I change my rules, and why do they lock?
You can edit rules before the first fill. They then lock for that session so the grade remains tied to those settings. Defaults are a $25,000 account, 1% maximum risk per trade, 3% maximum daily loss, 3 trades and a chasing threshold of 1.5% from VWAP. Slippage and commission defaults differ between stocks and crypto.
How is the discipline score calculated?
It starts at 100, with timestamped deductions for rule breaks. Missing a stop or trading after the daily loss limit costs 20 points. Excess risk, widening a stop or adding to a loser costs 15. Chasing beyond the VWAP threshold, re-entering within 3 minutes of a losing exit or exceeding the trade limit costs 10. The score ranges from 0 to 100.
Can I use Blind Drill on a phone?
Yes. The phone layout puts Day P&L and your position in a strip, with a chart sized to the screen and a bottom bar for Play, Next bar, Buy and Short. A panel contains Order, Open position, My rules and Activity tabs. The same drill, order controls and scorecard are available for practice on a smaller screen.
How does the 7-day free trial work?
A new email signup starts 7 days of full access. No card is required, and nothing is charged when it ends. There is one trial per email address. Sign-in uses a one-time email link that expires in 30 minutes, with no password. Blind Drill sends a reminder 2 days before the trial ends and a notice when it ends.
What happens after the free trial?
Drills on real trading days pause until you choose a paid plan. Your previous sessions and scores stay saved in your account, and the synthetic demo day stays open. The trial does not automatically turn into a paid subscription. You can review the pricing options and decide whether you want to continue with real-day drills.
What do the plans cost, and do their features differ?
Every plan has the same features. Monthly costs $15 and renews each month until canceled. Yearly costs $99, about $8.25 a month, and renews annually until canceled. Founders lifetime costs $149 once for access as long as Blind Drill runs. All prices are in US dollars; sales tax or VAT may be added at checkout depending on your country.
How do I cancel or switch a subscription?
Use your account page to manage billing through Paddle. You can cancel at any time or switch between monthly and yearly. Cancellation stops further charges, while access continues until the end of the period already paid for. A subscription price change will not apply before the next renewal, and subscribers are told about changes in advance.
Can I request a refund?
Yes. A full refund is available on request within 14 days of any payment, including a renewal. This is not limited to the first purchase. Cancellation is a separate way to stop future subscription charges, and can be managed through your account page. Read the terms of use for the payment and refund conditions together.
What does founders lifetime mean?
It means one payment of $149, no renewals and full access for as long as Blind Drill runs. It does not promise that the service will operate forever. The offer is limited to the first 100 buyers, with a live remaining-seat count on the pricing page. A seat is personal and cannot be transferred to someone else.
Who takes the payment and sends the receipt?
Paddle.com is Blind Drill's online reseller and Merchant of Record for all orders. Paddle runs checkout, charges the card, handles sales tax and VAT, sends receipts and hosts the billing page for card updates and cancellation. Blind Drill never sees your card numbers. Checkout opens only when you choose a plan; a free trial needs no card.
How do I delete my account?
Use Delete account on the account page to remove your email, sessions and scores. Cancel any running subscription first. Deleting the account is permanent, so review what you need before confirming. Paddle keeps transaction records as required by law. For details about account and practice data, read the privacy policy.
How long is a drill, and can I pause?
There is no fixed session length. Play, pause, advance one bar or end whenever you want. Speeds are 1, 2, 4 or 10 bars per second, with 2 as the default. At that default, a full regular stock session takes a little over 3 minutes to replay, plus your pauses. You can take the time your decisions need.