01Start · 1,000 rating
Seaside Town
Nazım the lighthouse keeper shows you your first candle at the fish auction: open, high, low, close.
Hammer · Doji · Engulfing · Support / Resistance · Trend basics
From Seaside Town to Golden Summit
Learn to read charts
by playing
Five charts a day. The rest of the price is hidden in the fog: buy, sell or wait, and when the fog lifts you see what you read right and what you read wrong.
74–89%
The share of retail CFD accounts in Europe that lose money. The rate barely changes from one continent to another.
Source: ESMA, risk warnings published by brokers
Most traders pay for their first lesson with their own money.
Courses and mentorship packages run from $500 to $5,000, and most are one-way video. You don't learn to swim by watching videos, and in trading the pool is real money: the most expensive school in the world.
I opened my first trade on a hunch. Didn't even look at the wick. If Nazım had seen it, he'd have said “check the wick first”; now he does.
The only thing missing: risk-free, daily, measured practice.
Solve one now.
No lecture videos here. Every day, five charts land in front of you; you decide, and if you're wrong, you see why.
Read the chart
You get a candlestick chart. Its right side is hidden in fog: you can't see the future.
Make your decision
Buy, wait or sell. The stop is 1R; the exit is the close of the last candle.
Learn why
The candles are revealed, and you see right on the chart why your decision worked or didn't. Your rating updates with every puzzle.
Practice puzzle
SUPPORT
London–New York overlap · Support 3,923.01 · Second testLast close 3,936.99
Price came back to a support it bounced from before and held with lower wicks. What's your call?
This puzzle doesn't affect your rating; it's the same screen as in the app.
Open 100, high 108, low 96, close 105.
A whole morning's story in four numbers.
Nazım, Seaside Town's lighthouse keeper
Map
Five zones,
one climb
01
02
03
04
05
The route opens with your rating: Crystal Pass at 1,400, Golden Summit at 2,200. Each zone builds on the one before.
02Unlocks at 1,400 rating
Crystal Pass
Billur guides you through the mirror caves; breakout or trap, the close tells you.
Double top / bottom · Triangle · Head and shoulders · Flag · Wedge · Cup & handle
03Unlocks at 1,800 rating
Storm Ridge
Bora has logged this ridge's weather for thirty years: you check the calendar before the news.
CPI impact · FOMC reaction · NFP · News + patterns · Earnings
04Unlocks at 2,000 rating
Glacier Valley
Ayaz has one rope: the stop. Sabri makes you work out how much of your pack to spend in a day.
Risk management · Position sizing · Drawdown · Psychology · FOMO & FUD
05Unlocks at 2,200 rating
Golden Summit
Doruk keeps watch on the summit: he reads the big picture from above and looks for the entry on the small chart.
Multiple timeframes · Liquidity traps · Market psychology · Complex scenarios
In every camp, someone is waiting for you.
The morning ferry drops you off in Seaside Town. Nazım, the lighthouse keeper, teaches you to read price; Sultan, the auctioneer, shows you how price is born from haggling. Lessons are short: a story, a note, a few questions and a decision on the chart.
The full curriculum: rules and lessons of all twenty campsCamp 1 · Harbor
The language of candles
Camp 2 · Shipyard
Candlestick patterns
Camp 3 · Breakwater
Support and resistance
Camp 4 · Lighthouse
Following the trend
The four camps of Seaside Town. The camps of Crystal Pass, Storm Ridge, Glacier Valley and Golden Summit are ready too: five zones, twenty camps.
Who you'll meet on the way
Nazım · Lighthouse keeper, Seaside Town “You're looking at the summit. Everyone does. I'm Nazım; I keep the lighthouse up on that hill.”
Sultan · Auctioneer, Seaside Town “Anchovies! Opening the crate at 100! Do I hear 102? 104! Who'll give me 106?”
Deniz · Young fisher, your travel companion “From now on I'll check the wicks first. Promise.”
Billur · Pass guide, Crystal Pass “Inside, there's one rule: don't believe what you see right away. Test it first.”
Yakut · Caravan leader, Crystal Pass “I buy a thousand crates. What happens if I walk into the market and say 'I'm buying a thousand crates'?”
Bora · Weather watcher, Storm Ridge “I'm Bora; I've been logging the weather on this ridge for thirty years.”
Nevin · Telegraph operator, Storm Ridge “Everyone's expecting 3.1. What comes in may be different, and that gap is what moves the price.”
Ayaz · Rope master, Glacier Valley “One rule here: before you take a step, know what you lose if you fall.”
Sabri · Quartermaster, Glacier Valley “Your pack is your account. What's inside has to last you to the summit. The question: how much of it do you spend in a day?”
Doruk · Summit lookout, Golden Summit “I'm Doruk, the summit lookout. One rule: look from above first, then take the step.”
Arena
Same chart, two players. Who read it better?
In a shadow match you play against the recorded decisions of someone who already played these charts; in a live match, against someone who is in the Arena right now. Your Arena rating is kept separate and never touches your daily rating.
- Shadow match: any time, against a real player's decisions
- Live match: challenge someone in the Arena and play five rounds together
- Weekly league: 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw; resets on Monday
- No prizes, no money: only who read it better
Your place on the ridgeIllustrative view
- 1Each dot is a player; the higher up, the higher the rating.
- 2You're matched with players whose rating is close to yours.
- 3Beating someone stronger than you earns you more rating.
Pricing
The harbor is open to all. The road to the summit is in Summit.
Everyone sets off from the same harbor. How high you climb is up to you.
Where the road starts · Seaside Town
Explorer
Free
No card needed
The four camps of Seaside Town
- 5 puzzles a day, with a rating
- One puzzle explained every day
- Arena: shadow and live matches, weekly league
- An ember every 7-day streak: skip a day and your streak goes on
Where the road ends · Golden Summit
Summit
full access$9.99/month
or $59.99 / year · save 50% · First 7 days free
16 more camps, from Crystal Pass to Golden Summit
- Everything in Explorer
- Three explanations for every puzzle, every day
- No lock: you're in the moment your rating allows
- Hold two embers: skip two days and your streak goes on
Payment is taken through Whop; your card details never reach us. Cancel any time; access runs until the end of the period.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is VerTrader?+
VerTrader is a trading education app that teaches chart reading as a game. Every day everyone solves the same five realistic candlestick chart puzzles: the rest of the price is hidden, you decide to buy, sell or wait, then the chart opens and your decision is scored. With a rating that works like a chess rating, you climb five zones from Seaside Town to Golden Summit.
What does it teach?+
Twenty camps across five zones: candlestick charts and candlestick patterns, support and resistance, trend; breakout and retest, false breakouts, chart patterns and liquidity; the economic calendar, news candles and earnings gaps; risk, stops, position sizing, drawdown and FOMO; and in the last zone, multiple timeframes, liquidity traps and market psychology.
Does VerTrader give investment advice?+
No. VerTrader is an education and practice app. The charts and explanations in the puzzles are made only to teach technical analysis; they contain no trading signals, portfolio recommendations or investment advice.
Am I trading with real money?+
No. The app never connects to an exchange or brokerage account, and no real orders are sent. It's built entirely on simulation and puzzles.
I know nothing yet. Can I start from scratch?+
Yes. Everyone starts in Seaside Town, with the most basic topics: hammer, doji, engulfing, support and resistance. As your rating rises, new zones open on their own.
How far can I get on the free version?+
The Explorer plan is free: five puzzles a day with a rating, the four camps of Seaside Town, the Arena (shadow and live matches, weekly league), free practice, and all three explanations of one puzzle a day. Summit opens every camp from Crystal Pass to Golden Summit as your rating reaches it, and all three explanations of every puzzle. Summit's first seven days are free.
How is my rating calculated?+
With an adapted version of Glicko-2, the rating system used in chess. Every puzzle has a difficulty rating, and you play against it: a correct decision raises your rating, a wrong one lowers it, and solving a hard puzzle earns more than solving an easy one. A decision made less than 3 seconds after the chart opens is recorded and keeps your streak going, but doesn't change your rating; your rating comes from decisions made by reading the chart.
Will I lose my streak if I miss a day?+
Every 7-day streak earns you an ember. On a day you don't play, an ember burns and your campfire stays lit: that day doesn't add to the streak, but the streak doesn't break. Explorer holds at most one ember, Summit up to two. If you miss a day with no ember left, the streak starts again with your next puzzle.
How do I cancel my subscription?+
The Summit subscription is sold through Whop; your card details never reach VerTrader. You cancel with one click on the orders page of your Whop account; access continues until the end of the period you paid for. Cancel during the trial and nothing is charged.
Does it work on my phone?+
Yes. VerTrader runs in the browser; on your phone, open vertrader.com and add it to your home screen. App Store and Google Play apps are on the way; your account and progress will be the same everywhere.
Your first step to the summit: today's five puzzles
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