What Day Trade The World™ does

Day Trade The World™, now operating as Real Trading, is a Peterborough, UK-based proprietary trading firm founded in 1997 and owned by Select Vantage Inc. The company targets aspiring individual traders globally (excluding US citizens and residents) with a three-stage offering: online trading courses, the TMS™ Simulator for risk-free practice, and funded live trading accounts in stocks, futures, and forex.

The technology stack centers on the proprietary TMS™ Simulator, which mirrors live-market platforms using real securities and prices without real-money risk, combined with TraderTV Live (a live-streaming community platform) and an integrated live-trading platform that scales buying power based on trader win-rate performance. Trademarks are held on "Real Trading™" and "TMS™ Simulator." Supporting assets include a trading blog (Trading Up), market data pages, and The Real Trader Newsletter.

The business model is a profit-sharing proprietary trading structure: the firm funds trader accounts, absorbs trading losses, and shares net profits with traders up to an 80/20 split in the trader's favor. Revenue is therefore a function of funded-trader activity and net P&L, not subscription or course fees. Go-to-market is community-led and self-serve, driven by content marketing, organic SEO, community chat, and live-stream engagement rather than enterprise sales motion. Customer-base specifics — total funded traders, geography mix, revenue — are not disclosed publicly, and website scale metrics remain placeholder values.

Name

Day Trade The World™

Legal name

Select Vantage Inc.

Website

https://daytradetheworld.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Real Trading (formerly Day Trade The World™) is a UK-based proprietary trading firm that trains aspiring individual traders globally via online courses and its TMS™ Simulator, then funds qualified traders to trade stocks, futures, and forex, keeping up to 80% of the profits.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Proprietary Trading and Trader Education

NAICS

Commodity Contracts Intermediation (52316), Commodity Contracts Intermediation (523160), Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage (5231)

SIC

Commodity Contracts Brokers & Dealers (6221), Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200)

akta.pro primary industry

Commodity Electronic Trading Platforms (Energy/Metals/Agriculture) (FSAFANAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

FX Electronic Trading Platforms (Spot/Forwards/Swaps) (FSAFANAC)

Keywords

• Proprietary trading firm
• Trading education services
• Funded trading accounts
• Trading simulator platform
• Stock futures forex trading

Headquarters

HQ city

Peterborough

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Profit Sharing Model: As a proprietary trading firm, Real Trading shares trading profits with traders (up to 80%) while absorbing trading losses themselves. This creates a performance-based revenue model where trader success directly drives the business.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Day Trade The World™ (rebranded to Real Trading) is a proprietary trading firm that trains aspiring traders through self-paced online courses and the proprietary TMS™ Simulator, then funds qualified traders to execute live trades across stocks, futures, and forex markets. The firm shares trading profits with traders (up to 80%) and absorbs losses, generating revenue from its share of trading activity while traders receive capital and education.

Product overview

Real Trading (formerly Day Trade the World™) is a trading education and proprietary trading platform offered by Select Vantage Inc. The platform provides a three-stage journey: (1) Trading Courses for foundational education with personalized coaching and community support, (2) TMS™ Simulator for risk-free practice trading with real market data, and (3) Online Trading for funded accounts where traders execute real trades across stocks, futures, and forex while keeping up to 80% of profits. Supporting resources include TraderTV Live for live market content, Trading Markets for market information, Trade Up Blog for educational content, and The Real Trader Newsletter for updates.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Real Trading Program (proprietary trading and trader education program) End-to-end proprietary trading program for individual aspiring traders globally (excluding US residents): combines online trading courses, simulator-based skill development, and funded live trading accounts across stocks, futures, and forex, with the firm sharing up to 80% of trading profits and absorbing trading losses.
• Trading Courses (Learn to Trade) Self-paced online trading courses covering foundational to advanced trading skills, including trading platform instruction, community discussions, 1-on-1 and group coaching, and progress tracking; targeted at aspiring individual traders who sign up to begin the Real Trading journey.
• TMS™ Simulator Proprietary trading simulator that mirrors live-market trading platforms using real securities and prices, allowing traders to practice strategies, journal trades, set goals, and receive coaching and supervision without risking real money, before progressing to live funded trading.
• Funded Live Trading (Online Trading) Funded proprietary trading accounts for qualified individual traders to execute real trades across stocks, futures, and forex markets, with the firm absorbing losses and sharing profits (traders retain up to 80%); buying power increases with the trader's win-rate performance.

Quantifiable outcome

• Traders can retain up to 80% of trading profits

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Select Vantage Inc.parentOthersParent company of Real Trading™. Select Vantage Inc. owns and operates the Real Trading brand and trading education programs.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Babypips: Babypips is one of the largest free forex trading education communities online, covering courses, forums, and market content. It overlaps with Real Trading's educational phase but does not provide funded accounts.

Broad incumbents

• TradingView: TradingView is the leading retail charting, social, and broker-routing platform used by traders worldwide. Its social/community and charting features overlap with TraderTV Live and the community layer of Real Trading's offering.
• MetaTrader (MetaQuotes): MetaTrader is the dominant retail forex/CFD trading platform globally, used by prop firms, brokers, and individual traders. As the underlying platform many funded-account firms integrate with, it is a broad incumbent shaping the category Real Trading operates in.
• Investopedia Academy: Investopedia Academy is the educational product arm of a major financial media brand, offering structured trading and investing courses. It competes for the same self-directed learner audience as Real Trading's trading courses.

Direct peers

• Topstep: Topstep is a US-based proprietary trading firm that funds traders, primarily in futures markets, after they pass a simulated evaluation. It directly competes for aspiring funded traders with an evaluation-plus-funded-account structure similar to Real Trading's.
• FTMO: FTMO is a leading global proprietary trading firm that evaluates traders through a simulated evaluation step and then funds successful candidates to trade firm capital, sharing profits. It is the most direct comparable to Real Trading's education-plus-funded-account model.
• MyFundedFX: MyFundedFX is a prop trading firm providing funded forex and futures accounts to traders who pass an evaluation challenge. It targets the same aspiring trader demographic with a comparable evaluation-to-live pipeline.
• FundedNext: FundedNext is a proprietary trading firm offering simulated evaluation challenges leading to funded accounts in forex and other CFD markets. It competes head-to-head with Real Trading for retail traders seeking firm capital with profit splits.
• The5ers: The5ers is a proprietary trading firm that offers funded trading accounts in stocks, forex, and futures with profit-sharing arrangements. It targets the same global pool of aspiring traders and uses a similar evaluation-to-funded pathway.
• True Forex Funds: True Forex Funds (and successor entities) are prop trading firms that funded retail forex traders after a simulated evaluation, with profit-sharing. Closely comparable model to Real Trading's profit-split funded account program.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dttw_daytrade
• Facebookfacebook.com/daytradetheworld
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/day-trade-the-world

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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