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Simulator Play Learn Trade Journal Calculator Blog
How to play
How to play the Passive Nomads options game: read the price chart, watch your open position's intrinsic and extrinsic value, then select a trade strategy (risk reversal, short call, short put, straddle, strangle or 100 shares) to make as much money as possible. ⛶ tap to zoom
About this game

Most people try to learn options from dense videos or textbook definitions and give up before any of it clicks. The Passive Nomads options game takes the opposite approach: it turns the core concepts into a fast, arcade-style game you can pick up in minutes, free, with no signup.

The game is built to give you a feel for the three things that confuse beginners most — implied volatility, premium, and time decay. Instead of reading about theta eroding an option's value, you experience it in real time as you play. It's a game-feel trainer, not a pricing engine — the goal is intuition, fast.

Jump in and play a round. You'll make quick options decisions under a timer, rack up a score, and land on the global leaderboard if you're good enough. It's free to play, works on desktop and mobile, and takes about five minutes.

The game is the on-ramp. Once the basics click, the full simulator (the full simulator) lets you practise real strategies on five years of historical market data — calls, puts, spreads and multi-leg positions with live Greeks. Want the concepts in depth? Start with the learn section (the learn section).

The Passive Nomads game is an educational tool for learning options concepts. It is not financial advice and does not involve real money or real trading.