Al Hill

Al Hill

Co-Founder & CEO, TradingSim

Alton Hill is the Co-Founder of TradingSim with over 18 years of trading experience. He completed the Design Thinking Bootcamp at Stanford’s D.School and brings expertise in Product Development to create the best trading simulation experience. His strategy focuses on trend-following systems, targeting high-volatility stocks with strong primary trends using the 15-minute chart.

Stop Limit Orders How To | TradingSim

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Stop Limit Orders – How to Execute and Why Traders Use Them [Updated August 2026]

I exclusively use stop limit orders to enter day trades.  This is because I trade breakout strategies and I like to wait for the price to exceed the most recent high or low.

Stop Limit Orders – How to Execute and Why Traders Use Them [Updated August 2026]
TradingSim Next Gen replay workspace with an AAPL daily chart, order ticket, and time and sales feed

5 min read

Stock Market Simulator for Students: Classroom to College

I hear from two kinds of people about classroom simulators: teachers who need something that works for a room of thirty students, and college...

Stock Market Simulator for Students: Classroom to College
TradingSim 5-minute chart of a full ORCL session replayed for April 23, 2026

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Trading Simulator vs Live Trading: What Actually Changes

Every trader who puts real work into a simulator eventually asks the uncomfortable question: does any of this count? You have weeks of profitable...

Trading Simulator vs Live Trading: What Actually Changes
TradingSim Next Gen replay workspace with an AAPL daily chart, order ticket, and time and sales feed

7 min read

10 Day Trading Practice Drills to Run in a Simulator

Ask a struggling trader what their plan is and you will usually hear some version of "more screen time." I spent years believing that too. Watch...

10 Day Trading Practice Drills to Run in a Simulator

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5 Key Differences Between T-Bond Futures and Interest Rate Futures [Updated August 2026]

T-bond futures or treasury futures are derivative contracts that are available for trading from the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), part of the CME...

5 Key Differences Between T-Bond Futures and Interest Rate Futures [Updated August 2026]