Thoughts on simulation traders

Anyone know a good one for options?

I know the one i tried when i first got into investing had that virtual trading option, i learned quite abit but i wasnt great at the day shit because who has the time and i didnt really like the platform that much so i didnt put my actual cash into it. I forget the name now but it was a pretty popular app at the time i think. (edit: oh also im pretty sure Webull has that option if you dont want to give them your actually cash because theyre sketchy. They do have a virtual thing as far as i remember, its called "paper trading" i think)

Paper trading is great for learning, on TOS you can even rewind it and see how a trade would have played out. I think they give you 100k play money. I would only use this as a learning tool because it's not truly real time, I don't care what anyone claims, It's behind. Even if it's a few seconds. If you are trading that will make all the difference in the world. Set up a long term portfolio before you even consider trading. If I trade it's swing trading shit I don't mind owning long term if the market goes tits up. I learned this lesson on Xbox way before I got in to the market playing poker. You are more inclined to do stupid shit with make believe money, than you would when you have skin in the game. So you may be looking amazing on paper, but when the rubber meets the road. Will you be ready to pull the trigger. I wouldn't consider trading anything until you have a solid base of stocks, and an education to back that up. Took me a solid year to learn the Greeks. Well took me a month or so to learn them, the rest of the year was grasping what I needed to use and not use according to my style.

What a crunchy little BIPOC, like figure it out. Like what do you mean, what are you talking about, dude?