Shane
Gave His Gains Away
Shane took the program in high school, took his gains from the market, and donated them to a charity that buys goats for families in a hurricane-damaged country. Newsday wrote it up.
For parents of high schoolers in grades 9 to 12
Give Your Teen the One Activity on Their College Application That No One Else Has and a Skill They'll Use for the Rest of Their Life
A former Morgan Stanley professional teaches your teen to invest for real in six weekends, live on Zoom, October 3 to November 8. Your teen learns how the market works, researches companies the way an analyst does, and places trades in a simulated account they keep, with zero real money at risk. They finish with a Certificate of Achievement and a skill they will use for the rest of their life.
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From $697, or 2 payments of $367. Seats are limited and this program sells out.
Over 3,000 students have learned to invest with Annaline Dinkelmann, a former Morgan Stanley professional and the Wall Street tour guide financial journalists turned to during the 2008 crisis
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The problem
Every College Application Has the Same Activity List
Most parents of high schoolers have looked at their teen's activities and thought it looked fine. A sport, a club, decent grades, maybe a part-time job.
Every other applicant has the exact same list.
Since the pandemic, test scores carry less weight, and admissions offices ask a different question now: what did this student actually do?
The summer program, the tutor, the club. Every family with the same goal is doing the same things, and admissions offices have seen that list ten thousand times. Most of those activities end at graduation.
Parents want one thing that stands out on the application and still matters long after college. Investing is one of the few things that does both.
- Since the pandemic, test scores carry less weight. Admissions offices ask a different question now: what did this student actually do?
- Every applicant has a sport, a club, decent grades, maybe a part-time job. Ten thousand applications with the same list.
- A sport ends at graduation. A club ends at graduation. A skill your teen can use for fifty years does not.
The gap
Investing Is Rare on Applications Because Nobody Teaches It
A teenager who can research a company, read a chart, and explain why they bought what they bought has done something almost no other applicant can claim. Three reasons so few can.
1
Schools Skip It
The economics elective, if the school has one, covers supply and demand and stops.
2
The Free Apps Push Trading
They hand a 17 year old a trading account in four minutes. They make money when he trades, so trading is what they push, with no education behind it.
3
Most Parents Were Never Taught
So there is no one at home to ask.
That gap is where this program fits.
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How it is taught
Your Teen Does the Work, Not Just the Listening
After ten years at Morgan Stanley, Annaline found that teenagers can grasp the stock market, they just cannot be taught like adults. So she translates the way a professional works into a teenager's world.
Research starts at home. The cereal box, the phone, the car in the driveway. Earnings reports get read like report cards. Every class is live, hands-on, and small, with games and brain breaks built in because she has watched what makes young minds light up and what makes them tune out.
Every student gets a live simulated trading account loaded with virtual cash. They place real trades, in real time, with zero real money at risk, and they keep the account after the program ends.
The result: a teenager who can tell you exactly why they picked what they picked, and show you the results.
The four-part path
From First Class to Standout Project in Four Parts
Each part ends with something your teen can say out loud, to you, to a college interviewer, or in an essay.
1
Learn How the Market Works
The language of Wall Street, how a company goes public, stocks and bonds, reading a chart, who the players are.
What your teen can say"I can explain how the stock market works and why prices move."
2
Pick and Research Companies
Start with the companies around them. Then read an earnings report like a report card and tell a real business from a hype stock.
What your teen can say"I can explain why I picked the companies I picked."
3
Trade With a Plan
Know when to buy and when to sell. Manage risk. Place trades in a simulated account. Track it in a spreadsheet.
What your teen can say"I managed risk on real decisions and I can show you the results."
4
Turn It Into Something
The program goes on the activity list. The Teen Investor Cup gives them a result. The project they build is what they write the essay about.
What your teen can say"Here is what I built with what I learned."
Introducing
Wall Street 101, Investing & Trading
A six-weekend live virtual program for high schoolers. Part 1 gives them the language. Part 2 gives them the track record.
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Full refund up to one week before the first class. No questions asked.
From $697, or 2 payments of $367
- Six live weekend sessions designed for how teens actually learn: interactive, not lecture-style. Saturday or Sunday, October 3 to November 8
- 2 hours each, with a 10-minute break
- One hour of self-paced learning between live classes. It fits between homework and practice.
- Small, hands-on, interactive classes: 30 students maximum, breakout groups of 8 to 10
- Live simulated trading account with virtual cash, theirs to keep
- Research spreadsheets with formulas built in
- Final class is an Ask Me Anything session
- Certificate of Achievement for the application file
- Every class recorded for catch-up during the semester
What's inside
Two Parts, One Complete Skill
Most programs teach kids what a stock is. This one teaches them how to research, decide, act, and live with the result.
Part 1
Wall Street 101
October 3 to 18
- How the stock market works
- The language of Wall Street
- Stocks, bonds, and the products you can invest in
- How to evaluate an investment opportunity
- Wall Street careers, investment banks, the Fed, and the other players
- How to read and understand stock charts
- How to track stock activity and identify companies worth a closer look
- How a company goes public (IPO)
What your teen can say after Part 1"I can explain how the market works and why I picked the companies I did."
Part 2
Investing & Trading
October 24 to November 8
- Technical analysis: when to buy and when to sell
- Placing trades in a live simulated account they keep
- Risk management and why it matters
- Fundamental analysis: how to pick good stocks
- The factors that make the market move
- How the economy and interest rates affect stocks
- What to do when the market drops
- Managing a portfolio and tracking it in a spreadsheet
- Custodial account information for students and parents
What your teen can say after Part 2"I managed risk on real decisions and I can show you the results."
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Full refund up to one week before the first class. No questions asked.
Schedule
Your Teen Picks Saturday or Sunday and Can Switch Any Week With One Email
- Classes run both Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 12pm EST and 1pm to 3pm EST (10am to 12pm PST)
- Your teen attends only one session each weekend
- If a game, a job, or a trip gets in the way, they switch to the other day or the other time. One email and we move them.
- Every class is recorded, so a missed weekend is a catch-up, not a lost week
Saturdays
October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 and November 7
Sundays
October 4, 11, 18, 25 and November 1, 8
Times (New York)
10am to 12pm EST, or 1pm to 3pm EST (10am to 12pm PST)
Student stories
Same Class, Three Completely Different Projects
Investing is the skill. Here is what three students built with it. None of them planned it. They learned the skill, and the project came out of what they cared about.
Tyler
Changed a State Law
Tyler finished the program at 15 and decided every kid should learn what he had just learned. He petitioned his state senator to get financial literacy taught in New York public schools, collected 500 signatures, and the senator sponsored the bill. That project went on his application. He is at Cornell now.
Anna
Taught Her Community
Anna built Monopoly Money Mastery, a podcast library teaching kids in her community how to invest using real estate. She got into her first-choice college.
What will your teen's project be?
Is this right for your teen
Who This Program Is Built For
This Program Is for Your Teen If
- You have a 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grader and college is starting to feel real
- Their activity list looks like everyone else's
- They have said "maybe finance" or "maybe business" and you want them to test it before they pick a major
- They have a custodial account, or you plan to open one, and you want them to understand the money before they control it
- You want them to learn a real skill they will use for fifty years, not another line on a list
This Program Is Not for You If
- You want hot stock tips or a way for your teen to make fast money
- You want your teen to learn from a free trading app with no education behind it
- Your teen is not willing to show up on camera for two hours on a weekend and participate
No prior knowledge needed. Part 1 starts from the ground up.
Proof
What Parents and Students Say
Thank you so much for offering this course! I have never seen Jacques so engaged and interested in a topic! At 7:00am this morning he was looking at stock charts and doing technical analysis!
Johann, parent
★★★★★
I thought I knew a lot about investing but I never knew there was so much more to learn. This class has really helped me a lot, not only learn how to invest, but also the history and everything that goes on Wall Street. I also learned what I might have to do to get a job on Wall Street.
Leo, student
He is loving the Wall Street class and it absolutely is a dinner conversation so far two nights in a row.
Ted, parent
★★★★★
Before I entered this class, I knew very little about the stock market and Wall Street. Now that I completed this class, I have gained confidence to start investing and hopefully see my money grow.
Ashwath, student
★★★★★
Annaline is an excellent instructor who is very engaging with the participants. The courses were both educational and fun. Our daughter was excited to share what she learned with us each day. The Zoom schedule allowed for flexibility to attend the program while navigating other commitments.
Parent review
I am so happy to see my son so committed and excited about the classes! He is enjoying every single aspect of the program. Every night we sit together so he can explain to me everything he learned.
Parent
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What Families Usually Spend to Get a Teen This Kind of Experience
A One-Week Summer Finance Program
$3,000 to $6,000
One week. Ends when it ends.
A Private Tutor for One Subject
$60 to $100 an hour
Stops when the grade recovers.
Wall Street 101, Investing & Trading
$697
Six weekends. A skill for fifty years and an extracurricular that starts this fall.
Two ways to enroll
Option 1 Is the Program. Option 2 Adds the Teen Investor Cup.
Every family picks one of two paths at checkout. The Program gives your teen the skill. The VIP Full Learning Path gives them the skill and then a competition where they prove it. Here is what the Cup adds.
The Teen Investor Cup Turns a Skill Into a Result Your Teen Can Put on an Application
For eight weeks after the program ends, your teen manages a simulated portfolio against students from around the world, with weekly office hours and coaching calls. They compete with the skill fully built, and they learn to invest with fake money before real money.
"Learned about investing" goes on an activity list. "Competed in an international investing competition" goes in an essay. It is one of the few things a 15 year old can put on an application that most applicants cannot.
The Cup runs January 11 to February 27, after training is complete.
- 8-week international investing competition, January 11 to February 27
- Weekly office hours and coaching calls with Annaline
- Your teen manages a simulated portfolio with virtual money, zero real money at risk
- Live leaderboard so they see where they stand each week
- Certificate of Completion plus awards for top performers
- Runs after the program ends, so they compete with the full skill set
1
Build a Plan
Pick companies, set an entry price, decide what they can lose before they buy.
2
Trade and Track
Place trades in the competition account and log every decision in their spreadsheet.
3
Get Coached Weekly
Bring the week's decisions to office hours and adjust with Annaline's feedback.
4
Finish With a Result
A ranking, a certificate, and a track record they can explain in an interview.
Secure My Teen's Enrollment + Free Parent Workshops
Full refund up to one week before the first class. No questions asked.
Pick Option 1 or Option 2 at the next step.
The offer
Everything Your Teen Gets, and Two Ways to Enroll
Enrollment closes Sunday, September 13 at midnight ET. After that, the price goes up and the free parent workshops go away.
Seats are limited. Classes cap at 30 students and this program sells out. Once it is full, it is full, so do not wait to join.
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Included in both options
Wall Street 101, Investing & Trading, six live weekends$697
One hour of self-paced learning between live classesIncluded
Live simulated trading account, theirs to keepIncluded
Research spreadsheets with formulas built inIncluded
Ask Me Anything final classIncluded
Certificate of AchievementIncluded
Class recordings for catch-upIncluded
Parent Custodial Account Workshop (fast action bonus)$97 value
Adult Wall Street 101 Workshop (fast action bonus)$97 value
Option 2 only
Teen Investor Cup, 8-week competition with weekly coaching$200 value
Choose one:
Option 1
The Program
$697
one payment
or 2 payments of $367
- Six live weekend sessions, interactive, not lecture-style, plus one hour of self-paced learning between classes
- Simulated trading account they keep
- Research spreadsheets and Certificate of Achievement
- Both parent workshops free before the deadline
- Full refund up to one week before the first class
Full refund up to one week before the first class. No questions asked.
Prefer split pay? 2 payments of $367
Most Popular
Option 2
VIP: Full Learning Path
$897
one payment
or 2 payments of $467
Program + Teen Investor Cup
- Everything in The Program
- Teen Investor Cup: 8-week international competition, January 11 to February 27
- Weekly office hours and coaching calls with Annaline
- Live leaderboard, Certificate of Completion, and awards
- Full refund up to one week before the first class
Full refund up to one week before the first class. No questions asked.
Prefer split pay? 2 payments of $467
Secure checkout
Full refund up to one week before the first class
Sibling discount available, email us
Enroll by Sunday night, September 13 and Get Both Parent Workshops Free
$97 value
Parent Custodial Account Workshop
A live two-hour workshop on opening the right account, choosing investments without overthinking, managing it over time, and preparing your teen to take it over. Attend September 19, 20, 26, or 27, or any future date, plus the recording.
$97 value
Adult Wall Street 101 Workshop
The adult version of Part 1, so you understand what your teen is learning and can talk about it at dinner. Attend September 18 or any future date, plus the recording.
Full Refund Up to One Week Before the First Class
Enroll now to hold the spot and the bonus pricing. If the dates stop working, your teen's schedule changes, or you change your mind, email us any time up to one week before October 3 and we refund every dollar. No questions asked.
Questions
Questions Parents Ask Before Enrolling
Yes. Part 1, Wall Street 101, starts from the ground up. Most students arrive knowing nothing about the market and leave able to explain how it works.
None. All trading happens in a simulated account with virtual cash. Any real account down the road is a family decision, and the custodial account workshop covers exactly how to make it.
Yes. Breakout groups are organized by age, and students finishing 8th grade and entering high school do well here too. Curiosity is the only requirement.
No. Many students arrive because a parent signed them up, and the parents are the ones who write to us afterward.
Your teen picks Saturday or Sunday and can switch any week with one email. Every class is also recorded and available for catch-up during the semester, so a missed weekend is a catch-up, not a lost week.
A maximum of 30 students per class. Formal instruction happens together, then students break into groups of 8 to 10 per instructor, organized by age.
A computer or tablet with Zoom, headphones, a notebook and pen, and their camera on for the full session so we know who is in class and can keep everyone participating.
Annaline and her team of educators and facilitators, live, every session.
Yes. The program goes on the activity list, the certificate goes in the application file, and the skills give your teen something specific to write about. The Teen Investor Cup adds a competition result. What matters most to admissions offices is the project your teen builds with what they learn, and that is Part 4 of the path.
Both include the full six-weekend program, the simulated account, the certificate, and the parent workshop bonuses. The VIP Full Learning Path adds the Teen Investor Cup, an eight-week international competition that runs January 11 to February 27, after the program ends, with weekly office hours and coaching calls, a leaderboard, and awards. The Program gives your teen the skill. The VIP path gives them the skill and a competition result for the application.
The VIP Full Learning Path is the way to lock in the Cup at the bundled price today. If your teen enrolls in The Program and decides later that they want to compete, email us before January 11 and we will let you know if space remains.
Yes. Part 1 must be completed before Part 2, but they do not have to run back to back. Some families take Wall Street 101 in October and Investing & Trading in January. Email us to arrange it.
Yes. Email us and we will set up a 10% discount for a second child.
A full refund if you cancel one week or more before the first class.
Did not find your question? Email annaline@teachmewallstreet.com and we will get you an answer.
The choice in front of you
Two Outcomes by November. You Pick One.
Every parent reading this page will do one of two things next. Here is where each one leads.
If you close this page
Same List as Everyone Else
The sport, the club, the grades. All of it real, none of it different. Another semester passes and the activity list looks the same in November as it did in September.
If you enroll today
A Skill and a Story
Six weekends in, your teen can read a chart, explain why they bought what they bought, and show you the results. That goes on the application. The skill stays with them for fifty years.
Secure My Teen's Enrollment + Free Parent WorkshopsFull refund up to one week before the first class. No questions asked.
3,000+students taught
15years teaching teens
10years at Morgan Stanley
Your teen's instructor
Hi, I'm Annaline Dinkelmann
I started my career on Wall Street, literally. I spent ten years at Morgan Stanley with an office across the street from the New York Stock Exchange. I traded professionally, and for years I gave walking tours of Wall Street, explaining the markets to visitors from around the world. During the 2008 financial crisis, I was the guide financial journalists turned to when they needed Wall Street explained.
I have taught teenagers to invest for 15 years, online since 2020. Somewhere along the way I realized the kids were the best students I ever had. They ask better questions than adults do, and when a 15 year old marks up a stock chart correctly for the first time, you can see it click.
College counselors send students to me for a reason. More than half of my students go on to study business or finance, and the rest leave with a skill that works no matter what they choose.
I do not recommend stocks and this is not a get rich quick class. I teach teenagers how the market works so they can make their own decisions for the rest of their lives.
Annaline
Fall 2026 enrollment
Give Your Teen the One Extracurricular That Still Matters After the Acceptance Letter
- Six live weekends, October 3 to November 8
- Simulated trading account they keep, certificate, and both parent workshops free before Sunday night, September 13
- Two options at checkout: The Program at $697, or the VIP Full Learning Path with the Teen Investor Cup at $897
- Full refund up to one week before the first class
Secure My Teen's Enrollment + Free Parent Workshops
Full refund up to one week before the first class. No questions asked.
Split pay available on both options. Enrollment closes Sunday, September 13 at midnight ET. Seats are limited and once the program is full, it is full.
Teach Me Wall Street
Founded by Annaline Dinkelmann, former Wall Street professional. Teach Me Wall Street is an education company. Nothing in this program constitutes financial advice or a promise of financial results. All practice trading uses virtual currency in a simulated account.
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