Open data from the practice portfolios
What Pakistan's first-time investors hold, and who uses Pak Stock Exchange, a free simulator that uses real PSX end-of-day prices with practice money. Charts for journalists, teachers and researchers, free to cite.
As of October 14, 2026. Registered accounts count every signup since the site began, including accounts that are no longer active. The other figures are proportions of members.
The charts
Most widely held PSX stocks in practice portfolios
Which stocks the most members hold right now.
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ATRLAttock Refinery14%
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786786 Investments Limited13%
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FFCFauji Fertlizer13%
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OGDCOil and Gas Development Company11%
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MEBLMeezan Bank Limited10%
PSX sectors held in practice portfolios
Which sectors the most members hold.
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Commercial Banks38%
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Cement20%
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Fertilizer19%
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Oil and Gas Exploration18%
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Refinery15%
How many stocks practice investors hold
How concentrated or spread out members' portfolios are.
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1 stock40%
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2 stocks15%
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3 stocks11%
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4 to 5 stocks15%
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6 to 10 stocks16%
How practice portfolios are performing
How far portfolios are above or below their starting cash.
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Down more than 10%7%
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Down 0 to 10%72%
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Up 0 to 10%20%
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Up 10 to 25%1%
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Up more than 25%<1%
Who uses Pak Stock Exchange: members by occupation
The mix of students, teachers and working members.
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Students51%
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Other employees and professionals17%
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Not working, retired or other16%
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Business owners and self-employed7%
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Finance, banking and accounting6%
Where Pak Stock Exchange members live: top cities
The cities most members say they live in.
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Karachi25%
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Lahore19%
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Islamabad/Rawalpindi15%
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Multan3%
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Faisalabad3%
How to read these figures
- These are practice portfolios with practice money. They show what people choose to practise with, not what investors do with real money. Nothing here is investment advice.
- The figures on these pages are aggregates: they show proportions of members, not names, addresses or anything else that identifies a person.
- A member is an account that is not disabled and has completed its profile. Occupation and city are what members tell us.
- The charts update daily from live data. Each page shows its "as of" date and a ready-made citation.
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