Bloomberg Terminal Simulator: Try a Free Terminal

Bloomberg offers no public simulator: just a sales demo on its product page and simulation-based questions in its online course. Gloom, a separate terminal, opens free at term.gloom.sh, no account needed.

Checked 16 October 2026

Route	What you get	Open to
Sales demo	What you getA Bloomberg rep shows the Terminal	Open toBusiness email needed
Bloomberg Market Concepts	What you getOnline course with simulation-based Terminal questions	Open toPrice not shown
A university terminal	What you getThe real Terminal, on campus	Open toStudents, for academic use
Global Trading Challenge	What you getA virtual portfolio contest	Open toStudents, through their school
The Trading Game, 2015	What you getA chart game: tap to buy, release to sell	Open toAnyone
term.gloom.sh	What you getGloom, a separate terminal	Open toAnyone, no account

Where Gloom fits

Macro layout in the Gloom desktop app: the Treasury yield curve, the rate path, credit spreads, world indices, central bank rates and futures positioning. — Captured in the desktop app.

Gloom covers

In the browser, no account: search, quotes, charts, news and most panes.
A free sign-in adds filings, analysts and scanners, plus sync.
Bloomberg-style codes such as DES, GP and OMON: the full map.
Pro, $70 a month after a 7-day trial: real-time US equities and options.

Gloom does not cover

Bloomberg's data, Bloomberg News or Instant Bloomberg chat.
A Bloomberg certificate. That comes with Bloomberg Market Concepts.
Brokers and local plugins in the browser version.

Open the terminal in your browser, no account Which plan includes what: Free, Pro and Team

Sources5 sources
- Bloomberg Terminal page, read 16 October 2026: "Request a Demo", on a form that asks for a business email.
- Bloomberg Market Concepts, read 16 October 2026: "100% Online", "over 150 functions", and Terminal Basics questions that "are simulation-based and are not scored". Bloomberg for Education: the Global Trading Challenge, a virtual portfolio for students.
- The Trading Game, bloomberg.com, 19 October 2015: "Tap anywhere to buy a share", "Release to sell".
- NYU and Cornell library guides, read 16 October 2026: terminals on campus, "no remote access" at NYU, "academic purposes only" at Cornell.
- Install Gloom, updated 15 October 2026: the browser version without an account, and what a free sign-in adds.
Not verified3 claims
- That no Bloomberg simulator exists anywhere. None of the Bloomberg pages read for this one offers one.
- What Bloomberg Market Concepts costs outside a school. The course page shows no price.
- Whether a library lets visitors who are not students use its terminal.