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• tarkeshwar 15y ago
  You could use ticker names and quotes from one of the real stock exchanges to start with. This could act as base prices with some changes due to buying/selling in your engine. Till you get lots of users.
• cheddarmint 15y ago
  I think you could go one of two ways with this: 1. Consume live market data and use an exchange simulator that always gives you back a fill. 2. Use a true exchange simulator, which you will have to seed with orders to provide liquidity and generate real quotes (with a proper spread and not locked or crossed). With the second approach, you get a more accurate representation of how markets work, but the exercises will have to be more planned out and directed. Just my $0.02.
• Sukotto 15y ago
  In that case, I would consider doing what Matthias did for for his game [1] The computer will present you with a random historical stock chart of an actual large cap (S&P 500) security, without telling you which company and time period the chart represents. You are then given the opportunity to reveal the stock chart one day at a time, selecting to "buy" or "sell" the stock at various times. After a maximum of one year is played for the security, the actual name of the company, and what time period the graph was for is revealed... You are rated on how much profit you made over the days you were invested... [compared] to a strategy of "buy and hold" on the stock. [1] http://chartgame.com/ http://chartgame.com/