Playing the stockmarket,,,safely

XabbaRus · 09-08-07, 05:40 PM

OK I know there is no real way to play it safely but I was wondering about virtualy.

I would like to play the stock market but I am not ready to risk real money. I was wondering if there are any programs where you can virtually play the stock market but it uses real world data on a day to day minute by minute basis.

Basically a program where I can set up an "account" so to speak, buy stock virtually and then how I have done. Would be fun to do to get an idea how the market works
before I risk real money.

VipertheSniper · 09-08-07, 05:59 PM

In Austria, a newspaper does something like that, each "player" gets 10.000 virtual €'s and who has got the most, after 1 or 2 months I think, gets 10.000 € for real I think.

So there is certainly something available to trade virtually, but I wouldn't know where to start searching. On the other hand you could of course do it all on paper, sure it's tedious, but gets the job done all the same, I mean the stockmarkets have all an internet platform where you can watch how the stocks rise and fall, in 5 minutes intervals or so (atleast on the Viennese stockexchange)

Skybird · 09-08-07, 06:56 PM

Amiga had a software for that, named Wallstreet Wizard.
Boring.

peterloo · 09-08-07, 07:23 PM

There is NO real way to play it safety, without risk. Risk, unfortunately, is usually proportional to the return

However, if you're afraid of losing $$$ (which is the destiny of most "casual" investors, as the fund managers kills them easily by some tricks like manipulating the stock price by the capital they gain), or play them solely for fun, you may just select a stock, play it with vitual money, and see the return afterwards.

Camaero · 09-08-07, 10:38 PM

Go to www.nyse.com and open up a portfolio. You get to choose how much money you have in each stock and it keeps track of it all for you without you actually using real money. I am up $5000.00 right now. I wish it had been real money!

"They know nothing! They know nothing!" -> Jim Cramer fan.

Kapitan · 09-09-07, 03:45 AM

http://vse.marketwatch.com/Game/Homepage.aspx

One i use to practice with i have both real investments and virtual ones havnt done too bad on either.

XabbaRus · 09-09-07, 04:34 AM

I also found one called virtual trader. I wonder if they have rss feeds or whatever that will tell you how your stock is doing

XabbaRus · 09-09-07, 04:43 AM

I'm looking at the NYSE one, set up a protfolio. Chose my company put in 1000 shares and then I have to put in the price I paid for them...Do I make that one up?

09-08-07, 05:40 PM	#1
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Playing the stockmarket,,,safely OK I know there is no real way to play it safely but I was wondering about virtualy. I would like to play the stock market but I am not ready to risk real money. I was wondering if there are any programs where you can virtually play the stock market but it uses real world data on a day to day minute by minute basis. Basically a program where I can set up an "account" so to speak, buy stock virtually and then how I have done. Would be fun to do to get an idea how the market works before I risk real money. __________________

09-08-07, 06:56 PM	#3
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Amiga had a software for that, named Wallstreet Wizard. Boring. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

09-08-07, 07:23 PM	#4
peterloo Commander Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 462 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	There is NO real way to play it safety, without risk. Risk, unfortunately, is usually proportional to the return However, if you're afraid of losing $$$ (which is the destiny of most "casual" investors, as the fund managers kills them easily by some tricks like manipulating the stock price by the capital they gain), or play them solely for fun, you may just select a stock, play it with vitual money, and see the return afterwards. __________________ Romeo is here, but where is Juliet? The 中国水兵 (Chinese Sailor) in subsim

09-08-07, 10:38 PM	#5
Camaero The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA, Massachusetts Posts: 1,477 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Go to www.nyse.com and open up a portfolio. You get to choose how much money you have in each stock and it keeps track of it all for you without you actually using real money. I am up $5000.00 right now. I wish it had been real money! "They know nothing! They know nothing!" -> Jim Cramer fan. __________________

09-09-07, 03:45 AM	#6
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	http://vse.marketwatch.com/Game/Homepage.aspx One i use to practice with i have both real investments and virtual ones havnt done too bad on either. __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

09-08-07, 05:59 PM	#2
VipertheSniper Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Austria Posts: 1,070 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	In Austria, a newspaper does something like that, each "player" gets 10.000 virtual €'s and who has got the most, after 1 or 2 months I think, gets 10.000 € for real I think. So there is certainly something available to trade virtually, but I wouldn't know where to start searching. On the other hand you could of course do it all on paper, sure it's tedious, but gets the job done all the same, I mean the stockmarkets have all an internet platform where you can watch how the stocks rise and fall, in 5 minutes intervals or so (atleast on the Viennese stockexchange)

09-09-07, 04:34 AM	#7
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I also found one called virtual trader. I wonder if they have rss feeds or whatever that will tell you how your stock is doing __________________

09-09-07, 04:43 AM	#8
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I'm looking at the NYSE one, set up a protfolio. Chose my company put in 1000 shares and then I have to put in the price I paid for them...Do I make that one up? __________________