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BrewTech
11th March 2012, 11:14 AM
Like shooting fish in a barrel? I think some folks on here might be able to do very well at this, although I don't really know how the game is set up yet, as I haven't looked. Just thought I'd throw it out there...

Build your portfolio with $100,000 in fantasy cash! (as if there was any other kind LOL)

http://finance.yahoo.com/fantasy-finance

EDIT: It looks like you can search for, and add whatever you want as far as stocks go... I did a search for SLV and it gave me the option to add it.
Glass
11th March 2012, 04:40 PM
what about FX? Can you trade currencies?
Silver Rocket Bitches!
11th March 2012, 09:23 PM
Like shooting fish in a barrel? I think some folks on here might be able to do very well at this, although I don't really know how the game is set up yet, as I haven't looked. Just thought I'd throw it out there...

Build your portfolio with $100,000 in fantasy cash! (as if there was any other kind LOL)

http://finance.yahoo.com/fantasy-finance

EDIT: It looks like you can search for, and add whatever you want as far as stocks go... I did a search for SLV and it gave me the option to add it.

There is a similar simulator over at www.investopedia.com. I was on that for a while. Made a virtual killing with GLD and SLV, among others. Didn't matter though, I shorted the banks and watched them take off and clean me out. That's what you get playing the fundamentals in this market. I stay away from the market with my own cash though.
BrewTech
12th March 2012, 07:21 AM
There is a similar simulator over at www.investopedia.com. I was on that for a while. Made a virtual killing with GLD and SLV, among others. Didn't matter though, I shorted the banks and watched them take off and clean me out. That's what you get playing the fundamentals in this market. I stay away from the market with my own cash though.

Well, I'm no stock trader (I don't think I've traded a single share in my life), but considering it's Yahoo I figured the trading methodologies of most that would participate would be more on the kosher side ("conventional wisdom" trading, so to speak). If a few savvy GSUSers got in there and started working the other angles they could maybe do well. I know there are some very knowledgeable day traders here... thought they may have some time to waste on this for fun.
gunDriller
12th March 2012, 07:40 AM
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Ameritrade.
LuckyStrike
12th March 2012, 07:52 AM
I played the Motley Fool CAPS game for several years, I stayed in the top 1-2%, but there were some abnormalities I didn't like, it didn't count dividends, if a stock split a lot of times it would register this as a loss since the share price was half (or whatever), all of the people in the top just picked under perform on basically everything before 2008 and then ended their calls so it was hard to knock them off their perch with outperform calls.

It was a fun game though I enjoyed.