http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/03/24/the-sim-exchange-stocks-vs-stock-derivatives-futures-options/ Prediction Markets, etc. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:13:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/03/24/the-sim-exchange-stocks-vs-stock-derivatives-futures-options/#comment-24358 optionmaestro.blogspot.com/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:55:26 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/03/24/the-sim-exchange-stocks-vs-stock-derivatives-futures-options/#comment-24358 That is really cool that a sim exchange is coming for stock options. I have always said it would be a good idea to have an option trading video game, and I think it was made possible with the connection of the internet to gaming systems. The reason it is so tough is for each stock there needs to be hundreds if not thousands of options, hence the name options. For example Google stock has options ranging from 150 to 640 in levels of 10 (known as strike prices) for the January 2011 option expiration alone. This is a lot of data! That is really cool that a sim exchange is coming for stock options. I have always said it would be a good idea to have an option trading video game, and I think it was made possible with the connection of the internet to gaming systems. The reason it is so tough is for each stock there needs to be hundreds if not thousands of options, hence the name options. For example Google stock has options ranging from 150 to 640 in levels of 10 (known as strike prices) for the January 2011 option expiration alone. This is a lot of data!

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