BTW this is mostly for teaching but it will be a real working exchange that runs off a usb drive (as any web2py app). It may find application in building local exchanges in small community of users. For example farmers in third world countries. If anybody is intersted in this, please let me know.
Massimo On Nov 3, 9:26 pm, mdipierro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The server is a python matching engine and it performs the same task > as a normal exchange. > > The web2py provides a trading interface. > > The system (at least the one we are talking about) will not utilize > real market data. > > Users will be able to trade their own products (real or fake). > > Massimo > > On Nov 3, 6:28 pm, BearXu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > To Tommy Zhu:This system is interesting. But I have some questions about the > > project. > > > 1)Are the datas about the stock price as same as real Nasdaq or > > Dowjones.My opinion is that NO is better because if the datas are the same > > as the Nasdaq, the game players can not discover their impact on the > > market.Maybe you can invent some "Virtual Stocks" and also invent some > > "Events" and see what's the reply from the game players and the players can > > also discover how the price is changing according to their actions. > > > 2)If we use this system to hold a invest game, maybe that's not a good idea > > because the winner of the game is just the guy who wins the most money. This > > object just stimulate the players to be speculators instead > > of encouraging the people to arbitrage.Maybe the arbitragers' profit is much > > lower than the speculators. > > > So my suggestion about the MVC of this system is that: > > Model--there are two kinds of data.one is real from the real market. the > > other one is virtual. > > Controller--we can design the controller like a pc game,maybe have two > > modes: Free Mode and Tutorial Mode.In the Tutorial Mode, the teacher can > > design some circumstances that arbitrage really exists and the winners are > > the guys who discover it and then made a portfolio.So the teachers can even > > use this system to assign the homework.:) > > > I never saw a simulation system with tutorial mode before. > > > 2008/11/3 tommy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > BearXu, > > > > I am the student of Computational Finance in DePaul and currently > > > taking the web2py course now. It is pretty fun, and three of students > > > are working on a security trading simulation project. We use web2py to > > > develop a MVC application communicating with a server develped by > > > python. > > > > Tommy Zhu > > > > On Nov 3, 4:09 pm, BearXu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It's interesting that the creator of Web2py is also the head of the > > > > Computational Finance in DePaul. > > > > > Will we see some apps for Computational Finance in Web2py like option > > > > pricing or other statistics tools or even a derivative market > > > emulation?(My > > > > imagination) > > > > > I am always suspicious of the courses like computational finance because > > > it > > > > is just like finance + computer instead of combining them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
