TRADING GAMES

• AmeriTrade StockPile
  No commission fees, no taxes on gains, no losses, because in Stockpile, nobody loses money. (Of course, nobody makes money either -- it is just a game, after all.) In addition, one lucky and skillful player will win a Philips Velo handheld PC with built-in modem and docking station.

• Auditrack Simulated Brokerage
  Full-service simulated brokerage firm. An Auditrack account mirrors that of a real brokerage account, except that the assignment of purchase or sale prices is not based on an actual trade execution, but rather on AUDITRACK's highly trained staff who determine the most likely execution levels for each simulated order. Fee based.

• CNBC Student Stock Tournament
  CNBC gives student investment clubs across the U.S. and Canada an opportunity to go head-to-head in a test of stock-picking skills while learning the ways of Wall Street and improving their financial literacy.

• CNNfn Investment Challenge
  Take control of your financial future today. Explore new investing strategies while you learn online trading in this risk-free, stock market simulation.

• E*Trade
  The online broker sponsors a stock market contest.

• EduStock
  Get a real idea of what the stock market is like, and how much money you can make with stock investments, using this stock market simulation site. The site also includes tutorials on the stock market and how to pick good stocks.

• Gazillionaire
  Shareware business simulation game from LavaMind Software, "a cross between Monopoly set in outer space and Wall Street in wonderland."

• Hollywood Stock Exchange
  Buy and sell shares in a simulated marketplace based on the entertainment industry.

• Investment Challenge
  Leading provider of stock market simulations throughout North America. Participants can trade equities and options using current quotes at market prices with live brokers. The simulations provide a realistic forum to test investment strategies and learn about the markets.

• Investment Challenge Corp
  North America's most realistic stock market simulation for students. Trade real-time on all North American equity and option markets while competing for numerous prizes.

• Investors Alliance Stock Trading Contest
  A monthly stock trading competition.

• InvestSmart
  A simulated stock and mutual fund games for educators, investment clubs and individuals. It allows teachers to monitor students in each classroom; Investment clubs to collaborate with members.

• The Invisible Hand Electronic Market
  cool site where popular subjects are turned into tradable assets. Subjects like computer market share, elections, sporting events and stock valuations.

• Larax Software
  Makers of Wall Street Simulator for Windows, a shareware program that simulates the operations of a brokerage account. Users can trade a wide range of assets, including stocks, funds, futures and options. Prices can be updated via the Web.

• LimitUp!, the Futures Trading Simulator
  Shareware program is good tool for the beginning futures trader to learn about commodities. Experienced traders can use it to practice trading multiple markets in real or compressed time.

• Marcopoly
  Marcopoly is a stock exchange game, free to play. New players receive virtual cash with which to construct a portfolio, and then can select any combination of shares from the Forward Market on the Brussels Stock Exchange. The aim of the game is to increase your assets by trading shares. To help you choose stocks for your portfolio, there are figures and graphs with actual data from companies on the Brussels Stock Exchange. The trading is realistic, including deductions for commissions and taxes. Each day, at the closing of the Brussels Stock Exchange, players' share values are updated according to actual values traded on the real-life exchange.

• Market Games
  Compete in free games for prizes, buying and selling shares of sports teams, race car drivers and politicians. By Raspberry Hill Publishing.

• Money Garden Global Contest
  Forex contest.

• MarketPlayer
  Professional investment tools combined with the HedgeHog Competition, a popular stock market game.

• Market Skill-Builder
  Build your technical trading-skills via risk-free but totally realistic practise. Scroll through the charts, enter your market/limit/stop orders & watch your equity grow (or disappear!).

• NJ Biz Investment Challenge
  Entrants begin each Contest with a fictitious $100,000 in "play" money and may buy or sell any of their selected stocks at any frequency they desire during the duration of the Contest via an on-line buy or sell order. Open to all.

• Nordby Interactive Stock Challenge
  Play the Internet's most life-like contest, complete with order confirmations, weekly statements, and broker recommendations.

• nVestor Stock Market Simulation Game
  Sponsored by the League of American Investors, allows users to invest $100,000 in game money to build their own portfolio. An effective methods to learn about the Stock Market.

• Orlando Sentinel Online Investment Challenge
  Stock picking contest open to all. This contest features $100,000 in fantasy money. You can make trades as often as you like. At the end of the month, a winner will be selected based on the person who has the best performing portfolio. You will have the ability to review your portfolio at any time as well as see who the current leaders are each night.

• Parker-Hunter Stock Portfolio Challenge
  Open to Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio residents only.

• The Prentice Hall Investment Challenge
  A real-time trading simulation that allows college students to experience the stock market in a realistic and entertaining environment. Trade real-time on all North American equity and option markets and win prizes.

• Real Live Commodity Paper Trading
  Simulated trading for futures and options. Complete with market orders, free charts and data, and updated account statements. Lots of educational support.

• Rogue Market
  A free stock market game on which players buy and sell shares in celebrities rather than companies. A fun diversion for serious investors or novices. Use your investment skill and pop culture knowledge to win prizes.

• Ronin Software
  Wall Street Raider (shareware) program -- the ultimate corporate finance and stock market simulator, with simulated "live" stock ticker. Invest in, manage any of 250 companies in 36 industry groups. Highly realistic -- use junk bonds, LBOs, greenmail, etc., just like real Wall Street raiders.

• Speedy Click
  Guessing games related to the stock market.

• Stock-Trak
  Simulate managing an investment portfolio of stocks, options, futures, bonds, and mutual funds to test an investment strategy, learn about the financial markets, compete with your friends and coworkers, or, if you are a stock broker, develop a track record with an independent 3rd party. Fee-based.

• Street Picks
  Can you beat the Street? Try this free stock picking contest for prizes and more. There's a new contest every month, so stop by and try beating the Street today.

• TradeComp International
  Simulated futures brokerage firm where traders of all levels can learn to trade, develop and improve trading systems, and develop an independent track record in the real time market scenario, but without capital risk. Also, sponsors Simulated Futures Trading Competions.

• Virtual Stock Exchange
  A stock market game where users play the market with Virtual Money competing for Real Prizes.

• Wall St. Challenge
  Free Real-time quotes, markets news & info' from around the World. Plus, the weekly Challenge with major US Corporations- IBM, DELL, Coca-Cola, etc. Win a $20,000 Share Portfolio of your choice.

• Wall Street Sports
  sports stock market simulation; athletes have been transformed into securities; prices depend on an athletes performance and supply and demand; the Wall Street Sports Daily contains continually updated sports news and information

• Yahoo Investment Challenge
  Investment Challenge Portfolio tightly integrated into Yahoo's vast array of research resources; discuss your picks & pans on the Investment Challenge Message Board

• ZDNet Inter@ctive Investment Challenge
  After you register for the contest, you'll instantly receive $100,000 in "play" money. You can hone your investment skills by trading in our practice area. The winner is the player whose portfolio shows the biggest dollar gain.

• ZDTV Money Machine Investment Challenge
  Are you a Peter Lynch in the making? Do you dream about running a big-time portfolio? You can test your stock-picking skills -- and win valuable prizes -- by playing The Money Machine Investment Challenge starting on the first of each month.

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