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Practice Stock Trading: Using Online Stock Game Simulator

May 1, 2008 by Zachary Riff

by Zachary Riff

Most people compare and liken stock trading to gambling. However, it is not. Developing a good trading strategy is the key to making it in the stock market. Even newbies like you can learn stock trading and do it well. One way of developing your own strategy is to practice stock trading using online stock game simulators.

An online game application, usually called stock market simulators, usually mimic the principles used in real-life stock markets. But no real money is involved; play money is used, so you can practice stock trading without the financial risk. Read on and know more about how you can learn and practice stock trading with an online stock game simulator.

The Two Kinds – There are two types of online stock game applications for you to be able to practice stock trading skills and strategies: Financial and fantasy stock game simulators. A financial stock market online game application allows you to practice stock trading through a fictional portfolio based on real stock entries.

The Use of Play Money – Your financial stock simulator portfolio uses play money, so there is no risk involved at all. To prevent any collusion, or abuse of the game and the system, most online trading websites that offer these free stock games use a delayed data feed. Such a system ensures that the information and data may not be used to do actual stock trading using these information. A financial stock online simulator is a great way for you to practice stock trading scenarios and strategies, and gain experience before you move up to the real thing.

Hypothetical Trading – On the other, a fantasy stock market online game simulator lets you practice stock trading through thoroughly hypothetical yet amusing settings. Unlike financial stock game applications, fantasy online simulators feature imaginary fantasy stocks that, while representing real items, would never be actually traded in actual practice stock trading setting.

The Stocks – Some items being traded in fantasy free stock market game applications include the longevity of certain books on the bestseller list, the success of certain movies at the box office, antics of infamous celebrities, sports teams and games, and more. What fantasy stock market game applications do is show how the principles in an actual stock trading setting may work.

Using the analogy between fantasy and real-life trading anyone with no background in trading will be able to understand how the stock market works, because these often use items that are familiar to a lot of people. This is one way where you get to practice stock trading techniques and strategies while having fun.

Practice – Playing on an online stock market simulator lets you practice stock trading with play money in a real-world stock market scenario. Getting the hang of how shares are bought and sold, what affects your investments and the other principles are all part of the practice stock trading experience with a stock market simulator. It will just be a matter of time between simply playing practice stock trading on an online stock market simulator and doing the real deals yourself.

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