Stock Market Simulation

March 16, 2018 2:59 PM

I'm working with a high school Economics teacher. He has asked that I find a site where we can run a stock market simulation for the students. Each team will have $100,000 to invest between Tuesday, and May 29th. My big concern is that this not turn into a massive pile of papers that is impossible to manage. Have any teachers done this before? What is the easiest way to manage stock market simulations? Do you have web sites that make it easier? Thank you for your time!
posted by dfm500 to Education (7 answers total)

Best answer: Investopedia is a popular simulator site that lets you create your own private contests (screenshot) -- you can specify starting capital and end dates, as well as other more advanced options.
posted by rollick at 3:18 PM on March 16, 2018 [4 favorites]

Best answer: There are quite a few if you google them. I've worked with the Stock Market Game and my students really enjoyed How the Market Works.
posted by yes I said yes I will Yes at 4:15 PM on March 16, 2018 [1 favorite]

I could be totally off base, but there's https://www.quantopian.com/ - it allows you to write some investment bots and do backtracing on real data. The results could probably be used for grading etc.
posted by TrinsicWS at 5:40 PM on March 16, 2018 [1 favorite]

Best answer: I don't know if this fits your needs, but The Stock Market Game is a common tool used by school economics classes.
posted by lownote at 9:25 PM on March 16, 2018 [1 favorite]

My high school econ class used the Hollywod Stock Exchange, which trades virtual shares in actors and box office returns. Might be more interesting/fun than a generic business stock market sim.
posted by Rhaomi at 10:47 PM on March 16, 2018 [1 favorite]

Also Google spreadsheets allows you to do a stock ticker value lookup in a cell or formula so rolling your own isn't very hard either.
posted by chasles at 5:47 AM on March 17, 2018 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: This is very helpful, thank you!
posted by dfm500 at 3:34 PM on March 17, 2018