Stock data for use in black box trading application? [more inside]
posted by Hypocrites on Mar 28, 2009 - 3 answers

I need to get streaming futures data to use in software I am developing. What's the best source? [more inside]
posted by Hypocrites on Mar 12, 2009 - 5 answers

How exactly does the Bid/Ask work on Intrade.com? [more inside]
posted by wastelands on Dec 1, 2008 - 8 answers

MarketFilter: Got any advice for trading Futures? Help a newbie! [more inside]
posted by dragontail on Oct 11, 2008 - 5 answers

I've been fascinated for a while with stiff like tradesports.com and the ill-fated DARPA terrorism futures market, and got to thinking about building a fake, toy futures market. There are systems out there that simulate markets, but they're either simple portfolio charters or they have randomly wobbling shares. I'm much more interested in valuations created by groups of users gaming on the outcome of real events.

Ideally, as I'm very lazy, someone will have written one of these already, but I've googled away and had no joy. It could be me not knowing the lingo used to describe these things.

Failing this can anybody recommend a framework to work within? I'm thinking of something (probably the usual php/mysql) with e-mail/users/password recovery etc. built in for me to start from. Maybe the toy market would be best developed as a plug in to something? [more inside]
posted by Flat Feet Pete on Mar 28, 2004 - 5 answers