Not only can you by shares in stocks on a company you can also
buy options such as calls and puts. A put option is what you would
buy if you expect the stock price to drop. A call option is what you
would buy if you expect the stock price to rise. A smart trader
trade in real-time. Real-time is streaming data as opposed to updated
data. If you trade a stock thinking the price is 6 1/2 and actually
when you trade it's at 3 1/2 you end up loosing some serious dollers.
A 20 minute refreashed delay can seriously effect your trading success
where as a 1 second streaming delay can provide timely profits. Delays
and misrepresented information are the traders worst enemies.
Real+Time+Services:
http://www.dtniq.com/download.cfm
Stock+Trading+Games+For+Prizes+(including+cash).++I+found+them+by+doing
keyword+searches+with+the+google+search+engine.
Wallstreets investment challege offers $500 daily for 1st prize:
http://www.wallst-challenge.com/us/newuser.htm
Internet.com offers $1,500 for 1st prize:
http://stockchallenge.internet.com/
Etrade offers a stock trading contest and an options trading contest.
Both are conducted on a montly basis. 1st prize is worth $1,000.
2nd prize is worth $500. 3rd prize is worth $100:
http://game.etrade.com/
ZDTV has a monthly stock trading contest featuring a computer for 1st prize:
http://www.nordby.com/challenges/ZDTV/default.htm
Yahoo's monthly stock trading contest features $5,000 in gift certificates
for 1st prize:
~http://contest.finance.yahoo.com/t1?u
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