| There are many investors who always wanted to | | | | investors a real feel of actual online trading. These |
| invest in the stock market but they don't want to | | | | stock market simulators are very easy to use and |
| risk their hard earned money in this risky investment | | | | the best part is that they are free. You just need a |
| avenue without proper knowledge and experience. | | | | good internet connection to start doing the trading |
| They understand that just reading books on share | | | | on these online simulators or games. |
| market or reading articles on the internet is not | | | | There are many advantages of using the share |
| sufficient to gain that type of experience to make | | | | market games. These are useful not only to the |
| profits in the share market. | | | | beginners to investing but also to finance students. |
| Then the question arises, what is the best way to | | | | These simulators help the finance students to learn |
| gain experience of online share market trading | | | | how to tackle real life situations which arise in the |
| without actually risking real money. The answer is to | | | | stock market. These simulators are a part of the |
| start playing stock market games or use online | | | | learning process and a lot of teachers use them as a |
| simulators. Now how does a share market simulator | | | | interactive method to teach their students. These |
| help? Actually, a simulator is nothing but a fantasy | | | | games have proven to be a big hit among the |
| game where people invest virtual money in the real | | | | teachers as well as students. |
| market. This is very similar to the online fantasy | | | | There are many such simulators available on the |
| games which are popular for sports like football and | | | | internet. Most of these simulators are free to use but |
| cricket. | | | | there are some paid versions also available. The paid |
| In online share market games, the investors are | | | | simulators have some extra functionality which are |
| provided with a fixed amount of virtual money which | | | | missing from the free ones. Some of the few popular |
| they are free to invest in share market. The | | | | share market games are Virtual Stock Exchange, |
| investors then make their portfolio using real stocks | | | | Stock Market Game, Investopedia's simulator, The |
| using the actual prices in the market. These | | | | Great game, Updown.com, Stock Track etc. These |
| simulators take real time data from the exchanges | | | | games are great for any type of investor and help |
| like New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), American | | | | them understand their risk appetite and natural |
| Stock Exchange (AMEX) or NASDAQ. The simulator | | | | investing strategy. |
| also charges commissions per trade which give the | | | | |