Bear, I don't know, but I can check it and update to you later. Here is the example how web2py application to get the trading data from finance yahoo using CSV. The link is http://mdp.cti.depaul.edu/appliances/default/show/20
I am sure there is delay for these data. Tommy Zhu On Nov 8, 8:09 am, BearXu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We use the data from Thomson Datastream.Maybe in US bloomberg can provide > the data. > > Doen't the Depaul business school provide the database from Bloomberg? > > 2008/11/6 tommy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > We are at phase I of this project. We built couple of robots to send > > some orders to the trading system. I think it is not difficult to get > > the real data from internet. Maybe we can use the RSS to import the > > data from other websites. Most likely the data has some delay. I will > > do more research on it. > > > Tommy > > > On Nov 3, 6:28 pm, BearXu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > To Tommy Zhu:This system is interesting. But I have some questions about > > the > > > project. > > > > 1)Are the datas about the stock price as same as real Nasdaq or > > > Dowjones.My opinion is that NO is better because if the datas are the > > same > > > as the Nasdaq, the game players can not discover their impact on the > > > market.Maybe you can invent some "Virtual Stocks" and also invent some > > > "Events" and see what's the reply from the game players and the players > > can > > > also discover how the price is changing according to their actions. > > > > 2)If we use this system to hold a invest game, maybe that's not a good > > idea > > > because the winner of the game is just the guy who wins the most money. > > This > > > object just stimulate the players to be speculators instead > > > of encouraging the people to arbitrage.Maybe the arbitragers' profit is > > much > > > lower than the speculators. > > > > So my suggestion about the MVC of this system is that: > > > Model--there are two kinds of data.one is real from the real market. the > > > other one is virtual. > > > Controller--we can design the controller like a pc game,maybe have two > > > modes: Free Mode and Tutorial Mode.In the Tutorial Mode, the teacher > > can > > > design some circumstances that arbitrage really exists and the winners > > are > > > the guys who discover it and then made a portfolio.So the teachers can > > even > > > use this system to assign the homework.:) > > > > I never saw a simulation system with tutorial mode before. > > > > 2008/11/3 tommy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > BearXu, > > > > > I am the student of Computational Finance in DePaul and currently > > > > taking the web2py course now. It is pretty fun, and three of students > > > > are working on a security trading simulation project. We use web2py to > > > > develop a MVC application communicating with a server develped by > > > > python. > > > > > Tommy Zhu > > > > > On Nov 3, 4:09 pm, BearXu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > It's interesting that the creator of Web2py is also the head of the > > > > > Computational Finance in DePaul. > > > > > > Will we see some apps for Computational Finance in Web2py like option > > > > > pricing or other statistics tools or even a derivative market > > > > emulation?(My > > > > > imagination) > > > > > > I am always suspicious of the courses like computational finance > > because > > > > it > > > > > is just like finance + computer instead of combining them.- Hide > > quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
