nice. thanks.
On Nov 10, 4:23 pm, tommy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bear,
>
> Finance google provide the real time data, use RSS to retrieve
> it.http://pulse2.com/2008/06/24/google-finance-advances-real-time-market...
>
> Bloomberg has the data feed, It uses phatpile.
>
> Tommy
> On Nov 10, 4:10 pm, tommy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > 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
> > ishttp://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
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