Great, I will use Google's data and web2py to build a portfolio management webapp. 2008/11/10 mdipierro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > 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 > > > > > quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
