How do you play the virtual stock exchange?

Answer 1

I think the best way to learn about the stock market is to see what the best investors are buying and selling. Check out http://www.top10traders.com - this is a free site that lets you create a portfolio of stocks with $100,000 in "play" money. Each day the site ranks the best performing portfolios, so you can see how your picks perform compared to other investors. You can also read posts on investing from the best traders, as well as share your own investing ideas. There is also a charting feature , so you can see how your portfolio performs compared to the S&P 500.

Here are this month's best traders:

http://www.top10traders.com/Top10Standings.aspx

Good luck.

Answer 2

also try www.marketocracy.com
They are the best one I have found, and they don't reset your account after 1 month like some of the others do. If you are 1 of the top 100 investors, you are able to purchase real stock for their '100 Fund.'
It is run more like a mutual fund as far as the requirements.

Answer 3

Just open an account with a broker. Most all of them give you virtual accounts so you can practice trading virtually.

As an alternative you can also go to investopedia.com and use their simulator.

As for what to do next (buying and selling), you'll want to learn about that too. Again, investopedia is a pretty good place to start.

Good luck!

Answer 4

just like the real stock exchange excpet you are not using real money. (good to test theories) and this is the correct link.