Options Simulator going web-based


Written on February 22, 2009 – 2:38 pm | by Wit
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I have migrated most of the developed OS engine to Python due to the fact that I plan to launch the Options Simulator as a free web-based service rather than an independent software. It will be availabe with the support of the Google Applications Engine and it’s mighty cloud computing technology.

I expect to release the first previews of the Simulator by the end of March (if everything goes the right way). Work and personal issues have kept me from keeping up with the development for a long time.

As promised, this piece of software will allow you to simulate basic market “conditions” and trades (options and shares) for many different securities. You will then be able to design and test your hedging strategies easily and get a highly valuable visual output (charts). The analysis is mainly based on

  • a) Watch the value of your portfolio over time (or at specific time points)
  • b) Watch your risk profile at any point by specifying an unknown variable (i.e.  value of a stock, volatility of a stock, interest rates,…)
As everybody here keeps talking about the financial crisis (and it is not as bad as politicians and media want us to believe…
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) and volatility on the markets keeps growing, you will have to agree with me that options provides a good tool to hedge the risks and protect your portfolio (or even take advantage of the high volatilities to earn an extra buck).
As a wise man said once “When the Blood Flows on the Streets, It’s Time to Buy Real Estate“. We do not have any blood on the streets yet *looks outside to check*, but high volatilities and bear market provide more chances to buy into the right stock, if you do your homework. As shares of even the best companies, that surely will survive the turmoil, are available at discount prices, investors may actually even afford a good hedging and still pay a relatively small price for stock + puts.
Option contracts will be a very useful tool for clever investors these years. And that’s when good tools come into play… :-)

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