Electronic stock market terminal game

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The foregoing and other objects of the invention are accomplished by an electronic stock market game which simulates buying, selling, and other transactions on a stock exchange and which provides for the interplay of market factors to affect the price of the stocks and the conditions of the companies.
Each of a number of players have individual electronic displays each of which simulates the display on the board at a stock exchange or at an individual stock market terminal.
The information presented on the displays is used by the players in deciding to deal in particular stocks.
The displays present a limited number of stocks, their prices, their dividends, and various other information which may affect the market for a particular stock.
Associated with his display, each player has a keyboard for inter alia buying, selling, selling short, placing calls, and placing puts with respect to stock listed by the display.
The object of the game for each player is to acquire more than a particular sum of money.
A microprocessor controls the displays and keeps track of the stocks, their ownership, their price, totals of cash and stock owned by each player, and the like.
The microprocessor also makes sure that the rules of the game are followed by the players.
Other objects, features, and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the specification taken in conjunction with the drawings in which like elements are referred to by like reference designations throughout the several views.