Checked out the CME’s Trading Simulation Game this morning, and they win the award for creating a game that is NOTHING like the real deal. They give you a chart, a buy button, and a sell button – and then put some fake news along the right side of it. Here’s how I did in my first attempt – 100% winners for a “play” profit of $4,586, which the software says makes me a “spectacular speculator,” where “your expert trading left you with a ridiculously huge profit.” Yeah, right.

Here’s the screenshot of my buys and sells, which were, admittedly, perfectly timed at the swing highs and lows.  If only the real news had that little green or red arrow next to it when it came out saying which way it would affect the markets, AND the markets actually followed that and moved that way for a few weeks without any reversals until the next news (which again has the nice green or red arrow).

The high score is set at $4,586 play dollars (you can only do a max of 10 contracts)– who can beat it on this kindergarten level simulator?