XSTOCK: Stockmarket Simulation Game, Version: December 1973
8-700

Author: Alvin Yellon and Mike Benveniste, Computonostra Programming
Club, Highland Park, IL

Source Language: FOCAL '69
Memory Required: 4K Keywords: Simulations

Abstract: This program simulates the actual stock market as closely as
possible. The user has a choice of seven stocks in which to buy or sell
shares. The price of a share rises or falls randomly, using a FNEW
random number function, within the range of ± 5 dollars. The brokerage
fee and stock index are calculated by following the actual exchange
procedure as closely as possible. The program is also set up so that at any
given time, any stock can also undergo a 2 for 1 split. The output includes
price, holdings change, percent change, and any dividend paid.

Restrictions: Written for use with PDP-8 Focal-69.

Note: The availability of this program on OS/8 media does not imply that
the program is appropriate for or has been tested on OS/8 or OS/78.
Please order at your own discretion.

Media Service Charge Code: Write-Up and Listing (DA), Floppy
Diskette (KA) Format: OS/8
Catalog: June 1985