Live stream: Multiplayer stock trading game using real money [video]

Live stream: Multiplayer stock trading game using real money [video](twitch.tv)

33 points by alexhornbake 8 years ago | 6 comments

cosinetau 8 years ago |

Part of me believes that this can easily be used for money laundering or insider trading.

Anyone want to guess the legality of this? This is very far away from Twitch plays pokemon.

mmmrtl 8 years ago | |

The creator, an Amazon engineer, did disallow trading AMZN, for a start

milesvp 8 years ago | |

It doesn't look like there's any payout, nor a requirement to buy in to play. I don't see a way for any laundering to happen.

As for insider trading, it's a collective voting game. I don't see a way to increase the value of one's vote, so I can't imagine it ever falling afoul of insider trading.

soared 8 years ago |

Unsurprising that most of the trading activity is around prominent b2c tech brands. Right now I'm seeing amd, tesla, netflix, google, nvidia, apple.

What is the ticker in the middle with quotes?

teeray 8 years ago |

Can anyone find where the proceeds of this go?

mmmrtl 8 years ago | |

If there are any, it's still the investor's money

http://www.businessinsider.com/stockstream-twitch-amazon-sto...