Patent ID: 7392212
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: G06Q,G09B

Abstract:
1. A method for allowing a user, through a computer in telecommunication link with a system having access to financial and market data, to predict the performance of a financial vehicle and thereby provide training for trading options or evaluating predictions, which comprises: providing a user interface, via the computer, which allows the user to specify a financial vehicle; displaying, via the user interface, historical performance data for the financial vehicle specified by the user; displaying, via the user interface, projected performance data for the financial vehicle; receiving from the user, via the user interface, performance prediction for the financial vehicle for a time period; receiving from the user, via the user interface, amount of money to leverage relating to the performance prediction for the financial vehicle for the time period; storing the performance prediction for the financial vehicle and the amount of money leveraged; calculating payoff amount based on the performance prediction for the financial vehicle and the amount of money leveraged; and displaying, via the user interface, the calculated payoff amount.