Patent Document ID: 7698195
Application ID: 10830836
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method, performed by a provided computer system having a user, the method for simulating a business system that conducts a market transaction, the method comprising: a. determining, by the computer system, a price for an opportunity to participate in the market, determining the price comprising: (1) selecting, by the computer system, a set of mathematical factors from a plurality of sets, wherein the set of factors is associated with a predetermined price pattern; (2) selecting, by the computer system, a current factor from the selected set; and (3) determining, by the computer system, a price in accordance with the current factor, wherein determining the price in accordance with the current factor includes applying the current factor to an immediately prior market interval; b. updating, by the computer system, a financial position of the user in response to a transaction; and c. performing, by the computer system, the transaction in accordance with the price and an input from the user through a user interface of the computer system, the input from the user corresponding in content to an input to the business system whereby the user develops skill in specifying market transactions to be conducted by reviewing changes in the user's financial position.