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OTIS lets the student be the fund manager:
- Make trades: Use real-world market data to execute trades.
- View holdings: See the book value and current market value of stocks.
- Performance analysis: Create industry sectors and assess the relative returns of securities within and across sectors.
- Evaluate performance: Students can compare their portfolio performance to the portfolios of classmates.
OTIS is a powerful, hands-on, environment for teaching and applying key investments concepts:
- Portfolio management: Teach students how portfolios are constructed and how to keep them balanced.
- Short selling: Show how to benefit from market declines.
- Margin trading: Demonstrate the mechanics, risks, and requirements of margin trading.
- Liquidity: Illustrate the strategies for entering and exiting the market and the need for cash on hand.
OTIS gives instructors control over the parameters of the simulation:
- Instructors can choose which security classes students can trade and even add new security classes at different points during the simulation.
- Instructors can choose to conduct one simulation for the duration of a semester or to conduct a series of shorter simulations.
- Students can participate in the open OTIS simulation if their professor does not require it for the course. Click here for more information.
- The most recent market data and financial information is provided by the Financial Times Interactive Data.
To view a demo or for more information, visit OTIS.
OTIS was developed through a partnership with the Wharton Learning Lab at the University of Pennsylvania.
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