World Of Broker

World Of Broker
Studio	WOB team
Publisher	WorldOfBroker.com
Senior Developer	Martin Ehrlich, Philipp Dubrau, Solueman Hussain
Erstveröffent- lichung	Browser game : June 14, 2012 iOS : October 18, 2015
platform	Web browser , iOS
genre	Economic simulation
Subject	Capital market
Game mode	Multiplayer
control	Mouse , keyboard , touchscreen
language	German

World Of Broker (English. World of the stock exchange traders; mostly abbreviated WOB) is a turn-based strategy game . This business simulation is a digitization and further development of the classic board and stock market game Broker (1961). It has been available as a browser game since 2012.

development

The programming of the beta version began in 2008 by a business administration student at the Humboldt University in Berlin . The aim was a seminar-capable simulation to visualize the idea of ​​diversification and to thematize the portfolio theory founded by Harry Max Markowitz . In 2012, with the further development of the software, World Of Broker and its browser version were born. This enabled nationwide use at other universities as well. Today World Of Broker is a nationwide teaching project at the Federal Association of Stock Exchange Associations at German Universities .

Game content

World Of Broker is a stock market game and business simulation . The participants can trade different stocks with a fictitious starting capital . By posting information, the courses are changed immediately by the players. With various additional functions, such as a. Stock split , option (economy) and capital increase , in-depth financial instruments can be simulated. The game is played alternately 10 rounds. The winner is the player / team who has the most valuable deposit in the end.

Competitions and events

This project, initially called Das Börsenspiel 2.0, became an integral part of the program of events at Berliner Börsenkreis eV in 2010. In 2011, the Berliner Börsenkreis eV organized a regional stock market game championship for the first time. In addition, the 6 best participants from the previous events were able to play for the championship title in a final. Today every club in the BVH can determine its regional stock exchange master once a year and nominate a participant for the German BVH stock exchange championship.

date	region	venue	Stock market master	organizer
December 06, 2011		TU Berlin	Olaf Noske	Berliner Börsenkreis eV
December 18, 2012		TU Berlin	Igor Kissel	Berliner Börsenkreis eV
12/17/2013		TU Berlin	Jan Fuchs	Berliner Börsenkreis eV
11/18/2014		University of Halle-Wittenberg	Alexander Jähnke	Academic Exchange Group, University of Halle eV
11/29/2014		Frankfurt Stock Exchange	Martin Kummann	Federal association of stock exchange associations at German universities
December 16, 2014		TU Berlin	Julian Hagenlücke	Berliner Börsenkreis eV
09/19/2015		messefrankfurt	Christian Püschel	Federal association of stock exchange associations at German universities
09/30/2015		University of Hamburg	Piet rod	Hanseatic stock exchange group of the University of Hamburg eV
06/25/2016		University of Hanover	Tim Zimmer & Christian Burkhardt	Federal association of stock exchange associations at German universities
07/01/2017		Augsburg University of Applied Sciences	Julian Müller	Federal association of stock exchange associations at German universities

Awards

• Federal Association of Stock Exchange Associations at German Universities BVH Prize 2013 for promoting equity culture in Germany

Web links

• Official website of World Of Broker
• WOB at the Berliner Börsenkreis eV

Individual evidence

1. ↑ No real money, no real stocks, but lots of fun. ( Memento from June 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Website of the Berliner Börsenkreis eV Accessed on July 28, 2014.
2. ↑ BVH Prize 2013 Photo album of the Federal Association of Stock Exchange Associations at German Universities. Retrieved July 28, 2014.