Remaining functionality for version 0.1

After the testing period ended I have made a list of what I consider to be the essential functionality to add before the final release of version 0.1. I am now assuming that it will release in the end of April.

This functionality has been decided upon:

• On each closed prediction a full result list where each trader can see how he/she did. This is a part of the general idea of improved history.


• Make it easier to buy and sell. By adding some cool javascripts and putting all the trading on just one page it should become even more intuitive how to buy and sell. This is important to keep new traders in an open game.


• A graph on each prediction to show how the price/value has evolved. This is something everyone thinks of when thinking of a regular stock market.


• Relevant news should be shown on each prediction as well on each trader's portfolio page. To make this work some database changes have to be made as well as adding functionality to the admin management module for news items.

This functionality is under consideration:

• A way to edit an offer. For now a trader has to cancel an offer and create a new one to do the same as an edit.


• A different, perhaps weighted average way with emphasis on the latest trades to calculate value. The reason for this is that the number of stocks traded does not matter on the last value.

First publicly available beta-version

This past weekend I paid to get the Forecast Exchange hosted. I semi-randomly ended up with Netcetera, an English hosting company. For something like £6 a month I get to have web applications running on their machines. I also bought the domain www.theforecastexchange.com after discovering that the domain www.forecastexchange.com was already taken. Good thing the logo says the Forecast Exchange anyway.

I will describe in more technical details later the errors I encountered when getting this to work on the new web host. For now I am proud to present version 0.1 beta available for viewing at www.theforecastexchange.com. You will not be able to log in yet, but at least you can view the application. I expect to clear the database to get some friends to test already this week. If you are interested in joining the beta testing, please just respond to this post.