- I didn't like the fact that CNBC would not let you trade stocks with a marketcap of less than 100 million. A big part of investing for me is taking real risks in hope of a real short term reward.
- Another downside was that their website runs very slowly (ie, the system was not designed well), so not only are you investing time in an effort that will likely not result in a gain of any sort, you are also spending time waiting for the system to respond.
- They would only allow you to trade during market hours and then record you trades at the 4 PM price. It basically interfered with my regular strategy and research. Allowing more freedom (ie, getting the stock at the price and time of your choice and then selling at the exact time and price of your choice) would help to save time, because you could do exactly what you would in real life.
In summary, I would have preferred that it was more like the real thing.
Maybe you could run it for them next year.
