MacroTrader puts you in charge of a trading desk: ten thousand dollars, a stock fund and a bond fund. Twenty release days, about half an hour. Here's how it works. Leave the seed blank for a new market, or type the one your professor gave you, so the whole class trades the same market. You start in cash, the day before the first release. On the right, what comes out next: the consensus, already in the price, and your Research Department's forecast: 52.1 against 47.6. At level one, the stronger data lifts stocks and sinks bonds, so you buy stocks. Every trade pays a small commission. End day, and the number lands: 51.7, two standard deviations above consensus. Markets move on the surprise, not the number: yields up, bonds down, stocks up. Prices over the session, and your net worth: up fifty-six dollars. Next up, payrolls. Consensus expects ninety thousand new jobs. Your desk expects a loss: out of stocks and into bonds. Payrolls fell: stocks dropped, bonds rose. Your forecast is right about three times in four, not always. In between, the rest of the real calendar moves prices while you wait. A run of surprises one way tells you where the economy is heading. The Guide explains every number. Beat a balanced portfolio and finish up to win. Start with level one. Good luck, MacroTrader.