WSEX Futures Markets let you buy or sell teams or contestants during the course of a season, tournament, or game. The price will fluctuate between $0 and $100. Simply click on the price you want to buy or sell at, and select how many contracts you want at that price.
Note that you can sell a team short even if you don’t own any contracts.
There are two types of Futures Markets: 1-Pay and 4-Pay. In a 1-Pay, the winner is worth $100 and all others $0. In a 4-Pay, the winner is worth $100, the runner up $50, and third and fourth places $25.
Last year’s World Series would have settled like this, for example:
<TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD>Florida</TD><TD>$100</TD></TR><TR><TD>New York</TD><TD>$50</TD></TR><TR><TD>Boston</TD><TD>$25</TD></TR><TR><TD>Chicago</TD><TD>$25</TD></TR><TR><TD>All Others</TD><TD>$0</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>