Playing & Trading Strategy

short selling mommy_milk_bags Oct 10, 09:23

'short' is the opposite of 'buy' RazorHawk Oct 10, 09:36

If you're shorting a stock, you're betting that the price will drop. If you own one share, and it drops in price by $1, then you gain $1. {nm} Roger More Oct 10, 09:37

short selling mommy_milk_bags Oct 10, 10:14

If you own it LONG (you did a normal BUY) when you decide it's going down, then, SELL it and SHORT it, if you want to keep it in play. edzep - Port Monkey! Oct 10, 10:58

^^^ Insert ", then," after the parentheses. {nm} edzep - Port Monkey! Oct 10, 11:00

doing ok? mommy_milk_bags Oct 10, 11:36

Time for a sequel for the Sequel Fund, cause this on is done! Congratulations! {nm} PVL Admin Oct 09, 18:09

^one^ {nm} PVL Admin Oct 09, 18:09

Congratulations {nm} oneman Oct 09, 20:10

Nicely Done, JMT. {nm} RotoHockeyYTD2014 Oct 09, 23:54

The bright yellow taxi has finally arrived for the NYNY fund. Congratulations! {nm} AwardsFund Oct 07, 23:21

CONGRATS Andrew from Joni Mitchell & the Gang. RotoHockeyYTD2014 Oct 08, 06:13

Congratulations {nm} oneman Oct 08, 06:18

Well done and thank you blaze223 Oct 08, 12:02

How can I call up a specific stock in my portfolio without having to scroll through the whole thing? BuenaOnda Oct 07, 15:33

Control F and then type the stock name {nm} RazorHawk Oct 07, 15:56

What's up with the IPO's of late? Lucky_Muppet Oct 07, 10:50

There is one word you need to read on an IPO's page. ndmaster Oct 07, 20:41

hmmm, I don't think you can use that argument as most Sat IPO's are also in development phase... {nm} Lucky_Muppet Oct 08, 01:32

Top Movie Funds for the Week AwardsFund Oct 04, 12:05

hmmmmmm ? {nm} StarBond Fund Oct 04, 15:55

:) Honorable Mention {nm} AwardsFund Oct 04, 16:26

His Majesty. {nm} RotoHockeyYTD2014 Oct 05, 11:57

Congratulations to September PVL Winners (Results inside). Always looking for new players. PVL Admin Oct 02, 23:31

Congratulations to 3rd Quarter PVL Winners! (Results inside) PVL Admin Oct 02, 23:31

Thanks for the effort Rocket! How are we going to get more active members for the different Port Value League's? {nm} Lucky_Muppet Oct 04, 12:00

I can only think of 2 ways...1) we send people to new players' houses and "convince" them to join, or players start testimonializing (word?) PVL Admin Oct 04, 12:14

thanks rocket. I've enjoyed the league competition so far (helps that I'm doing pretty well). {nm} MattW Oct 04, 19:11

Did you know? There are 280 players in the Port Value Leagues? {nm} PVL Admin Oct 04, 12:19

Here's a list of the top 5 largest leagues on HSX: PVL Admin Oct 04, 12:23

The need for friendly competition/bragging rights Lucky_Muppet Oct 04, 13:46

Thanks, Rocket! This is definitely an exciting way to start off in PVL! {nm} Newcloak Oct 04, 23:27

The PVLs are a great initiative for anyone who wants to stay in the game. Cheers Admin Rocket! {nm} Qix Oct 06, 20:05

Question for all the all knowing ones..... thefootballfreak Oct 02, 23:07

Avengers. You can check amount but not date. Go to advanced search (just to the left of the search on the menu bar) {nm} JDolphin Oct 02, 23:20

Au Contraire - There is a Way to Find that Information by Date <See Inside>. RotoHockeyYTD2014 Oct 02, 23:56

That's per Weekend, not per year. {nm} JDolphin Oct 03, 12:19

Thanks to you both! {nm} thefootballfreak Oct 03, 15:58

It's both Weekend & Year - Steps 3 - 7 Inclusive give you Year - Just like it Said. {nm} RotoHockeyYTD2014 Oct 03, 16:25

Your way is looking up every weekend and collecting all those, not a year at a glance. You'd be better off going to BOM {nm} JDolphin Oct 03, 16:33

BOM does not Show the HSX Delist Price. {nm} RotoHockeyYTD2014 Oct 04, 00:19

They weren't looking for delist price just movies delisted in each year. {nm} JDolphin Oct 04, 12:04

Before Roto gets picky let me clarify - the initial post did not say delist price per year. {nm} JDolphin Oct 04, 12:13

OK, first off... thefootballfreak Oct 04, 19:41

No Post Adjust Bond Shows - two straight weeks - any suggestions for another source for adjusts? (nm) Grebmor Oct 01, 21:16

As there were so much few bonds adjusting, there wasn't much profit to be made on the flip {nm} Lucky_Muppet Oct 01, 22:19

A calculator... eyescovered Oct 02, 04:11

+1 {nm} Dorfman Oct 02, 05:57

How {nm} mike255 Oct 02, 09:42

Howprofitable {nm} mike255 Oct 02, 09:42

1) Calculate it yourself 2) Kaigee.com 3) Howprofitable.com/hsx (elchan's site) {nm} JDolphin Oct 02, 19:49

My apologies to the previous posters as they covered these options and my brain went right by them {nm} JDolphin Oct 02, 19:50

I have my own spreadsheet. {nm} DTravel Oct 03, 12:56

Strategy discussions for a newbie... nkliph3 Oct 01, 09:13

Try joining an "active" league where the members post useful tips Lucky_Muppet Oct 01, 09:59

keep an eye out for early wknd B.O. #s on Friday mornings. there is often a lot of $H to be made... Oleg Max Oct 01, 10:32

Thanks...best sources for the early weekend BO #s? {nm} nkliph3 Oct 01, 10:33

DL, THR, V, BO, BOG, they are all posted on the movies board pretty much as soon as they become available. {nm} Oleg Max Oct 01, 11:52

imo jaymel Oct 03, 06:42

Invest in EURO... I mean funds! {nm} EuroFund Oct 07, 14:42

If you switch your position on a stock from long to short I guess the smart thing is to short first then sell... MattW Sep 30, 12:37

Not really, because when you short the price will go down so you'll get less from the sell {nm} JDolphin Sep 30, 13:55

I'm pretty sure it takes more than one trade to move a stock price. Of course, how that works is secret sauce :) [nm] Initech Sep 30, 14:19

1 trade moves the price much of the time. Try a trade after reset when you can see by the shares you were the only one trading {nm} JDolphin Sep 30, 21:36

Some speculation on how trades affect prices MattW Sep 30, 22:23

I didn't know HSX has a subreddit ;) {nm} Antibody Oct 01, 12:07

I was about to say same thing. Cool {nm} Dorfman Oct 01, 12:27

shorting first before selling really is a zero sum game. however, if you don't like to see red in the port then it works. Oleg Max Sep 30, 14:27

ha, meant 'short' of course :) {nm} Oleg Max Sep 30, 14:38

I short a lot before selling. But I usually do trades in 25k share increments. Dorfman Oct 01, 07:20

It's all a wash, bottom line. {nm} ndmaster Oct 04, 10:39

Well I feel silly now. thanks jdolphin and Oleg. {nm} MattW Sep 30, 16:41

Is there a commission charged on a "DELIST" transaction? {nm} Bleachigo Sep 28, 22:00

Nope {nm} MattW Sep 28, 22:11

For anyone with a port of over a billion, how much do you gain in a good week or a good month? {nm} MattW Sep 28, 21:34

When I first became a B-aire, I was seeing 100-130 mil / mth. Now (5 B-aire) I get to 200 mil on a good month. {nm} PVL Admin Sep 28, 23:18

KAIGEE Stats for the Week Ended 09/24/14. RotoHockeyYTD2014 Sep 29, 05:50

In good summer months, I could see $100M some times, but not as much in the past few years... {nm} Flash Sep 29, 08:35

Is this simply a function of less HSX players? nkliph3 Oct 01, 09:07

cool, thanks MattW Sep 29, 10:05

Writer Director Funds Lostboy Sep 28, 07:05

Top MovieFunds this Week AwardsFund Sep 27, 11:19

You know its a bad month when even Grory is losing money. :D {nm} DTravel Sep 26, 12:12

ahhh September...that time of year when the portfolios change color {nm} tealfan Sep 27, 04:41

Then i won't complain about merely making $20 million this month blaze223 Sep 27, 11:07

But I like green! {nm} Kermit the Frog Sep 28, 10:57

Question about studio funds Dorfman Sep 22, 09:32

Answer. RotoHockeyYTD2014 Sep 22, 09:47

HA +1 Yeah I realized after I posted that message I should have just looked at the darn things.. {nm} Dorfman Sep 22, 10:01

What specific time do Starbonds adjust on Tuesdays? {nm} nkliph3 Sep 22, 06:46

whenever DMac gets to them, usually around 1:30 ET / 10:30 PT Oleg Max Sep 22, 09:14

Thanks nkliph3 Sep 22, 09:28

price is frozen on that Tuesday after adjust for the whole day, it will start moving again after reset on Wednesday... {nm} Oleg Max Sep 22, 10:05

Also, are these times early Tues morning or late Tues night? {nm} nkliph3 Sep 22, 09:30

Tuesday Morning. {nm} RotoHockeyYTD2014 Sep 22, 09:41

Wow- going through old OLD papers and found a printout I made of my portfolio from Dec 1998, back when it was worth 75 mil. Paul2k Sep 21, 19:10

Ah - Good Times - the Biebster (4) hadn't even been Arrested yet. Whereabouts were you in the Standings? {nm} RotoHockeyYTD2014 Sep 21, 23:56

178...not sure out of how many. {nm} Paul2k Sep 22, 10:39

Top 10 Movie Funds this week AwardsFund Sep 20, 10:37