Playing & Trading Strategy

It's 11pm for me and 2/3rds of my port is invested in one flick...gonna be an interesting weekend. {nm} CommonAnomaly Jul 19, 19:54

I hope it's invested the "right" way! lol {nm} Flash Jul 20, 07:26

You can thank Aurora... Pootytron Jul 20, 12:12

AFRAM Fund Update: Week 22 (7/19/12) - The HSX Dude AFRAM-The African American Fund Jul 19, 11:38

Hmmm I thought that MFREE was in BATM3 or was that just too obvious. {nm} Buy BONDS 19 coming 7/24/12 Jul 19, 15:55

the amount that the price has changed today.... was obvious ...wasnt it? {nm} AFRAM-The African American Fund Jul 19, 16:12

The Avengers 520m Blockbuster Warrant [AVNGR.BW] is a guaranteed moneymaker Fatherbeast Jul 18, 17:36

To put it succinctly....once again....AVNGR.BW is ARB. {nm} Buy StarBond Fund 19 coming 7/24 Jul 18, 19:33

AVNGR.BW was ARB at IPO {nm} JohnTEQP Jul 18, 21:34

The point of this exercise is that many of the .BW securities never catch up to box office sales. Once in a while the current Buy BONDS 19 coming 7/24/12 Jul 19, 10:43

I calculate 2.30% dROI, which is nothing to sneeze at. If I had the extra cash I would get it. elchan Jul 18, 20:12

Can someone explain West of Memphis to me Zoggie Jul 18, 13:23

Because more people bought/covered after reset than sold/shorted. The current holding #s reflect what have been bought/sold since IPO, but Paul2k Jul 18, 13:26

It is moving today because of the volume today alfpaulytd2012 Jul 18, 13:28

So the idea being that whatever sells on the IPO day will determine what that four dollars is worth? Zoggie Jul 18, 13:46

you are confusing yourself... sorry. Oleg Max Jul 18, 14:10

No, the price of the IPO on IPO day is set, no matter how many share are being offered as the "float" or whatever the term is. Paul2k Jul 18, 14:10

Thank you. I'm getting my bearings now :) {nm} Zoggie Jul 18, 14:15

For a player still getting his/her bearings, you're doing a grand job of contributing on the boards. Keep up the good work! {nm} Paul2k Jul 18, 14:23

Yes, it's Arkansas. ndmaster Jul 19, 22:22

Commission Free trade days razor25 Jul 18, 11:04

Nope, they joined the Dodo's a few years back. {nm} DTravel Jul 18, 11:38

The Dark Knight Rises' Could Be About To Smash 'The Avengers' Box-Office Record Theodore_q Jul 18, 03:40

it means BATM3.CA looks like a good bet. {nm} Theodore_q Jul 18, 03:41

It was a good bet from IPO. {nm} elchan Jul 18, 16:19

Avengers made $30 from me Opening Weekend, Dark Knight Rises will only get $12. Adjust as you see fit. {nm} CommonAnomaly Jul 18, 08:55

For those waiting for it, AWARD has made its initial investments. This is probably the lowest the price will be. {nm} AwardsFund Jul 18, 01:07

Thanks...Have fun storming the castle. {nm} Buy BONDS 19 coming soon Jul 18, 06:31

Nice reference, Mr. Binns. Took me a second to get it JohnTEQP Jul 18, 21:46

No, Billy Crystal doesn't qualify for AWARD, and doesn't get a special exemption. accountant_4_Jesus Jul 19, 21:04

I write a message in the message block and it comes out NM Mayhew Jul 17, 19:03

Ah. sorry didn't realize you were having that problem. I believe it's an issue if you're using IE 9 on a portable device or somesuch? {nm} Paul2k Jul 17, 19:11

TAG adjustments {nm} Mayhew Jul 17, 19:00

TAG {nm} Mayhew Jul 17, 17:52

You're it. I never understand the people who screw up posts like this, and then don't follow up by correcting themselves or apologizing. {nm} Paul2k Jul 17, 18:39

H$10.45mil in 10 weeks (made 900k from today's adjusts) :) {nm} Rednax Jul 17, 11:31

Woo hoo! {nm} elchan Jul 17, 13:29

well done ... Ttaaggggeerr Jul 17, 14:19

I played for a few months a long time ago... Rednax Jul 18, 02:46

Congrats...a good goal is to gain about 1% of your port's value every day, the bigger your port gets though, the harder this will be... {nm} Flash Jul 17, 14:56

You can say that, I think I've averaged about 25% since hitting 1B, though I've made over 30M in about 10 days. {nm} LanceStorm22 Jul 17, 18:03

If you've averaged 25% a day growth, with a $1B port, that's excellent... Flash Jul 18, 08:30

To date I've managed to average over +2% per day (though increases are mostly on adjust & delist days) Rednax Jul 18, 02:35

Congrats...the 1% mark is just a good number to work at...many people do better. {nm} Flash Jul 18, 08:31

My overall average to date is actually +2.4%, and it's got higher as my port has grown :) {nm} Rednax Jul 18, 11:51

Kudos! You'll find it gets harder to maintain that when your port gets $50M+ ... if you keep that up, you'll be there soon! :-) {nm} Flash Jul 18, 14:02

Also number 13 in week-to-date leaderboard today :) {nm} Rednax Jul 18, 02:36

Man, that ALVH delist was nice. {nm} Jane_Citizen Jul 16, 17:42

I lost a little on it, not the end of the world. {nm} ernbc Jul 16, 20:11

Sounds like you shorted at the peak, congrats! {nm} elchan Jul 16, 20:16

heh, thanks. {nm} Jane_Citizen Jul 17, 16:00

What did you do, Jane, short it at H$120 and keep reshorting on the way down? {nm} JohnTEQP Jul 16, 21:45

shorted it at $118, and didn't touch it Jane_Citizen Jul 17, 16:03

Nicely done! {nm} JohnTEQP Jul 17, 22:42

I'm showing off unnecessarily. Smug HSXer :) {nm} Jane_Citizen Jul 19, 00:34

ETHOM adjust was even better - +30.99% for me :) {nm} Rednax Jul 18, 02:39

Getting To Know Your HSX Superhero Stocks #1: Marvel And DC (A Short History) - The HSX Dude RazorHawk Jul 16, 06:57

Thanks, not a comics fan myself, so those articles should really be helpful... {nm} slappydavid Jul 16, 16:59

Had a lot of fund with this when AVNGR came out JohnTEQP Jul 16, 21:44

:D {nm} tealfan Jul 17, 12:45

Can any kind soul tell me what is the whole box office *2.8 about? {nm} Frankmiller92 Jul 16, 00:08

The central part of HSX is that wide release movies {nm} Buy BONDS 19 coming soon Jul 16, 05:25

Contd...delist after ther first 4 weekends of release. It doesn't matter what the current selling price of the MovieStock is, it will only Buy BONDS 19 coming soon Jul 16, 05:44

I have a stupid, follow-up question Zoggie Jul 16, 11:08

no commision on delists {nm} tealfan Jul 16, 12:19

TO ALL PVL PLAYERS: PVL Admin Jul 15, 17:14

Opening Weekend Deriviatives Rix00 Jul 15, 14:38

Any .ow derivative gets halted on Fridays @ 10 AM PT for that weekend's movie that is being widely released. Oleg Max Jul 15, 14:55

What is a .ow derivative and how does it work? Buy BONDS 19 coming soon Jul 15, 19:28

So it's very similar to Call/Put Rix00 Jul 16, 13:07

At IPO put/call strike price and OW price are identical {nm} Rednax Jul 17, 14:17

Amateur Questions from a long-time player... Utech Jul 15, 12:59

that shares available is just at the IPO price...after that, the price starts moving and the usual unlimited shares are available {nm} tealfan Jul 15, 13:32

NB...Only shares bought (long) count toward that inital amount. Short shares do not count towards the total. Buy BONDS 19 coming soon Jul 15, 19:08

do inactive players ever get Purged? Seems like there are thousands that dont trade anymore jtempkin Jul 15, 12:09

Makes it easy to gain places though {nm} blaze223 Jul 15, 12:24

Two answers: Buy BONDS 19 coming soon Jul 15, 12:33

at what rank ,curently , do you get surrounded by active players? jtempkin Jul 15, 12:43

I've gone from ~750 to low 500s this year so far... BSmurf Jul 15, 13:15

play in a PVL or watchlist active players {nm} alfpaulytd2012 Jul 15, 13:29

As someone who was mostly inactive over the course of 10-12 years on here, I'd say I'm glad they're not purged because I only really got LanceStorm22 Jul 15, 18:54

Oddly I set up an account several years ago which I didn't use... Rednax Jul 18, 02:41

Gotta love summer! Up 3.4M so far today without making a single trade... {nm} slappydavid Jul 15, 11:02

+1 {nm} JohnTEQP Jul 16, 21:37

someone throw me a rope im slipping backwards {nm} swordfish1 Jul 13, 13:33

You were fine up until Paul2k slipped his false data screen in front of your spy cam. *Throws Rope*. {nm} RotoHockeyYTD2012 Jul 13, 18:29

damn it, fallen for that old trick {nm} swordfish1 Jul 14, 00:29

you were supposed to hold on to one end... {nm} PVL Admin Jul 14, 01:38