Playing & Trading Strategy

anyone notice that starbond daily returns have been dropping since Kaigee site down. Testament to the hsx communities reliance on Kaigee! {nm} TremorChrist Apr 13, 12:58

I'm gonna post an update later tonight. {nm} KaiGee Apr 13, 17:04

Welcome back {nm} Buy StarBond Fund 18 Apr 13, 17:44

not a complaint about you.....Just noticed that many in the community rely upon your site and it skews the returns...... {nm} TremorChrist Apr 13, 17:28

The site as been updated ! YEAH ! Thanks Kaigee ! {nm} nomyst Apr 14, 09:48

Earlier this week, [SUMMX] is under new management. {nm} Antibody Apr 13, 12:09

good luck erehwon {nm} daveart Apr 16, 09:02

arf, got your note in the league. See Chimp. Others, I did a minor revision to Chimp. edzep Apr 13, 09:29

Thanks! Missed that one. {nm} arf Apr 13, 12:00

P.S. Have I mentioned You Rock lately? {nm} arf Apr 13, 12:24

why are players so cranky/offensive lately? :) {nm} islander Apr 13, 06:24

Why do you have to post dumb crap like this? Ya stupid a##... {nm} PRodQuanta Apr 13, 06:54

:) {nm} PRodQuanta Apr 13, 06:54

ever since the break room switched to decaf {nm} tealfan Apr 13, 07:11

*punches you for not telling me theres a breakroom* {nm} islander Apr 13, 08:03

then you didn't know about the free donuts? {nm} tealfan Apr 13, 08:35

well, i could prolly stand to skip the doughnuts (________|________) islander Apr 13, 08:48

Ahh...not like the old days...Scapey the goat, mmike, the Prophets (some of THEM were cranky)... much different now. {nm} Flash Apr 13, 07:57

They need a nap. eyescovered Apr 13, 08:14

God, I so need a nap. This baby-maintenance thing is hard work. {nm} Paul2k Apr 13, 18:06

Not sure. I'd hate to sift through all the different sites for news, though. Maybe I'll mute my keyboard. {nm} arf Apr 13, 08:37

cranky = generation warfare... RazorHawk Apr 13, 09:01

This. And get off my lawn, you darn whippersnappers!!! eyescovered Apr 13, 09:33

Ditto. Plus tone is hard to convey in words. Too easy to accidentily sound snarky online. {nm} dave3626 Apr 13, 10:01

It's also too easy to take snark too personally. {nm} RogerMore Apr 13, 11:18

True. Been guilty myself on both counts. {nm} dave3626 Apr 13, 17:23

That's an awesome post! Quite a fun read! :) {nm} slappydavid Apr 13, 10:55

Agreed. {nm} PRodQuanta Apr 13, 12:53

Wow - so do the HSX boards reflect life or does life reflect the HSX boards ;-) {nm} srrichardson Apr 16, 01:04

I will bookmark this post! I read it and said "exactly" and "bingo" alternatively a dozen times. NAIL ON THE HEAD. PVL Admin Apr 17, 22:38

Razorhawk, this is great! CrankYanker Apr 18, 10:09

yeah, we're ll doing this for fun, right? so it should be peacful and light and, y'know, fun. Jane_Citizen Apr 15, 03:36

How do I view intraday charts in Port Monkey? 121Jigowatts Apr 12, 08:33

Nevermind, I found it! {nm} 121Jigowatts Apr 12, 08:35

Click on the daily +/- change on the moviestock. It only works for moviestocks, not bonds or derivatives. {nm} arf Apr 12, 09:07

swimming against the tide for past two days now. someone give me a break lol {nm} swordfish1 Apr 11, 11:43

Just for the last two days think yourself lucky {nm} blaze223 Apr 11, 11:50

I thought yesterday was crazy today even more {nm} swordfish1 Apr 11, 12:50

I made 2m yesterday, today is taking it away. Forecast is more of the same until next week, too many wildcards playing openers. {nm} arf Apr 11, 14:08

My net worth graph looks like the Swiss Alps, I'm almost back to where I was a month ago. {nm} arf Apr 12, 06:13

I hear that. not much fun at the minute. can't get a hold on anything {nm} swordfish1 Apr 12, 07:17

is there a cash out fee? i.e. any reason to hold something to cash out rather than sell? {nm} funnybillypro Apr 11, 06:27

from glossary (@ the bottom of every page) Oleg Max Apr 11, 07:56

maybe i'm slow (very possible), but somehow i didn't get an answer out of that? if it delists on its own, will it be charged a fee? {nm} funnybillypro Apr 15, 09:21

no charge on delists {nm} islander Apr 15, 10:20

ty {nm} funnybillypro Apr 15, 10:37

Depends on port size. With your 100m, holding is better than selling and buying it back later, you get hit 1% commission each way. {nm} arf Apr 11, 15:30

Question about selling position... Christguy Apr 10, 13:24

you mean your portfolio. yeah every once in a while someone tries to sell theirs on ebay, but i dont know how much they have been getting {nm} islander Apr 10, 15:11

Thanks for the response! I'll try it and see what happens... anyotherplaces one can sell it besides Ebay? {nm} Christguy Apr 12, 09:07

Craigslist? Though they require you set a fixed price, no bidding. There are other bidding sites besides EBay too. {nm} DTravel Apr 12, 12:27

You can put "$50 or best offer", which does turn into a bid thing if you just write down bids and phone numbers. People will always lowball {nm} arf Apr 13, 12:35

"Best Offer" posts get removed. I tried that once and my ad was gone within an hour. {nm} DTravel Apr 14, 12:01

I have roughly 32% of my worth sitting around in cash, and I have no idea what to do with it. dave3626 Apr 10, 08:10

Funds, penny stocks {nm} DTravel Apr 10, 08:13

Summer's coming soon, you'll need some cash to play those big opening movies... You could actually start getting your positions slappydavid Apr 10, 08:52

I was just going to suggest exactly what slappy did. What I've done, is every time I have a large sum waiting around, I invest in an PRodQuanta Apr 10, 11:01

Can do. One question, though. What is the metric you personally use to determine if those upcoming openers are underpriced? {nm} dave3626 Apr 10, 12:08

You can look at comparisons (film type, date), tracking information (posted regularly on the movies board, with its share of analysis)... slappydavid Apr 10, 12:32

Yep {nm} PRodQuanta Apr 10, 16:19

I'll tell you what metric I use. I trust my gut. How do I know my gut is trustworthy? My gut tells me it is. ;) j/k {nm} amnesiac Apr 10, 13:45

I must say, the logic is airtight ;-) {nm} dave3626 Apr 10, 14:03

Hopefully, so is his gut. {nm} DTravel Apr 12, 07:50

You can reach farther out (starbonds, movies, etc...), invest in higher priced stocks, and/or try out a new strategy. {nm} PVL Admin Apr 10, 11:19

I would like to get a handle on a solid daytrading strategy. I want to really learn the rhythms of the market throughout the day. {nm} dave3626 Apr 10, 12:12

Do you have PortMonkey? Daytrading is extremely difficult without quick charts from theun4gven {nm} arf Apr 10, 15:43

I do have Port Monkey. Honestly, though, I don't use it. I'm guessing I should start.. {nm} dave3626 Apr 10, 16:46

Click on daily change amount to see graph for last 2 days, rather than simply change since reset, the insight is invaluable. {nm} arf Apr 10, 19:07

Does Port Monkey have intraday charts? I wish the regular site had that. {nm} 121Jigowatts Apr 10, 19:07

One of the main things you can do with excess cash is short slow bleeders. 121Jigowatts Apr 10, 19:10

Go for Star Bonds into the fall for Blockbusters, over 100 bonds with high gain there too. Most of my gains are from SBOs {nm} arf Apr 10, 15:44

I cannot imagine having this problem. Jane_Citizen Apr 10, 17:02

Yeah, especially with a port size 10% of ours. ;) {nm} PVL Admin Apr 10, 19:12

All great tips and I'll make use of them, but maybe I should clarify myself a little. dave3626 Apr 10, 19:32

PortMonkey allows you to click to see an intra-day chart, and with that, finding the peak or lull is following news, or chasing trend. {nm} arf Apr 10, 21:39

You're right, I do have to start utilizing the program. {nm} dave3626 Apr 11, 02:52

We are 10 mil apart in port value, I have about 75%+ in star bonds short/long, the rest is for fast trading. {nm} arf Apr 10, 21:48

Looking at the PVL League, you must have found something that works, congrats! {nm} arf Apr 11, 21:11

News, news, and more news, that's what's working. Next I'll add PM's intra-day charts as you suggested. {nm} dave3626 Apr 12, 08:11

Question about Box Office Revenue nomyst Apr 10, 04:46

If you are talking about Oleg Max Apr 10, 05:04

Not I'm not talking about Goon. nomyst Apr 10, 07:21

Not sure about ERC website, but Oleg Max Apr 10, 07:45

I'm talking about... nomyst Apr 10, 11:12

my guess is Oleg Max Apr 10, 12:53

Is Kaigee ok. has not updated site. hope you are ok! {nm} DASavage Apr 09, 20:38

Good thought. We do miss his work! {nm} edzep Apr 09, 21:27

+1! {nm} Ooogy_2012_ytd Apr 10, 09:12

dido {nm} laujer Apr 10, 12:46

A most invaluable resource! I can't wait until live data is worked in, if it's possible. {nm} arf Apr 11, 21:10

Does anyone have a link to production schedules for upcoming movies? 121Jigowatts Apr 09, 16:24

My Entertainment World off the Tools of the Trades Antibody Apr 09, 16:43

Ha! So that's what MEW means! {nm} slappydavid Apr 09, 16:46

Thanks! {nm} 121Jigowatts Apr 09, 17:27

A movie delists at the current BO revenue it's attained at the delist date? {nm} Ryan_Stewart Apr 09, 08:36

Domestic BO, yep. {nm} dave3626 Apr 09, 10:04

Portmonkey Auto-pick - How to disable to prevent accidental trades -inside- arf Apr 06, 16:03

What's the best website for # of screens showing movie and for $ per screen? BOMojo? Something else? {nm} Ryan_Stewart Apr 05, 16:51

mojo JohnnyGodard Apr 05, 19:49

BOM and ERC have that info. i use BOM. {nm} PVL Admin Apr 05, 22:25

A bunch of you HSXers are wizards with stats and numbers: Does anyone know who the fastest to 100 Million was? Not repeat accounts. Ryan_Stewart Apr 05, 08:43

And the second question: Who was the fastest to 100 Million - repeat accounts - and how fast? {nm} Ryan_Stewart Apr 05, 08:45

It is not me.....that is for surcertain! 2431 days to get to H$100 million TremorChrist Apr 05, 18:03

We should keep track of records like this. Should be some place on the site for this. {nm} DOW53 Apr 05, 12:29

I was wondering that myself the other day. {nm} perply1 Apr 05, 13:12

Well...I don't know about $100M... but I can tell you Grory (#1 LTD) got to $1BILLION within ONE year...she did Flash Apr 06, 08:41

I refuse to jinx it! I refuse to jinx it! I refuse to jinx it! I refuse to jinx it! I refuse to jinx it! {nm} DTravel Apr 04, 10:19

Can ya give us a hint? {nm} arf Apr 04, 11:54

I dunno. Would that jinx it? DTravel Apr 04, 13:40

Probably not. Though just talking about an unnamed security is probably jinxing some other random ones. {nm} arf Apr 04, 20:33

Not talking about a security. {nm} DTravel Apr 04, 21:39

You probably jinxed it then. {nm} arf Apr 05, 09:01

D*mn. Its gonna physically hurt to fall that far. {nm} DTravel Apr 05, 10:07

Sometimes a solid fall / crash is good, you never know how happy / high you are until you fall. {nm} arf Apr 06, 12:31

HA! Thank you but no, I've had plenty of falls from grace already. (BTW, This whole thread is about me breaking into the DTravel Apr 06, 14:16

Congratulations then! You've now waited long enough where you probably won't get knocked out. Unless that jinxed you... {nm} arf Apr 06, 15:36

You are not helping! *mock growl* {nm} DTravel Apr 06, 18:49

Frustating ASIAN is 99.95 and DOWN .04 for the day....do the math. {nm} BUY StarBondFund Apr 03, 17:26

这是有趣的 {nm} DOW53 Apr 03, 17:43

That was supposed to say "That's funny" in chinese. Oh well.. {nm} DOW53 Apr 03, 17:44

Down H$0.05 now, seems that if you post about it, it gets worse. {nm} arf Apr 03, 18:29

How about today.....99.94 down .07 That means it was over 100 at reset. whew...never thought it would cross the line. {nm} Buy StarBond Fund 18 Apr 04, 05:04

Instead of guessing what the masses will do, does anyone try betting for/against movies depending on if they appeal to you in any way?... Ryan_Stewart Apr 03, 15:05

I tried that for many years. And then realized that that's not the way to make money on this game. Paul2k Apr 03, 15:21

I am glad to hear that... Ryan_Stewart Apr 03, 15:46

I always try to guess on openings whether I think the movie has good appeal, etc.. Flash Apr 03, 15:25

Yeah...I'm guessing a little of both would be best. {nm} Ryan_Stewart Apr 03, 15:46

that is the #1 mistake a player can make while playing HSX. RazorHawk Apr 03, 16:32

Ha Ha! That tip is dead on! I invested in Angry Birds the first day I joined and promptly lost money! {nm} Ryan_Stewart Apr 03, 17:30

I guess I've been silly not to read your entire website, yet... {nm} Ryan_Stewart Apr 03, 17:31

You should definitely keep up with the dude's website. Very helpful stuff for both newbies and experienced players! {nm} slappydavid Apr 04, 06:03

Is it possible for a movie in limited release to cashout at $12 or more? {nm} DOW53 Apr 03, 11:12

Yes. Not likely, but possible. {nm} DTravel Apr 03, 11:40

I see. I don't remember seeing that happen. There's some at that price right now. Tough call. {nm} DOW53 Apr 03, 11:59

Anything can happen. Movie can expand into wide release. {nm} Antibody Apr 03, 12:17

Some examples from 2011: MYWWM delisted at $13.34, TRELF at $12.47, JEYRE at $10.70, WINWN at $9.87. (None of these went wide) {nm} RogerMore Apr 03, 14:54

Since you posted this right after a certain trailer went up, you should checked out MIDNP. {nm} Antibody Apr 03, 15:20

Eh. You're reading my mind. {nm} DOW53 Apr 03, 16:31

So it is possible for a movie in limited release to do 12-13M, but highly unlikely to do more, if it doesn't get a wide release in the DOW53 Apr 03, 16:34

would expect it had lots of major stars {nm} laujer Apr 10, 12:49