Playing & Trading Strategy

shorting against longs that are losing or buying longs against shorts that are doing badly eglue Mar 26, 17:28

Depends on the price, if it's in the double or triple digits, the commissions will usually eat up any temporary change. {nm} arf Mar 26, 17:39

sometime i completely flip a position, even if it goes against what I think is best. holding long and short, except for a short time, is a ndmaster Mar 27, 09:25

not a strategy, but question looking up posts eglue Mar 26, 17:25

Yes. Google. "site:www.hsx.com/forum keyword1 keyword2 etc..." {nm} PVL Admin Mar 26, 17:57

IPO movement? vtwebb Mar 26, 15:41

??? It has moved. {nm} DTravel Mar 26, 15:56

$2!! vtwebb Mar 26, 16:07

great observation......you should report HSX to the SEC under the "ITS A FREE GAME" statutes alfpaulytd2012 Mar 26, 16:13

Why be %#^& vtwebb Mar 26, 16:15

Its just you're applying real world market principles to a fake money market....your analogy doesn't hold water alfpaulytd2012 Mar 26, 16:16

I understand it's a fake money market vtwebb Mar 26, 16:27

Well, if you put it like that alfpaulytd2012 Mar 26, 16:50

While HSX is a simulation of a virtual stock market, it has had changes over the years that take it away from duplicating exactly the real Paul2k Mar 26, 16:23

Very well said. Thank you. vtwebb Mar 26, 16:30

The first 90M shares don't matter, they don't affect the stock's movement. So its moved ~$2 on ~67M bought/sold. {nm} DTravel Mar 26, 19:20

Why do I even bother trying to day trade, I just get in my own way. I think my entire profit today is thanks to a certain trilogy. {nm} stevie1der328 Mar 26, 12:29

I will probably quit daytrading once I reach 1 billion, might reset the port. It's exhausting running a big port... {nm} slappydavid Mar 26, 12:36

Hey, be glad you don't have Grory's port! Sheesh...can't imagine with that one! :-) {nm} Flash Mar 26, 15:29

Yeah! "Big port" is very subjective in the sense I posted... :) {nm} slappydavid Mar 26, 15:31

It's not exhausting for me. I have a set strategy that I follow (details inside): accountant_4_Jesus Mar 26, 23:26

Thanks for the tips, accountant_4_Jesus, I need more like this so my port doesn't look like a chainsaw massacre each day. {nm} arf Mar 28, 16:22

You're welcome. {nm} accountant_4_Jesus Mar 30, 17:27

Someone posted that shares shorted don't show up in the "volume traded today" #s, but ut sure looks like they do...? {nm} forlorne Mar 26, 10:01

Maybe they meant shares shorted are not counted as part of IPO share limit. They do count for volume traded today. {nm} Antibody Mar 26, 10:44

Best time to sell MovieStocks? 2hollywood2 Mar 26, 08:06

Only YOU can decide when the best time to sell a stock... Flash Mar 26, 08:32

Excellent anwer... 2hollywood2 Mar 26, 10:18

Call, Put and OW question. EthanHunt Mar 26, 00:53

B/C you can only invest 20k shares in calls/puts....you want more money invested you have to play OWs/stocks alfpaulytd2012 Mar 26, 00:58

B/c you can make more money investing in OW options than you can holding cash JohnTEQP Mar 26, 22:08

uh, you look like you're correcting me there alfpaulytd2012 Mar 26, 22:51

Is there a pattern to when trailers are released?.... dr_hmcd Mar 26, 00:11

Surprising Reaction to Expected News jickerson Mar 25, 20:59

See my response in other forum where you originally posted. PVL Admin Mar 25, 21:18

I don't play a lot of bonds, but Flash Mar 26, 08:25

Something you don't see everyday. Journey hasn't made a trade today and is up over 15 mill (tops on my watchlist). Awesomeness. {nm} Paul2k Mar 25, 18:54

He's up about $40M so far this KaiGee Top 100 traders week. {nm} RogerMore Mar 25, 20:31

Finally made a trade, is nearing 17 mil for the day. C'mon Journey, you have 3 hours to hit 18! Do it! {nm} Paul2k Mar 25, 21:12

Something else you don't see everyday...145 milllion shares of HGAME traded today. Yowzas. {nm} Paul2k Mar 25, 21:10

At least now we know how many active traders we have. I would divide that by 2 though, if you know what i mean... {nm} PVL Admin Mar 25, 21:19

Ryan_Stewart, you asked about Team Cato. That's actually part of ProdQuanta's monthly competition league. Each team league is closed a few Paul2k Mar 25, 18:29

What he said (thanks Paul). If you want to join next month's league and get advice there (if your port is > $50M), join Pgame4 lobby. {nm} PRodQuanta Mar 25, 19:17

So a person has got 100M or so. What's the most efficient way to utilize a port this size? {nm} dave3626 Mar 25, 17:26

Focus on derivatives and upcoming releases JohnTEQP Mar 26, 22:10

good advice. Thank you. {nm} dave3626 Mar 27, 09:19

Relative newbie question- when a movie adjusts, does the price freeze for a while after the adjust, like with an IPO? Dales Mar 25, 16:13

When a MovieStock adjusts for its opening weekend box office, it stays at that price until reset (midnight PST). {nm} accountant_4_Jesus Mar 25, 16:15

Thanks. follow-up if I may. Does it then make a jump (based on all that day's trades) or does it ignore them and start movig after? {nm} Dales Mar 25, 16:25

(Please pardon the typo) {nm} Dales Mar 25, 16:28

Yes, usually it does make a jump based on that day's trades, but I don't know if the effect is diluted to a certain degree or not. accountant_4_Jesus Mar 25, 16:40

Actually, no, the trades placed while the stock is frozen do not cause a jump in price when the stock is released at reset. Paul2k Mar 25, 16:57

Well there you go. I learned something as well. {nm} accountant_4_Jesus Mar 25, 17:03

bought various stocks at reset to test the reset theory and it really does work. this seems to be a flaw. {nm} DASavage Mar 25, 17:08

Thanks Paul2k and DASavage Dales Mar 25, 17:19

If 10 people buy the max on news broken on DL and posted on the movie board it moves.....fair to the people not on? {nm} alfpaulytd2012 Mar 25, 17:30

Well... Dales Mar 25, 17:38

also not fair to reset players who aren't playing when 10-50% of those plays turn within 5 hours of reset alfpaulytd2012 Mar 25, 17:47

Not fair to news players if those plays turn when they're not on either alfpaulytd2012 Mar 25, 17:48

+1 {nm} JohnTEQP Mar 25, 17:39

Psst! The AWARD Fund has a new manager! {nm} AwardsFund Mar 25, 15:02

Good luck in getting to the goal line quckly, a4j. You have earned your shot. {nm} Buy StarBond Fund 18 Mar 25, 16:59

Thanks, mrbinns! It's a bit of a challenge working with limited funds again, but I'm hoping I can do well with it. :) {nm} accountant_4_Jesus Mar 25, 17:30

Best wishes for a speedy Delist. {nm} RotoHockeyYTD2012 Mar 25, 22:23

Thank you, Roto! :) {nm} AwardsFund Mar 26, 15:07

What time of day do IPO's start trading please? {nm} Rynns_Daughter Mar 25, 11:08

Most of the first day an IPO is traded, the price remains the same to give all Traders a chance to buy in early. {nm} Flash Mar 25, 11:35

Time is stated in the Market Calendar, 9am Pacific {nm} DTravel Mar 25, 12:42

Thank You :-) {nm} Rynns_Daughter Mar 25, 14:04

Sorting portfolio? Clayburn Mar 25, 10:31

Max buy the day trades, pick a lower number for the holds, then sort by shares is what i do alfpaulytd2012 Mar 25, 10:34

Not with the native interface. If you download the Port Monkey addon, it will allow you to apply colored "tags" to stocks on your port page Paul2k Mar 25, 10:34

a hopefully not dumb question.....will Port Monkey work with Safari? {nm} GLAMMGUY Mar 25, 15:04

It's a good question. There are 2 or 3 members of the Port Monkey league that claim Safari as their browser. I asked... edzep Mar 25, 17:29

I was one of those who claimed safari, but have never got it to work on anything but firefox {nm} dr_hmcd Mar 26, 00:05

It's hard to believe they haven't got 'round to supporting bare scripting. Odd. {nm} edzep Mar 26, 08:03

Get Port Monkey, switch browsers if you have to, it's entirely worth it. {nm} arf Apr 06, 12:17

Whats the record price jump for one day? {nm} Dionisio Mar 23, 22:52

for what? ndmaster Mar 24, 15:39

So investing in a movie fund is having faith the adminstrator will make good choices? {nm} Ryan_Stewart Mar 23, 21:24

Yeah, pretty much. Fund managers are hand picked. They are expected to do well. Most do, at different paces... {nm} slappydavid Mar 23, 21:34

Yes, but hand picked might be going a bit far! srrichardson Mar 24, 00:31

Buy the UNIVXFund {nm} UNIVXFund Mar 24, 16:07

No offense, Universal, I can't second that. The yearly delist is a bit long, growth is slow, etc. -more- arf Apr 06, 12:22

Here are some links to prediction sites: PVL Admin Mar 23, 12:59

I'm looking for more "prediction sites" I have Bog, Boxoffice.com and Weekend Warior the latter questionable. Is there any more out there? Rigit Mar 23, 09:14

box office follower (xiayun who is a regular here), I also like Entertainment Weekly. LA Times is out there as well {nm} islander Mar 23, 09:36

also box office theory (shawn, also a regular here) and filmgo (up in the prediction section of hsx) {nm} islander Mar 23, 09:41