Playing & Trading Strategy

Congratulations to February 2012's Port Value League winners! (results inside) PVL Admin Mar 01, 20:49

*There were a lot of graduates this month, but not a lot of applicants... make sure you join your next higher league!!!* {nm} PVL Admin Mar 01, 20:50

PVL is looking to make a 2.5-3.5 Billion $ league. If you wish to join, please join the 1.5-2.5Bil league and when there is a PVL Admin Mar 01, 20:57

It's not worth creating one for Paul2k to join... in 2 days he will have outgrown it :P {nm} accountant_4_Jesus Mar 01, 21:07

You just don't want the competition. ;) {nm} PVL Admin Mar 01, 22:53

Nah, I can smash him any day! :P *furtively looks to see if Paul's anywhere nearby* {nm} accountant_4_Jesus Mar 02, 02:24

Why not make it $2.5B to $5.0B? Just curious. {nm} DTravel Mar 02, 09:04

Because the idea of the league is to have COMPARABLE port sizes so % gains mean something... PVL Admin Mar 02, 11:11

Pgame2 results! As it were, they are good... PRodQuanta Mar 01, 20:33

Despite a slow start on my part, the team held together and took the CUP. Well done boyz. Now shake it up and do it again!!! {nm} PVL Admin Mar 01, 20:48

AFRAM Fund Update #2 (3/1/12) - The HSX Dude AFRAMFund Mar 01, 10:58

yyyyy {nm} Grunt Nov 12, 08:31

Show off your impressive 90-day Net Worth History! http://imgur.com/1yOq0 Austinmh Feb 29, 07:27

Cool!. PRodQuanta Feb 29, 07:42

Somehow that surpasses my expectations. Baller gains, Sir. {nm} Austinmh Feb 29, 09:34

Thanks. Pretty swell gains yourself! {nm} PRodQuanta Feb 29, 10:10

double in 90 days. 30 to 60. {nm} perply1 Mar 05, 15:57

Pretty cool. Paging BionicMoron! Here's mine -- kind of unimpressive for the past month. edzep Feb 29, 08:50

LMAO is that 30 million in 3 days??? {nm} Austinmh Feb 29, 09:31

Here is mine RazorHawk Feb 29, 09:57

WBROX & MisterTony (WBROX manager) - 90 day chart WBROXFund Feb 29, 12:26

man, you're gonna smash last year's WBROX gains, very nice. {nm} FOXXFund (stevie1der328) Feb 29, 14:06

Mine slappydavid Feb 29, 12:50

Here's mine. accountant_4_Jesus Feb 29, 14:51

best I could find was 39M in 15 days tealfan Feb 29, 20:15

guess which day i started playing again... jickerson Feb 29, 21:47

Her's mine Sonarc88 Mar 01, 01:05

Nice turnout. Thanks for sharing, all. I am in awe at how much ya'll bank on a regular basis... even those w medium ports {nm} Austinmh Mar 01, 07:14

Here's my wimpy returns. Turned away at H$2billion :( ndmaster Mar 01, 08:21

Hmm...here's mine. The shape is boring. Just a plain slope. Paul2k Mar 01, 08:31

yeah, boring. H$600 mil in 3 months?!?! {nm} ndmaster Mar 01, 09:04

More like H$825 mil in 3 months. By the beard of Zeus! {nm} Austinmh Mar 01, 10:12

Holy crap, consistency! {nm} PRodQuanta Mar 01, 09:08

Paul: are you on pace to make another billion in a 4 month period? That's crazy {nm} Ryan_Stewart Mar 01, 16:45

Paul2k: the only man alive who can make billionaires feel inadequate :) {nm} JohnTEQP Mar 01, 21:27

http://imgur.com/D12ze {nm} Steved1998 Mar 02, 17:53

Here's mine Jane_Citizen Mar 01, 17:22

You made 1/3 of your port start in 3 months. Congrats! {nm} accountant_4_Jesus Mar 01, 20:58

Here it is for the Original Idea Fund OriginalFund Mar 01, 18:18

Pgame3 team leagues have been created and members invited. The game starts Thursday. Pgame 2 leagues will be disbanded on Thursday. PRodQuanta Feb 28, 19:56

Pgame2 status update inside (only tomorrow left!). PRodQuanta Feb 28, 19:52

We're #2! We're #2! Oh, wait, that's not what we were aiming for! :P {nm} accountant_4_Jesus Feb 28, 22:03

apparently I can't count to 12? perply1 Feb 28, 12:59

Twelve (12) weekends would put the Delist at Monday, March 19. {nm} RotoHockeyYTD2012 Feb 28, 13:11

thx. {nm} perply1 Feb 28, 13:17

yay... jaymel Feb 27, 21:17

well done small steps in a long race {nm} blaze223 Feb 27, 22:24

Mazel tov! :) {nm} George Valentin Feb 28, 02:01

WHOA!!! Awesome! Congrats! {nm} PRodQuanta Feb 28, 09:36

grats! {nm} perply1 Feb 28, 12:54

Are there are third-party APIs that I can use with HSX? 121Jigowatts Feb 27, 20:32

I'm not aware of any Apps available for HSX...and you are correct... you cannot place stop loss orders. {nm} Flash Feb 28, 08:43

When does the award options payout? {nm} Mdowd66 Feb 27, 10:35

See the answer "2" posts lower down from yours. ツ {nm} Flash Feb 27, 10:42

For you newer players...if you're wondering.. a $2B port still won't even get you into the Top 400 LTD... Flash Feb 27, 10:29

congrats on hitting $2B! {nm} tealfan Feb 27, 12:32

I'm sure you'll crack the top 400 in a flash. :P {nm} DTravel Feb 27, 13:28

Mazel tov! :) {nm} accountant_4_Jesus Feb 27, 13:37

WHOA!!! Awesomw! Congrats! {nm} PRodQuanta Feb 27, 14:36

pfft. and I'm barely cracking 60M Grats! {nm} perply1 Feb 27, 15:08

Congratulations {nm} PVL Admin Feb 27, 21:49

Cash sentrymed Feb 27, 06:39

Cashing out what? Nominoptions don't cash out till 10am, moviestocks till 4pm Pacific time. {nm} DTravel Feb 27, 09:10

Wow, peeps with the Meryl Streep award option did well!! {nm} AdherentMeme Feb 26, 23:07

The safe hedging strategy of both Meryl Streep & Viola Davis Long worked fine. RotoHockeyYTD2012 Feb 27, 05:00

How much does domestic box office figure into a stock's price? The-EFNP Feb 26, 22:55

A MovieStock that opens wide delists after 4 weekends. So JCNTR did 72m in 4 weeks, then an additional 30m after it was delisted. {nm} eyescovered Feb 27, 04:01

A wide release movie will delist after 4 weekends UnifexBee Feb 27, 04:02

sorry - too slow! {nm} UnifexBee Feb 27, 04:02

Delist is after 4 weekends of being wide released (12 for limited), but films keep earning after that window srrichardson Feb 27, 04:07

Shorting AwardOptions? PatrickBateman1 Feb 23, 13:43

Bingo. {nm} stevie1der328 Feb 23, 13:56

Word. However, this is something that serves best when the options IPO. Though, there is still money to be made there. {nm} PRodQuanta Feb 23, 15:18

Any stock, derivative, IPO, etc., that you short, and it delists at zero... you double your money (less commissions) {nm} Flash Feb 24, 08:58

Yes the difference between the short price (i.e. 5.00 and zero) {nm} laura1818 Feb 26, 12:11

AFRAM Fund Update #1 (2/23/12) - The HSX Dude AFRAMFund Feb 23, 09:58

What happened to fund week?? {nm} slappydavid Feb 23, 19:42

Strategy Question EthanHunt Feb 23, 00:36

For a port your size I'd suggest... eyescovered Feb 23, 03:46

Here's some "general" tips I usually give out to newer players.... Flash Feb 23, 08:18

Pgame2 status update and link to next month's Pgame3 Lobby inside PRodQuanta Feb 22, 19:38

Place blame as much as you like - I've decided to forget February ever happened! {nm} srrichardson Feb 23, 04:39

:) {nm} PRodQuanta Feb 23, 07:17

How is a recently IPO'd stock, heavily shorted gaining value? dtshakes Feb 21, 11:44

Price movements are caused by trades today, not positions held. {nm} Antibody Feb 21, 11:56

So, if you believe an IPO-ing stock is overvalued, should you wait to short it? (nm) dtshakes Feb 21, 12:07

IPOs do hard-to-predict things for the first 1 to 3 weeks. Up to you whether you 'wait and see' or lock in your decision early. Austinmh Feb 21, 19:49

it just looks like one of those lunatic fluctuations that happen so regularly here {nm} blaze223 Feb 21, 12:34

For those in the 250m-600m range shorting some slow bleeders how often do you reshort and take profits? Austinmh Feb 18, 14:22

Reshorting is a port management discussion and does not apply only to bleeders. Advice inside... PVL Admin Feb 18, 15:41

well written and concise. thanks! {nm} nomadic Feb 18, 17:03

I think that's pretty good advice. Jane_Citizen Feb 18, 21:29

That's very true. Intuitive though sometimes easily forgotten. {nm} Austinmh Feb 19, 17:26

Very helpful breakdown, thank you. Austinmh Feb 19, 17:24

Good advice, i LOVE reshorting to free up that cash that is just sitting there being wasted, if up 200k on a short thats 400k you can get... MarkDinse Feb 19, 19:09