Playing & Trading Strategy

Negative Port League Bottom_of_the_Barrel Dec 05, 11:31

Hey, good idea. Oh... edzep Dec 05, 14:17

Thanks edzep Bottom_of_the_Barrel Dec 07, 06:48

How do the players who like doing this buy any stocks (to lose money on) with their ports being that far in the red? {nm} Ruthian23 Dec 05, 18:25

not sure, but they can earn some by the EARN H$ page each day {nm} daveart Dec 06, 08:52

I didn't think HSX would let you spend money, (to buy or short stocks) that 'technically' you don't have in your port, no?? {nm} Flash Dec 06, 15:43

Well, you can't spend money that you don't have. You can only buy/short stocks while you have positive cash. {nm} verisimilitudinous Dec 20, 09:57

How do you make a small fortune? Bottom_of_the_Barrel Dec 07, 06:54

How do we know what gets delisted? {nm} Professor_of_Truth Dec 03, 19:22

In the Market Calendar, first item under News & Events on the top of the page (also link inside) DTravel Dec 03, 20:15

There are various categories in answer to your question, but 2 that are not on the calendar ahead of time are Dead Movie projects and Buy StarBondFund Dec 03, 20:21

One more category... Buy StarBondFund Dec 04, 21:46

Are there differing formulas for movie stocks moving? EGAME moved up 1.99 on ~ 2 million total forlorne Dec 03, 18:42

The formulas for stock movements are secret. {nm} DTravel Dec 03, 20:16

Concept films delisted to $0. But this arbitrary decision loses my entire investment? More of a principle and not a financial question {nm} dioneta Dec 02, 12:09

Even is I had them short... {nm} dioneta Dec 02, 12:09

I take that back... My short was calculated with profit. I get it now. Sorry for my confusion {nm} dioneta Dec 02, 12:12

Generally, if you can afford to, short all of the concepts. With one HUGE exception, they gerneally get delistd. Of course, Buy StarBondFund (Buy EURO) Dec 02, 20:38

I your experience how long do they usually give a film? {nm} dioneta Dec 03, 14:09

I feel like a nube with this but it's frustrated me for a while. I've never really played bonds much and wanting to change that but I keep Rigit Dec 02, 09:40

You might be using the delist price as opposed to the final cumulative gross for a movie in your math. Give us an example of your TAG math. {nm} Paul2k Dec 02, 09:45

I use the price listed as gross on the stock page. Out of the wind lets use CMULL. Rigit Dec 03, 16:17

okay okay okay... some thoughts.. Buy StarBondFund Dec 02, 09:48

If anyone can purchase the bonds and everyone knowes the TAG jtempkin Dec 02, 15:15

The risk is that the Starbond's next movie might make radically different Box Office than the market predicts. DTravel Dec 02, 19:25

Just a bit of historical context (since you seem keen to relate the game to real-world stock market actions), Starbonds USED to have yields. Paul2k Dec 02, 19:35

Also if the next movie is a limited, it may or may not report box office - if not then it's not included in tag which will change the price {nm} JDolphin Dec 02, 20:05

Can we use HPYF2 StarBonds as an example? The MSO was trading at about 130-140....the BOOM (or is it a BINGO?) reality hits, it opens Buy StarBondFund (Buy EURO) Dec 02, 20:16

To be fair, it's not like there's a lot of risk in investing in bonds compared to stocks in the real world market either. {nm} FOXXFund Dec 07, 05:52

Why are the derivative limits so low? jtempkin Dec 01, 17:51

Doh! MovieStocks are the main event of HSX. Derivatives are the side show. {nm} Buy StarBondFund Dec 01, 18:00

Traders could make too much money too fast - or lose it OriginalFund Dec 01, 22:44

Top gaining funds for November. Congrats to [BRITS] at #1. islander Dec 01, 15:25

Bah! Wish I could just profit from the harry potters and the twilights... :) {nm} slappydavid Dec 01, 18:16

gah! i just missed my goal of a dROI of 2.00... {nm} WBROXFund Dec 02, 12:06

adjusted prices - not linked to hsx forecast? libc Dec 01, 03:13

The price of a movie stock BEFORE it opens is based strictly on market forces... Flash Dec 01, 09:22

Adjustments are made based upon the weekend estimates issued by the studios. These are approximations. Buy StarBondFund (Buy EURO) Dec 01, 09:46

Black List Script - what's that? {nm} touchthekiwi Nov 30, 14:15

top 10 unproduced screenplays...I think a list is online somewhere {nm} tealfan Nov 30, 16:20

The Black List... RazorHawk Nov 30, 19:17

Every year, someone in Hollywood takes an informal poll of the best unproduced screenplays JohnTEQP Nov 30, 19:21

here's the black list website...no 2011 list yet tealfan Nov 30, 21:06

so it's not that they are 'blacklisted' scripts... I'd have called it the White List {nm} touchthekiwi Nov 30, 23:53

new ipo deriv's {nm} jtempkin Nov 30, 13:08

I'm having trouble remembering from past years when Nominoptions traditionally IPO. Is it before or after Christmas? {nm} stevie1der328 Nov 30, 08:11

before. last year was around the 17th {nm} islander Nov 30, 09:02

Gracias {nm} stevie1der328 Dec 01, 09:13

Is MLK weekend (1/13-1/16/12) considered a holiday 2,2 adjust or a regular 2.7? Thx. {nm} taranev Nov 29, 07:26

With Monday being the MLK holiday...HSX uses the adjust formulas listed inside (found in the Glossary) Flash Nov 29, 08:24

Useless Starbond trivia relating to Dead Delists DTravel Nov 28, 15:49

True re:useless trivia, but i found it interesting justthe same...ish. {nm} PVL Admin (Rocket123) Nov 28, 16:01

Over leap years you have to add another day but not really important. {nm} Buy StarBondFund (Buy EURO) Nov 28, 23:41

how do movies opening on dec 25 adjusting? It's Sunday so only 1 day box office. Is the mult like 4 or something? {nm} Rigit Nov 27, 20:05

Since Dec 26 is a bank holiday, ERC will probably issue acutals on Tuesday for a 4 day weekend, (Fri-Mon), 2 day for the Xmas openers... Buy StarBondFund Nov 28, 05:19

Yea I get the Holliday part. Just wondered when they get around to it how's it work. Couldn't remember the 2 day mult from the past. Thanks. {nm} Rigit Nov 28, 11:00

Total number of shares of a stock? Short squeeze? jtempkin Nov 26, 15:37

No fixed amount of shares, and shorts are covered from HSX, not other traders. {nm} Paul2k Nov 26, 15:49

no fixed amount of shares, however similarly to real life, those that hold shares short and see that stock is moving in the wrong direction EuroFund Nov 26, 18:22

Funny you should ask....the parent of HSX, Cantor Fitzgerald, attempted to launch a real money version of HSX where trades could not go Buy StarBondFund (Buy EURO) Nov 26, 20:47

I was thinking about Cantor last week when Hugo and Arthur were trading so high, how much real $ I could have made {nm} islander Nov 27, 05:01

fwiw, there are no adjust on the Cantor Futures Exchange, so those two films could hit those highs. {nm} Antibody Nov 28, 12:01

I hate IPOs. {nm} slappydavid Nov 26, 09:20

??? {nm} DTravel Nov 26, 11:58

Busy morning, ended up losing tons of money on yesterday's IPO... {nm} slappydavid Nov 26, 13:05

It would seem that I've reached the 90% bracket. Yea me? {nm} DTravel Nov 23, 23:00

Yea you {nm} srrichardson Nov 23, 23:07

Good for you! It slows down considerably from 95 on. Still, congrats. {nm} PVL Admin (Rocket123) Nov 23, 23:27

Anyone want to discuss playing strategy? HAPPY THANKSGIVING {nm} autobot66 Nov 23, 07:45

Challenge oneself with streaks in a row ie 1M 5 days in row, 3M 2days in row etc. {nm} momentum858 Nov 23, 16:29

I think that it's better to see what kind of streaks you're on than to aim for them. I think if you're aiming for a specific number in a day Ruthian23 Nov 24, 05:53

Just to be clear, I don't think that having goals like this in the back of your head is a bad thing, but I'm just saying that you should Ruthian23 Nov 24, 05:55

Just a reminder about .OW stocks... PVL Admin (Rocket123) Nov 22, 11:10

It's best to check the moviestock page for the OW derivative. ARTHC.OW says in its title that it is Wed-Sun. {nm} Paul2k Nov 22, 11:14

The other two do as well. {nm} Ruthian23 Nov 22, 11:48

OK, I was wrong on this one. Thanks for the correction. {nm} PVL Admin (Rocket123) Nov 23, 08:48

NP. I was wrong about the Hoover derivatives, and DMac pointed out what I pointed out to you. Now it's your turn to pass along the knowledge {nm} Paul2k Nov 23, 09:02

disappointing that summx is missing out on twli4 islander Nov 21, 10:56

It seems apt that the fund manager appears to go by "Bumble." {nm} DTXbro Nov 21, 13:43

Well they did have 17000 shares long and made about 50cents but they haven't flipped it to short, so their going to lose it all {nm} JDolphin Nov 21, 16:49

Yeah, they also held Three Musketeers the wrong way through the OW as well. {nm} stevie1der328 Nov 22, 08:37

In partial defense, Antibody has used the Studio Funds to try out newer players as fund managers. Thus, we have to be a little Buy StarBondFund Nov 22, 14:04

A few riskers gone wrong is one thing. Negligence is a different thing.{nm} DTXbro Nov 22, 18:43

But if this is your movie of the year and main chance to make money and you ignore it then why let them continue {nm} JDolphin Nov 22, 23:53

caveat emptor {nm} Jane_Citizen Nov 23, 23:54