Playing & Trading Strategy

Good morning! It's been 27 years for me on the wonderful place, the HSX! Thanks to everyone that keep the game running and all the players.. cmbastos Mar 09, 05:21

hear hear {nm} daveart Mar 09, 08:58

A+ tallbridge Mar 09, 10:57

Cheers! {nm} nulemoni Mar 09, 13:46

A great example of determination, congrats! {nm} SirWinstonNewkirk Mar 09, 17:31

I can {nm} 183Phi Mar 10, 07:52

Sorry about that. I can't remember when I started playing HSX, but definitely for at least 27 years. I would log in just to see what movies 183Phi Mar 10, 07:58

Your profile says Member Since:Dec 1, 1997 {nm} Rocket Mar 10, 15:09

Yeah, isn't that the earliest possible date after all the reboots and lost data? {nm} 183Phi Mar 12, 09:29

yes {nm} ndmaster Mar 13, 15:56

Yeah, I checked Antibody's profile and it says December 1, 1997 as well. Same for tealfan too. {nm} 183Phi Mar 12, 09:35

Congratulations! {nm} Rocket Mar 10, 15:09

Congrats {nm} cj19 Mar 10, 16:21

So true and congratulations. Ray 23 of 500 mil club {nm} ray23 Mar 10, 17:59

8/4/1999 Here! Lots of Sabbaticals but one of the best things for me on the Interwebs! {NM} gpimlott Mar 14, 10:28

I'm still in my teens.... (Joined 2010) DTravel Mar 14, 13:32

Thank you kaigee for the update! {nm} sphere Feb 28, 22:49

Yes, thank you!!! (PRABH is missing BAHU2) Rocket Mar 01, 06:32

SKHAN is missing SAAWA Rocket Mar 01, 07:09

My data pull misses old MST when HSX adds them after the fact. I'll have to manually add them. {nm} KaiGee Mar 01, 19:02

I figured. They were both very old releases. {nm} Rocket Mar 01, 21:41

Thank you! Missed your updates. {nm} JYogi Mar 05, 14:53

Appreciate your efforts, thank you {nm} SirWinstonNewkirk Mar 01, 13:04

Thank you!! {nm} andricos Mar 01, 20:03

Thanks {nm} oneman Mar 03, 14:52

Hear! Hear! Thank You KAIGEE!!! {nm} THXER Mar 03, 21:33

Just hit the $4B mark. It only took me 24 years. {nm} AnthonyFremont Feb 23, 05:14

The last billion took me only a year {nm} AnthonyFremont Feb 23, 05:28

Its a bingo! {nm} ndmaster Feb 23, 07:44

congrats {nm} oneman Feb 23, 09:34

Nicely Done. {nm} THE_ROTO Feb 23, 10:12

A+ tallbridge Feb 23, 15:21

Congrats {nm} cj19 Feb 23, 17:04

Patience pays off, well done! {nm} SirWinstonNewkirk Feb 23, 23:27

I’m glad HSX doesn’t have an income tax {nm} AnthonyFremont Feb 24, 05:35

No, just a trading tax {nm} ndmaster Feb 24, 14:07

Not so. It's a Non-Trading Tax. {nm} Department of Mathematics Feb 25, 01:50

1% of every trade? {nm} ndmaster Feb 25, 09:55

Not so. The Non-Trading Tax has Nothing to do with Trades in any Fashion. {nm} THE_ROTO Feb 25, 10:05

you do realize we're talking about two different things, right? ndmaster Feb 26, 15:41

congrats! {nm} tealfan Feb 25, 09:13

Grab a brew! Don't cost nuthin' . . . {nm} SenJohnBlutarsky Feb 26, 08:27

Noice Coach! {nm} Bond_Port Mar 12, 00:05

Gawd, I hate the market this time of year ndmaster Feb 20, 07:10

There are another 1830+ oportunities beyond the 458 stocks you currently hold. Rocket Feb 21, 18:40

What is the current estimated multiplier for a 4-day opening weekend wide release? Is it still 2.0? {nm} THXER Feb 16, 10:26

I've been using 2.2 for years, seems to be reasonably accurate. tallbridge Feb 16, 11:29

TY {nm} THXER Feb 16, 18:31

Shorting Oscar Derivatives Jeimro71 Jan 31, 07:57

Whether you go short or long doesn't effect how the price of the derivative is calculated randomviolinz Jan 31, 08:53

it cashes out at zero, so you will double your money from wherever you short it {nm} ndmaster Jan 31, 08:58

Pardon my ignorance... virtualLassy Jan 21, 15:02

Ignorance is Bliss. The Market Calendar Lists the Upcoming StarBonds Adjusts. IN THEATRES NOW Lists the M/S that will have StarBonds Adjusts {nm} Department of Mathematics Jan 21, 15:21

Generally the sooner that a Port manages the Upcoming StarBonds Adjusts, the more PROFIT can be had. Or you can wait until just before HALT. {nm} Department of Mathematics Jan 21, 15:24

Roughly a 1-Day PROFIT of +1.075 MILL PROFIT from Today's StarBonds Adjusts. {nm} Department of Mathematics Jan 21, 19:30

How much of an effect do movie ratings tend to have on box office now days? ballpark_frank Jan 14, 00:21

no more or less than in the past {nm} ndmaster Jan 16, 14:22

How would one Measure this Effect, if any, exclusive of all other Factors? {nm} Department of Mathematics Jan 17, 13:08

Exclusive of all other factors? Just average all wide releases with R ratings against the average for PG-13 and below, maybe? Noah66 Jan 20, 11:30

Then what? Not seeing any Tool for Decision-Making - which renders the information Pointless. Not seeing any possible Effect Measurement. {nm} Department of Mathematics Jan 20, 12:13

SCRM7's price is $77.77 (as I type this) Hee hee. DTravel Dec 29, 17:58

*checks if the stars are aligning and mercury is in retrograde* {nm} tealfan Dec 30, 09:15

Probably a good thing no 12 year olds play here. If a stock were to hit $67.67 the internet would explode {nm} milligan Jan 01, 10:49

Wuthering heights is at 67.78 at the moment. MattW Jan 09, 08:02

somebody sell, sell, SELL! {nm} ndmaster Jan 09, 11:15

Saw a post by TWW and got me thinking of a new derivative for remakes/reboots, maybe sequels randomviolinz Dec 27, 18:48

Probably it was Antibody's post {nm} randomviolinz Dec 27, 18:50

Oops...I meant randomviolinz Dec 27, 19:49

doubtful HSX would do this. it doesn't add anything to the game or its purpose {nm} ndmaster Dec 29, 14:10

Does help the "smaller" players to make money, like it did for me in my early years {nm} 183Phi Dec 30, 15:38

that's not the purpose of the game... {nm} ndmaster Dec 31, 08:32

It was a whole different game then. {nm} GruntNoNeck Jan 01, 15:03

Sounds fun to me... MovesLikeWater Jan 05, 18:06

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles duck1 Dec 14, 16:29

I showed my daughters and they both can't get over how funny the car rental at St. Louis airpot scene was 183Phi Dec 15, 04:51

so, was the IM put there to not spoil the scene? {nm} ndmaster Dec 15, 19:13

Double-Doc Evil: $2... BILLion Dollars ... ! {nm} ballpark_frank Dec 09, 10:22

congrats {nm} oneman Dec 09, 10:52

Thanks (took slightly longer than I'd have liked, but today's star bonds rolled in)... {nm} ballpark_frank Dec 09, 12:34

Its a bingo! {nm} ndmaster Dec 09, 12:46

Today, it's more like a "KOBRI" ... {nm} ballpark_frank Dec 09, 12:58

Keep up the good work! {nm} SirWinstonNewkirk Dec 09, 13:09

Thank you. {nm} ballpark_frank Dec 09, 14:09

A+ tallbridge Dec 09, 13:20

Thanks! {nm} ballpark_frank Dec 09, 14:09

Kachingo! {nm} Qix Dec 09, 16:36

Plus some quick change (1990) ... :) {nm} ballpark_frank Dec 09, 17:54

Congrats! {nm} gordon06 Dec 09, 18:11

Thank you... ! {nm} ballpark_frank Dec 09, 18:43

congrats! {nm} tealfan Dec 10, 09:31

Thanks! {nm} ballpark_frank Dec 10, 10:14

Huzzah! {nm} Initech Dec 10, 14:07

Thanks! {nm} ballpark_frank Dec 10, 16:19

Nicely Done. Joey Chestnut sends his regards. {nm} THE_ROTO Dec 10, 19:12

Hot Dog! {nm} ballpark_frank Dec 11, 09:45

Congrats! {nm} WASunDevil Dec 11, 01:36

Thanks! {nm} ballpark_frank Dec 11, 09:45

Congrats {nm} cj19 Dec 11, 20:31

Thanks... ! {nm} ballpark_frank Dec 12, 11:55

What is moderate release four or twelve weeks {nm} Chuen Dec 08, 16:51

It’s a estimate of a future release less than 650 (so not HSX wide) so expected will be 12 week delist. {nm} WASunDevil Dec 08, 17:11

thanks it is a bit vague {nm} Chuen Dec 09, 17:09

not really. its not 650, so not wide. {nm} ndmaster Dec 10, 19:41

Does Kaigee still have the tracking tool for mid day movie movement? If so, please post. Thanx. {nm} GruntNoNeck Nov 29, 13:24

here ya go Bond_Port Nov 29, 21:04

Thx. {nm} GruntNoNeck Nov 30, 13:56

how do we use this? Thanks. {nm} grammar Dec 04, 08:42

edit the URL with whatever ticker you want to look at intraday price changes {nm} ndmaster Dec 04, 13:11

H3 beeelllion dollars {nm} ndmaster Nov 27, 20:11

Wheee DTravel Nov 27, 20:42

Congrats! {nm} WASunDevil Nov 27, 21:41

congrats {nm} oneman Nov 28, 07:27

congrats! {nm} tealfan Nov 28, 11:13

Grab a brew! Don't cost nuthin' . . . {nm} SenJohnBlutarsky Nov 28, 11:23

Good job, keep it going {nm} SirWinstonNewkirk Nov 28, 13:50

Nicely Done. {nm} THE_ROTO Nov 29, 01:40

Congrats {nm} cj19 Nov 29, 06:21

A+ tallbridge Nov 29, 17:36

Noice Coach! {nm} Bond_Port Nov 29, 21:04

WTG! Rocket Nov 30, 09:22

Oops, forgot to mention. Crossed $13B a few days ago. DTravel Nov 12, 18:16

WTG! Rocket Nov 12, 20:44

Congrats! {nm} WASunDevil Nov 12, 21:24

A+ tallbridge Nov 12, 21:40

congrats {nm} oneman Nov 13, 04:59

Its a bingo! {nm} ndmaster Nov 13, 07:39

congrats! {nm} tealfan Nov 13, 10:05

Thank you for bringing this to our attention Noah66 Nov 13, 11:41

Nicely Done. {nm} THE_ROTO Nov 13, 12:51

Phenomenal work, onwards and upwards! {nm} SirWinstonNewkirk Nov 13, 14:56

Congrats {nm} cj19 Nov 13, 15:54

Whoa! Big Congrats! {nm} cmbastos Nov 14, 05:34

Grab a brew! Don't cost nuthin' . . . {nm} SenJohnBlutarsky Nov 21, 09:26

Noice Coach! {nm} Bond_Port Nov 24, 18:52

Starbonds and % Gains virtualLassy Nov 08, 01:08

Not for me...I generally don't invest in a StarBond until a film is in theaters randomviolinz Nov 08, 10:11

I won't invest unless I expect a better than 2% return (to cover commissions) but once I've invested DTravel Nov 08, 11:29

Absolutely. The future value of a Starbond is mostly deterministic, so the only motivation to sell/cover is. . . Abraxas Nov 08, 13:25

Problem is when someone has big franchise movies on the schedule, then they have a small movie get a release date sooner MattW Nov 09, 10:44

you can always review your portfolio for losers and see what is happening pretty quick ndmaster Nov 11, 09:20

No way. You can usually pretty accurately predict adjusts and timeframe and therefore your ROI ndmaster Nov 08, 16:21

Once you use Kaigee for a while, you can basically just sort the adjusts on a week to week basis Noah66 Nov 12, 11:44

Big fan of Kaigee. Thanks {nm} virtualLassy Nov 22, 02:56

Question about OCEN5 GruntNoNeck Oct 14, 11:34

I suspect it will be used for whichever one releases first. DTravel Oct 14, 18:08

Yeah, that is how I interpreted it. Thanks. {nm} GruntNoNeck Oct 14, 18:39

Advise please for my $2.2B portfolio mdavis Oct 08, 01:28

I'm sorry to absolutely LOL this but... Noah66 Oct 08, 06:47

Dum Da Dum Da Dum DUMMY Da Dum Da Dum. 92% to 96% of ALL M/S Trend Downward. SHORT SHORT SHORT SHORT SHORT SHORT SHORT SHORT SHORT SHORT. {nm} Department of Mathematics Oct 08, 11:31

A life without interpersonal skills or relationships must be bleak. {nm} SenJohnBlutarsky Oct 08, 12:18

Pot, meet kettle... {nm} ndmaster Oct 10, 20:31

Say hello to everyone at Omega House for us. Especially the little sisters. {nm} SenJohnBlutarsky Oct 11, 10:38

Don't be so smug, you guys... {nm} virtualLassy Oct 12, 13:24

the serious responses are common responses to questions like this, I mean this is asked A LOT ndmaster Oct 13, 20:24

But seriously, as everyone is saying, you just need to get more speculative on buying/shorting movies and actors. Abraxas Oct 12, 17:49

I second Abraxas' comments re Starbonds. I currently have positions on 861 Starbonds. DTravel Oct 12, 20:46

And they're mostly Shorts, even on Starbonds? {nm} virtualLassy Oct 17, 02:56

Pretty much evenly split between Long and Short. DTravel Oct 17, 18:17

Curious--do you all have a sense for what % of bond movement happens in the week before they adjust? MovesLikeWater Nov 02, 18:17

It makes sense when you have more money than things you can invest in. Before that, as you note, it's all about "daily ROI". Abraxas Nov 02, 19:21

Thank you! {nm} MovesLikeWater Nov 02, 20:46

The question is how much time do you want invest; do you check in every day? are you ok with doing math offline sneak Oct 23, 18:13

Thanks sneak, for taking time to explain! virtualLassy Oct 31, 13:03

Just broke through to 2 Billion! (Nt) {nm} Annand Sep 11, 01:08

Congrats {nm} cj19 Sep 11, 04:40

Excellent onto 3B!! {nm} Quickslver99 Sep 11, 05:28

Well done! {nm} SirWinstonNewkirk Sep 11, 06:09

congrats {nm} oneman Sep 11, 08:22

Noice Coach! {nm} Bond_Port Sep 11, 09:12

congrats! {nm} tealfan Sep 11, 09:49

A+ tallbridge Sep 11, 15:40

Its a bingo! {nm} ndmaster Sep 11, 16:10

Nicely Done. The Top Movie on December 01, 1997 was 'STARSHIP TROOPERS'. {nm} THE_ROTO Sep 11, 22:42

Congrats & Kudos & Well Done!at {nm} cmbastos Sep 12, 11:37

Way to go!!! {nm} RamsFan2004 Sep 13, 12:33

Grab a brew. Don't cost nothin'. {nm} SenJohnBlutarsky Sep 15, 15:37

Huzzah! {nm} Initech Sep 16, 13:42

Short-lived. I hope you can get back there some day. {nm} Noah66 Sep 28, 17:18

LOL {nm} ndmaster Sep 30, 07:09

Fantastic. Welcome to the club! mdavis Oct 08, 01:24