Playing & Trading Strategy

Will someone explain to me the reason behind buying both the Put and Call? {nm} GruntNoNeck Feb 12, 18:45

I do it when they IPO b/c they both usually go up. then i'll change one the other way later..... unless i forget like i did with Sonic haha {nm} NOLEAFCLOVR Feb 12, 18:51

If you think the strike is fair, but not sure if it will over or underperform. {nm} ndmaster Feb 13, 14:13

If you buy and that's the wrong play your downside is limited to H$2 per share. MattW Feb 13, 17:21

So if you buy both and the spread is more than $2 either way, your are assured of a profit. {nm} GruntNoNeck Feb 14, 10:50

Has to be more than $4 to cover whichever one cashes out at 0. {nm} ndmaster Feb 14, 14:33

Yep, my calcs were 100% off. Thanks. {nm} GruntNoNeck Feb 14, 17:48

Even if the "winning" CA/PU doesn't reach $4, it still partially offsets the losses from the other. {nm} DTravel Feb 16, 10:45

Congratulations and Many Thanks to 'oneman' Who Guided the LGBTQ Fund to a Dlisting Today @ $100.65! {nm} kibitzer Feb 11, 13:14

Shouldn't they be "one-identifies-as-person" given the fund's theme? :P {nm} DTravel Feb 11, 14:42

I identify as an asparagus. Mic_Lapwood Feb 12, 05:19

LOL {nm} ndmaster Feb 12, 10:17

With yesterday delists, Surprise!!! I just hit the $4 Billions mark!!! {nm} Lukasck Feb 11, 07:57

Great job...that's a nice milestone! {nm} Flash Feb 11, 08:54

congrats! {nm} tealfan Feb 11, 09:31

Have a Chia Pet. (I seem to be handing out a lot of these lately.) {nm} DTravel Feb 11, 10:04

Keep on keepin' on. {nm} GruntNoNeck Feb 11, 10:33

Congratulations! The first $4 billion is the hardest! {nm} RogerMore Feb 11, 10:47

Congrats! {nm} gordon06 Feb 11, 11:35

congrats {nm} oneman Feb 11, 12:20

It's a Bingo! {nm} ndmaster Feb 11, 22:49

Congratulations! {nm} tatoufan Feb 12, 16:24

Congrats {nm} cj19 Feb 12, 17:22

Well Done! {nm} PhoneHome Feb 18, 07:26

6 Billion !! I'd like to thank the Academy and my Mom and Dad. Sorry they didn't live long enough to see me achieve this lofty level {nm} Neilthor Feb 10, 17:20

glad i didnt see the two ports below with larger milestones. A billion is difficult {nm} Neilthor Feb 10, 17:24

Have a Chia Pet. {nm} DTravel Feb 10, 17:25

Congrats {nm} cj19 Feb 10, 18:41

Keep on keepin' on. {nm} GruntNoNeck Feb 10, 19:10

Congratulations! The first $6 billion is the hardest! {nm} RogerMore Feb 10, 20:36

It's a Bingo! {nm} ndmaster Feb 10, 21:16

Nice Milestone!!.... now slow down so I can catch you! :-) {nm} Flash Feb 11, 08:52

sorry, gotta keep moving up {nm} Neilthor Feb 14, 15:37

Excellent Milestone!! Good for you! {nm} gordon06 Feb 11, 11:36

congrats! {nm} tealfan Feb 11, 11:58

Well Done! {nm} PhoneHome Feb 18, 08:12

Two people are holding FROZ2.BW short Noah66 Feb 10, 13:41

They may be holding negative ports. {nm} GruntNoNeck Feb 10, 14:27

Okay I'll bite: what? {nm} Noah66 Feb 10, 17:55

Inside GruntNoNeck Feb 10, 19:08

What ... the {nm} Noah66 Feb 11, 07:25

Generally done by people who are bored with trying to gain H$ as a challenge. {nm} DTravel Feb 11, 10:05

cashouts on awardoptions jaymel Feb 10, 11:33

Today, 4PM PST {nm} ndmaster Feb 10, 11:53

Or, now. {nm} ndmaster Feb 10, 11:57

Quick question on cashouts Lgrif Feb 10, 12:01

Accordingly with no commission. {nm} GruntNoNeck Feb 10, 12:31

What is the point of HSX billionaires posting their milestones? We can see your HSX Net Worth in Leaderboards. {nm} NeilSite_VanThomas Feb 09, 06:24

Esprit de corps! Wellespring Feb 09, 09:38

Primate chest thumping! Competition! (Friendly or otherwise) Ego! Its Fun! {nm} DTravel Feb 09, 09:40

apparently, you haven't heard of the executive washrooms, or that with rank comes priviledges ... {nm} pacrat Feb 09, 11:26

Actually, going up $1B here or there is still hard for some of us..and once you get to the top 300, every spot you climb is hard... {nm} Flash Feb 09, 14:49

We don't spend as much time examining the leaderboards as you. {nm} Bond_Port Feb 09, 15:23

For sure he seems to spend more time complaining and following the leaderboard then I do actually trading. {nm} hotsambatcho Feb 19, 09:54

What is the point of making two HSX accounts and then using them to argue with yourself on the HSX Boards? {nm} RazorHawk Feb 10, 08:04

What do you think is his other account? {nm} ndmaster Feb 11, 22:50

Same look at me as your random "progress reports". {nm} AJRimmer Feb 10, 10:09

Bond_Port crossed 155M in less than 13 months. {nm} tatoufan Feb 10, 17:06

Milestone: 10 Billion {nm} oneman Feb 07, 07:29

Keep on keepin' on. {nm} Grunt Feb 07, 07:41

It's a Bingo! {nm} ndmaster Feb 07, 08:10

Congratulations! {nm} kibitzer Feb 07, 08:17

That's ONE big milestone!! Kudos! {nm} Flash Feb 07, 08:48

congrats! {nm} tealfan Feb 07, 14:39

Have a Chia Pet. {nm} DTravel Feb 07, 18:07

Congrats {nm} cj19 Feb 08, 01:32

Congratulations ^ 10 {nm} Buy StarBond 32 Feb 08, 06:38

Congratulations! The first $10 billion is the hardest! {nm} RogerMore Feb 08, 12:07

Grab a brew! Don't cost nuthin'. {nm} SenJohnBlutarsky Feb 08, 12:36

Wow!! Woo Hoo! {nm} JDolphin Feb 09, 23:09

Wow! {nm} PhoneHome Feb 18, 07:30

H$14,000,000,000 #25 lifetime-to-date {nm} KaiGee Feb 07, 04:48

hear! hear! {nm} egolub Feb 07, 05:05

congrats {nm} oneman Feb 07, 07:26

Keep on keepin' on. and Thank you {nm} Grunt Feb 07, 07:40

Dayum! {nm} ndmaster Feb 07, 08:10

Congratulations! And Thank You for Kaigee.com {nm} kibitzer Feb 07, 08:16

Nice milestone...I think those bonds are helping! Thanks for helping the rest of us! :-) {nm} Flash Feb 07, 08:46

congrats! {nm} tealfan Feb 07, 14:39

Have a Chia Pet. {nm} DTravel Feb 07, 18:07

Awesome work! {nm} cj19 Feb 08, 01:33

Congratulations ^ 14 {nm} Buy StarBond 32 Feb 08, 06:37

Grab a brew! Don't cost nuthin'. And thanks for everything, KaiGee!! {nm} SenJohnBlutarsky Feb 08, 12:35

How did I miss this? Congratulations, the first $14 billion is the hardest. {nm} RogerMore Feb 09, 08:28

Great job and Thank you! {nm} DanU Feb 09, 08:42

Woo Hoo! Way to go!! {nm} JDolphin Feb 09, 23:08

Unreal {nm} PhoneHome Feb 18, 08:11

20 years and 3 days... and still enjoying playing. What's your best memories about HSX? {nm} delfinasu Jan 27, 01:10

HSX Orange {nm} KaiGee Jan 27, 04:58

Thanks for the laugh!! {nm} JDolphin Jan 27, 12:22

oh, you laugh. but some of us ... well .... {nm} pacrat Jan 27, 14:02

I can laugh now because I went thru it :) {nm} JDolphin Jan 28, 22:14

So, what was HSX Orange? {nm} PhoneHome Feb 05, 06:56

I can't seem to find a screenshot in archive.org...the 6/21/09 screenshot has original and then 6/29/09 it's already HSX Green?...anyone? tealfan Feb 05, 12:32

The site was basically done in "Halloween" colors...orange & black...the heading was black/orange along with other pages, posts, etc {nm} Flash Feb 05, 15:49

It didn't last long...lots of complaints, etc.. so eventually the colors were changed. {nm} Flash Feb 05, 15:50

It wasn't the colors. The damn site didn't work! {nm} ndmaster Feb 05, 19:22

Well...yes, THAT too. :-) But the colors were ugly as well..at least IMO... {nm} Flash Feb 06, 09:45

I actually liked the colors. But that was the only thing I liked about it. Trading was horrendous, i was all about posting and being social, JDolphin Feb 06, 21:28

IT was all about being social - not me (I), I hated that part. {nm} JDolphin Feb 07, 14:24

HSX Orange... RazorHawk Feb 05, 16:46

thx! {nm} tealfan Feb 05, 17:13

Wow, that's hilarious! Talk about misjudging the audience. Thanks for the info Razor! {nm} PhoneHome Feb 18, 08:09

When stocks halted, the prices were not even close to the huge adjust the next day if the movie opened big. :-) {nm} Flash Jan 27, 08:27

Yeah the big upward adjusts were fun bu the easy post-adjust shorts were nice {nm} MattW Feb 01, 13:04

*fun, and the easy post adjust shorts were nice too. Made things simpler to have that set adjust multi as a baseline after OW {nm} MattW Feb 01, 13:05

True, but back then you couldn't short - so you either held it or sold off, or you were sunk on big adjusts! :-) {nm} Flash Feb 02, 08:33

Ah, you meant the friday halt, that was before my time. MattW Feb 02, 15:41

watching the numbers keep going up and up the opening Friday night of AVNGR {nm} tealfan Jan 27, 09:06

PASON and SHREK ndmaster Jan 27, 11:11

i remember PASON and blair witch project were both much bigger adjusts than just about anyone expected {nm} pacrat Jan 27, 14:03

Increasing my port from 60M to 90M in 1 weekend due to DEADP. Thank you RREYN. {nm} Grunt Jan 27, 14:08

HOLY CRAP... you made me look and I see I"ve been on here for 23 years.... geez... {nm} KLB Jan 28, 15:48

I guess you're the geezer of the group...you even got me beat by a few months!! :-) {nm} Flash Jan 28, 16:51

Ahh yes the glory days. Mic_Lapwood Feb 04, 15:38

I REMEMBER... RazorHawk Feb 04, 16:51

I just sold my port a couple summers ago on Ebay... ndmaster Feb 04, 18:58

How much was in the Portfolio, and how much did you get for it? {nm} Mic_Lapwood Feb 05, 04:48

Portfolio ndmaster Feb 05, 11:51

Was that HSX Minute sponsored by HSX, cease-and-desisted by HSX, or what? Did any of the HSX Minutes ever go beyond SenJohnBlutarsky Feb 05, 12:02

HSX Minute was from HSX Orange....which lasted 2 weeks before being taken down {nm} RazorHawk Feb 05, 16:31

when I figured out html for your handle and the boards were full of color {nm} KaiGee Feb 12, 19:02

H$ 3,000,000,000 {nm} Wellespring Jan 24, 13:39

Great milestone!!...onward and upward to the #1 LTD spot! :-) {nm} Flash Jan 24, 13:41

Congratulations! The first $3 billion is the hardest! {nm} RogerMore Jan 24, 17:18

It's a Bingo! {nm} ndmaster Jan 24, 17:40

Keep on keepin' on.I'm chasing you. {nm} Grunt Jan 24, 18:28

congrats {nm} oneman Jan 24, 18:37

Have a Chia Pet! {nm} DTravel Jan 24, 19:42

Congrats on the milestone! {nm} Randy Jan 24, 21:03

congrats! {nm} tealfan Jan 24, 21:10

Great Work. {nm} cj19 Jan 26, 21:05

Well done! {nm} PhoneHome Feb 05, 06:55

Cool Idea: HSX Ports As A Security, Like a Fund {Read More for Rules...} NeilSite_VanThomas Jan 24, 08:27

Interesting thought...Not sure how you would 'value' a port I held...if their port goes up $1M...do I get $1M also?? Flash Jan 24, 13:48

seeing some nice day-trading going on with stuff i'm not seeing new news on ... must be something in the water lol {nm} pacrat Jan 22, 12:43

If you are only seeing that now you haven't been paying attention. :) {nm} DTravel Jan 22, 16:04

One year in, $140MM Bond_Port Jan 16, 14:07

Excellent performance! {nm} Grunt Jan 16, 19:25

Wow! I'm glad I hold it!! :-) {nm} Flash Jan 17, 08:58

You know its not BONDS, right? {nm} Bond_Port Jan 17, 11:26

Yes...I was having some fun with it. :-) {nm} Flash Jan 18, 11:05

You do know that talking to yourself is usually not a good sign, right? DTravel Jan 18, 12:17

I went bonkers a long time ago. :-) {nm} Flash Jan 19, 08:48

Just wanted to make sure you were aware. {nm} DTravel Jan 19, 15:03

Awesome. Starting from that base I'd guess year 2 has the potential for 200+ MattW Jan 21, 13:17

since this comes up a lot (and I was bored =P), here's what HSX says about manipulation and posting tealfan Jan 16, 12:09

So, then according to what you posted, are there not numerous well-known HSX billionaires in violation of blatant market manipulation? NeilSite_VanThomas Jan 17, 07:32

I have 2 ports...but the smaller one is mainly for bonds, and I don't trade in it that often, it's become more of a 'stepchild.' {nm} Flash Jan 17, 09:01

How exactly do you think my site is in violation? {nm} KaiGee Jan 19, 08:05

I think he's accusing you of facilitating co-ordinated trading by players who use the information on your site. {nm} DTravel Jan 19, 15:05

Yeah like HSX would actuallyhave a link to a site that violates their policies. hotsambatcho Jan 20, 07:51

Why can't the award options page be found anywhere on the site? ndmaster Jan 15, 19:59

Check atop the home page {nm} SenJohnBlutarsky Jan 15, 21:16

Holy ****, I'm blind! {nm} ndmaster Jan 16, 13:56

...also when in doubt ON THE EXCHANGE and ALL DERIVATIVES in the dropdown {nm} StarBondFund Jan 16, 06:31

Yeah, that sucks because they are all together. Thanks for the thought, though. {nm} ndmaster Jan 16, 13:56

on top of every HSX page "Market Announcement: AwardOptions for Oscar nominees in the top 8 categories are now trading." {nm} RazorHawk Jan 16, 13:42

Your Name made over $5m in 2017, any reason why there isn’t a Weathering With You stock? MiyazakiFan Jan 15, 10:21

Oops, this maybe should have gone under feedback I guess? I dunno. Point stands though. {nm} MiyazakiFan Jan 15, 10:34

Because it's not on the ERC/BOM calendar. Tell GKIDS to put out a release date at least a month in advance. Antibody Jan 15, 17:32

They didn't announced the release date until 1/3 and the English dub cast until 1/6. {nm} Antibody Jan 15, 17:41

Cheers Anti -- I have my own gripes with this convoluted release! {nm} MiyazakiFan Jan 16, 08:48

Saw a promo for Weathering With You this afternoon in theatre as a "two night only Fathom event". {nm} DTravel Jan 16, 20:42

Delta House has joined the (mostly) leisure class . . . more cash than investments with full portfolio. SenJohnBlutarsky Jan 13, 16:24

Have a Chia Pet Piggy Bank. {nm} DTravel Jan 13, 17:27

Nice!! Lots of cash in the ol' bank is always nice to have...good job! {nm} Flash Jan 14, 08:46

Have you checked interest rates lately? Cash is a sucker's game in this racket. Trust me . .. I'm pre-law {nm} SenJohnBlutarsky Jan 14, 10:34

Yeah, but the problem is - which huge ports, his port is huge...even if you own every stock & bond, you'll still have a ton left over. {nm} Flash Jan 15, 09:52

Your port, sorry. {nm} Flash Jan 15, 09:53

Fun trading with you over the years. {nm} MiyazakiFan Jan 15, 10:33

If you were the counterparty on all Delta House trades over years (formerly BLUTO), you have our condolences {nm} SenJohnBlutarsky Jan 15, 17:01

nominoptions... jaymel Jan 13, 09:18

Pretty soon. {nm} ndmaster Jan 13, 10:01

Pretty Pretty Pretty Good {nm} Buy StarBond 32 Jan 13, 22:39

Short sale valuation calculation schmenge Jan 10, 16:02

The price of a security will move based on your action _before_ your action is implemented. DTravel Jan 10, 17:39

I understand that. The per share price that I used in my query was the actual sale price in the Trade History. {nm} schmenge Jan 10, 18:03

Okay, sorry. {nm} DTravel Jan 11, 02:57

Years ago when I asked this...I was told "chuckage". {nm} Grunt Jan 11, 07:19

Magic! {nm} Lukasck Jan 13, 15:50