HOLLYWOOD STOCK EXCHANGE
THE ENTERTAINMENT MARKET
THE ENTERTAINMENT MARKET
some help...
There are two main types of HSX securities and they each have their own rules.
Moviestock prices are based on how much box office traders think a movie will do during its first 4 weekends of wide release or first 12 weekends of limited release. 1 mill box office = $1 moviestock price. A $12 moviestock = 12 mill box office.
The first weekend that a movie is released wide there is an "adjust". HSX price changes the moviestock price at the end of the weekend using the formula: "(Fri - Sun) * 2.7" HSX has found mathmatically that most movies released wide average 2.7 times their opening weekends during their first 4 weekends. So you basically make an investment for the opening weekend and then after the price adjust you adjust your investment based on whether you think a movie will have "legs" (do more than the 2.7 - usually animation and kids movies) or be "frontloaded" (most people who wanted to see the movie came the first weekend and the movie ends up below the 2.7 - usually horror movies)
Movie ABC you expect to make $10 over its opening weekend.... $10 * 2.7 = $27 adjust (you are investing opening weekend expecting it to adjust to this price... if the current price is below $27 then you might want to invest long to make a profit... if the current price is above this amount you might want to invest short to make a profit)
Starbonds are based on the average of a starbond's last 5 projects. Starbonds are adjusted the day after a movie that they are "attached" to is delisted (after its 4 weekends). You add the box office of the new movie with the box office of the last 4 movies and divide by 5 for the "adjust" (new price). This is the basics of how it works (there are many exceptions and there are weird situations but this is the basic).
Starbond XYZ has $100, $100, $100, $100, $100 = $500 / 5 = $100 TAG (worth/price)
Starbond XYZ is in a movie that makes $50. This is how the price would change:
Starbond XYZ... $100, $100, $100, $100, $50 = $450 / 5 = $90 TAG (new price)
New Player Seeks Guidance Feb 09, 16:09
some help... Feb 09, 17:52
Very helpful, RazorHawk. Thank you. {nm} Feb 10, 19:08