Playing & Trading Strategy

When looking at Award Options, adding up all of the prices of a particular categories options totals this: ndmaster Jan 28, 20:58

They are priced so that if a player buys everything on the day of IPO, they will break even at time of delist. vanssa Jan 29, 18:17

Good job ignoring my questions, which I bolded for emphasis. ndmaster Jan 30, 00:03

That happens every year. Generally, categories with a single frontrunner have falling totals. {nm} ribwoods1 Feb 05, 15:47

... So now, buying all 10 Best Picture is guaranteed profit even if there's a surprise winner. {nm} ribwoods1 Feb 05, 16:03

Updated totals. Plus a little analysis ndmaster Feb 05, 22:52

Actor and Actress have two frontrunners. Director is still significantly below 25. {nm} ribwoods1 Feb 06, 06:55

Screenplay usually doesn't spark much passion. {nm} ribwoods1 Feb 06, 07:01

Supporting A/A each have a single frontrunner. {nm} ribwoods1 Feb 06, 07:06

Buying all Supporting and all Pic remain guaranteed profiteers.0 ribwoods1 Feb 06, 07:14

Yeah, but nowhere near as much as buying the favorite and shorting the rest. ndmaster Feb 06, 10:28

Of course not {nm} ribwoods1 Feb 07, 07:10

It means traders are more confident on the ones that won’t win, less confident on who will win. MattW Feb 07, 12:56