Ways to trade




Buying

Buying is one of several ways you can trade on the Hollywood Stock Exchange®. By buying a MovieStock®, for example, you are betting that the price will rise. If the price does rise, you've made money. If the price falls, you've lost money. Reading news and interacting with the community is a great way to keep track of what may be a good buy on the exchanges.

Selling

Selling is another one of several ways you can trade on the Exchange. Sell when you think a security has already peaked in its price. In the case of selling, you must have already owned the item prior to selling it.

Short Selling

The simple rule behind short selling is that if you think a particular security is overvalued and the price is going to go down, you should sell the security "short." On the Hollywood Stock Exchange, almost anything goes, including using the failures of others to make a profit. If the next big blockbuster film looks to be an overhyped, overrated mess, you can still make a profit by shorting.

Covering

Covering is the opposite of short selling. Realize your profit/loss by covering your shorted security. You must already have the item short prior to covering it.

Commissions

There is no such thing as a free lunch in Hollywood, and the same goes for the Hollywood Stock Exchange. All trades made on the Movie Market™are subject to a one-percent commission, with a minimum of 2 cents per share, automatically deducted from your portfolio.

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Being Heumann (BHEUM) 150000 1.00 (0.00)          Being Heumann (BHEUM) 150000 1.00 (0.00)          Jason Statham Stole My Bike (JSSMB) 150000 21.31 (+0.69)          The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (MARI2) 50000 502.21 (+3.67)          Outcome (OUTCM) 4000 3.37 (-0.02)          Dynamic Duo (DYDUO) 5000 102.85 (+2.85)          Dynamic Duo (DYDUO) 2000 102.85 (+2.85)          Disclosure Day (SKIES) 2000 175.02 (+1.56)          Kevin Smith (KSMIT) 8445 1.41 (-0.02)          Is God Is (ISGOD) 150000 11.96 (+0.08)          They Will Kill You - Opening Wee (TWKYU.OW) 100000 7.80 (+0.12)          Is God Is (ISGOD) 150000 11.96 (+0.08)          Untitled Original Comedy From Ju (UOCJA) 150000 46.49 (+0.35)          Tyriq Withers (TWITH) 25000 21.17 (+1.00)          Desert Warrior (DSRTW) 150000 2.87 (+0.15)          Desert Warrior (DSRTW) 150000 2.87 (+0.15)          Bill Murray (BMURR) 294 74.87 (-0.75)          The Legend of Zelda (ZELDA) 25 219.49 (-0.33)          Narnia (NARN4) 950 17.23 (-0.02)          Dynamic Duo (DYDUO) 1000 102.85 (+2.85)          Avengers: Doomsday (AVNG5) 2786 538.73 (+0.99)          EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (EPICC) 150000 13.96 (+1.81)          Being Heumann (BHEUM) 150000 1.00 (0.00)          The Land of Sometimes (LSMTM) 1 2.82 (-0.02)          I Can Only Imagine 2 (ICOI2) 150000 21.11 (-2.45)          Dynamic Duo (DYDUO) 97500 102.85 (+2.85)          Being Heumann (BHEUM) 150000 1.00 (0.00)          Colin Firth (CFIRT) 2556 69.86 (-0.48)          Emma Stone (ESTON) 1638 32.42 (0.00)          Being Heumann (BHEUM) 150000 1.00 (0.00)          Being Heumann (BHEUM) 150000 1.00 (0.00)          Being Heumann (BHEUM) 150000 1.00 (0.00)          Cruella 2 (CRUL2) 3513 15.42 (-0.02)          Hoppers (HOPPR) 150000 140.53 (-0.97)          The Social Reckoning aka The Soc (SOCI2) 1 63.22 (-0.09)          The Social Reckoning aka The Soc (SOCI2) 1 63.22 (-0.09)          Hoppers (HOPPR) 95000 140.53 (-0.97)          Skeletons (SKLTN) 1 26.03 (-0.06)          Skeletons (SKLTN) 1 26.03 (-0.06)          Nicholas Galitzine (NGALI) 25000 8.66 (0.00)          Dynamic Duo (DYDUO) 15750 102.85 (+2.85)          Rush Hour 4 (RUSH4) 1 19.83 (-0.14)          Rush Hour 4 (RUSH4) 150000 19.83 (-0.14)          Zealot (ZELOT) 1 1.49 (-0.16)          Zealot (ZELOT) 150000 1.49 (-0.16)          A Quiet Place: Part III (AQPL4) 1 107.88 (+0.50)          A Quiet Place: Part III (AQPL4) 25000 107.88 (+0.50)          Baton (BATON) 1 6.23 (+0.08)          Baton (BATON) 25000 6.23 (+0.08)          Paper Tiger (PTIGR) 55000 22.38 (0.00)