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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Christmas Karma (CHKRM) 5498 1.47 (-0.02)          The Housemaid $100M Blockbuster (HMAID.BW) 25000 10.77 (+0.14)          Wicked: For Good $315M Blockbust (WCKD2.BW) 25000 14.14 (-0.02)          Shiver (SHVER) 150000 50.00 (0.00)          Zootopia 2 $285M Blockbuster War (ZOOT2.BW) 25000 21.99 (-0.16)          Five Nights at Freddy's 2 $120M (5NAF2.BW) 25000 8.97 (+0.03)          Melania (MLNIA) 9999 10.44 (+1.16)          Kevin James (KJAME) 25000 88.39 (-0.80)          Emily Watson (EWATS) 20000 5.41 (-0.04)          Melania (MLNIA) 150000 10.44 (+1.16)          Shiver (SHVER) 150000 50.00 (0.00)          Melania (MLNIA) 150000 10.44 (+1.16)          The Moment (MOMNT) 2184 9.20 (+0.16)          Iron Lung (IRONL) 150000 20.24 (+1.35)          Uncanny Valley (UNCNY) 6000 4.04 (+0.02)          Sender (SENDR) 500 8.95 (-0.58)          Shelter (SELTR) 150000 12.99 (-0.54)          Arco (ARCO) 503 2.21 (0.00)          America Ferrera (AFERR) 25000 105.47 (+1.00)          America Ferrera (AFERR) 25000 105.47 (+1.00)          Shiver (SHVER) 150000 50.00 (0.00)          Shiver (SHVER) 7500 50.00 (0.00)          Crazy Rich Asians 2: China Rich (CRAS2) 500 20.70 (0.00)          The Strangers: Chapter 3 (STRN5) 150000 13.28 (-0.23)          Boy Band (BOYBN) 500 20.29 (-0.04)          Alien sequel (ALIE6) 149999 71.43 (+0.08)          The Strangers: Chapter 3 (STRN5) 150000 13.28 (-0.23)          Dirty Dancing sequel (DANC3) 50000 22.16 (+1.98)          Shiver (SHVER) 9995 50.00 (0.00)          The Moment (MOMNT) 779 9.20 (+0.16)          The Housemaid's Secret (HMAI2) 50000 77.56 (+0.67)          Arco (ARCO) 2497 2.21 (0.00)          Shiver (SHVER) 50000 50.00 (0.00)          David Thewlis (DTHEW) 25000 97.12 (0.00)          The Conjuring: First Communion (CNJU5) 150000 81.42 (+1.00)          The Bitter End (BTRND) 20000 1.18 (+0.01)          Shiver (SHVER) 150000 50.00 (0.00)          Rihanna documentary (RHANA) 20000 1.34 (+0.02)          28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (28LT4) 150000 30.75 (-1.67)          Infinite Icon (INFIC) 498 1.39 (0.00)          Wind of Change (WNDOC) 2000 5.19 (-0.01)          Switzerland (SWITZ) 10000 1.31 (-0.01)          Iron Lung (IRONL) 150000 20.24 (+1.35)          Infinite Icon (INFIC) 498 1.39 (0.00)          Peaches (PEACH) 10000 1.06 (-0.01)          Nimrods aka New Years Rev (NIMRD) 2000 5.17 (-0.01)          In Cold Light (INCLT) 10000 1.00 (-0.01)          Hotel Tehran (HTHRN) 3000 4.23 (-0.01)          God's Country (GDSCN) 10000 1.24 (-0.01)          Full Phil (FPHIL) 4000 3.69 (-0.01)