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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Avengers: Doomsday (AVNG5) 25765 541.98 (+0.07)          Dynamic Duo (DYDUO) 10000 84.94 (-5.09)          The Super Mario Galaxy Movie - O (MARI2.OW) 12881 149.94 (+1.00)          The Incomer (INCOM) 150000 0.93 (-0.07)          The Bride! (BRIDE) 150000 21.27 (-0.32)          Spider-Man: Brand New Day (SPID9) 148 428.54 (+0.80)          CBS: Boston Blue (BOSBLU) 100 12.91 (-0.07)          The Super Mario Galaxy Movie H$1 (MARI2.PU) 25000 1.74 (-0.08)          Scream 7 $115M Blockbuster Warra (SCRM7.BW) 25000 7.75 (+0.27)          Lilo & Stitch 2 (LILS2) 900 249.22 (-0.87)          The Social Reckoning aka The Soc (SOCI2) 1 63.01 (-0.06)          Protector (PRTEC) 150000 1.55 (0.00)          The Raja Saab (RSAAB) 150000 2.74 (+0.02)          Dynamic Duo (DYDUO) 15750 84.94 (-5.09)          Gundam (GUNDM) 150000 13.55 (-0.43)          Dolly (DOLLY) 150000 1.19 (-0.10)          They Will Kill You (TWKYU) 150000 21.48 (+0.38)          They Will Kill You (TWKYU) 150000 21.48 (+0.38)          Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (MNANA) 150000 0.50 (-0.38)          Pretty Lethal (BALOD) 150000 1.76 (-0.36)          The Super Mario Galaxy Movie H$1 (MARI2.PU) 25000 1.74 (-0.08)          The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (MARI2) 50000 495.66 (-0.55)          The Super Mario Galaxy Movie H$1 (MARI2.PU) 25000 1.74 (-0.08)          Lilo & Stitch 2 (LILS2) 420 249.22 (-0.87)          Spider-Man: Brand New Day (SPID9) 33 428.54 (+0.80)          Fellowship (FELWS) 1500 15.74 (0.00)          Dynamic Duo (DYDUO) 150000 84.94 (-5.09)          Dynamic Duo (DYDUO) 150000 84.94 (-5.09)          The Super Mario Galaxy Movie - O (MARI2.OW) 100000 149.94 (+1.00)          The Super Mario Galaxy Movie - O (MARI2.OW) 100000 149.94 (+1.00)          The Memory Police (TMEMP) 1000 5.45 (+0.60)          Dynamic Duo (DYDUO) 150000 84.94 (-5.09)          Death of a Salesman (DOASM) 500 10.93 (+1.18)          Mr. Irrevelant (MREVL) 200 17.01 (0.00)          Deep Cuts (DPCUT) 500 16.59 (+2.04)          One Spoon of Chocolate (OSOCH) 150000 1.43 (-0.02)          The Furious (FURIS) 150000 4.05 (-0.10)          Bunnylovr (BNYLV) 500 0.14 (0.00)          Hourman (HRMAN) 500 10.52 (-0.04)          Pokemon: Detective Pikachu 2 (PIKA2) 500 16.58 (0.00)          Dynamic Duo (DYDUO) 500 84.94 (-5.09)          Bear Country (BEARC) 150000 9.74 (-0.23)          The Incomer (INCOM) 150000 0.93 (-0.07)          The Horror Fund X (SPOOK) 20000 20.86 (-0.10)          The Asian Fund (ASIAN) 20000 40.93 (-0.09)          The Animal Fund (ZOO) 20000 25.10 (0.00)          Forbidden Fruits (FRBDF) 75000 2.73 (+0.06)          The AI Doc: Or How I Became an A (AIDOC) 75000 1.79 (0.00)          Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity (GDCSP) 3000 9.05 (+0.01)          The Pout-pout Fish (POUTF) 150000 3.45 (+0.07)