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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Final Destination 7 (FDES7) 150000 64.19 (+3.05)          Ethan Hawke (EHAWK) 1223 14.61 (+0.50)          Is This Thing On? (ISTON) 150000 9.16 (-0.06)          The Death of Robin Hood (TDORH) 150000 26.52 (-3.38)          Primate (PRIMT) 150000 18.83 (+1.87)          I Was a Stranger (TSCAS) 150000 3.43 (-0.14)          Magellan (MGELN) 150000 0.22 (-0.02)          28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (28LT4) 150000 50.39 (-0.44)          The Choral (CHORL) 150000 2.65 (+0.01)          Charlie the Wonderdog (CWDOG) 150000 2.43 (0.00)          Klara and the Sun (KLARA) 150000 15.92 (-0.20)          Klara and the Sun (KLARA) 150000 15.92 (-0.20)          Nimrods aka New Years Rev (NIMRD) 150000 6.00 (0.00)          Final Destination 7 (FDES7) 150000 64.19 (+3.05)          The Death of Robin Hood (TDORH) 2092 26.52 (-3.38)          Arco (ARCO) 150000 4.31 (+0.16)          Arco (ARCO) 150000 4.31 (+0.16)          Return to Silent Hill - Opening (SHIL3.OW) 100000 5.00 (0.00)          Mercy - Opening Weekend (MRCY1.OW) 100000 10.00 (0.00)          Nimrods aka New Years Rev (NIMRD) 150000 6.00 (0.00)          Bluey the Movie (BLUEY) 30000 131.49 (+0.06)          Sean Penn (SPENN) 5 19.44 (0.00)          Heart of the Beast (HOTBS) 1000 32.82 (+0.13)          A Life of Jesus (ALJES) 1000 8.48 (-0.01)          28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (28LT4) 96074 50.39 (-0.44)          The Thomas Crown Affair (TTCAF) 20000 36.79 (-0.02)          The Dutchman (DTCHM) 150000 1.93 (-0.02)          Return to Silent Hill - Opening (SHIL3.OW) 100000 5.00 (0.00)          The Dutchman (DTCHM) 150000 1.93 (-0.02)          Buffalo Kids (BUFKS) 150000 1.99 (+0.14)          Nimrods aka New Years Rev (NIMRD) 150000 6.00 (0.00)          Greenland 2: Migration - Opening (GRNL2.OW) 100000 10.22 (-0.66)          Mercy H$10 Call (MRCY1.CA) 25000 2.00 (0.00)          Mercy H$10 PUt (MRCY1.PU) 25000 2.00 (0.00)          The Fence (TFENC) 50000 0.01 (-0.01)          Greenland 2: Migration - Opening (GRNL2.OW) 100000 10.22 (-0.66)          Stray Kids: The dominATE Experie (SKTDE) 149999 6.36 (+2.27)          James Marsden (JMARS) 25000 153.23 (+1.00)          Nimrods aka New Years Rev (NIMRD) 149999 6.00 (0.00)          James Marsden (JMARS) 25000 153.23 (+1.00)          Madden (MADEN) 20000 9.13 (0.00)          We Bury the Dead (WBTD) 150000 4.92 (-0.25)          We Bury the Dead (WBTD) 150000 4.92 (-0.25)          City on Fire (CTOFR) 1000 11.30 (-0.10)          Viva La Madness (VLMAD) 10000 16.67 (-0.01)          Home (HOME1) 1000 12.61 (+0.04)          The Moment (MOMNT) 150000 8.44 (-0.12)          Deeper (DEPER) 1000 37.68 (0.00)          Deeper (DEPER) 1000 37.68 (0.00)          Hercules (HRCUL) 20000 18.79 (0.00)