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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Tyrant (TYRNT) 59999 21.55 (-0.06)          Outside Man (OUTSM) 99999 9.50 (-0.04)          Outside Man (OUTSM) 110000 9.50 (-0.04)          Takashi Yamazaki (TYAMA) 25000 46.42 (+0.16)          Turpentine (TURPN) 60000 7.33 (+0.34)          Ron Howard (RHOWA) 25000 51.35 (+0.16)          Drag (DRAG) 30000 5.76 (+0.49)          Denzel Washington (DWASH) 25000 73.44 (-0.50)          Denzel Washington (DWASH) 25000 73.44 (-0.50)          Star Wars: Episode X (STRW1) 17500 123.09 (+0.03)          Teyonah Parris (TPARR) 25000 38.36 (+0.12)          Viola Davis (VDAVI) 25000 112.35 (+0.34)          Andrew Scott (ANSCO) 25000 39.34 (-0.12)          The Legend of Zelda (ZELDA) 15000 244.11 (+0.11)          Natalie Portman (NPORT) 25000 97.78 (+0.25)          Anna Sawai (ASAWA) 25000 85.40 (-0.25)          Outside Man (OUTSM) 149999 9.50 (-0.04)          Sylvia Hoeks (SHOEK) 25000 27.26 (+0.12)          The Hole (THHOL) 149999 6.86 (-0.18)          Amandla Stenberg (ASTEN) 24995 66.65 (+0.24)          They Know (TKNOW) 1 15.25 (-0.64)          They Know (TKNOW) 40000 15.25 (-0.64)          The Gallerist (GALRS) 149999 5.53 (+0.43)          Drag (DRAG) 149999 5.76 (+0.49)          Constantine (CNST2) 150000 33.13 (-0.62)          Constantine (CNST2) 150000 33.13 (-0.62)          Finn Wittrock (FWITT) 25000 9.21 (-0.04)          Father Joe (FTJOE) 150000 7.20 (+0.37)          Jack of Spades (JACSP) 2382 6.66 (0.00)          Doctor Caligari’s Cabinet of W (DCCOW) 150000 18.06 (+0.47)          A Head Full of Ghosts (AHFOG) 150000 4.38 (+0.46)          Ben Foster (BFOST) 5 1.51 (-0.01)          Ben Foster (BFOST) 24995 1.51 (-0.01)          Steve Buscemi (SBUSC) 5 10.77 (+0.09)          Steve Buscemi (SBUSC) 24999 10.77 (+0.09)          The Brand aka Branded (BRAND) 1 3.45 (-0.16)          Father Joe (FTJOE) 150000 7.20 (+0.37)          Father Joe (FTJOE) 149999 7.20 (+0.37)          King (KING) 150000 3.60 (+0.37)          King (KING) 149999 3.60 (+0.37)          Amanda Seyfried (ASEYF) 24995 37.66 (+0.12)          They Know (TKNOW) 350 15.25 (-0.64)          The Further Mis-Adventures of Cl (TAOCB) 150000 14.38 (-0.18)          The Gallerist (GALRS) 150000 5.53 (+0.43)          They Know (TKNOW) 150000 15.25 (-0.64)          They Know (TKNOW) 150000 15.25 (-0.64)          Doctor Caligari’s Cabinet of W (DCCOW) 150000 18.06 (+0.47)          24 Jump Street (21JS3) 14000 90.97 (+0.01)          Tramell Tillman (TTILL) 1000 146.48 (0.00)          Tramell Tillman (TTILL) 1000 146.48 (0.00)