[Announcement] Halforums Stock Exchange is OPEN!
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BErt
I wasn't invested anywhere else at the time, so I figured I would bite. Nice tip!
Dave
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Apparently. Seems like a bit of a hole in the game, but I've tried it before and been bitten. One time I tried it and bought a truckload of stock from somewhere. It spiked up and then by the time I knew what was happening it went down like a rock. I lost a ton of cash on that one. But if you don't mind taking the 5% hit I guess you could troll the after hours & sell right away.
Dave
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I wish this thing had fake stocks that moved randomly based off of a specific set of criteria that I could set. Like a stock that was high risk/high reward could have daily fluctuations that were amazing, or a calmer stock might fluctuate a little down or up but would be fairly steady. Then there would be random events that could be either randomly triggered or caused by forum actions to keep things even more interesting.
Basically, what we have now, only not based on real-world stuff.
Basically, what we have now, only not based on real-world stuff.
WisdomTree, dude. Closest thing.
GasBandit
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Other than the portfolio total, I suppose, which is slightly imperfect because posting garners income and in any case there's no option to rank by total money.
If you really want it to be competitive. Wipe people's portfolios. Give everyone a certain amount of cash. Disable earning money by posting. Then totals would actually mean something.
You'd have to do this regularly. Like do seasons or something...
I think you've got an extra set of zeroes there, moneybags[DOUBLEPOST=1367881701][/DOUBLEPOST]
Not agaaaaaaaaaaain! Wait, aren't I supposed to be trying to depose you after you got rid of my previously ill-gotten gains?
But, I enjoy playing, not really for the reasons of collecting my unusable HalBucks
GasBandit
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Doh, wishful thinking strikes again.
GasBandit
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Well, as far as real life goes, that's why there are mutual funds. PRWCX may miss out on netflix-like doubles in value, but it's also doubtful you'll lose it all. It tanked like everything else in 2008 but no worse than the market at large, and since then has outperformed it quite handily. And while it may not be exciting, I'll take the steady, reliable growth for my IRA.
I would prefer they add functionality to the app to discern money earned by selling (or holding stock) and keep everything else the same so I can keep a record my current stock picks and valuation over time, but in absence of that I am totally down for "Seasons of HLFX" where we just get some fixed amount that only improves via the stock market.
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