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12-03-2007, 09:05 PM
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| You can't blame women for what they do wrong in the same way that you can't blame a dog for what it does wrong. Join Date: Jan 2002
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| I'm in your all going down! Edit: I'm not going to do this but i've always wondered. Most of these games have 20 minute delays so if i just sat at a real time station and ran a screen for the largest movers over the last 20mins if I could trade 20 mins ahead. Every time i see these games and some dude is up 13k % i'm thinking that's what he did. Or he got really lucky. Edit 2: My portfolio is set until the end of the game. I'm way leveraged into gold so it wont be moving unless i take some massive losses on fed actions. Last edited by prescient63 : 12-04-2007 at 01:08 AM. |
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12-04-2007, 12:16 AM
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| Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006
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| I suggest investopedia.com if you want a fair game. Your trades will take 20 minutes to execute to protect against exploiting with real time quotes as mentioned above, but its the only fair way as nobody is going to pay for real time quotes on a fake game. That pretty much eliminates day trading by the way, but thats probably better for most of you I suspect. |
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12-04-2007, 06:54 AM
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| A lot of virtual portfolio sites only fill your orders with a portion of the securities average daily volume. This means that even though there is a 20 minute delay, it takes awhile for your order to be filled anyway so this negates knowing the would be advantage of knowing the realtime price. Also most internet brokers offer quotes that are almost realtime so it isn't that difficult to get such information if you really wanted it. |
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12-04-2007, 08:02 AM
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| Cause it's better than water  Join Date: Oct 2003
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12-04-2007, 08:30 AM
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| You can't blame women for what they do wrong in the same way that you can't blame a dog for what it does wrong. Join Date: Jan 2002
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| 1 hour in and I'm up 5 points... GO ME! Edit: I was totally right about my trading theory. I bought more RIC than there was volume today. About double the volume actually. Microcaps FTW! Last edited by prescient63 : 12-04-2007 at 08:36 AM. |
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12-04-2007, 08:38 AM
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| Cause it's better than water Join Date: Oct 2003
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12-04-2007, 09:02 AM
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| This is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules  Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark
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+4 Internets | I'm down 0.44 %  At which point do I jump out the window.
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12-04-2007, 10:37 AM
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| It's Lord of the Flies time.  Join Date: Jun 2006
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| How long does it take for a trade/order to go through? I made like 100 trades and I don't see it taking effect.
__________________ "If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It's not tragic to die doing what you love." My favorite comment (-1): "Your posts make me want to gouge my own eyes out." Last edited by Burkex : 12-04-2007 at 10:43 AM. |
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12-04-2007, 10:51 AM
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| Math Enthusiast/Badass MC  Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Seattle
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| There is a 20 minute delay on trades. Also, in previous games people have attempted to work the system with the delay but it does not seem to work as the actual purchase time is somewhat random (and therefore the market price). From a different board: "OK, I will also come clean. I tried to game the wacky VSE interface, using my real time ticker vs. their delayed figures to recognize a nice gap in Chipotle, which I promtly shorted the hell out of, with a cover buy at the lower current and accurate price. The VSE seems to execute trades whenever it damn well pleases though, and I got my virtual day trading ass handed to me when it did so at a much higher price. Cheaters never prosper, evidently I'll behave from now on." Prescient is in the lead with his 32,000 shares of Richmont Mines! Netflix is down!! Why would you forsake me like that Hatorade?!  |
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12-04-2007, 11:01 AM
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12-04-2007, 11:05 AM
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| It's Lord of the Flies time. Join Date: Jun 2006
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| FUCK I ordered $100,000 worth of stuff then cancelled it all thinking it was fubar then traded again and my trades from the first time started coming through now everything is so messed up. Patience is a virtue I guess. PS: Mutual funds are taking forever to come through.
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