Virtual Stock Exchange - put your investment skills into pla

user · **Posted:** Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:12 pm

http://virtualstockexchange.com

come learn how to invest in stocks

i (user) am currently in this public game named DarkShadow, you get 200k to start

CrimsonNuker wrote:

So ermm...how do i play? lawl

1. You can only trade during 6am-1pm Pacific (operating hours for NYSE) <-- yes, this game is based off of real life

1a*. I believe you can trade off-hours but at an unknown price

2. After you are got into any game, go to "Make a trade", a pop-up comes up

3. It asks you for a symbol, you can type in a company name (which the exchange symbol will come up). Click GO

4. Just follow the instructions, they are simple to follow. If you are new, you can choose BUY or SELL and just input the number of stocks you want.

4a* Buy - you buy low, sell high; Short - you sell someone else's stocks out at a high price, then BUY TO COVER, you buy the stock back at a lower price.

Eg. SRF is at 30 bucks, but I think it will soon drop down to 20 bucks. So I SHORT SRF at $30, when it does drop to $20, i'll BUY TO COVER the same number of SRF shares back and earn $10 per share.

5. Wait 20mins for your "order" to process.

crazyskwrls · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 2293 **Location:**

looks interesting im gonna try

CrimsonNuker · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 13791 **Location:**

So ermm...how do i play? lawl

nohunta · **Posted:** Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:45 am

arghhhh there a easy way to find symbols?

.curve · **Posted:** Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:37 am

Wow that's ironic. I was talking to a friend about doing something like this.

I used http://www.investopedia.com/ though. We did it back in High School and it was so much fun.

user · **Posted:** Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:56 am

.curve wrote:

Wow that's ironic.

whats ironic?

LaloHao · **Joined:** Nov 2007 **Posts:** 1987 **Location:** Mexico

user wrote:

.curve wrote:

Wow that's ironic.

whats ironic?

the irony

0l3n · **Posted:** Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:35 pm

Well, im in. The names 0l3n.

.curve · **Posted:** Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:10 pm

user wrote:

.curve wrote:

Wow that's ironic.

whats ironic?

Like I said, I was talking to a friend about this while browsing around SRF, then I saw your sig and I was like, Wow that's ironic.

Squirt · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 8186 **Location:**

Thats cool, I registered.

Invested in NIX and NaSDQ.

0l3n · **Posted:** Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:21 pm

So far ive invested in

Apple INC.
Sony CORP.
Coca-Cola Bottling co consolid.

And I just invested 18k in 300 shares of McDonalds.

Coke was a bad investement, just sold all but a 100 shares. Keeping those so I can see when/if it starts going up.

user · **Posted:** Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:14 am

.curve wrote:

user wrote:

.curve wrote:

Wow that's ironic.

whats ironic?

Like I said, I was talking to a friend about this while browsing around SRF, then I saw your sig and I was like, Wow that's ironic.

you mean coincidence?

Squirt · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 8186 **Location:**

Invested 2.5k stocks in apple, Nsdq and NIX.

Hoping for a miracle.

user · **Posted:** Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:34 am

Squirt wrote:

Invested 2.5k stocks in apple, Nsdq and NIX.

Hoping for a miracle.

by nsdq, you mean the nasdaq composite index?

Squirt · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 8186 **Location:**

user wrote:

Squirt wrote:

Invested 2.5k stocks in apple, Nsdq and NIX.

Hoping for a miracle.

by nsdq, you mean the nasdaq composite index?

Yes sir, it was in the green and at +15.35

inky · **Joined:** Nov 2006 **Posts:** 4025 **Location:**

We played a pseudo stock market game in highschool. they based the prices on real stock market values. Our group lost a crapload of money because we didn't sell Halliburton stocks while they were up.

user · **Posted:** Sat Apr 18, 2009 2:12 am

Squirt wrote:

Yes sir, it was in the green and at +15.35

you know why people buy index funds right? mostly due to its low management fees (which the game has none), you aint going to lead anyone because the composite index is all about being in the middle

inky wrote:

We played a pseudo stock market game in highschool. they based the prices on real stock market values. Our group lost a crapload of money because we didn't sell Halliburton stocks while they were up.

you gonna join or what

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

We have to play this game in school for Social-Studies

We have 45 Days to be in the top 10

Currently Rank 20 out of 126

Anyways,really fun game and really addictive too...For now I invested in:
TXT(Textron)
MCD(MacDonald)
GOOG(Google)
TC(Thomson Creek Metal)
PLA(Playboy)
BMO(Bank of Montreal)
DELL(Dell...)
HBAN(Bank of Ireland)

Blindfire · **Joined:** Feb 2008 **Posts:** 3844 **Location:** ...

Canadian banks are a solid investment. They didn't crumble when everyone else's did.

Skyve · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 7328 **Location:** Canada

Blindfire wrote:

Canadian banks are a solid investment. They didn't crumble when everyone else's did.

+99999999999999999999999999

0l3n · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:33 pm

Damnit! Everything crashed!!!

user · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:36 pm

0l3n wrote:

Damnit! Everything crashed!!!

hehe, i am 30th now

crazyskwrls · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 2293 **Location:**

worst drop in 6 weeks

good i invisted in one of those sell short then buy thingys but did not sell short enough shares

user · **Posted:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:41 pm

i am 8th now, mofos, eat ur hearts out

user · **Posted:** Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:24 pm

for those who had been keeping track, i beat the creator by 8k ranking no. 1, and he banned me,

what a ****

0l3n · **Posted:** Fri Apr 24, 2009 3:54 pm

user wrote:

for those who had been keeping track, i beat the creator by 8k ranking no. 1, and he banned me,

what a ****

Wow...

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