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Topic: The Hollywood Stock Exchange Challenge!!!

Dan_raven
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They have just started adding the chance to buy California Gubinatorial Candidates.

I have 10000 shares of Arnold

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The Silverblue Sun
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I've made my $54 million buy buying movies in development and then having them move to the Theatre....

I've never done the short, call and cover stuff, but I'm interested in trying it.

Anyone want to give me a lesson?

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T_Smith
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Man, I had totally been slacking on this, and I'm still at 5 million. One million more than the last time I had checked.

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TheTick
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Shorting is basically betting that a movie is overpriced and will drop, such as a box office bomb (Gigli, for one, made money for me by shorting it). You 'cover' when you want to cash out your short. Calls and puts are basically bets like the above, but for the opening weekend. You 'call' when you think a movie will make it's target price (Gigli's was $10 million, to continue the example). You use the 'put' when you think it will come in below that.

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TheTick
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The calls and puts are risky, also. If you buy a call, and the movie doesn't hit the price set, you lose all the money you put in. So, you can make some big money sometimes, but at greater potential cost.

Oh, and blockbuster warrants work like calls, but for the whole run of the movie.

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fugu13
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Hmm, haven't looked for a while, and I had been planning to do some fancy footwork as well.

Ouch, lost some pretty hefty money (around $100,000) on American Wedding (I had been hoping to sell on the high, then short).

I'm still number 2 after T, so I feel decent enough.

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Wendybird
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Pirates is making me a ton! Loved that movie [Big Grin]

I'm now around 2.5 million, haven't checked it yet today. I'm just happy I got back above 2 [Smile]

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PSI Teleport
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I'm in.

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Jon Boy
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Ha ha ha! I finally pulled ahead of the great T_Smith! Eat that!

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T_Smith
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Hmmm.. I should pay attention to that, shouldn't I?

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T_Smith
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DEATH TO JON BOY AND LEONIDE!!!

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Dan_raven
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I was going to pull this up cause I just passed Fugu. hahaha

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fugu13
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Fugu hasn't looked at his stocks in 3 months [Smile]

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Leonide
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DEATH TO EVERYONE.

YOU MAY NOW COMMENCE KISSING MY FEET.

AND WHILE YOU'RE DOWN THERE, I DEMAND A PEDICURE.

[ROFL]

[ December 03, 2003, 02:42 PM: Message edited by: Leonide ]

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Sarcasm
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You'll get your comeuppance soon enough, Leonide. [Mad]

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TheTick
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Damn. I bet on the wrong horse with Runaway Jury. And what's up with Ender's Game??

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Jon Boy
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Holy flarking heck, T, what did you invest in to earn you 800,000 over the weekend? Or did you just get another group of people to sign up?

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T_Smith
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::goes off to look::

I have no clue, yet.

Edited to add:

::laughs butt off::

50,000 shares of Cheaper By The Dozen.

Who'da thought? Also, my Orlando Bloom and Tim Burton have helped with 2,000 dollars today. I'm up to 7 million now.

[ December 29, 2003, 04:18 PM: Message edited by: T_Smith ]

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pH
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I just joined, username yourprecious.

Ha-HAH, Colin. I pwns j00 now.

*maniacal laughter*

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Jon Boy
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*bump*

Seven months is up. I'm $520,000 ahead of T. Where's my reward?

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Jon Boy
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Hello? Reward, please.

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Rappin' Ronnie Reagan
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You have a tribute thread, what more do you want? [Razz]

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Jon Boy
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A reward, silly!

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Jon Boy
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Wow. That was disappointing.

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Tresopax
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Here's the HSX tip of the day: Simpsons!

Also it appears EG is finally on the way up... if only we can count on HSX as an accurate predictor of its release.

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T_Smith
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Bump.

I logged in today. This is a fun site. Play, have fun.

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TheTick
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I check in periodically, but I haven't changed anything in ages.

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advice for robots
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Hey, cool, I dobied this thread once.

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TheTick
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Anyone want an invite? [Evil Laugh]

Not only would I get a boost of much needed fundage, I bet Ender's Game stock would rise if we get more Jatraqueros involved! [Big Grin]

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Derrell
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I just bought 1000 shares of Ender's Game. [Big Grin]

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TheTick
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What's your username? I'll add you to my league screen. I got into EG at under $3. 50,000 shares. [Big Grin]

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Derrell
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My user name is IamDerrell. Type it in just the way I typed it.

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Derrell
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Has anyone bought stock in the movie Robots ? I'm wondering if it's a good investment [Dont Know]

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Carrie
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I'd say yes, it is a good investment, since the next Star Wars trailer will be with it, and there's an outside chance a Harry Potter one will also. SW alone will increase ticket sales (not knowing the game, I assume that's what "a good investment" would need), but the double whammy would be insane.

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