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Re: Shorting [number2] by networkguy
Aug 26, 2008 (10:00 am)
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Replying to: number2 (Aug 26, 2008 9:31 am)

I understand the way the simple short works. Calculating the value isn't that hard. What I'm talking about is if you go past the point of holding zero shares in either a buy or sell operation. Ex. I short 100 shares of Corolla 500.00. The price later drops to 400.00. The number quoted on the cover transaction would be 600.00. I cover my short of 100 shares and make 10,000. That's reasonably straightforward.
 
The issue arises when I try to cover a.k.a. buy additional shares. I enter 200 into my cover transaction. That would cover my original 100 and buy me 100. The price per share would show as some number that doesn't make a lot of sense to me. It's very difficult to determine my profit from the cover and what I paid for the new shares.
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Looks like some blatant market manipulation by networkguy
Aug 30, 2008 (12:19 am)
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I was working late tonight. I checked CSX a little after midnight. Now at about 3:00 AM CDT I checked again. Millions of shares have been traded since midnight. I have just watched a couple of stocks spike and drop radically and then return to normal within seconds. Hundreds of thousand of shares just moved very quickly... and it's 3 AM Saturday morning. Very odd indeed.
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Re: Looks like some blatant market manipulation [networkguy] by mikedrud
Aug 30, 2008 (6:37 pm)
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Replying to: networkguy (Aug 30, 2008 12:19 am)

I'm not sure if this is market manipulation or not. I know things will be nuts between now and Sunday at 11:59pm PT, when 20 stocks will retire.
 
We'll keep an eye on transactions, though. I will looks through the logs to see what's up.
 
Thanks for posting the message.
 
Mike
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3 things by kabrimm
Sep 08, 2008 (4:38 pm)
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I can't trade right now. I tried to short max on the Forester and it kept reloading the same page (the page that says submit trade). So I tried to sell Dodge Challenger. Same deal. When I hit submit trade, the same page keeps re-appearing. I am on IE 7.0 at home on a cable modem if you need to know that.
 
Also, I noticed on the Forester, the retire date on the stock page says 9/30, but when you hit the trade button, it says TBD for the retire date.
 
Lastly, the August numbers say final, but they really aren't final right? I definately didn't loose over 5 million in August. At first I thought it was backwards, but I definately didn't gain 5 million either.
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Re: 3 things [kabrimm] by mikedrud
Sep 08, 2008 (10:14 pm)
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Replying to: kabrimm (Sep 08, 2008 4:38 pm)

Yes, the August numbers are not final. That's part of the problem (there are a few still, so sorry about the delayed standings).
 
I just submitted a trade in I.E. 7 from home (with DSL). There could have been connectivity issues unrelated to the game code itself. Please try again and let me know if your problem persists.
 
I tried a second trade (shorting max on a stock) and it went through. Sometimes the page can be slow, but it should go through.
 
Even though this shouldn't be an issue in I.E. 7, I do recommend using Firefox for your trading. There just seem to be less bugs with that browser and CSX.
 
Thanks,
 
Mike CSX Game Supervisor
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Flex retire date? by networkguy
Sep 09, 2008 (7:10 am)
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I see the Flex is scheduled to retire 1/31/09. Sales data for the first 3 months is already available. That would indicate it's supposed to retire on 11/31/08.
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Re: Flex retire date? [networkguy] by mikedrud
Sep 09, 2008 (8:06 am)
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Replying to: networkguy (Sep 09, 2008 7:10 am)

We may change the retirement date on that and other stocks. Sometimes we can't tell when a vehicle is "widely available to the public" until sales figures start coming in.
 
If we change any retirement dates, I'll always post a note on these Forum pages.
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Net Worth Error? by bg96
Oct 23, 2008 (7:59 pm)
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I currently have just over $120M in stocks and another $18K in available cash, but my net worth is showing as only $109M. If anyone can explain the difference in those numbers i'd appreciate it.
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Re: Net Worth Error? [bg96] by bg96
Oct 29, 2008 (9:54 am)
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Replying to: bg96 (Oct 23, 2008 7:59 pm)

Every trade I make seems to enlarge the gap between my net worth and overall stock value. My current stock value is $118,666,552.46, net worth is $106,081,859.68 leaving a difference of $12,584,692.78 that seems to have somehow vanished. It doesn't make much sense for me to continue playing at this point if my net worth is off by this much. I am done for this month and am considering whether or not just to cash out and retire.
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Re: Net Worth Error? [bg96] by mikedrud
Oct 30, 2008 (8:19 am)
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Replying to: bg96 (Oct 29, 2008 9:54 am)

I'll look into this for you, bg96.

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