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The simExchange on July video game sales
This is the fifth month the simExchange video game prediction market has traded contracts on console hardware and the second month, the simExchange has traded contracts on 10 software SKUs. Contracts are settled against the NPD Group’s monthly unit sales data.
Sony’s PS3 sales came in line with market expectations at 159,000 units. The simExchange market [...]
The new market maker is here!
This article was originally written for traders on the simExchange video game prediction market yesterday to introduce the new market making technology that was rolled out early this morning.
Many veterans have come to notice some problems with trading on the simExchange. No matter how strong the community feels, sometimes the price just doesn’t reflect what [...]
Accounting sales of digitally downloaded games
This post was originally written for users of the simExchange prediction market following the listing of a new video game product that is distributed both through traditional retail channels but also digital downloads.
With the listing of LittleBigPlanet, the simExchange community has been a flurry on how the stock should account for the game’s sales. [...]
A lesson in stock trading mechanics
A simExchange player (jayen) recently asked about how prices adjust in the real stock market compared to how trading on the simExchange works. This question came from a special event on April 26 following Ubisoft Entertainment’s earnings announcement. Ubisoft had announced that it has sold 950,000 copies of Red Steel when the stock was only [...]
Next lesson: so the “futures” aren’t really futures
This post was originally written for users of the simExchange prediction market following the expiration of March 2007 futures, the first round of the new prediction product.
So now you’ve got a taste of what futures contracts are like…shorter-term projections and an expiration process. New questions like “to close out the position before expiration or let [...]
An invitation to join the simExchange beta
The simExchange, a virtual video game stock exchange, is a new project to help gamers learn about upcoming video games and predict how well they will sell. Countless new games are on the horizon all the time and it is too time consuming to read up on all of them. The simExchange applies the [...]
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