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Patrick,

Just a thought, would it be able to have a transaction cost line in each portfolio? i think it would be interesting to see the amount spent by a trader, especially when they are doing badly.

thanks

The cause of many issues that will crop up is the difference between live pricing and the 15 min delay, not infrequently traded shares. Since the spirit of the game is to be an investment club, and not a live trader or scalper, then wouldn't it be better to delay all trades (buys and sells) by 15 minutes as well. That way you execute at the prevailing price at the time the trader sees the real time price.

Clearly it would be unrealistic to have live pricing here (because of the cost) so a delay seems most appropriate to synchronise everything.

Quote from: aae on January 08, 2014, 02:56:16 pm

Quote from: tgg78703 on April 23, 2013, 09:58:58 pm

these competitions have always had a issue in the past where someone buys shares that are not very liquid, e,g . If I had bought selco with all my money I would be 131% up today.

but that not be a true reflection as they hardly trade and there would be no hope of me selling or realising my profit.

Should you not have a cap on purchases related to the shares average volume

And it did not take to long to happen this year, games a farce

I have to unfortunately agree - I see new No 1 on the leader-board, bought a share, that would have taken him more than a week to get the quantity he owns - he could no sell the lot at a massive profit, even if the real market would only accept 1% of his holdings

Where is the list of final net worths? I can't find it anywhere.