market_roulette | admin: january 3, 2011, game on

seperis posting in

ETA: All new transactions should be recorded in the new Monday post for this week.

So we'll do this in order:

Individual Page

You should have received an email from googledocs with a link to your individual spreadsheet. ETA: Changing this: email market.roulette when you see this. Some of the email I have are bouncing anyway, so might as well start over. Email with your email address in the body.

Model Spreadsheet

This is what it will look like. Please see the tabs at the bottom:

Summary - that's the first page and where you will record your data. Instructions are in red.
Converter - do not change anything here. This has a currency and stock converter. Instructions are also written to use them.
DataSheetRO - do not change anything here. That page holds the data to make the converter work. You'll be replacing this page regularly for updated data. It'll be easy to do. It also has the current stock list, which is why this page will undergo regular updating and replacing.

At some point this month, I'll add a data sheet that will be locked for me to record your data on so you can compare. And I may add other pages; it's very convenient.

Individual Page - Usage

First, formatting:

1.) Go to File -> Spreadsheet Settings.
2.) Change your locale and timezones.
3.) Email me when you've done this so I can adjust some of the formulas.

Then, individualizing.

1.) Enter your individual information on row five.
2.) Recolor the entire thing however you want. Just don't move or rename anything without checking in with me.

Now, explanation:

Summary is your records. You enter your transactions at the bottom under Transactions. I'll add the macros for it to be fed to the top portion when you've made your first buy.

Converter is a quick and dirty currency and stock price converter. This page and DataSheetRO will pretty much be under constant fixing and tweaking, as google functions are sometimes like Excel and sometimes not so much.

DataSheetRO is where all the raw data is stored.

StockList - if you don't have it, just wait. I'm working with google for copying sheets to other workbooks. It's a copy for you to edit of all the stocks available, if you want to make notes, etc. There's a google function that gives quotes as of 20 minutes ago--this is using that.

And that about covers it.

Monday Post

This is the first Monday post of gameplay.

1.) If you buy, sell, or do any stock transactions, post a comment here.

Format of Declaration to Buy:
Subject Line: "Buy: {Ticker}"
Name: Your Name
Company: Company Name
Ticker: Ticker
Time: In Your Time Zone or in GMT (say which one you're using)
Price: In Your Country's Currency
Shares: 5
Country: Your Country

Use the same format for sells.

2.) International Players - January Monthly Conversion Amount

ETA: All of this with data tables can be found here, along with the Daily Conversion and the Hourly Conversion amounts. Hourly is in yellow.

December's average conversion:

Australia, Dollar - 1.009110 per US Dollar
Canada, Dollar - 1.009445 per US Dollar
EU, Euro - .756842 per US Dollar
Hong Kong, Dollar - 7.774429 per US Dollar
Japan, Yen - 83.39332 per US Dollar
Singapore, Dollar - 1.307674 per US Dollar
United Arab Emirates, Dirham - 3.6736806
UK, Pounds Sterling - .640839 per US Dollar

Your January Amount in Your Currency:

Australia, Dollar - 151.3679
Canada, Dollar - 151.4168
EU, Euro - 113.5263
Hong Kong, Dollar - 1166.164
Japan, Yen - 12509
Singapore, Dollar - 196.1511
United Arab Emirates, Dirham - 551.0521
UK, Pounds Sterling - 96.12581

Verification: Historical Rates

3.) International Players - Other Conversions

All amounts are shown here. And I do not know what google is doing with the dirham's symbol, but seriously, it needs to stop now.

And that's it. Questions, remarks, problems, please leave a comment and put in the subject line Question, Remark, Problem, etc for sorting purposes.

Happy playing!

ETA:

All new transactions should be recorded in the new Monday post here. Do not record any further transactions in this post.

Current Mood: awake

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via_ostiense

Name: via_ostiense
Company: Simms Metal Management
Ticker: ASX: SGM
Time: 19:34 GMT
Price: $0.22
Shares: 113
Country: United States

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via_ostiense

Er, can I change the number of shares to 2? I think there's a mistake in the Stock List spreadsheet, because it's putting the share price at 0.22 instead of $22

Re: BUY: SGM

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seperis - Date: 2011-01-03 09:03 pm (UTC) - Expand

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jamethiel - Date: 2011-01-03 09:54 pm (UTC) - Expand

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eponymousanon

Hahaha I'm an idiot... I only just realized that the red boxes were a summary of terms (I'm sitting here scratching my head going, "wait, we put our stuff in the red box? But there's only room for one thing!" *drinks coffee * "OWAIT")

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mermade

Do I have to just buy stocks from my country? I like shiny things, so I'd like buy Atlas South Seas Pearls? They trade on the NASDAQ as APCFF, but don't seem to have much activity.

...

Okay, I'll be honest. I just find it really amusing that I could buy lots and lots of shares really, really cheap.

From:

seperis

No, not from your country; stock that's sold in yoru market.

Easy way to check; go to a site in your country that you get quotes from and etner a ticker. Most if not all the stocks I"m listing will be available in all markets.