admin: monday post, january 24 - january 30, 2011

[seperis]

Note: This is late and I apologize; for some reason, work was randomly blocking sites or not connecting to them.

This is the Monday post for the week of January 24 through January 30, 2011.

Reminders

1.) January is still no-transaction fee month.

There is no fee for buying or selling. Go nuts!

2.) February will be a no-transaction fee except for selling month. Selling fees are the same as real-time fees.

3.) March will see the introduction of the ETF and mutual fund.

Transaction Format

We'll probably just keep posting this in every Monday post for easy reference.

Buying - Real Time

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

Buying - Automatic

Format of Declaration to Buy, Automatic:
Subject Line: "Automatic Buy: {Ticker}"
Name: Your Name
Company: Company Name
Ticker: Ticker
Time: In Your Time Zone or in GMT (say which one you're using)
Amount: Amount you wish to invest in this stock
Country: Your Country

Selling

Format of Declaration to Sell:
Subject Line: "Sell: {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: How many shares.
Country: Your Country

Markets

Also will now be listed on every Monday post:

Eligible Exchanges:

1.) NYSE, any version.
2.) Euronext, any version
3.) ASX - Australian Stock Exchange
4.) LSE - London Stock Exchange
5.) TSE - Tokyo Stock Exchange
6.) Hong Kong Stock Exchange
7.) Shanghai Stock Exchange
8.) Toronto Stock Exchange
9.) Deutsche Börse
10.) NASDAQ
11.) Any stock listed in your local market.
These are the exchanges anyone can buy from. As well as these, you can buy from any that are your local markets.

Transaction Alpha Test

Once again, here is the link to the transaction form. If people could please use it? and for this week, it'd be great if you'd mention in your comment whether you've used it as well.

Transaction Form

This page is where you can see what you posted.

Once again, any questions or concerns, please contact your mods.

Comments

[jamethiel]

Is this for timezone purposes or currency purposes? I find timezone is less important than having dollars default to GBP or whatever.

[chalcopyrite]

It says "locational purposes?" Second page. I just used the form, lemme know if I screwed up. (Posting new comment with buy info.)

(Wait, I just realised markets are *closed* and hence deleted the comment. I am sorry I am bring such an idiot. So I *will be* posting a new comment tomorrow when markets are open.)

Cosalt

[lebannen]

Psst! Cosalt shares are like 4.5p not £4.50. You can buy lots! (I've also been thinking of buying some Cosalt because hey, I've heard of them (they make lifejackets. and ... stuff.))

Also, not having heard anything to the contrary, I have been merrily buying stuff at all hours.

Re: Cosalt

[chalcopyrite]

You might not believe this, but I had figured out, and made note of, where the decimal point gets put, and it was part of why I thought hey, sink a few quid in this... and then my brain fritzed. Ayiyi.

Okay, I think I feel brave enough to try and correct that now. Thank you for being encouraging.

(They also make rope! Rope is useful stuff!)

[jamethiel]

The markets being closed is NO PROBLEM. You just buy at the last recorded price. What happens in real life if you do that is the transactions are processed as soon as the market opens, before the price changes.

(edited for random caps *frowns at keyboard*)

[chalcopyrite]

Thank you! I just -- had a sudden and total conviction that everything I could have done wrong, I had! And possibly invented new and different ways to be wrong! Sigh.

Hopefully I have now exhausted my quota of falling on my face where people can see me, and you have to deal with it. *wry g*