I fuckin did it!
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first and best use of this meme. i should think of some easter eggs related to this... congrats and hope you liked it (was a nice couch)
it was an excellent couch. before I wrecked it!
not the same couch, cousins actually...
It’s a little scary to learn that the reason the stock market graphs are always so jagged minute to minute through the day is because of people like these.
there's opportunity in trading. but to assume you'll get the benefit is very similar to assuming you'll beat the casino. it's possible, but unlikely, especially in the long term.
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Small request, can you add the couch’s win pct next to the number of games it has won? I’m lazy
Thanks!
done, refresh a few times to see it
Nice! Thanks so much!
no problem, good idea, never got around to it
I won. Does that mean I should start betting on stocks? Ok.
well, go easy i guess...
I beat 9/10 monkeys! Damn I'm good, I should do this for real!
nice, congrats! and maybe you should (not)
Spamming the trade buttons seems to be a good strategy
i just lost 3 out of 4 like that but certainly a strategy
Until OP implements short term cost basis
Wtf it's harder than I imagined
yess, kind of the message hope you liked it!
S&P historically grew at like 7% per year on averange. You're at constant disadvantage against couch
U r sure it's not "be at the couch"
ayyy, nice
I played maybe 15 games. I won one in 99th percentile and lost one in like 40th.
You main visual is the market line, but I would make the main visual the competing lines of you vs couch, whether that’s bars or also graphed on the market. Otherwise, you’re sort of burying the mental image you want people to take away.
There’s also times where the market went completely south, so I did nothing, and got the “enlightened” position.
It’s a neat micro-game, but it comes off as preachy. Maybe that’s your intent, but being preachy can really turn people off. That maybe not your intent.
the two lines are certainly harder/confusing to follow, i preferred the absolute numbers at the top. the preachy thing is certainly a choice, i do want to make a point with this. the whole thing is based on that tone of voice. i hear you, it'll turn some people off and i think i'm ok with it. appreciate the honest feedback.
Art should be like that, anyways. It’s a good micro game.
These are always good counter arguments to technical analysis. But I’d love to see something where you get industry news surrounding the stocks and have to see if you can also trade based on the news and noise or if the couch wins there.
In these older years maybe that would change something but in the modern era the market is totally irrational and doesn't react to news with any kind of sense.
Interesting game. You could add crypto currencies for fun factor. Beating the couch in bitcoin trading could be an interesting challange
I would like a slider mode. It's very hard to do any sensible strategy with an all or nothing approach. If market goes up by 30% I want to progressively sell and vice versa
it's over two years so while not long term, it's not short either. lots of ups and downs. but i'm thinking of adding a career mode with 2x10 years, start with 10k, see where you end up kind of thing.
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Nifty fifty? Are you an Indian?
I won!
hell yeah!
Maybe add a volume chart to measure market activity, a candle stick chart to see the intra day OHLC and a moving average line chart. Just to see if people fare better compared to just an end of day line chart.
As far as I can tell it only used stock that "won". In that scenario, beating the couch is hard luck. But stock that ends up on 0, you could win more easily.
In real life I live off of that, so a couch won't always win 😋
it uses S&P500 which isn't necessarily winning stocks. although it wins over the long term, lots of losing years are included here.
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