Would be good to know, especially for the top 10 traders. Eg the user "Economist", I assume is an economist by trade and therefore you'd put more weight on comments made by Economist relating to stocks on the economy. Knowing the background of each trader on ipredict might help, when reading the forums and everyone is putting their 2 cents in, to know who the experts in that given field are. /forum/read.php?3,4259,4259#msg-4259 Thu, 20 Apr 2017 22:08:07 +0000 Phorum 5.2.20 /forum/read.php?3,4259,15758#msg-15758 /forum/read.php?3,4259,15758#msg-15758 fredo General Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:15:55 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14715#msg-14715 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14715#msg-14715 kiwikevnz General Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:05:44 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14423#msg-14423 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14423#msg-14423 ORACLE General Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:24:59 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14420#msg-14420 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14420#msg-14420
sublime coffee]]> Spikeyboy General Mon, 07 Nov 2011 03:21:09 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14406#msg-14406 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14406#msg-14406 ORACLE General Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:55:09 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14401#msg-14401 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14401#msg-14401 (hint: its my last name with the first 2 initials of my first name on the end).

This is who I am in the real world:
[nz.linkedin.com]]]> farrst General Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:42:14 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14400#msg-14400 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14400#msg-14400 Spikeyboy General Sun, 06 Nov 2011 10:16:32 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14399#msg-14399 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14399#msg-14399 ORACLE General Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:43:24 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14398#msg-14398 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14398#msg-14398 Spikeyboy General Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:37:23 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14214#msg-14214 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14214#msg-14214 reptilianoraclehyperboss General Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:58:17 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14211#msg-14211 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14211#msg-14211 The more you know the more you don't.]]> farrst General Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:49:29 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14209#msg-14209 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14209#msg-14209
Always thought people in that line of business were of limited intelligence no matter the source. Is your last sentence a pointer? ;)

By the way, you're not my boss, snaky, hyper or otherwise. I think.]]> ORACLE General Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:26:59 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14198#msg-14198 /forum/read.php?3,4259,14198#msg-14198 reptilianoraclehyperboss General Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:05:53 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13766#msg-13766 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13766#msg-13766 I can't get anything right.
May have to trade for a living soon.
Phil]]> CompleteWally General Fri, 09 Sep 2011 05:05:02 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13760#msg-13760 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13760#msg-13760 Wiskyjim General Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:27:30 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13571#msg-13571 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13571#msg-13571 -------------------------------------------------------
> Or its Phil Goff throwing us off track. ::o

Aren't we off track enough already???]]> ManontheCliff General Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:08:25 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13567#msg-13567 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13567#msg-13567 farrst General Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:33:02 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13566#msg-13566 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13566#msg-13566 thedoctor General Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:12:13 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13564#msg-13564 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13564#msg-13564 farrst General Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:20:39 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13562#msg-13562 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13562#msg-13562 zhengshaommei General Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:44:32 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13559#msg-13559 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13559#msg-13559
Though I do feel a bit like a drug dealer sometimes.]]> eeyore General Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:06:47 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13553#msg-13553 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13553#msg-13553
I mean your not going to say on a public forum.
"I sell drugs to earn my crust, but I am interesting in financial and political issues"

Also where are all the zoo keepers? firemen? and cooks? that are required for a complete society.

Also is CompleteWally, Phil Goff?]]> farrst General Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:19:30 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13552#msg-13552 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13552#msg-13552 ORACLE General Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:36:23 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13526#msg-13526 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13526#msg-13526
Truth be told I have put a few things up here to get press attention (check the new stocks page). But I do not use this as an only medium, and as for manipulating the market with a few thousand members.....well lets just say you would lose you money eventually. I have tried Rogue bidding here and it takes more than money to get it right. You have to mind f them to convince them the risk/reward numbers are wrong.

But then again........that is politics ;)]]> farrst General Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:21:52 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13524#msg-13524 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13524#msg-13524 tomjoad General Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:36:28 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13521#msg-13521 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13521#msg-13521 If you moved the price you may take the market with you to a certain extent in terms of expectations.
i-predict does get media coverage.And is followed by alot of commentators and bloggers with influence.
Alot of outsiders (eg caucus members) probably have no idea of how small the ipredict volume is.I would not be surpirsed if political people with vested interests try and manipulate some of the contracts.
It could be a loose grouping of supporters.
Im not sayingit is happening just that it is quite possible for it to happen. I havent seen any good reason above yet whyit wouldnt.
(Account limit of $2500 could be circumvented with multiple accounts anyway).
Interested in anyother sensible comments though.]]> CompleteWally General Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:18:19 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13514#msg-13514 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13514#msg-13514
Truth be told many here are here to see what people think rather than try and manipulate their thoughts. Even if you did try an manipulate the market. As with many markets the forces would bring it back into tow soon enough. You have to remember that there is a $2500 deposit cap. So even if you did want to swing the market.......you would have to feed $1000 into a stock to do anything substantial. I doubt even Goff is that frivolous.

As said earlier - its cheaper to make a facebook page and jump on freelancer.co.nz and buy a million "likes".]]> farrst General Sat, 20 Aug 2011 02:52:42 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13512#msg-13512 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13512#msg-13512 -------------------------------------------------------
> Hi
> Good discussion thanks.
> I was wondering if ,say, you were Phil Goff and
> wanted to rig the contract as much as possile to
> control it and keep the speculation on your
> leadership down...

Ummm... one suspects a couple of well chosen words to the media pack at a photo opp may receive rather more notice and shift the discussion rather further than any particular pricing on a website with a few score of active traders. Manipulating opinion at that level requires a level of micro-attention that I suspect is the luxury of the unemployed blogger/aspiring politician rather than someone seriously involved with managing a major political party.]]> ManontheCliff General Sat, 20 Aug 2011 02:09:29 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13506#msg-13506 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13506#msg-13506 Good discussion thanks.
I was wondering if ,say, you were Phil Goff and wanted to rig the contract as much as possile to control it and keep the speculation on your leadership down... given the low liquidity couldn't you just throw a few hundred dollars into buying lote of contracts and heavily influence the contract price? i.e. assuming you are prepared to lose money in return for stifling media coverage etc.you could bid low from one account and sell low from another?
Or is it just too difficult?]]> CompleteWally General Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:48:33 +0000 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13286#msg-13286 /forum/read.php?3,4259,13286#msg-13286
- You perceive the price is wrong, so you take a position and then post in the forums with your information. The market acts on your information and moves in the same direction, improving your position.

- You perceive the price is right, but want a discount. So you post misleading information in the hope of pushing the price out of whack. When it moves, you trade against it.

The latter is much harder because most such fluctuations are short-lived. Timing is everything. It's a lot of effort, and you don't stand to make much money out of it since liquidity here is low.]]> eeyore General Sat, 06 Aug 2011 04:35:40 +0000