The AUS.ELECTION.* stocks are triggered by a formal announcement, not an actual election, so Q3 closes at $1, the rest at $0.by mrh - Closure requests
ipapi.php hasn't been, but you can get the API using app.php?do=apiby mrh - General
Remember though that to get that 1c, you need to do at least three trades (and sometimes five) to cover the entire bundle. And the hassle of having to check that seemed to discourage the lightening balancing bot we had in the past.by mrh - Ask A Question
Interesting - though with that lag it could be other people. the bot I noticed in the past was basically instantaneous, but I haven't observed it operating since transaction fees were imposed.by mrh - Ask A Question
So, basically you want a Greater Fool and you expect iPredict to provide one on demand?by mrh - General
There used to be a bot, but I don't think its active any more - transaction fees killed it off.by mrh - Ask A Question
Once again its no longer displaying order books.by mrh - General
Yes, but how can you predict something if there are no stocks to signal your confidence level? Put up an order and wait for a counterparty. If you can't find one, then clearly people think you're being greedy.by mrh - Active Stocks
Its only "stranded" if you don't want to put in an order and unwind your position.by mrh - Active Stocks
I assume its because no-one is trading it.by mrh - Active Stocks
EUROZGDP.Q3-12.-05 EUROZONEGDP.Q3-12.00 EU27GDP.Q32012.00 can all close. Announcement here:by mrh - Closure requests
Shazzadude Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, well that doesn't apply with the Australian > election. It's not like Gillard can call for an > election to be held this afternoon! No. But she could call for one to be held in a couple of months. And with 150 electorates, even with only the $48.50 in each bundle from a thin market-maker, that wouldby mrh - Active Stocks
Can close at $0. Gillard was still PM on 1 November.by mrh - Closure requests
200 people online, and the site is stalling under the load. And there's vigorous trade on Florida, despite no market maker. Seriously people, just stick up some standing orders.by mrh - General
hmonkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, but in my experience people are considerably > less likely to do that if there's no market maker, > often leaving stocks with $0.9997 spreads. I > suspect removing them will severely limit trading > activity on most of the state level stocks. Well, there's no trading on most state-level stocksby mrh - General
Lanthanide Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I agree that taking the MM out entirely greatly > disrupts people's willingness to trade. It's like > - why bother? Rather than try and get out (or > into) a position early to maximize returns, > instead you end up just sitting on the sidelines > because there's no opportunity to trade. You canby mrh - General
Does iPredict's new management not know what stocks they already have up?by mrh - Active Stocks
There was already a LB13.WTN.WADE-BN. Also, will there be an "other" added to form a bundle?by mrh - Active Stocks
But if its not, how will the people who have shorted it collect?by mrh - New Stock Ideas
iPredict matt close the contract at the last traded price if, for a period of at least one week, its price remains below $0.01. Otherwise, the contract will remain open until there is a permanent replacement for Dr Smith. Firstly, you may want to corect the spelling mistake. Secondly, will this apply if the stocks never trade 9and thus have a price of $0.00)?by mrh - Active Stocks
And that the process requires a reasonable amount of time for the public to make submisisons. That alone was likely to make the contract close at $0.by mrh - Active Stocks
Can close The total liquidity in these contracts has been very low - there were only a handful of orders across the entire bundle. Is there any point in providing contracts people are not going to trade on?by mrh - Closure requests
The usual is "receive royal assent by ". Given the timeframe, should probably be 1 January 2014.by mrh - New Stock Ideas
The Transport and Industrial Relations Committee has set a report-back date of 25 january 2013 for this bill. While they may report-back earlier (and so the stock needs to be kept open, just in case they do), its pretty clear now that this will close at $0.by mrh - Active Stocks