Also, stocks on the voting turnout for the first referendum would be good. Ranges like < 20, 20-30, 30-40, 40-50, >50by maxb - New Stock Ideas
An international political/legal issue rather than a sports issue in my opinion.by maxb - New Stock Ideas
I used to trade it, don't know why they stoppedby maxb - New Stock Ideas
umm, whatever version of the software was in before 1 April... put that one back again.by maxb - Bug Report
"Today's change" on the portfolio summary does show the change for the day, i.e. it just repeats the figures, as if yesterday's figure was zero. In addition, the ranking list is no longer available. It's been like this the last couple of days.by maxb - Bug Report
There are several stocks that could be run here. Bundle 1 (Peters to stand) Peters to stand in Northland at the next general election Peters to stand in Tauranga at the next general election Peters to stand in another seat at the next general election Peters to stand as a list candidate only at the next general election Peters not to stand at the the next general election Bundle 2 (Petby maxb - New Stock Ideas
I know I requested a Mark Lundy stock a while back but I'm now a bit uncomfortable with stocks concerning court cases. Best just to let the system do its thing.by maxb - New Stock Ideas
Bump - how about this one? Podemos definitely have a chance. How about options for Podemos, Other and bundle them all?by maxb - New Stock Ideas
Certain US states aren't allowed to trade there either apparently.by maxb - General
@Patzcuaro1 The fact that you went into so much detail in your reply only really confirms my basic point, that the terms of these contracts are more complicated than they need to be. The purpose of any contract is to predict the likelihood of an event, not to catch out people who didn't read the fine print. The meaning of a contract should be intuitively obvious, and using the AM Fix for theby maxb - Closure requests
Why so unresponsive admins? Really disappointed with the way this site's been heading these last few years.by maxb - New Stock Ideas
It would save a lot of confusion if these contracts stipulated that we are trading on the London AM Fix for the first trading day of the month rather than the first day of the month.by maxb - Closure requests
There is a market for sites like this, just look at intrade (RIP). If the site is not profitable with only NZ traders maybe they should make it a bit easier for overseas traders to deposit and withdraw money (e.g. by Paypal). There is huge potential for this site if it can draw an international market.by maxb - New Stock Ideas
We're all cashed up now after new year, excellent time to launch new contracts.by maxb - New Stock Ideas
The last fix before 1 Jan was 31 Dec AM, which was 1199.25 (MID).by maxb - Closure requests
Yes, Greek election stocks for the various parties and a specific stock on Greece to leave the eurozone before 2016 would be good.by maxb - New Stock Ideas
... as should numerous other contracts when the admins get back to work.by maxb - Closure requests
Could have stocks on whether Porirua, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, Kapiti, Wairarapa will hold referendums, and whether they will join Wellington as part of a supercity before 2017.by maxb - New Stock Ideas
I wish the admins were more pro-active with the closures, they shouldn't really need prompting most of the time.by maxb - Closure requests
Any particular reason these haven't been closed yet?by maxb - Closure requests
Generally overseas markets like betfair will be a good indication of what stocks should be offered for Dem and Rep nominee.by maxb - New Stock Ideas
There used to be contracts paying out according to % on opinion polls... these are more attractive than long term contracts for the election day, given that the final payout is not hugely different than the price paid.by maxb - New Stock Ideas
I'm guessing the "dear leader" is more or less a monarch. Only way he can permanently depart from office is if he dies or is deposed.by maxb - Closure requests