Next Tick Game
We’re rolling out a new game called the “Next Tick” game.
Here’s how it works:
1) Go to: http://www.wallstreetsurvivor.com/Private/Games/NextTick.aspx
2) You’ll see a ticker symbol, its last price (delayed by 15-20 min), and a chart.
3) Guess if this stock will go up or down in the next minute
4) If you’re right, you win 50 Loyalty Points. If you’re wrong, you lose 50 L.P.
There is no limit to the number of times you can play this game during the day! The game is open from 10AM to 4PM every trading day.
Enjoy, and please let us know how you like the game!
New Make a Trade Page Coming…
We’ve heard from many active users that placing Trades takes too long. So, we will consolidate the Make a Trade pages down from three to one true, full page load.
This should significantly decrease the amount of time time it takes to place trades which can be crucial for Day traders, or Survivors who simply want to lock in a fast-moving price.
Here’s a sneak preview of the new trade page which should be live around Halloween:
Redesigned Make A Trade page with the following features:
- New Trade controls are laid out in a left-to-right row to emphasize the task flow; once something is selected, it should move to the next stage automatically. Clicking on a previous control takes you back.
- Each step in the trade taskflow is highlighted with an explanation, which can be folded up into a minimal version by clicking the triangle in the corner
- Trade logic is designed to prevent error messages. Each step presents only the possible options given the previous step, so it is impossible to select a trade chain that does not work; the only error message should be for a ‘Symbol Not Found’.
- For Stop and Limit orders, a pop-up dialog allows the user to set the price. If selected incorrectly, they can just click elsewhere or press Esc to close the pop-up and reset that drop-down to ‘Type’.
- If an order is a regular Market order, then the Duration control is greyed out.
- Once a quantity is entered in the QTY box, then it should jump to the Preview stage automatically, and the information displayed should update dynamically if the user increments or decrements the QTY value, for instance, if they want to achieve a specific trade price, etc.
- New column design with links at left, ad column at right incorporating the new tabbed content box
Best Stock Trade of the Day
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Due to corporate actions like name changes, splits and stock ticker changes, the accuracy of the Best Trade of the day has been spotty, at best. For example, yesterday’s Best trade (on 9/16) which displayed at the top of every page shows a $276,360 gain for REV which split 10-1 yesterday. This “Best” trade is not realistic or accurate.
While we work to fix this feature, we are going to take it down and replace it with the Weekly winner.
New Contest and Prizing Format!
The new contest starts Tuesday, September 2nd, right after Labor Day. We are moving to a perpetual contest format where your portfolios NEVER get erased. Prizes are awarded based upon percentage gains rather than absolute dollar gains.
So, after the current contest ends on Friday, August 29th, your contest portfolio will not not change or be reset. You will be able to continue to trade through the Labor day weekend and your trades will get filled at Market open on Sept 2nd.
The new prizing structure features Monthly, Weekly, Daily prizes and a brand NEW Loyalty Points prize! Every Week and Month, a new contest will start and you will be able to see how you stack up in each category on the Leader board.
Every month we will give away over $20,000 in cash and prizes to more than 200 Survivors! Here is the breakdown:
Monthly Trader Prizes
(more than 15 Trades/month):
| 1st Place | $ 6,000 (Trip to Mexico for 2 or $1,500 Cash) |
| 2nd Place | $ 750 |
| 3rd Place | $ 500 |
| 4th Place | $ 300 |
| 5th Place | $ 100 |
| 6th Place | $ 75 |
| 7th Place | $ 50 |
| 8th Place | $ 40 |
| 9th Place | $ 30 |
| 10th Place | $ 25 |
| 11th-50th Place | $ 15 |
Monthly Investor Prizes
(15 trades or less/month):
| 1st Place | $ 1,500 |
| 2nd Place | $ 750 |
| 3rd Place | $ 500 |
| 4th Place | $ 300 |
| 5th Place | $ 100 |
| 6th Place | $ 75 |
| 7th Place | $ 50 |
| 8th Place | $ 40 |
| 9th Place | $ 30 |
| 10th Place | $ 25 |
| 11th-50th Place | $ 15 |
We are keeping the Investor/Trader distinction. The new limit will be 15 trades per month. If you make more than 15, you are a Trader.
Weekly Prizes
(overall):
| 1st Place | $ 500 |
| 2nd Place | $ 300 |
| 3rd Place | $ 200 |
| 4th Place | $ 100 |
| 5th Place | $ 75 |
| 6th Place | $ 50 |
| 7th Place | $ 40 |
| 8th Place | $ 30 |
| 9th Place | $ 20 |
| 10th Place | $ 15 |
Daily Random Prize
Given to anyone who places a Trade that day: $50
New Loyalty Points Prize!
New for this contest, we will give $1,500 every month to the Survivor who earns the most Loyalty Points that month (not the Survivor with the most Loylaty Points overall).
New Contest Features Monthly Prizes and Loyalty Prize
As we Traders and Investors slog through this tough Bear market (Dow down +20%), many Survivors are already looking forward to the start of the next contest which is scheduled to begin on Monday September 1st.
We are planning several changes based upon user feedback and our desire to make the game easier and more fun to play:
- Your Contest Portfolio will NOT GET ERASED! You will keep all your current stock positions and your portfolio value. If you don’t like your portfolio value, you can always Reset back to $100,000.
- Overall Prizes will be given Weekly and Monthly, in addition to the Daily random prizes. We will give out 10 prizes to best Investors and the best Traders every month.
- The Weekly and Monthly prizes will be calculated based upon percentage return rather than overall portfolio value ranking.
- There is a new Loyalty Grand prize given to the Survivor who racks up the most Loyalty Points every Month.
We are in the midst of finalizing all the details, but as always, let us know what you think!
Amazon gift cards for all Daily & Weekly Winners.
We have had gift cards in the past, but do to popular demand the contest winners for the new Jan-April Contest will be seeing more Amazon gift cards in their Inbox. $100,$150,$250 gift cards will be sent to those who win Daily and Weekly prizes, making this Contest the best yet, because You get to choose the prize!
New Stock Trading Tournament starts January 2nd
Rev your engines sportsfans, the new Tournament is slated to start January 2nd, 2008 and features:
- Starts Jan 2 – Ends April 25
- DOUBLING the prize pool from $25,000 to $50,000!
- New Game format: Investors and Gamers. Investors are Survivors who make less than 100 trades in the Tournament. Traders are Survivors who make more than 50 trades in the Tournament.
- The Top Investor and the Top Trader for the Tournament each win a 7-day, Luxury train trip for 2 persons in November 2008 through the American West from Denver to Northern California Wine Country crossing the Rockies and Sierras. Round trip airfare included. Retail value: $14,000. For more info see: www.GrandLuxeRail.com.
- The Second place Trader and Investor each win $2,000 while the Third place Trader and Investor each win $1,000
- Weekly Prizes worth $8,000+ and Daily Prizes worth $8,000
- More bug fixes than you can shake a stick at!
