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The game definitely leaks information, I got better at every try -- this was the 4th attempt:

Your returns were 329.0%, against the stock’s 139.7% and the S&P’s 14.7%. You outperformed 100.0% of players, ranking #1.

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Yea, the re-scaling algorithm is a future leak. I wonder how the developers didn't notice.

Did notice, didn't know what to do about it. I think it's the main problem with the game. There are plenty of options that don't leak and maybe I was just too enamored of the visceral feel of the y-domain following simplified+smoothed price line. Scale is also sensitive to variance over time, also smoothed, also leaks.

-the developer

Yeah, there is a bit of a leak but relying on that will not benefit you when you get Enron.

+1 for Enron. I was getting really excited as I saw it scale out and out and out. I knew there was going to be a huge jump and I was going to make a massive return. Unfortunately it didn't occur to me to be more reflexive. I think I barely managed to recoup my initial investment.

> Your returns were 5257.4%, against the stock’s -75.3% and the S&P’s 57.1%. You outperformed 99.2% of players, ranking #14.

interesting, but ulitmately, just a game about fast reflexes...

It's not. stock wiggles are very close brownian noise with an average direction of up at ~6% a year (random walk, EMH, etc)... and yet, playing this game, I seem to be able to time the tops and bottoms of my trades. I think the camera is leaking directional information in how it pans.

"I think the camera is leaking directional information in how it pans."

Which would make it a game about fast reflexes.

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