Box office futures

[tiddlywinks]

Quote from masonyes:

why do you say the markets can be easily manipulated?

Present your ATM card from XYZ bank and get a free small popcorn! (Where XYZ bank is the GUARANTEED most prominent within the SRDS metro zone, with an undisclosed position.)

If I was a gambler instead of a futures trader I'd go long Knight and Day, opening June 23.

 

[Shhhhh]

For those who wish to bone up on their Movie Stock Trading skills for fun.

http://www.hsx.com/

 

[failed_trad3r]

this is why futures are more like gambling then price discovery

soon the public will reealize

 

[moviegeek23]

Quote from peilthetraveler:

This is what will happen.

Cameron is expected to direct a new movie so everyone buys those futures. Cameron and his posse start selling futures and then Cameron quits pre-production. The movie futures drop like a rock, Cameron covers and goes long and tells everyone he had a change of heart and will direct the movie after all. The price skyrockets again.

Under the Trend Exchange (institutional) model, products will not be listed for trading until 6 weeks prior to their release date. The Cantor Exchange (retail) model plans to list movies up to 6 months prior to their release date. Even so, it would be very impractical strategically, and impossible to execute.

Who actually believes James Cameron would prefer to profit from a manipulation of these markets, as opposed to the HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS he's earned through simple straightforward direction of blockbuster movies?

In addition, the size of the position that someone like Cameron would need to establish to try such a strategy would be impossible under existing federal regulations around position limits and large trader restrictions.

Seriously though, these types of ignorant comments are allowed in a trading forum?