Frequently Asked Questions
Intro
Q - How can I get started on the Neopian Stock Market?
A - First off, you should have a minimum of 15,000 Neopoints to start in the stock market. More NP would be better and easier, but 15K at least. Alternatively, if you can earn 15K a day from games and whatnot, you should be good to go.
Q - Where is the Stock Market located?
A - You can type 'stock market' in the search bar on the left hand side of all Neopets.com pages. You can also click 'Games' on the Neopets tool bar at the top to go to the games room. Search for 'stock market' on the right hand side of that page. You can also go to the Neopets.com front page and click the Neodaq Index link. Or finally, you can also click here.
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Q - Is the Stock Market a good way to make NP?
A - Yes, but like NeoQuest II, it's only good in the long run. The market is a waiting game; don't expect profits from it right away. It can take weeks, months or possibly years before a stock goes up, but it really is worth it. It's better to have your NP in the market than the bank. |
Q - How much NP can I earn from the market?
A - It depends on how much you invest. If you buy the maximum of 1,000 shares everyday, in time you could earn a million NP or more in a single month.
Q - Does the Neopian Stock Market work the same way as the real market?
A - Not at all. The real market is decided on the economy: if people start buying a lot of bread lets say, then a bread stock may do well. The Neopian economy does not work like that, if people start using the Shop Wizard, then SWNC will not always go up. It is affected randomly / unpredictably. There is nothing we can do to change the prices of the different stocks. |  |
Q - What is a share?
A - Shares are small pieces of a company. If you have a share, you own a small part of the company. If the price of the company goes up, then the NP you put into the company will be worth more. Thus, you would be making a profit.
Q - What is a port?
A - A port is the short form of the word portfolio. Your portfolio is the total amount of shares, NP invested, current worth, and percentage change.
Buying
Q - What is the best stock to buy?
A - There is no 'best' stock. However, anything currently at 15, 16, or 17 NP a share is a very good choice.
Q - How many shares of each stock should I buy?
A - Try to buy 1,000 shares of a stock everyday. This should cost 15K to 17K. If you can't afford 15K a day, then purchase as many shares as you can. As for how many shares in one company, that depends on your overall portfolio size. If you have 10K shares total, you'll find you should have a few thousand shares in a few stocks here and there. As your port grows, you will gain more shares in different stocks.
Q - What do all those words at the top of my portfolio page mean?
The above can be confusing to anyone at first glance.
A -
Icon - The picture of the company.
Ticker - The symbol for the company. What you type in to buy something.
Open - What the stock was at the start of the day (12 AM NST).
Current Price - What it's at now.
Chg - What its change has been throughout the day.
Qty - How many shares you bought of it.
Paid - How much you paid for all of the shares you currently own.
Mkt Value - What you would get if you were to sell all of those shares now.
% Change - The percent of change in relation to what you bought it at.
Keep in mind that to sell your shares, click that grey arrow by the Icon of all the stocks.
Q - I keep getting this message: "Error: You cannot afford that! 1000 would cost you 15000NP!" What does it mean?
A - You don't have enough NP on hand to buy the shares.
Q - I keep getting this message: "Error: Sorry, due to regulations you cannot buy stock that is trading less than 15 NP a share." What does it mean?
A - Exactly what it says, you cannot buy stocks that are 14 or lower. The stock must be at least 15.
Q - Why can't we buy below 15?
A - If we could buy lower, there would be even less risk to playing the market. The well known 15 - 17 method would turn into the 6 - 8 method. Basically, TNT has this rule in place because there has to be some challenge to the market, and this is it.
Selling
Q - How do I sell my stocks?
A - Click the grey arrow by the icon of the stock you want to sell, type in how many shares you'd like to sell, then click the 'Sell Shares' button at the bottom. The button is not there at first, but will appear once you click the grey arrow.
Q - When is a good time to sell my stock(s)?
A - This is a totally personal choice. First off, ask yourself two questions:
1 - Are you happy with the profit?
2 - Do you need the NP now, or will you need it soon?
Choice 1 - If you answered yes to both questions, then you should most likely sell.
Choice 2 - If you answered no to both, then you can risk hanging on for more profit.
Choice 3 and 4 - If you answered no to the first and yes to the second, or vice versa, then this is where greed will come into play. There is nothing wrong with being greedy, it's in fact a good way to make even more NP. However, keep this in mind:
I'm sorry to tell you, but you're in a no win situation here; no one can sell their stocks at the perfect time, at least not all the time. The best thing to do is pick a mark to sell at and stick with that mark. For instance, you may choose to not sell until 30, 45, 60, etc. If you want to wait and go for huge payouts, feel free to, but know that you'll most likely be waiting longer for that NP. As time goes on, you won't need the NP as much, so you may want to raise your sell point in the future.
I personally use a selling strategy called the Incremental Sell Point. It is explained further below. There are also other selling techniques explained below.
Q - Is there a limit to selling, like there is with buying?
A - Nope, you can sell your whole port off one day if you'd like.
Q - If I sell 2K shares of something one day, can I buy 2K shares of something that same day?
A - Nope, it doesn't work like that. You can buy 1K shares each day, no ifs, ands, or BOTTs about it 
Q - Can anybody tell what will happen to a stock?
A - Nope. The market is unpredictable and no one can tell you what exactly a stock will reach. If anybody says otherwise, they are lying.
General
Q - Where can I add the stock market to my favourites?
A - Here!
Q - I got a random event from Nigel telling me to buy a stock, should I buy it?
A - In most cases, no. That random event is totally… random. He may even pick a stock under the 15 range. Nigel knows less than you think.
Why does he charge 20 NP on so much NP? Silly Chia 
Q - If everybody buys a certain stock, will it go up?
A - No. Volume does not affect the market at all. Just because a bunch of people buy a stock doesn't necessarily mean it will go up; the market is still unpredictable.
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Q - When do the stocks change?
A - The market updates every half hour at 28 and 58 minutes past the hour. Not all stocks will change during an update though. |
Q - How often should I check my stocks?
A - Most people tend to look over their ports only once or twice in a day, maybe more if they see one of their stocks is close to their sell point.
Q - My stocks just won't go up, what should I do?
A - Don't do anything. Just be patient and your stocks should go up in time. If they are way down, don't panic. Just because they are going down doesn't mean they will bankrupt. Don't ever sell at a loss, patience is the key.
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Q - Should I put all my NP into one or two stocks and hope they go up?
A - This is called heavily investing or hyperstocking, and I advise against it. There are greater risks to this than there are benefits. The best thing to do is diversify your portfolio by buying many different companies at the 15 to 17 range.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Q - But won't heavily investing give me more profit?
A - You would think so, but it doesn't. If you were to buy 20K shares of one company and you sell it at 30, that's 600K. But if you were to diversify that 20K shares into five companies let's say, that's 4K shares in five different companies. If all of them were to get to 30 (which is not rare at all), that's still 600K.
Now what if one of the companies were to bankrupt on either side: don't you think it would be a lot smarter to lose 4K shares rather than 20K shares of a company?
The fact is, heavily investing will not get you more NP; it will only appear like this because you will be collecting all the NP at one time. You're going to be hoping for that one day the stock skyrockets, which could take years; years with no profit. Diversifying will spread out your profit over time, you might get some NP this day, then this day, then a little more that day, etc.
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Q - What's the highest you've sold at?
A - Although I sell most of my shares in the 60 - 100 range, I usually keep a few thousand shares of everything, incase it goes way up. I sold some TNPT at 255. |
Q - How often do stocks go bankrupt?
A - It's extremely rare. So rare in fact that you probably shouldn't worry about it. As long as you diversify, any losses incurred due to a bankruptcy will be negligible compared to the profit being made by the other stocks.
Q - How many stocks have gone bankrupt?
A - 13 so far:
HAKA – October 10th, 2000.
BBBB – February 4th, 2002.
SILL – February 4th, 2002.
TEFV – February 4th, 2002.
NTV – February 7th, 2002.
KATE – November 7th, 2002.
FUZZ – June 20th, 2003.
BODA – July 9th, 2003.
NEGG – July 18th, 2003.
SSGS – October 28th, 2003.
BOOM – April 23rd, 2004.
TCAG – August 3rd, 2004.
JCK – November 15th, 2004.
And if you're curious, here is a list of all the stocks that have been added to the market:
HUW – April 27th, 2001.
SMUG – February 7th, 2002.
VPTS – February 13th, 2002.
MPC – April 23rd, 2004.
LDSC – January 27th, 2005.
ACFI – January 31st, 2005.
TNPT – January 31st, 2005.
Although ACFI and TNPT were said to be added on the 31st of January, they weren't actually buyable until the 16th of March.
Q - What was the last stock to go bankrupt?
A - That was JCK which went under on November 15th, 2004, over five years ago now. This is currently the longest period the market has gone without a bankruptcy.
This was taken from the news that day:
Selling Strategies
The 15 / 30 Method
You can find the full 15 / 30 Method here. Below is merely a shorter example. Special thanks to outlaw for letting me use it 
Advantages
you don't need much NP to start off with
it's great for building your port
you don't need to know a lot about the market to understand this
you can easily switch to another technique at any time
Disadvantages
will be slow going, but then again, everything about the market is
you won't get much profit, if any, in the first few months as this way focuses on building ones port mainly
What you want to do for roughly 45 days is buy 1,000 shares of any stock at 15, 16, or 17 NP per share. You can simply play games to earn NP, or any other way you are comfortable with to get 15K a day; it's not hard with enough effort. Also try to diversify those shares that you are buying, this means to buy shares from as many different stocks as possible.
Once you have these 45K shares in your portfolio, you can start selling some shares. Sell off 15K shares of anything 30 or higher within the next few days, and use that cash to buy another 30K shares.
Since you started roughly 75 days ago, you should have a port of 60K shares or just under 1 mil now.
Your portfolio should be built up to the point where it is somewhat self supporting itself. At this point you can continue to follow The 15 / 30 Method, or you can choose a different selling strategy further below.
For the next 3 to 6 months you'll be continuing The 15 / 30 Method, buying 1,000 shares of anything at 15 to 17 NP per share while also trying to diversify your port. Sell off 1,000 shares of anything past 30 every other day to pay for two days worth of stocks.
By the end of the 6 month period, you should now have a port worth about 150K shares, or almost 2.5 mil NP.
At this point, it is highly recommended that you move on to another selling strategy in the market as others can get you more cash.
You can continue The 15 / 30 Method, but keep in mind that this technique is for building portfolios, and if you do have a port of 150K shares, you should really move on. There are other techniques that allow for more cash earnings.
Selling Strategies
The Set Sell Point
Advantages
good way to continue playing the market after you have your port built up
your port will be earning enough NP to be self supporting, and more
consistent profit; you will be making NP year round
a very reliable way to earn NP while using the stock market
most people use this technique to make a mil or more in a month
Disadvantages
it can be hard picking a sell point.
The Set Sell Point method first needs you to pick a sell point. This sell point is basically the point at which you would be happy with selling your stocks. This point should be at least 45 NP; otherwise you're pretty much sticking to The 15 / 30 Method.
Most sell at roughly between 60 and 70 NP per share. This area has thus far proven to be the best sell point as most stocks reach this high frequently.
Once you have picked your sell point, you don't have to stick with it forever, if you think you are making too many sales and want to continue building your port, feel free to raise your selling price. Or, if you feel you're making too few sales, lower your sell point.
Keep in mind that selling higher is not always better, fewer stocks make it to 100 NP then 60 NP, so putting your sell point at 100 NP would (in most cases) actually earn less NP than selling at 60 NP.
If you are really having trouble picking a sell point, there is one other method, explained further below.
Selling Strategies
The Incremental Sell Point
This method is much like The Set Sell Point technique, however, your sell point will move continually.
Advantages
good way to continue playing the market after you have your port built up
your port will be earning enough NP to be self supporting, and more
consistent profit; you will be making NP year round
a very reliable way to earn NP while using the stock market
most people use this technique to make a mil or more in a month
great for people who have a hard time picking a sell point or deciding on the right amount to sell
Disadvantages
it's not always as profitable as one set sell point
As I said, this method is much like the Set Sell point but with a few differences.
Again, pick a sell point, one that you are happy with when selling the stock. Let's use 60 in our example. Also pick another number that we'll call the 'increment value.' This value should be anywhere from 5 to 15, but feel free to go as low or high as you'd like. Let's use 10 as our example.
Now, when your stock gets to the sell point (60), don't sell all of the shares, but only a fraction (one third, one half, one fifth, etc.) of your shares. Continue to sell another fraction of your shares in increments of your 'increment value' (10).
For example, if you have 4K shares of a stock that gets to 90, you could have sold 1K shares at 60 NP, 70 NP, 80 NP, and 90 NP per share according to our examples.
Another example, if your sell point is 60 and your increment value 5, then you could sell 2K shares at 60 NP, then 65 NP, then 70 NP, and so on until you run out of shares to sell.
If you have made a few sales and the stock goes way down to 20, let's say, you don't have to restart the increments. At this time you should probably just sell once they hit your first sell point again. In other words, start the process over again; otherwise you're not raising your sell point and that's the whole point of this method. For the Incremental Sell Point to work, you'd have to sell at the next increment, and not lower it.
What if a stock jumps multiple increments when you were not looking? Do you sell according to number of increments it jumped by, or just the same fraction of shares? That's totally up to you. Keep track of the stock as best you can, as it jumps between the increments you picked, you can sell based on your need for the NP. Try to remember at what points you sold at already and which you didn't.
I find that this technique works well, as if the stock goes down, you'll have still made some NP. It also gives you the chance to earn more than just having a set sell point. Give it a try if you are having trouble picking a sell point.
There is no right or wrong way to play the market, only ways to play it well; the above are examples to play it well. You don't have to stick to all the above rules either, feel free to incorporate a little of all the examples into your ideal method if you'd like, the possibilities are endless.
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Other Methods
The three examples above were profitable methods of playing the market, below are three more methods that are not widely used. They are not used because of various reasons, usually because they do not provide the best profit. I post these methods because you may hear these terms on the Stock Tips Chat from time to time, and it's good to know what other people are talking about.
Collecting - Collecting is just what it sounds like, collecting shares. Collectors, as they're sometimes referred to, don't sell very often, if at all. They hold onto their stocks, even if they are presented with the opportunity of a sale. This can be done for various reasons.
Collecting can be good if you simply want to build your port to a nice size. Many people collect their stocks until about 100,000 shares for example.
Some people get carried away with their port and just have it so they can see how big it can get. There's nothing wrong with that of course, if that's how you want to play then so be it. Keep in mind that collectors usually have little or no profit compared to those who sell their stocks. The more sales that are passed up, the more NP you're burning away.
Day Trading - This technique is meant to dish out quick, albeit small profit. Day trading is when a stock is bought usually very high and sold that same day or very close to the day it was bought. Since stocks that are very high up tend to fluctuate more than stocks that are low, the idea is that if a high stock is bought, a quick profit can be made.
For example, a stock bought at 500 could be sold the same day for 550. If 1,000 shares were bought, that's 50,000 NP earned that day. This is a short term method.
If you've been reading the guide so far you'll notice that this method goes against everything that has already been taught. It is very rarely used and for good reason. It's a very risky method that can ultimately lead to great losses just as quickly as great gains.
Know that no day trader has ever made more NP than a long term investor in the long run.
Hyperstocking - Hyperstocking is when shares are purchased of just a select few stocks. The shares build up over time and eventually the player will have a mass amount in those companies. When a sale is made, the player can sell all the shares for a massive profit.
For example, a player could buy 100,000 shares of a company over a few months time. Eventually when the stock rises to 70 for instance, all shares could be sold for 7 million NP at one time.
The idea is to get one huge sale instead of many small sales here and there. Overall, it's not a terrible method. It's just not widely used because the disadvantages outweigh the advantages; the risk if that stock goes bankrupt, the long wait time until the sale, and the lack of profit up until the big sale.
The biggest problem with all of these techniques can be summed up in one word; consistency. There is no consistency to the profit. With collecting you are passing up too many sales, day trading only offers possible profit when a stock is very high, and hyperstocking can take years to pay out.
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Stock Market Avatars
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Have 1,000,000 NP invested in the market, then, click here!
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You're Done!
As far as a stock guide goes, you can stop here if you'd like. Yup, you're done. Above is all you need to know.
What's below then? Basically: fluff. It's extra information about the market that I decided to add. You don't have to read it, although it may help you understand the market and how it works a little more clearly.
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Random vs. Unpredictable
When people ask me how the market works, I usually give them the short answer; it's random / unpredictable. Below is the long answer.
Many people say that the Neopian Stock Market is random, many others say that it is unpredictable; but just what is the difference between those two? Is there a difference? Does it matter? First, it helps to know what the difference is between the words themselves.
Webster's dictionary defines random simply as lacking order, while unpredictable is defined as unforeseen; that cannot be anticipated; tending to rash or unexplained action.
Based on these definitions, the market can be clearly called unpredictable and not random. Why?
1 - Some stocks behave better or worse than others; some will go up or down more than another. JCK and POWR are two examples of stocks that have done much better than other stocks in the past. Keep in mind that just because a stock was or is doing well doesn't necessarily mean it will always do well. In other words, stocks do not necessarily lack order, but rather have an unexplainable action. A stock's history is useless in the sense that it will have no impact on its future. If it were truly random, we would see more stocks reaching the heights of JCK and POWR.
2 - No one but TNT can definitively say how the market is run. It could follow some sort of strange pattern that only TNT knows, TNT could play a major role in deciding which stocks skyrocket and which bankrupt, or the most common guess it that it's run on some sort of random number generator. However, because no one knows for sure how it works, simply saying that the market is random would be an inaccurate way of describing because no one but TNT knows how it truly works.
So to sum up:
The market is not random, but unpredictable. Why?
- Some stocks simply do better than others
- No one knows for sure how the market is run but TNT
If the market were truly random, all stocks would have an
equal chance of skyrocketing to the heights of JCK or POWR.
Based on the history of the market, it is clearly not random. |
Does any of this really matter to the average investor? No.
For the serious investor, no still. It's just to satisfy the curiosity in some people.
Since everything is unpredictable, it is impossible to predict what stocks will go up. Unfortunately there is no 'best' stock. There isn't one stock that will continually go up and down making you a fortune.
Try to invest shares in all the companies. Remember, it does not matter whether a stock has had an incredible or terrible past, history will not dictate the future.
History of the Neopian Stock Market
I've wanted to show the history of the market for a while now… So here's some more useless info; the history of the Neopian Stock Market
Legend |
Info from the new features
page |
A stock is created |
A stock bankrupts |
A stock is created and bankrupt |
Neopian Times editorial question |
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July 24th |
We are also working on the Neopia
Stock Market, just so you know :) |
July 25th |
Still working on the Stock Market (its going
to be here in a couple of days) |
July 28th |
Just a quick note from Adam - we have been
really busy since we are installing a new database server (double the
power!), so things like the Theme Parks and Stock Market are going to
take a couple more days. Sorry about that! |
July 31st |
Hi there. Its going to be a busy week, the
first few days we are installing a lot more servers to keep the site
fast, and we will also be adding the Theme Parks and Stock Market this
week. |
August 2nd |
ALPHA TESTERS WANTED
The Stock Market goes into alpha today.. you can buy shares, and view
companies, but nothing else. If you want to check it out click here. |
August 2nd |
Added 20 more companies to the Stock Market.
Its going to be good!!!!
Unfortunately it's never said which companies
these were, nor does it say which were added before this. |
August 3rd |
Added 'Volume' to the Stock Market. Now you
can see how many shares are being traded daily. |
August 3rd |
You can now do a company profile in the Stock
Market, and there is a Pick of the Day! |
August 7th |
You can now sell shares on the stock market,
its nearly finished!!! |
August 8th |
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August 19th and 20th |
UPDATE : Just so you know what we
are working on : I (Adam P) am working on the Training School, Chris
is working on a safe way to trade items (a trading post), Dallas is
working on the Stock Market, and James is working on Guilds and Clubs!
We hope to have all this completed soon. The training school will be
opening soon! |
August 24th |
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August 29th |
The stockmarket is now working a lot better
(we made the price changes more realistic), so why not buy some shares
here. |
August 31st |
The Stock Market daily limit of shares has
gone up to 1000. We will be improving the stock market also. |
September 22nd |
STOCK
MARKET IS HERE... AGAIN Apologies to one and all who bought
shares in our Stock Market, and then saw it go down. We had some real
problems getting it launched correctly, but we have been working on it
all night, and its here! The stocks will even move properly, like a proper
market, depending on who buys and sells. Check it out here
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September 22nd |
Added a new section to the Stock
Market - Bargain Stocks. Now if you dont have many NP you can
list all the cheap stocks! |
September 23rd |
Stock Market Update - a lot of people have
been selling their shares, and the index has crashed from 219 points
to 190 points. Dont worry about it, I see a good next week for buying
:) |
September 23rd |
The Neodaq
index is now on the front page! |
September 23rd and 24th |
Edited the Stock
Market so that the shares have more chance of moving. |
October 10th |
Oh no - HAKA, Hakaheke Island flights
went bust today on the Stock
Market. Looks like they weren't making a profit - a warning
to all companies! |
October 13th |
The Neopian Times is out - Issue
26 Reports on Maraqua, the Battledome and the Stock Market as
well as short stories, a new series! |
October 18th |
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December 5th |
There has been a big crash
on the Stock
Market today. All the big overvalued companies took a beating
as investors pulled out at the last minute. As a result, the smaller
undervalued companies all shot up in value! CHPS was the biggest
offender of blatantly inflated stock prices...they fell by over 94
percent today. Remember, you can never trust in a single stock!
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December 12th |
SECURITY UPDATE - We just found a
lot of people using a program that was designed to cheat our flash games.
Even whole guilds were taking advantage of this program. Every single
person (over 200 of them) has been frozen and will not get their accounts
back. Please do not do this, it unbalances the game for everybody else
and is blatantly against our terms and conditions (and we can easily
track it, too).
Also, we would like to point out that creating multiple
accounts to artificially inflate stocks on the Stock Market is also
illegal! Please just play by the rules to make Neopets more fun for
everybody. |
December 29th |
Fixed a baby bug with the stockmarket where
sometimes it wouldnt let you buy shares. Thanks for pointing that one
out, Katherine :) |
December 31st |
A lot of stocks on the Stock
Market have crashed heavily today, due to really bad end of
year results. We hope that 2001 is a better year for these companies
:( |
2001 |
January 10th |
The Neopian
Stockmarket just invested in a NEODAQ ticker - check it out!
** UPDATE ** Now you can click on the scrolling names to bring up the
company profile! |
January 19th |
IMPORTANT NEODAQ WARNING - We have
discovered that guilds have been set up for express purpose of influencing
the Stock Market. Artificially inflating the stocks in this matter is
not allowed, so we have removed the guilds and will freeze any people
that are caught doing it in the future. Sorry about this, but the Stock
Market is a single player game, and by abusing it the Neopian Economy
can become unbalanced. |
January 20th |
After yesterday's announcement, a lot of
stocks in the Stock
Market took a battering. The Neodaq, now at an all time low
is being tipped by analysts to recover over the next month, now is a
good time to invest. |
February 2nd |
New
Neopian Times!
This weeks issue has a spotlight on one of the shadier sides of Neopian
Life, Stock Market fraud. There is an interview with one wrong-doer
who found that crime really doesn't pay. Also check out Earth Faerie
Aces, the editorial and all the great articles and stories sent in by
users just like you!
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February 19th |
We have added the Neopets Battledome
and the Neopian Stockmarket to the new look Games
Room. This should make finding your favourite games much easier. |
April 27th |
Keep a close eye on the latest company to
enter the stock
market, HUW (Huberts Hot Dogs) went on sale today! |
June 5th |
OOPS! - There has been a major Stock
Market Crash due to fears of profit taking from the bullish
past few days. |
June 15th |
We have a new Mystery
Pic today - the answer to last week's Mystery Pic was the
laptop in the stock market section. |
August 20th |
The NeoDAQ value was not changing
much, so we have made it a lot larger. This doesn't affect the Stock
Market at all, it just means you can notice smaller fluctuations
in the market. |
August 27th |
More improvements to the speed of the site
today! The Battledome just got much faster, as well as the Neofriends,
Abilities, Trading Post and Stock Market! |
November 21st |
Doh! Some of the high-flying companies on
the Stock Market
took a major nosedive today :( |
November 22nd |
Following yesterday's Stock
Market crash, most of the low-priced stocks have surged in value! |
2002 |
February 4th |
The regulators of the Neopian
Stockmarket are frankly sick and tired of people purchasing
shares at 6 and selling them for a 9 to 10 - its just not helping the
companies grow. A new regulation means that you can only purchase shares
of companies that are trading for 15 NP and above! Oh dear... there has been a massive downturn in the
market... and a couple of companies have gone bankrupt. We aren't sure
of the reasons yet... watch this space..."
Although it doesn't say here, the stocks that
went bankrupt were BBBB, SILL, and TEFV. |
February 5th |
We have a lot of questions about yesterday's
Stock Market
change, so here is the official reason why we did it : Firstly, if people bought at 6 NP before it
would be impossible for them to lose money. We want the Stock Market
to be more like a game than a freebie. Now there is more risk, and as
a result the game is more exciting :) Just remember, it's all relative...
if you have a million Neopoints, that is great - however if every other
person in Neopia has a million too, then its not so great.
Also - the price of shares can go up if they
are below 15. We designed the Stock Market so that it is not 100% reliant
on who is buying or selling, its a lot more random than that :) |
February 7th |
The Faerie Queen
has reduced the price of ALL HIDDEN TOWER ITEMS by 10%.
I think she feels sorry for this weeks Stock Market crash! |
February 7th |
Another Stock
Market upset today, NTV has declared bankruptcy due to
false accounting practices and a mysterious CEO resignation. In other
news, the Smugglers of Krawk Island have entered the market with ticker
SMUG. |
February 8th |
VERY BAD NEWS about the Stock Market
today... four companies have filed bankruptcy meaning that their stock
price is now 0. These companies include... hehe just kidding! |
February 13th |
A new company has been added to the Stock
Market, ticker symbol VPTS. Hmmmm, that sounds familiar.... |
May 4th and 5th |
Is it true that Adam is tired of Neopets and
Neopia and so the changes to the Shop Wizard, the Stock market, et al,
is actually designed to drive people AWAY from the site?
No, those changes are to keep Neopets balanced
and fun. If it was too easy everyone would have millions and what would
be the point of playing. |
November 10th |
Argh! Kacheek
Telecommunications have just announced bankruptcy after mis-stating
their earnings for the last three years. 7,902,297 shares were
outstanding, we hope for your sake that you didn't own any :) |
2003 |
June 20th |
STOCKMARKET
UPDATE - The company Fuzz-I-Ow (NEODAQ: FUZZ) released
its earnings today, and promptly realised that it should have gone out
of business two years ago (but nobody realised). Oh well, hope you didn't
have any of their stock because it just hit 0. |
June 20th |
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June 28th and 29th |
I read a somewhere you said cars don't exist
in Neopia and Neopets don't drive but in the haunted woods in the haunted
house, that choose your own adventure game, there is a car, and a Neopet
is driving it. Also in a game I played once I remember there was also
a car, um... so I'm confused now. Can you make me not confused anymore?
Ok, cars don't exist in Neopia. Nor do laptops,
computers or anything super high-tech (except in the Space Station).
Some of our games are just jokes (such as the stock market) and have
little parody images like Nigel in his car. These games are seperate
from the fantasy world that is Neopia, they are just on the site for
fun. (By the way the Quiggle in a car for the Mcdonald's drive through
is just a sponsor thing. The drive thru will not ever be featured in
cartoons, computer games, books, etc. because it doesn't really exist
in Neopia) |
July 9th |
It's been a massive day on the Stock
Market today, the Neodaq Index is currently up 168 points!!!
All investors are really really happy, well, apart from those who invested
in BODA (they just declared bankruptcy :( ). |
July 18th |
It's been a great day for Balthazar's
Faerie Bottling Inc. (NeoDAQ: BOTT), they are up over 122%
on the Stock Market. However,
the latest company to declare bankruptcy in this recent rash of bad
news is NEGG :( |
August 9th 10th |
Do bankrupt companies ever go back up in the
stock market? - Lenorinel_sci
Nope, once they declare bancruptcy thats it, they
are out of the stock market forever. |
October 28th |
What was in those sausages?!?!?!?! Well,
it seems that somebody found out, and Meri
Acre Sausages closed its doors today, SSGS plummeting
to the ground. Other food-related stocks such as KAUF and
FISH are also feeling the heat, dropping as much as 52%
in mid-morning trading. |
2004 |
February 13th |
Does the Neopian Stock Market run 24 hours,
or between certain hours? I check my stocks a couple times a day, and
want to know if I'm completely wasting my time... - Sheforcedme64
You are quite correct to check all the time. The
Neopian Stock Market is open around the clock, so you never know when
those stocks are going to sky rocket. |
April 23rd |
Oh dear, a bit of an upset on the NeoDAQ
today. Due to a corporate scandal and accounting irregularities, BOOM
have filed for bankruptcy. Oh well. The newest company to join is the
highly-talked about Meridell Potato Company, debuting at 37
NP a share. |
May 15th and 16th |
Can you pleeeeeaaassssssseeeeee increase the
number of maximum shares you can buy a day to 2000 or maybe even 3000?
Thanks :) - Pokeruby25
It has been a while since we have added anything
to the Stock Market, I don't see why not! |
August 3rd |
Although no news is mentioned about the
bankruptcy of TCAG, this is when it went bankrupt. |
November 15th |
Neopian Newsflash. Jacko of Jacko and
Sons Painting Ltd. was taken away in handcuffs today after allegations
that he was involved in insider trading. Shares plummeted from 726
NP to nothing in a matter of minutes. Just goes to show that the
Stockmarket
isn't such an easy gamble after all :) |
November 16th |
Stocks that have gone bankrupt are no longer
displayed in the Stock
Ticker. |
December 3rd |
I love playing the stock market cause it's
fun and reaps lots of profits (if you play it right). I consider myself
astock market whiz and I was wondering if you could release some stock
market avatars or shopkeepers? - Lgoody16
Of course, we do tend to leave the Stock Market
to run by itself, but we will add some more stockmarket related things
soon. |
2005 |
January 21st |
I'm getting bored of the same old stocks, same
old things... Add some new stocks!!! - kikik312
Wow, it has been a long while since we added anything
to the Stock Market. New companies should be expected to go on sale
shortly. |
January 27th |
New Game
A new stall has been set up in the Lost Desert selling all kinds of
new scratchcards including Geb Gajillionaire, Sutek's Riches or Bagguss
Bonanza. Are you feeling Lucky?
Lost Desert Scratchcards has also been added to the
Stock Market with the ticker
symbol LDSC. |
January 28th |
I think it might be interesting if there was
a huge stock market crash, like the one in 1929. The stock market would
go down and the bank would run out of money and there would be total
CHAOS as everyone loses their money... But that's just my opinion...
And I think it would be funny (for me anyway)... - willman93
Oooh that is such a nasty idea hehe. I think a
lot of people would be very distressed if anything like that happened,
but who knows... The Stock Market has been a little too stable recently...
|
January 31st |
Two new companies have entered the Stock
Market. Now you can invest in The Neopian Times (TNPT) and Achyfi
Enterprises (ACFI).
Although ACFI and TNPT were said to be added
on the 31st of January, they weren't actually buyable until the 16th
of March. |
May 12th |
On Friday we will be taking the Stockmarket
offline for a few hours for some maintenance. This should take approximately
three hours, but we will try to get it back up as soon as we can. |
June 20th |
I'd like to note that Neopets was sold
to new owners on this day. Other than articles in the Neopian Times,
nothing new has been added or changed to the market. |
June 24th |
The 196th issue of the Neopian
Times has just been released. Inside you will find all sorts
of interesting articles and stories such as The Stock Market - Mayhem
or Millions? and The Legend of Count Von Roo.
 |
2006 |
January 6th |
I was just wondering, are you allowed to use
the Stockmarket on more than one account, or is it just like playing
games? - 22billie22
The stock market is considered a game. Since you
are only allowed a limited number of shares each day, it's very important
that you don't play the stock market in multiple accounts to try and
circumvent this limit. This would unbalance things, and would be considered
cheating just like playing any other game on your alternate account
would be.
Sorry, I can't talk now. BUY BUY BUY SELL SELL SELL |
2007 |
May 4th |
Personally, I really like the new layout and
everything. Yes, it took some getting used to; I had a bit of trouble
finding some things, but most have been found by now. One thing I really
did like about the old layout, though, was the link to the Stock Market
on the home page. I have remedied the difficulty in finding the Stock
Market (going to games, searching for Stock Market) by adding it to
my favourite games. But, do you think you could put a link to it on
the home page again? Please? - igloolik
Way ahead of you! If you check out the main page
(you can get there quickly by clicking the Neopets logo in the upper
left hand corner) you'll notice that Neodaq Index status is now a link!
We noticed a lot of people having difficulty getting to that area, so
we decided to make your Neo-life a bit easier in that regard and changed
it a couple days ago. :) You can also get to the Stock Market (and the
Battledome) via the Games Room.
Umm... could I get one of those fancy redraws? PLEASE?
NO! BAD NIGEL! |
2008 |
June 27th |
Hello, I have some stocks at the Neopian stock
market and I've always wondered: do the stock prices change randomly,
or do certain things influence them? - hantsik
Years ago user interaction had an effect on the
stock market, but that was stopped after guilds started getting together
to manipulate it. These days it's entirely random. |
2009
|
April 3rd |
Dear TNT, as April 1st came and went we saw
lots of weird (yet amusing) things happening. For example, I saw that
my bank interest rate had dropped 1% from usual. However, since Mr.
Skeith-Behind-The-Bank-Counter was wearing a barrel, I figured it must
be part of the fun. But now that the other pranks have been removed
from the site, I've noticed that the lowered interest rate remains.
Have you simply forgotten it, or is this to be a permanent change? If
so, why? Is this to fuel the weaker Neodaq, or some fancy plan for world
domination, or a doomed-to-fail attempt to find a world made of jelly?
- pitke
It was a doomed forgot-to-set-the-code-back plan!
*shifty eyes* Should be fixed now! |
October 9th |
Why hello there, TNT! How are you guys doing today? Oh, you're excited to answer my question? That's splendid! I'll get on with it, then! A lot of us Stock Market players feel as though we are being a little neglected. :( Where is our avatar? *hands out muffins* Please? - melayeti14
Actually, we've been meaning to release one! Thanks for the reminder. We'll make a note to schedule it relatively soon. |
Keeping Track of Your Stocks
Some people like to keep track of their stocks. Buys, sales, or other stats can be helpful if you keep track of them. Keeping track of your stock stats is not necessary of course, but I do encourage you. The best way to keep track of your stats is through a spreadsheet program of some sort, for example, Microsoft Excel. If you are good with Excel and know most of the different commands, then feel free to make your own spreadsheet as I have:
If you need help creating a spreadsheet in any way, drop me a mail.
I want to spotlight two other people who record their stock data: Hydro and Micky.
My 2006 Data
This was my first year of recording stocks, I did not record how many shares I had of each stock unfortunately.
My 2007 Data
2007 was my best year yet. Part of October is greyed out because I'm not 100% sure on what I bought or sold.
My computer was formatted that month and I lost the data.
My 2008 Data
Not a great year compared to the previous one.
Some might want to note that although I had a higher sell point in 2008, I did not make more profit.
My 2009 Data
2009 data… It's going good so far.
Total Data
Other Things to Keep in Mind…
If one of your stocks are high and you are debating on selling or not, remember you don't have to sell all the shares. You can always sell half or so and keep the rest back in hopes of it going up more. This way you will always get some NP and still have a chance to get more.
The bargain stocks list is a list of stocks between 6 and 19. You can use this list to view the stocks at 15, 16, and 17 quickly, and decide what you want to buy for the day a little faster and easier.
The true entire list of stock can be found here. This includes the bankrupt stocks.
If you still can't decide when to sell your stocks, why not talk it up with some kind people on the Stock Tips board? They may be able to help. But remember, some people may not consider your profit a lot or vice versa, if somebody tells you to sell, keep in mind that it is still your personal choice to sell or not.
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