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by chii 3900 days ago
> 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...

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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.