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HSX Announces CX Derivates - a new trading opportunity

Posted by: The HSX Team (a.k.a The_HSX_Team) on Sep 21, 13:06

Later today we will be releasing a new set of Hollywood Derivatives called CX Derivatives. These Derivatives will function differently from other Derivatives on HSX.com.

CX stands for "Cantor Exchange" – a new real-money futures market for trading Movie Box Office Contracts or “movie futures”. Once approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), this new market will enable traders to profit from their knowledge of movies and box office performance. As we prepare for the real money market, would like to offer a similar trading experience here on HSX. The CX derivatives we are introducing today are a subset of the same set of films currently available for practice trading on the Cantor Exchange Practice Trading site.

Trading CX Derivatives will be similar in many ways to the trading that you do on HSX, however to create greater alignment between HSX and Cantor Exchange, we’ve implemented the following game-play changes, most notably:

Trading is not halted during opening weekend, and there is no adjust.

There will be no price freeze during the first day of trading.

There will be no commission-free trading period.

But in many other ways this new class will behave similarly to MovieStocks and other derivatives. The value of each CX Derivative reflects how much money a Trader thinks the film will make at the Box Office with each $1million earned domestically equal to H$1. CX Derivatives will be cashed out or “settled” and removed from the Exchange four weeks after they have been in wide release, or twelve weeks of limited release.

There are a whole host of reasons why we are introducing this product, but to sum it up simply: we are trying something new.  We know that many traders have built substantial portfolio value over the years and many of you have earned your millions or billions of H$ by learning the unique game-play aspects of HSX. These changes may require that you alter your time tested trading strategies and they may make the HSX market a bit more competitive that in the past. Try out this new trading experience and let us know your impressions on the Support & Feedback forums.

The HSX Team

HSX Announces CX Derivates - a new trading opportunity The HSX Team Sep 21, 13:06

I'm a little confused... will these CX derivatives be offered on the standard HSX exchange or on another server/system? {nm} secretstalker Sep 21, 17:30

They're here: Menu bar > On the Exchange > CX Derivatives {nm} edzep Sep 21, 17:58

Would have been nice if they included a link and mentioned that they were immediately available for trading. {nm} secretstalker Sep 22, 05:37

Advanced notice/ inclusion on calendar would have been nice. {nm} remrej Sep 21, 18:08

1. the "no commission free trading": is that just for these cx derivatives, or all hsx stocks? and 2... islander Sep 21, 19:48

2. They will be active, however you'd have to guess what the movie will gross in the rest of it's opening 4 weeks. So if you had a fail safe Perfection Sep 21, 19:56

Thinking about it, these sound exactly like movestock clones except without an adjust. {nm} Perfection Sep 21, 20:50

If these securities are identical to the Cantor beta site, there is no such thing as easy $ Chefbobcat Sep 21, 20:00

They aren't exactly alike, at least from what I gathered on Cantor Perfection Sep 21, 20:51

tipical HSX bullsh*t with no warning. Hope Cantor doesn't do this the Feds will fine them out of existence. {nm} Vashta Nerada Sep 21, 21:17

Do the three new rules apply only to CX Derivatives, or to all of HSX? (I've read the announcement five times and keeping changing my mind) {nm} ty97 Sep 22, 07:24

The changes apply to CX Derivatives only with the exception of no Comission-Free Trading. That's now across the board. futurefilm Sep 22, 12:32

I presume you are correct, but due to a confusingly-written announcement, I'd like to hear that from HSX staff. {nm} ty97 Sep 22, 12:51

Yes that's correct. Aside from these changes, CX Derivatives will behave similarly to MovieStocks and other Derivatives on HSX. {nm} The HSX Team Sep 22, 13:56





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