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Re: [Rails-devel] 1835 share selling
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From: Dave M. <da...@mi...> - 2010-03-05 23:30:52
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<html><HEAD><LINK rel=stylesheet type=text/css href="/webmail/static/deg/css/wysiwyg-3451203449.css" media=all> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18876"></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>errr - 1830 does discuss this, and it does allow you to sell shares (particularly during a forced train purchase!)</DIV> <DIV>one at a time, each time at a lower value (if the token moves - could be on a shelf)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I second Brett's method. Either you sell them in a group, or you have to execute multiple sales.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave.<BR><BR>Mar 5, 2010 04:52:44 PM, <A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:rai...@li..." target=_blank>rai...@li...</A> wrote:<BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(102,153,204) 3px solid">On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 1:47 PM, brett lentz <<A class="parsedEmail parsedEmail" href="mailto:bre...@gm..." target=_blank>bre...@gm...</A>> wrote:<BR>>><BR>><BR>> There are two distinct use-cases here:<BR>><BR>> 1. I sell a share, then realize I meant to sell multiple shares as a<BR>> single sale, and so I sell more shares. Result: This should be<BR>> counted as a single sale, with a single drop in stock value for the<BR>> whole sale transaction.<BR><BR>You click "undo" and then sell them all as a single transaction.<BR><BR>(Alternatively, Rails could generically prohibit selling shares<BR>one-at-a-time, since all games I'm aware of that discuss the topic<BR>explicitly disallow it.)<BR><BR><BR>><BR>> 2. I deliberately want to trash the stock price of a company by<BR>> selling multiple shares as individual transactions. Result: This<BR>> should be counted as multiple sales transactions, and drop the stock<BR>> value for each sale transaction.<BR>><BR>> I'm not sure there's a good code-based way for Rails to distinguish #1<BR>> from #2 without additional information.<BR>><BR>> Personally, I'm totally okay with saying that the correct way to<BR>> execute #1 is to click Undo, and re-do your single sale as intended.<BR>> This means that Rails should treat all sales as individual<BR>> transactions, and so achieving #2 is as easy as "Sell 1... then Sell<BR>> 1.... then Sell 1..."<BR><BR>Yes.<BR><BR>><BR>> ---Brett.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></html> |
