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GTA Stock Market & Insider Trading Thread: Scratching that BAWSAQ itch

Finished the main story, Trevor's got 41.2 mil, Franklins got 44.5 mil, and Micheal's got 51.2 mil, got all the assassination missions left. Feelin' good. :)
 
i already beat the main missions

so now i'm only searching for more money, i have around 40 M/each character

if you have lester missions available there is really no reason to dabble in online stocks (outside of for fun) because you can pretty much reach maximum amount without any actual risk offline. Some of those assassination missions require you to purchase stocks from BAWSAQ (online trader) but from what I can see the ones you need to invest in will behave as outlined in the guide. I invested in VASPID just yesterday and even though the market shows it never going up, after 2 days I could still unload and reap a huge return.
 
I wonder how many people are talking about the BAWSAQ and haven't gotten it yet, lol.

"I've been playing GTA V and I don't mean to brag but I'm getting pretty big in the BAWSAQ"
 
I wonder how many people are talking about the BAWSAQ and haven't gotten it yet, lol.

"I've been playing GTA V and I don't mean to brag but I'm getting pretty big in the BAWSAQ"
I bet a few!..I have pretty much resorted to calling it the BALLSACK.

Anyone know what PIS is at for ps3? still shows 14.98 on website and been there since like noonish.
 
Just sold all my HAL stack for piss with Franklin and Michael and then accidentally sold and rebought HAL stock with Trevor
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You still can't miss with the piss. I switched to HAL on monday. Woke up on tuesday and saw no decline on the piss, so I got went back with the piss.
 
i already beat the main missions

so now i'm only searching for more money, i have around 40 M/each character

Then Lester missions are they way to go - you'll make billions.



Made some money on HAL sold it all and bought PIS. PIS seems to be on a steady incline and I hope that trend continues.
 
Can PIS go to 20? I sure hope so! And funny enough, Ammunation seems not to be rising yet...wonder if it's a good time to hit it.
 
PIS is still going up faster than HAL. I dumped all of my cash into both yesterday (2 saves) and so far PIS has made me more money.
Still true this morning. Glad I decided to move some of my holding from HAL back to PIS last night.


Edit: So GAF, is there any reason to buy money-making property in the game instead of just throwing it in the market? I bought the weed shop with Franklin and I've forever regretted the purchase because he's only had tens of thousands of dollars to throw in the market instead of hundreds like Michael and Trevor.
 
Still true this morning. Glad I decided to move some of my holding from HAL back to PIS last night.


Edit: So GAF, is there any reason to buy money-making property in the game instead of just throwing it in the market? I bought the weed shop with Franklin and I've forever regretted the purchase because he's only had tens of thousands of dollars to throw in the market instead of hundreds like Michael and Trevor.
I don't think any of the properties end up making you enough money to make up for the initial cost. I buy them because they have fun missions and I like the idea of my characters laundering their ill gotten gains by buying them. Franklin in particular had become something of a real estate tycoon in my game.
 
I don't think any of the properties end up making you enough money to make up for the initial cost. I buy them because they have fun missions and I like the idea of my characters laundering their ill gotten gains by buying them. Franklin in particular had become something of a real estate tycoon in my game.

Are there ever any interesting missions that come out of the real estate stuff? So far I've had one "defend the car scrapyard" mission and one "VIP fare for the cab company" mission. Neither of the properties I bought through Trevor have given me anything besides the drug runner missions for the airport (which technically don't come up as Property Management missions on the map anyways).
 
I don't think any of the properties end up making you enough money to make up for the initial cost. I buy them because they have fun missions and I like the idea of my characters laundering their ill gotten gains by buying them. Franklin in particular had become something of a real estate tycoon in my game.
I want to buy them, but I feel like all I'm doing is making it take longer for me to be able to buy all of them.
 
Are there ever any interesting missions that come out of the real estate stuff? So far I've had one "defend the car scrapyard" mission and one "VIP fare for the cab company" mission. Neither of the properties I bought through Trevor have given me anything besides the drug runner missions for the airport (which technically don't come up as Property Management missions on the map anyways).
Well you definitely want to have Michael buy the dock on the top left of the map since that's how you get a sub and a dinghy with scuba gear.

I want to buy them, but I feel like all I'm doing is making it take longer for me to be able to buy all of them.
Yeah that's true, that's probably a good plan.
 
Well you definitely want to have Michael buy the dock on the top left of the map since that's how you get a sub and a dinghy with scuba gear.

I dont think it matters who buys that property to get the sub and dinghy. I just bought it myself with Trevor, and the mission to obtain the submarine parts appeared soon after for Michael.
 
Can't reach BAWSAQ (it's down for maintenance). Updated PS3 firmware and GTA 5 version but still down. Just wanted to pour in money into Betta Pharmaceuticals and start the hotel assasination but the maintenance got in my way. Any idea how long it will be down ??
 
Can't reach BAWSAQ (it's down for maintenance). Updated PS3 firmware and GTA 5 version but still down. Just wanted to pour in money into Betta Pharmaceuticals and start the hotel assasination but the maintenance got in my way. Any idea how long it will be down ??

From my experience, it's never down for more than a half hour.
 
Crevis (CRE) is up $24.70 in a single day on the PS3, can that be right?
 
Can't reach BAWSAQ (it's down for maintenance). Updated PS3 firmware and GTA 5 version but still down. Just wanted to pour in money into Betta Pharmaceuticals and start the hotel assasination but the maintenance got in my way. Any idea how long it will be down ??

On that note, the game says PIS is down 100% and I'll lose all my money if I sell now (even though I know it went up a few bucks since yesterday). Is this just because BAWSAQ is down? Has anyone else had this problem?
 
On that note, the game says PIS is down 100% and I'll lose all my money if I sell now (even though I know it went up a few bucks since yesterday). Is this just because BAWSAQ is down? Has anyone else had this problem?

Yes - that happens when BAWSAQ is down; don't worry :)
 
On that note, the game says PIS is down 100% and I'll lose all my money if I sell now (even though I know it went up a few bucks since yesterday). Is this just because BAWSAQ is down? Has anyone else had this problem?

I see its down too at 100%. Fuuuuuck i should have sold
 
Crevis (CRE) is up $24.70 in a single day on the PS3, can that be right?

Might be one to watch... did you see the previous 5 days? It was $510+ last thursday and dropped to $410 today. High is $577. We'll see if it drops again or keeps rising... wish i was near my ps3 to see if I can get a better look at it's history/trends.
 
Am I reading this right? My stock is suddenly worth $997m?

I don't know what's going on. I think the website is borked.

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I'm still salty about missing the opportunity to get rich of Lester -- that's what I get for going blind until story complete :(
 
HAL looks dead in the water, it's barely moving, but PIS is a big mover still, jumped about $2 in a day. Any of you guys that jumped out early and went to HAL I would recommend loading an old save.
 
If they had the money they might.

You don't need a lot of money to play day trading. This is like penny stock trading, except its for credits.

Alls ya need is the minimum to open the account, and you need to be good enough to make back the trade fee. Some of you guys are good enough, looking at how serious you're taking the dumbest part of the game.
 
Some of yous should probably just open a TD Ameritrade for all the efforts you put into this shit.

I already have one and was up the cost of a PS4 today, yay free PS4. ;)

On Topic, HAL and PIS still working for me today, woot!

Am I reading this right? My stock is suddenly worth $997m?

I don't know what's going on. I think the website is borked.

Yes, your portfolio is worth 997m, hurry SELL SELL SELL
 
Fell for the mass PIS sale hype and moved all my stock to HAL and WIZ :(

While HAL is making money (not as much as PIS) WIZ is a total loss.
With BAWSAQ down I can't do anything about it.
 
BAWSAQ down in game for anyone else?

Yup it's been down in game all day for me. Which is annoying because PIS is $17.22 right now and I'm really tempted to cash out so I can buy the golf course.

I guess it's a good thing I can't because I technically need 52 million more for the 3 movie theaters.
 
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