Taelia.net Stock Market Guide

Intro

The stock market is one of the best ways to make money on Neopets, while also one of the slowest. After initial investment, it requires less than a minute of work each day to keep up a steady income that can reach to over a million Neopoints a month! This wonderful Neopets secret has eluded many Neopians... until now! Go to the Stock Market to get started, then read on to find out how to earn your Neopets fortune!

Fundamentals

The stock market really only has one fundamental: buy low, sell high. That, of course, is how you make the most Neopoints, and is also why it usually takes a while. The Neopets stock market isn't directly related to the buy-sell ratio of other Neopians, or any real shops in Neopia (it's a game... in the games room), so TNT can fool around with the stocks as much as they want... or don't want. Likely, a computer runs the stock market changes: however its run, there are usually quite a few low priced stocks that nearly always stay low, and they are a few that nearly always stay high. The terms "high" and "low" in the stock market refer to the current selling price of that stock. 15 Neopoints Per Share is the lowest you can buy a stock, thus it is the ultimate "low". That I know of, there isn't an absolute high on any stock price, but they can definitely get up to over 200 Neopoints Per Share. At first, these numbers could seem low, but when you're talking a few thousand shares of each stock then the numbers go way up. As a rule, I generally buy at 15 and sell at 30, so I double my money. For now and for our purposes, we'll use this rule, but at the end of this guide there will be a section about other "rules" you can use to buy and sell your stocks in different ways.

Making Money on the Stock Market

Still not convinced the Stock Market can make you rich? I'll paint you a picture. Let's say you buy 1,000 shares (the maximum per day) of a stock at 15 Neopoint Per Share, and you do this for five days. That's 15,000 Neopoints per day, which adds up to a total cost of 75,000 Neopoints for 5,000 shares of stock (remember what I mentioned about initial investment--it can get pretty high). Now let's pretend you "sit" on that stock for a few months, and it fluctuates in selling price. One day you log into your account and see that the stock price is now 60 Neopoints Per Share! You don't know how long this "high" will last, so you sell all your shares that second earning you 300,000 Neopoints. If you take out that initian 75,000 Neopoints, that still leaves you with a profit of 225,000 Neopoints! See what I mean when I say it all adds up? And thats just five days of buying stock, and 5,000 shares; think how much you can make when you buy tens of thousands of shares over a long period of time, selling some as they peak in price! Now you're thinking like a stockholder!

Understanding Your Portfolio: Those Darn Numbers

Your Portfolio holds a wealth of information about your stocks! Most of it isn't necessary for the average stockholder, but just as well, this is where you'll learn all about your stocks.

The Icon section tells you what type of stock this company sells, such as clothing or bread. This is usually not needed information, but if you'll note the tiny gray arrow on the left of the image you will see a vital part of stockholding. This arrow is what you'll click on to sell your stock, so don't forget it in all those numbers!

This tells you the "ticker" or name of the stock. Click on the name to buy more of this stock, or click on the "profile" button to learn a little more about this particular company.

The Open section tells you the price the company started with at midnight NST of the current day.

This tells you the current price per share.

This is the Neopoints Per Share change from midnight to current time. It can be positive (green), negative (red), or none (black).

This section tells you about what you have and how much you payed. "Qty" is the shares you own in this stock, and "Paid" is the Neopoints you paid for that stock.

Market Value is how much Neopoints you would get if you sold all the shares of this stock right now.

This is the percentage change of the stock from when you bought it to now. Green = Positive = Good. Red = Negative = Bad.

Buying Stock

Buying stock is simple. There are a few rules on Neopets about it. You have to pay at least 15 Neopoints Per Share of your stock, and you can't buy more than 1,000 shares of stock per day. For our purposes, we are going to need 15,000 Neopoints a day for about 20 days. You can either start with 15,000 Neopoints and earn that much every day playing games and restocking, or you can start with the total (or near that much) of 300,000 Neopoints, depending on how rich you are right now. If it takes you longer than 20 days to buy that much stock, thats perfectly OK! Remember, the stock market is the one game without a time limit. Now, to make the most money we are only going to buy stocks worth 15 Neopoints. You can search through all the stocks for the ones worth 15, or you can go to This Page to find a neat list of all the stocks that are selling really low right now. You may want to bookmark that page for reference. Find any stock you like and click the Ticker Symbol (name) to go to a page to buy that stock. Then type in 1000 for the number of shares, and click buy! You'll be redirected to your portfolio. For our strategy we want to do this every day for 20 days and vary our stocks as much as possible. If you load all your money into one stock, it could take years before that stock ever reaches a good selling price! After 20 days, move on to the next section to read about how we are going to build our portfolio without putting any more Neopoints in it, we will make it self-sustaining so we make a profit and we keep up the portfolio.

Selling Stock

After you buy your 20 days of stock, you are going to have to wait. Check every day for the current stock prices, and when one of your stocks hits 30 Neopoints Per Share, sell all the shares you have of that stock. You'll have at least 1,000 shares, so you'll get about 30,000 Neopoints. You've doubled your money! Congratulations! Now, with this money, we are going to buy two days worth of stock (2,000 shares) so we can keep building up our portfolio. This may seem like you aren't "making" any money that you can spend right now, but it will definitely pay off later. Keep doing this process until you have about 30,000 shares of stock. After that, you can keep half of all the money you make if you wish. Then you start making money to spend on whatever, but your portfolio doesn't shrink. If you want your portfolio to grow, simply use all the money your stock produces to buy more stock. However you do it, always remember to buy low and sell high!

Other Ways to Buy Stock

Another way to make more profit (while waiting more) is to wait to sell stock at 45 Neopoints per share. It may take a bit longer, but it pays more!