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Stocks Game Mechanics

The Game Mechanics section of the manual details the internal formula used in the game's calculations. This section of the manual uses pseudo-code and may not be 100% the same as the code in the game.

The Game Mechanics part of the manual is mainly designed to be a reference for the frequently asked question, “Why do I get this rating when I do X, Y, Z?!” Usually, this answer involves many different variables, which this section of the manual demonstrates.

The game mechanics section of the manual shows how the sausage gets made. So you really may want to avoid this portion of the manual if you enjoy the game.

Variables

Name Description Name Description
Money Amount of cash your company has Total_Debt Total Debt including all Loans, Bond Par Values, and Line Of Credit
Branch_Construction_Costs Total value of all branch construction Factory_Construction_Costs Total value of all completed factory construction
Vehicle_Inventory Vehicle inventory times the average unit costs of the vehicles Total_Design_Costs Design costs of all your components and vehicles divided by 10
Share_Holdings The value of other company shares you own Global_Stock_Rate Global Stock Rate as defined by the TurnEvents.xml file
Revenues_12_Months Revenues over the last 12 months GameStartYear The year you started the game
Evaluation Price Evaluation defined in the Price Evaluation section EPS_Growth Change in EPS rating over the last year
Total_Shares The total number of issued shares CurrentSharePrice Share price for the previous month
Last_EPS Last Quarter's EPS Current_EPS This Quarter's EPS
EPS_Q# EPS from # quarters ago Delisted No longer publically traded
LY_YTD_Profits Last Year Total Profits CurrentFunds Current amount of money the company has
Turn_Expenses Last Month's Expenses Turn_Income Last Month's Revenues
LastYear_Expenses Last Year's Expenses LastYear_Income Last Year's Revenues
Current_Construction_Costs All current expenses from factory construction

Price Evaluation

Money - Total_Debt + Branch_Construction_Costs +
Factory_Construction_Costs + Vehicle_Inventory + 
Total_Design_Costs + Share_Holdings

IPO Evaluation

PriceEvaluation =  PriceEvaluation/2.0 + ((PriceEvaluation/2.0) * Global_Stock_Rate)
 
PriceEvaluation = PriceEvaluation * 1.2 + (Revenues_12_Months * (3 * Global_Stock_Rate))
 
IPO_Share_Price = 10
 
Shares_Issued = PriceEvaluation / IPO_Share_Price

Share Price

if(Year > 2000)
{
    if(Year-GameStartYear > 8 )
        NewSharePrice  = ((Evaluation*0.4) + (Revenues_12_Months*1.0*Global_Stock_Rates) *
                (0.75 * EPS_Growth)) / (Total_Shares);
    else
    {
        NewSharePrice  = ((Evaluation*(0.4+((8-(Year-GameStartYear))*0.1))) +
            (Revenues_12_Months*1.0*Global_Stock_Rates) *
            (((Year-GameStartYear)*0.1) * EPS_Growth)) / (Total_Shares);
    }
}
else
{
    if(Year-GameStartYear > 8 )
        NewSharePrice  = ((Evaluation*0.4) + (Revenues_12_Months*(10.0-((Year-1900)/10))*
            Global_Stock_Rates) *(0.75 * EPS_Growth)) / (Total_Shares);
    else
    {
        NewSharePrice  = ((Evaluation*(0.4+((8-(Year-GameStartYear))*0.1))) +
            (Revenues_12_Months*(10.0-((Year-1900)/10))*Global_Stock_Rates) *
            (((Year-GameStartYear)*0.1) * EPS_Growth)) / (Total_Shares);
    }
}
 
 
 
 
NewSharePrice = CurrentSharePrice +
    ( ((NewSharePrice - CurrentSharePrice) / 3.5) +
    ((((NewSharePrice - CurrentSharePrice) / 3.0)) -
    (NewSharePrice - CurrentSharePrice) / 6.0) )
 
if(NewSharePrice < 0)
    NewSharePrice = 0.01;
 
if(A Quarter Month)
{
    if(Last_EPS > 0)
    {
        if(Current_EPS > Last_EPS * 2.0)
            NewSharePrice = NewSharePrice * 1.15; 
        else if(Current_EPS > Last_EPS * 1.2)
            NewSharePrice = NewSharePrice * 1.1; 
        else if(Current_EPS > Last_EPS * 1.1)
            NewSharePrice = NewSharePrice * 1.05; 
        else if(Current_EPS < Last_EPS * 0.9)
            NewSharePrice = NewSharePrice * 0.95; 
        else if(Current_EPS < Last_EPS * 0.8)
            NewSharePrice = NewSharePrice * 0.85; 
        else if(Current_EPS < Last_EPS * 0.7)
            NewSharePrice = NewSharePrice * 0.75;
    }
    else if(Last_EPS < 0)
    {
        if(Current_EPS > Last_EPS * 0.7)
            NewSharePrice = NewSharePrice * 1.15;
        if(Current_EPS > Last_EPS * 0.8)
            NewSharePrice = NewSharePrice * 1.1;
        if(Current_EPS > Last_EPS * 0.9)
            NewSharePrice = NewSharePrice * 1.05;
        else if(Current_EPS < Last_EPS * 1.1)
            NewSharePrice = NewSharePrice * 0.95;
        else if(Current_EPS < Last_EPS * 1.2)
            NewSharePrice = NewSharePrice * 0.85;
        else if(Current_EPS < Last_EPS * 1.3)
            NewSharePrice = NewSharePrice * 0.75;
    }
    else if(Last_EPS == 0)
    {
        if(Current_EPS > Last_EPS )
            NewSharePrice = NewSharePrice * 1.05;
        else if(Current_EPS < Last_EPS )
            NewSharePrice = NewSharePrice * 0.95;
        else if(Current_EPS == 0 && Last_EPS == 0 && eps3 == 0 && eps4 == 0)
        {
            NewSharePrice = NewSharePrice * (Random Number Between (0 AND 0.2) + 0.95);
        }
 
    }
 
}
 
if(NewSharePrice < ((Evaluation * 0.7) / Total_Shares))
{
    NewSharePrice = ((Evaluation * 0.7) / Total_Shares);
}
 
 
 
if(CurrentSharePrice != 0)
{
    priceChange = NewSharePrice / CurrentSharePrice;
}

Share Splits

Split

if(NewSharePrice>(30+((Year-1899)*2)) OR 
(((EPS_Q1+EPS_Q2+EPS_Q3+EPS_Q4)>(4+((Year-1899)/3))) AND NewSharePrice > 5) )
{			
    NewSharePrice = NewSharePrice / 2.0;
    TotalShares = TotalShare * 2;
 
}

Reverse Split

if(NewSharePrice < 1)
{
 
    if(TotalShares / 2 > 1000)
    {
        TotalShares = TotalShares / 2;					
        NewSharePrice = NewSharePrice * 2;
    }
    else
    {
        Delisted     
    }
 
}

Takeover Price

if(Shares_Needed > 0)
{
    if(EPS_Year < -0.5)
    {
            AqusitionCosts = ((((Price_Evaluation*1.1)/(Shares_Needed)/5) +
             (PricePerShare*1.3)) * Shares_Needed)*DifficultyBonus ;
 
    }
    else
    {        
            AqusitionCosts = ((((Price_Evaluation*1.2)/(Shares_Needed)/2.5) +
                (PricePerShare*1.75)) * Shares_Needed) * ((EPS_Year/10.0) + 1)*DifficultyBonus;       
 
    }
 
    PricePerShare = (AqusitionCosts / (Shares_Needed));
}
else
    AqusitionCosts = ((Price_Evaluation/10))*DifficultyBonus;

AI Buy/Sell Shares

Institutional

Buy

if(priceChange > 7%)
    Buy 10% of the available shares.
else if(priceChange > 4%)
    Buy 7% of the available shares.
else if(priceChange > 0% AND Random Number Between (0 AND 4) = 0)
    Buy 3.5% of the available shares.

Sell

if(priceChange < -10% AND Random Number Between (0 AND 12) = 0)
    Sell 4% of shares owned.
else if(priceChange < 0.95 AND Random Number Between (0 AND 12) = 0)
    Sell 2.5% of shares owned.
else if(Random Number Between (0 AND 12) = 0)
    Sell 1% of shares owned.

AI Companies

Buy

if(LY_YTD_Profits > 0 && CurrentFunds > (LY_YTD_Profits*2) )
    Buy 10% of CurrentFunds worth of stock shares.

Sell

 
IF (( CurrentFunds < ( (Turn_Expenses-Turn_Income) * 3 )  AND 
	CurrentFunds < (LastYear_Expenses - LastYear_Income) ) OR 
	CurrentFunds < (Turn_Expenses-Current_Construction_Costs-Turn_Income))
{
    if( Company owns more than 25% of self )
        Sell 5% of shares owned of their company.
    else
        Sell all shares of random company.
}