Over the years, innumerable columns have been written; paeans, to you the HSX player, dispensing advice and nuggets of wisdom. Gathered here are a collection of some of those articles, the ones that have best stood the test of time. Sure, some of the movie symbols will be unrecognizable to all but the most grizzled player, but the thinking behind them remains as clear (or as muddied) as it ever was.

If HSX is your career, welcome to the MBA.

Universal

This is the stuff every HSX player should know. In fact, for a lot of it, we probably already assume you do. For newbies trying to understand the big, bad world of HSX. For veterans wanting to brush up on the fundamentals. Or for anyone who just wants a few tips from the guys and gals who learnt the hard way.

• Definitions:

  All the jargon of HSX. Defined.

• The time value of money:

  It all starts here.

• Opportunity cost and return on investment:

  ROI is a fundamental concept. Find out what we mean.

• Banker’s 72:

  Fleshes out the concepts from the above two articles.

• Timing:

  HSX is “events driven”. Learn precisely what that means.

• Release Dates:

  How release dates affect the value of a stock.

• Limit Orders I:

  Everything you need to know about limit orders.

• Limit Orders II:

  Even more on limit orders.

• Short Selling I:

  The basics of short selling.

• Short Selling II:

  Short selling and reshorting explained in detail.

• Picking openers:

  ‘Nuff said.

• Picking openers correctly…most of the time:

  More tips about opener selection.

• Doing more with your money:

  Maximize your port.

• Hidden traps of decision making:

  Six ways we trick ourselves into making bad decisions.

• Timing your buys::

  When and why.

• Dangers of long-term investment:

  An elaboration of the principles contained in “the time value of money”. This is one of the biggest mistakes newbies make. Be sure to avoid it.

• Bond rules:

  Bonds need not be scary.

• Bond FAQ:

  Anything that makes bonds simpler to understand sounds good to me.

• Advanced bond trading:

  How to make even more money with bonds.

• Newbie lessons I:

  Avoid the mistakes that everyone makes.

• Newbie lessons II:

  Putting it all together.

• Tips I:

  We’ve been there, and we wish we knew this way back when.

• Tips II:

  As above, only more so.

• Tips III:

  And again.

• Tips IV:

  Yup. Even more – but don’t give up, this is good stuff.

• Strategies while playing HSX:

  So what sort of player are you?

• Perceptions of profit:

  Tips and tricks on how to make a buck.

• Basic Buying Strategies:

  The simple stuff laid bare.

• The Rules of Summer:

  There’s a lot of money to be made over the long summer season at HSX. Here’s how.

• The flops:

  How to lose money and what to learn from it.

Advanced

So you think you know your way around? Time to start earning some serious H$. Let the masterclass begin.

• Expected value:

  Works just as well with openers and options.

• Adjustments and arbitrage:

  The easiest money you ever made.

• Risk:

  If you don’t like risk, read this.

• Risk arbitrage:

  Learn how to value risk.

• Platform releases:

  When limiteds go wide.

• Funds:

  A look at the new-style funds flooding HSX. Are they worth your money?

• Irrationality:

  Why we make irrational decisions and how to avoid them.

• HSX macroeconomics:

  Play the market, not the stock.

• Playing the players:

  How to make money out of your fellow traders.

• Different playing strategies:

  So what kind of player are you?

• Manipulation:

  Does it really happen?

• Real world stock trading and HSX:

  Let’s make some real money!

• Stock valuations and rationality:

  How much is a stock worth?

• Shorting:

  Another, rather deeper, look at shorting.

• Delists:

  Learn how to calculate your own delist estimates.

• Reset Trading:

  Reset trading is a specialist version of day-trading. Discover the secrets of this arcane trading technique.

• Short ‘em all I:

  The imfamous strategy get its first airing.

• Short ‘em all II:

  A very quick revision of the Short ‘em all strategy.

Illuminati

What happens when you think WAY too much about this game? Maybe not for everyone, but your education would not be complete until you find out precisely what keeps us up at nights.

• Lifetime ports for dummies:

  Helps if your port is already over $200m.

• Virtual trader:

  How does HSX work? How can you use it to your advantage?

• Inflation:

  The real world invades HSX.

• Bear markets:

  Crashes happen. How to survive them.

• Resetting your account:

  How and why.

• Capital gains tax:

  Reviewing a proposal.

• MSX:

  A proposal.

• Bonds I:

  A proposal.

• Bonds II:

  More on that proposal.

• Funds:

  Why are they there again?

Calendar

Because seasons matter. Don’t just take my word for it. Ask Jimmy.