Stock Market

[Indy 350]

I put a $1mil into AmmuNation to see if it increases much.

[DuPz0r 5361]

I put $21mil into AUG earlier and got $8mil profit so it's possible, it's just luck and a long wait to get the right timing. But when i sit and watch i tend to see minimal fluctuations. If i leave it to mature whilst i play i see larger losses & gains....

[PhishFood2013 8]

After a 2.4 mil loss yesterday, started playing about 2 hours ago and now +8.6 mil from the same stock purchace, Hijak rules

[DuPz0r 5361]

AMU is cheap and rising at the moment on Bawsaq. I put 20mil on each character into it! *hopes for the best*

[calimann83 125]

Good luck with that. Bawsaq seemed a little erratic when I have looked at it so I have been sticking to the in game market for the most part. I wish you could make money off redoing the heist. I strewed up the first heist and Micheal only got like 100K. I re-did it and make a mil for mike and a half mil for Franklin, but of course I didn't get to keep it.

By the way, helping random strangers can be profitable. Got this guys bicycle back for him and it turned out he was the owner of that Ark pet place, he gave me $100,000 in shares. I am sitting on them now to see where it goes.

[fanman 30]

i need help playing the stocks game. im in the liberty stock exchange and when i check my profile it all ways says i haven't made any thing but have lost even thought the stocks on the market page are up. what should i do?

[gtagrl 4317]

Look at the My Portfolio tab and keep an eye on the prices of any stocks you've purchased. Buy low, sell high.

[Handsome B Wonderful 331]

huh, just noticed today that the Bawsaq stock markets are different for PS3 and 360. Probably something we'll have to take into account if it turns out we can affect stock market prices.

Edited September 26, 2013 by Handsome B Wonderful

[gtagrl 4317]

Wouldn't single-player stock markets only be affected by that single player's actions? If in my game, I decide to sabotage Fly US assets to drive up the price of Air Emu shares (which I've invested in), that wouldn't show up on the "global" stock market or be noticed in real-time by another forum member, would it?

[Handsome B Wonderful 331]

I still haven't found a decent explanation on how non-mission related single player stocks are affected. Or Bawsaq, for that matter. For example, there are people blowing up pisswasser trucks to raise the price of Logger, but Logger is only listed on LCN, which isn't supposed to be affected by the online community. Yet the price of Logger is always high. And Bawsaq is required for investing in Fruit after a tip from Lester.

I give up.

[BlackSox9 448]

@Handsome B Wonderful.

I recommend investing in the company with the lowest Stock Price, when it's at it's lowest ( it should be the only company under $4.00 ). You should buy it when it goes down to $3.50, and then sell it when it goes up to $6-7 Dollars. This could take a while so I recommend maxing out the Stats for the characters, and getting tats/ haircuts/ clothes, customizing cars, or exploring the map in the mean time.

Or if you want to do it the fast way ( which I recommend ), go and use the save feature at one of the character houses to fast forward the game 8 hours over and over ( which will speed up the days and weeks into a matter of minutes ).

This will speed up the fluctuations of your companies Stock Price. Check your portfolio every so often to see whether the Share Price has risen high enough, and then sell the stock. Then use the Sleep Function again to speed up the process of the Stock Price decreasing back to $3.50, and then buy it again. After that do the whole process again ( waiting, then selling once the stock price has risen to $6-7 Dollars again ).

This can be a little bit tedious and time consuming, so I recommend only using this method after you have a couple of Million Dollars to invest, it will make the whole money making scheme go much faster.

So if you started by investing $2,000,000 at $3.50 a Share, then sell it for $7.00 a share, you will have $4,000,000. Invest it again, buying and selling for the same price you will now have $8,000,000, after that $16 Million....... then $32 Million, then $64 Million, then $128 Million, then $256 Million, then $512 Million, then $1,024,000,000 ( 1 Billion 24 Million Dollars ).

So after reinvesting the money 9 times ( which would probably take some time ), you would eventually end up with over a Billion Dollars. Which is more than you would ever need.

All it takes is some time and patience, and you can eventually make a lot of money on the Stock Market...

[MrMister81 473]

So after reinvesting the money 9 times ( which would probably take some time ), you would eventually end up with over a Billion Dollars. Which is more than you would ever need.

I couldn't help myself...

[Handsome B Wonderful 331]

I invested $1.4 million in Hawk And Little when it was 0.58 earlier yesterday. It's now $3.88, so I've already made over a million. I'm finally getting the hang of things. Very slowly.

[fanman 30]

ok thats great advise but what if you only buy one share how do you make money with that.?

[gtagrl 4317]

ok thats great advise but what if you only buy one share how do you make money with that.?

The saying "You've got to spend money to make money" applies here. As BlackSox advises above, it's better to do this when you already have a bigger amount of money to play with, you won't get very far only buying one share at a time.

[calimann83 125]

You can't be so frugal

[DuPz0r 5361]

Just go all in with your final heist complete when the shares are at their lowest, and as long as you wait you will make money from it. It's a waiting game mixed with a bit off luck. You can only lose money if you're impatient... That's it. The luck it whether or not it rockets and you earn the motherlode.

Also another tip. Using Bawsaq (the realtime socialclub stock market) can earn you a lot more money, but it's a bit riskier. As people tend to trend buy and sell, you will see patterns emerge in the graphs.

[fanman 30]

ok so your saying i should buy 10 or more shares when it is low and then when it gets higher than it was i am supost to sell them and that how this shit works on getting money.

[GunSmith 2452]

Yes. The more that's invested, the greater the return. Just be vigilant. Make it a habit to check the share prices every day or so.

[fanman 30]

ok then i shall try this.

[GunSmith 2452]

Also, pay attention to the insider tips that Lester provides. Those are prime opportunities to learn how the market operates.

[DiO 4730]

pretty good guide here

http://geekfed.com/grand-theft-auto-5-stock-market-tips/323

[shabbagaz 444]

Think I'm starting to get the hang of it. I've been noting down some share prices for a few companies, basically noting down the highest and lowest I have seen them (obviously updating my notes as I go along) then investing accordingly. Bit 'nerdy' I know!

Ironically after earlier slagging off Gruppe Sechs, its actually come good for me! Its been fluctuating quite a lot between $5 and $6 (although lowest I've seen it is $3.10 - not been that low for quite a while now though). Been making 'bits' of profit here and there on it - the latest being a $30k profit.

[DuPz0r 5361]

I found this a useful starting guide to understand how the stock market works:

http://m.uk.ign.com/wikis/gta-5/Stock_Market

[DiO 4730]

tip that seems to work. its reverse than others. instead of attacking a rival, attack a company. AUG (insurance) will go down pretty good if you destroy and blow up any cars. its pretty easy. dont have to seek out any particular vehicle. then buy when it low. just wait for it to rise up again

this also worked for me. i killed the dude at bobmulet (barbershop)

it seemed the stock for that was really low. then invested. went around to other barber shops that weren't bob and killed the person there. bob went up. made 130 thousand of a 1 million investment. could be higher for other tricks IDK, but for something mission based it seem to work pretty good.