09-17-2006, 11:26 PM
We've been doing some analyzing of the trade and transactions logs and we've been noticing numerous people are making some questionable trades between multiple user accounts to influence price movements. Don't do that. It hasn't been said thus far, only implied like other markets real or imaginary, but from now on the official policy is market manipulation is illegal on RealityMarkets.com.
As it reads now:
A couple extra points:
As it reads now:
Quote:Market manipulation is any activity that causes stock prices to move artificially. This can be the result of, but not limited to, working with other traders, using multiple accounts, or using single accounts. Fines will be levied by RealityMarkers.com or you might find that you made a significant donation to a charity out of your account while you slept. By joining, you accept these terms.
A couple extra points:
- Having said that, there isn't a problem with having multiple accounts, just use good judgement in how you use them.
- There was a code issue in the trading algorithms that have caused some wild fluctuations, that was our fault and as such we aren't considering people that benefited from that bug market manipulators.