This isn’t Wall Street with polished shoes and rules that make sense. This is the city’s stock market, where prices twitch every few seconds and fortunes rise or fall while you blink. On the Overview tab, you see the whole battlefield at once: every company, its symbol, current price, fundamental value, price movement, how many shares you own and how many are still floating around for sale. At the top you can fire off instant buy or sell orders; pick a stock, pick your amount and let the system calculate the damage for you.
Every trade comes with a little love note from the exchange. Buying might add a buy-fee to the cost, selling might shave off a piece through a sell-fee. Push really big orders and the system slaps on an extra impact-fee to discourage anyone from shaking the price like a snow globe. After each trade, the stock you touched goes into cooldown: for a little while you can’t place another order on that specific company. Meanwhile the prices keep dancing, the market updates roughly every few seconds, so don’t blink too often.
The Portfolio tab is where it becomes personal. Here you see every stock you actually own: your share count, your average buy price, current market value and how much you’re up or down. At the bottom sits your transaction history, showing each buy and sell you’ve made, including the profit or loss on completed sales. Stack too many shares overall and the tax office starts sniffing around; you’ll get a warning that tells you which risk tier you’re in and how many total shares triggered their curiosity. And if death catches you in this city, your entire portfolio doesn’t vanish, a chunk of it carries over to your next life so your legacy doesn’t turn to dust.
FAQ
Why switch between Overview and Portfolio?
Overview is the marketplace: prices, trends, availability and instant trading. Portfolio is your private vault showing only what you own, how much it’s worth and how well you’re doing. Market versus personal stash, simple as that.
How do the different fees work?
A buy-fee might get added when you purchase shares, and a sell-fee can be taken from your returns when you sell. If your order is huge, the system may throw in an impact-fee to stop the market from blowing up. The summary panel always shows the exact totals before you confirm.
Why does the game warn me that the price changed before confirming my trade?
Prices move constantly. If the price shifts between clicking the button and confirming the order, the game pauses to show the old price, the new one and the number of shares you’re about to move. You decide whether to continue or cancel.
What exactly is a cooldown on a stock?
After completing a trade on a specific stock, that company locks for a short time. You can’t trade it again until the countdown hits zero. Your active cooldowns are shown in a notice at the top of the page.
What does “Available” mean and why do some stocks say “Unlimited”?
Available shows how many shares of a company can still be bought on the open market. If the number says Unlimited, then the game allows infinite availability, so you won’t run out, as long as you stay within your personal limits and your cash balance.
Why am I getting a tax warning?
If your total share count gets high enough, the city’s tax authority starts watching. The warning explains how many shares you hold and which oversight tier you’ve entered. It doesn’t block you, but it tells you you’re on the radar.
What’s the limit on how many shares I can own per company?
You can only hold a certain percentage of a company. If you reach that cap, you can’t buy more of that stock. And if you die, a big portion of your shares gets automatically carried into your new life so your entire portfolio isn’t lost.
Why don’t some stocks show up in the sell menu?
You only see stocks you actually own. If you have zero shares, the symbol won’t appear in the sell dropdown at all. Bought nothing or sold everything? Then there’s nothing to sell.