Rules of the game:

• Beta considerations

  Due to the presence of non OWCS teams (and in case I need to make drastic changes depending on how this beta goes), the data generated is only for the EWC. All portfolios and trades will most likely be wiped sometime after the event in preparation of the (hopefully) full release for stage 3. Sorry for any inconvenience.

• Placing trades

  Trades can be placed using the place trade form, entering a valid ticker and a positive price and quantity. Fractional prices and quantities are allowed, e.g. you can buy 0.27 shares of a stock.

  Trades can only be placed if there is enough available cash to cover the transaction. Available cash is the total cash you have in your account, minus the cash required to complete any pending buy orders.

  Once placed, the trade will be labeled as "active" in the trades page until it's filled. Terminating a trade will stop any new fills, but won't refund any portion of the trade that has been filled. The progress towards a trade being filled is shown in the interactive graph for each trade.

  It's important to note that buy trades will settle for any amount less than or equal to the specified price per share. This means that if you place a 1 share buy order at $10/share, if there is a $8/share sell order, there is a chance your order would settle at $8/share. If you unexpectedly have more money than you expect after buying a share, this is why. Sell orders always settle to sell price, so you'll never get more money from a sell order than you were expecting.

• Dividends

  Dividends are paid out pro-rata for each share. For this beta, each team only has 1,000 shares. That means for each share you own, you will receive 0.1% of the dividend payout. There are two types of dividend payments: match dividends and placement dividends.

  Match dividends:

  Each match played has a $10k prizepool depending on the map score. The payout for each team is (maps won/maps played) * 10,000. For this beta run, I am updating the games manually, so dividend payments might be a bit delayed after the game ends.

  Placement dividends:

  Once a team is eliminated, the prize money they earned is paid out as a dividend to all shareholders. The prize money is as follows (pulled from liquipedia):

  Placement	Prize Money
  1st	$400,000
  2nd	$180,000
  3rd	$100,000
  4th	$60,000
  5th-8th	$35,000
  9th-12th	$20,000
  13th-16th	$10,000

• Stocks

  Each stock has 3 prices listed. The Current price, Bid, and Ask.

  • Current price: the price of the last completed fill, i.e., the price of the most recent successful exchange of shares.
  • Bid: the price of the highest buy order.
  • Ask: the price of the lowest sell order.

  Additionally, each stock has the following additional metrics when clicked.

  • Daily percent change: the percent the stock price has increased or decreased in the last 24 hours.
  • Most recent dividend payment per dollar per share: tracks the dividend received per unit of stock, divided by the current price of the stock. Use it to determine whether the stock has good rates of return for its shareholders.
  • Graph price change: the percent the stock price has increased/decreased over the time range specified for the graph.
  • Gain/Loss since purchase: the amount the stock price has increased/decreased since the stock was purchased. Only appears if logged in.