Add-On Releases - Stock Trader for vBulletin

Stock Trader

Summary

This add-on gives your users the ability to use the money system on your board to "invest" in stock. Users can purchase and sell stock at market values. This plugin uses a stock feed from Yahoo to get real time stock quotes.

Release Notes

This product is considered to still be in Beta.This should be ending by the end of January.

This add-on is known to be compatible with vBulletin's built-in reputation system, vbBux and iCash.

Product Specifications

1. two plugins
2. one cron job
3. file uploads
4. one new DB table
5. one template
6. several phrases

Installation
Approx 2-5 mins

1. As always: Back up your Database!
2. upload the files in the "upload" directory, preserving the directory structure
3. Go into AdminCP and import the product-stocktrader.xml file.
4. (OPTIONAL) add a link in the navbar template or wherever your users can find it!

Upgrading/Updating

1. upload all files in the upload directory, overwriting any existing files
2. re-import the XML file, setting "Overwrite" to "Yes"

Configuration

1. vBulletin Options -> Stock Trader Options

Change History

• 0.9.9 (07-25-01) - fixed problem with trading mutual funds, fixed cheat with buying off hours (I think)
• 0.9.8 (07-18-01) - added new options and fixed bug with purchasing really cheap stock
• 0.9.7 (07-15-01) - fixed bug in top portfolios when using a table prefix
• 0.9.6 (07-15-01) - fixed table prefix issues, fixed portfolio.gif problem
• 0.9.5 (07-14-01) - added statistics page, ability to view other user portfolios, and postbit friendly variables
• 0.9.4 (07-09-01) - added a Capital Gains Tax option
• 0.9.3 (07-02-01) - fixed error with purchasing negative stock, fixed compatibility with iCash
• 0.9.2 (07-05-01) - bug fixes
• 0.9.1 (06-30-12) - added AJAX stock info lookup
• 0.9.0 (06-29-12) - initial Beta release

Future Features

• stock ticker marquee for users

Official Support

http://code.google.com/p/vbtrade/

PLEASE CLICK INSTALL!

[adhari_com]

how it could be integrated to use the vB Reputation System?

[fastforward]

Originally Posted by adhari_com

how it could be integrated to use the vB Reputation System?

Simply enter 'reputation' in the 'Money Row' field. That's how I've got it set up.

[zethon]

Originally Posted by xxxsaint

P.S. Please add Mutual Funds , it gives us the quotes from mutual funds , but doesn't let us buy them!

Can you give me an example of a mutual fund that the system gives a quote for but won't let you buy? I'm guessing this will be an easy fix/change.

[zethon]

Originally Posted by xxxsaint

I personally do not want this to become a " stock competition " hack. If that does become the case , then notify us on when it becomes a time-set competition only thing so I can stop upgrading at that point. Nothing wrong with fun competitions , but nothing wrong with having a blast just trading stocks as this has been designed to do.

Nothing will be compulsory. I'm still working on the competition design in my head, and of course if you don't want to have competitions, you will not be required to do so.

Originally Posted by Carl Anderson

Add a table that can import the money from vbux, icash etc. In the contest set up area place the amount that can be imported into that table for the contest from vbux etc.. This will be your portfolio starting point and you can't add more than what is set in the contest set up. Have a start date for contest and end date and the one with the most bux at the end date is the winner.

You could also set it to so there is no limit for the sites that want their users to be able to use all of their bux they earn in the contest.

I'm still not sure how I want to handle the competition aspect of this add-on. I'm thinking there will be two ways the competition will initially start.

1) Users will have to pay to enter the contest. That fee will be the money that they use in the contest. Hence, if I start a contest with a 10,000 dollar/rep/vbbux/whatever fee, then each use that enters the competition will initially start out with 10,000.

2) Users will be able to join a competition for free and will be allocated X amount of dollars/rep/whatever.

I can see advantages and disadvantages to both methods. I may go with one or the other or both, I'm still undecided.

The competition portion of this plugin is still at least another month or two away. Grad school starts next week and with a fulltime job, I'm not sure how much time I'll be able to dedicate to this, aside from bug fixes.

[dholt]

Installed

[Quantnet]

zethon,
Thanks for your time. This has been the best mod i have on my forum in term how it fits the userbase.

Beside the 2 phrases that you have (portfolio value and gain), can you develop more phrases.

Something like the rank of a members in term of top portfolio so we can put in postbit. For example $post[rank_gain] will display the rank of that member based on the gain percentage. $post[rank_value] will display the rank of that member based on the value of the portfolio

[sportsoutlaw]

I can't buy any stock at all. I have cash on hand, but even when I try to buy just 1 share of $30 stock, is says:
You do not have enough money to make this purchase.

What am I doing wrong?

[sportsoutlaw]

I found the issue, I think.......

The cash on hand that I have is 7,120.31

I found a cheap stock that was $4.00 per share, and it will let me buy 1 share. When I try to buy 2 shares, it says I don't have enough money. For some reason, it appears to be reading 7,120.31 as 7.12031.

Any ideas how to fix this?

Edit - I removed vbux/vbplaza tonight and installed icash. This issue doesn't exist with iCash, so my problem is fixed.

[xxxsaint]

Originally Posted by zethon

Can you give me an example of a mutual fund that the system gives a quote for but won't let you buy? I'm guessing this will be an easy fix/change.

Here ya go :

CHCGX
SAUSX
DXCLX
DXZLX
FSNGX


Those types of funds Thanks for looking into it!

[Martyh]

ok,

I have it installed and got the green bars switched out to show numbers thanks to another thread in mod discussions ( because, I just used the rep system in VB)

, only problem I am having is after a few people have made purchases , they do not show up in the postbit "total portfolio value" they still show zero, and also when I go to the top investors page there is no info there, as if no one is in the game, no memebrs show up under any of the headings.What could I be missing, the install was pretty simple even for a newbie, any ideas ?

please let me know,

Thank you, and thanks for the mod,
it is my personal favorite,