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Stock Jump – a ski-jumping game with real stock data

458 points by rathel 7y ago

starpilot 7y ago
You are collecting training data for your trading bot. Nice.
- unwoundmouse 7y ago
  rentech btfo
nickysielicki 7y ago
LOL. Funny idea, excellent execution. Thanks for a laugh, I needed that.
- sova 7y ago
  flawless execution of this incredible idea!
  - H8crilA 7y ago
    kudos to everyone involved!
roywiggins 7y ago
Ha, back in 2008 I did this with the Dow, but by hand, in Line Rider. I think I've got it recorded somewhere.
- VistaBrokeMyPC 7y ago
  Man, I spent so many hours drawing in line rider... Shame I couldn't save the runs properly.
rathel 7y ago
Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/Sosowski/status/1241448735374221313 https://twitter.com/Sosowski/status/1241448735374221313 disclaimer: I am not the author of this game ;)
bdcravens 7y ago
It looks like to get the best jump, you need something with a ton of volatility along the way (to build up speed), and then with a sharp drop off toward the end so you fly off the edge instead of ride the slope down. Not surprisingly, BTC has beaten everything else I've tried.
- pottertheotter 7y ago
  I don't think you want a sharp drop off at the end, but a sharp incline. Build up speed and then shoot up into the air. WMT is the best for me so far. 230+ every time.
  - tieze 7y ago
    I think only the sharp decline to build up speed counts. Allegion PLC has just that: http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=ALLEN.MX&currency=MXN&name=Allegion%20PLC http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=ALLEN.MX&currency=MXN&name=A... Just jump on the flat at the end gets me over 700.
    - seba_dos1 7y ago
      Thanks, got 806.82 at this stock :D
    - kick 7y ago
      http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=AKEN.MX&currency=MXN&name=Arkema%20SA http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=AKEN.MX&currency=MXN&name=Ar... 763.84m No decline, no turbulence, an entirely flat line the entire time. Weirdly, this one, unlike every other one I've tried, runs at a crawl.
      - kick 7y ago
        Here's a fun glitched one; exactly 11 meters regardless of what you do; you don't get to jump, and the line itself is incredibly thick: http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=SPYG.MX&currency=MXN&name=SPDR%20Portfolio%20S&P%20500%20Growth%20ETF http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=SPYG.MX&currency=MXN&name=SP...
leeoniya 7y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgRLlqEvOT8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgRLlqEvOT8
sgroppino 7y ago
Love it. Do you have the record or max theoretical distance for each challenge?
lerie1982 7y ago
300+ http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=ABX.BA&currency=ARS&name=BARRICK%20GOLD%20Co/SH http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=ABX.BA&currency=ARS&name=BAR...
- scribu 7y ago
  393: http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=000060.KS&currency=KRW&name=Meritz%20Fire%20&%20Marine%20Insurance%20Co%20Ltd http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=000060.KS&currency=KRW&name=...
  - Keloo 7y ago
    400.45 :P that's a nice one
    - big_chungus 7y ago
      407.32 this is the best I've seen. The guy who made it got 461, though, so I think he's got the high score. I did get 438.34 on this: http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=035420.KS&currency=KRW&name=Naver%20Corp http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=035420.KS&currency=KRW&name=... Seems that S. Koren stocks have spiked in just the right way for optimal jumping.
      - deleted 7y ago
        [deleted]
- irjustin 7y ago
  This should be terrible of course, but for some reason the fall to the ground calculated based on the rate of change of the graph... so this takes a really long time to fall down giving you lots of time to traverse. Congrats!
Mathnerd314 7y ago
The only control is the mouse button, AFAICT.
bvandewalle 7y ago
good concept, but no HTTPS, seriously?
- wetmore 7y ago
  There are better ways to phrase your sentiment.
selimthegrim 7y ago
Is the Abominable Snowman WeWork?
smabie 7y ago
It's really funny with BLUE APRON HOLDINGS INCA.
s_r_n 7y ago
They need to hide the cliffs and hills that are in front of the skier to make it realistic :)
anonu 7y ago
For a moment I got excited and thought this was going to be something like SkiFree. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkiFree https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkiFree
- antoineMoPa 7y ago
  Thank you for this link. I extracted some very important info from that: you can play Ski Free online on the Internet Archive [42]! [42] https://archive.org/details/win3_SKIFREE https://archive.org/details/win3_SKIFREE
- ChrisArchitect 7y ago
  man, totally here for this. Title/website could be clearer
gregkerzhner 7y ago
This made my day.
quickthrower2 7y ago
First link to a web game in my life that .... works on mobile! Well done.
longtermd 7y ago
How are the stock charts derived? Is this 1 day, 1 week, 1 year, ... chart?
cryptica 7y ago
A lot of cryptocurrency altcoins are completely flat. 5 years ago, I was sure that cryptocurrency was a bubble and I would never have imagined that cryptocurrencies would be a safer investment than stocks in a bull market, let alone during a bear market. Banks are printing too much money and it's been used inefficiently. The fact that cryptocurrencies have been able to grow and then hold value for so long is proof of that. The message is clear: Popular assets which have global exposure to investors are somehow getting free money from the Fed. The free money will give value to anything. If it's an asset and investors all around the world can invest in it, they will invest in it and the price will keep going up; no matter what fundamentals are behind it. This is the reality of our global fiat economy. Cryptocurrencies are backed by nothing but they will keep going up simply because the popular ones are in limited supply (and the slots to be a 'popular cryptocurrency' are themselves limited). Large corporations and other high-exposure financial assets don't make a profit from their business activities (that's just a pretext), they make a profit by being a conduit through which money enters the system and 'trickles down' through the rest of the economy. Their actual main line of business is being a financial conduit for the Fed by creating jobs and hiring contractors. Advertising is not as valuable as it is made out to be (even targeted advertising). It's just were all the surplus fiat money which businesses don't know what to do with ends up going. Advertising is valuable for the same reason why crypto is valuable; because money is constantly losing value and no one wants to hold any surplus.
- seba_dos1 7y ago
  That's because the game rounds the values to 1 USD, so for altcoins that stay way below 1 USD all the time all values get rounded to zero, resulting in a flat shape.
runawaybottle 7y ago
/r/wallstreetbets would like to have a word with you.
plastic_teeth 7y ago
In few months most of the tracks in this game will become much more challenging (if there will be economic crisis after the coronavirus vanish).

458 points by rathel 7y ago

starpilot 7y ago

You are collecting training data for your trading bot. Nice.

unwoundmouse 7y ago
rentech btfo

nickysielicki 7y ago

LOL. Funny idea, excellent execution. Thanks for a laugh, I needed that.

sova 7y ago
flawless execution of this incredible idea!
- H8crilA 7y ago
  kudos to everyone involved!

roywiggins 7y ago

Ha, back in 2008 I did this with the Dow, but by hand, in Line Rider. I think I've got it recorded somewhere.

VistaBrokeMyPC 7y ago
Man, I spent so many hours drawing in line rider... Shame I couldn't save the runs properly.

rathel 7y ago

Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/Sosowski/status/1241448735374221313 https://twitter.com/Sosowski/status/1241448735374221313 disclaimer: I am not the author of this game ;)

bdcravens 7y ago

It looks like to get the best jump, you need something with a ton of volatility along the way (to build up speed), and then with a sharp drop off toward the end so you fly off the edge instead of ride the slope down. Not surprisingly, BTC has beaten everything else I've tried.

pottertheotter 7y ago
I don't think you want a sharp drop off at the end, but a sharp incline. Build up speed and then shoot up into the air. WMT is the best for me so far. 230+ every time.
- tieze 7y ago
  I think only the sharp decline to build up speed counts. Allegion PLC has just that: http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=ALLEN.MX&currency=MXN&name=Allegion%20PLC http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=ALLEN.MX&currency=MXN&name=A... Just jump on the flat at the end gets me over 700.
  - seba_dos1 7y ago
    Thanks, got 806.82 at this stock :D
  - kick 7y ago
    http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=AKEN.MX&currency=MXN&name=Arkema%20SA http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=AKEN.MX&currency=MXN&name=Ar... 763.84m No decline, no turbulence, an entirely flat line the entire time. Weirdly, this one, unlike every other one I've tried, runs at a crawl.
    - kick 7y ago
      Here's a fun glitched one; exactly 11 meters regardless of what you do; you don't get to jump, and the line itself is incredibly thick: http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=SPYG.MX&currency=MXN&name=SPDR%20Portfolio%20S&P%20500%20Growth%20ETF http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=SPYG.MX&currency=MXN&name=SP...

leeoniya 7y ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgRLlqEvOT8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgRLlqEvOT8

sgroppino 7y ago

Love it. Do you have the record or max theoretical distance for each challenge?

lerie1982 7y ago

300+ http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=ABX.BA&currency=ARS&name=BARRICK%20GOLD%20Co/SH http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=ABX.BA&currency=ARS&name=BAR...

scribu 7y ago
393: http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=000060.KS&currency=KRW&name=Meritz%20Fire%20&%20Marine%20Insurance%20Co%20Ltd http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=000060.KS&currency=KRW&name=...
- Keloo 7y ago
  400.45 :P that's a nice one
  - big_chungus 7y ago
    407.32 this is the best I've seen. The guy who made it got 461, though, so I think he's got the high score. I did get 438.34 on this: http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=035420.KS&currency=KRW&name=Naver%20Corp http://stockjump.sos.gd/?symbol=035420.KS&currency=KRW&name=... Seems that S. Koren stocks have spiked in just the right way for optimal jumping.
    - deleted 7y ago
      [deleted]
irjustin 7y ago
This should be terrible of course, but for some reason the fall to the ground calculated based on the rate of change of the graph... so this takes a really long time to fall down giving you lots of time to traverse. Congrats!

Mathnerd314 7y ago

The only control is the mouse button, AFAICT.

bvandewalle 7y ago

good concept, but no HTTPS, seriously?

wetmore 7y ago
There are better ways to phrase your sentiment.

selimthegrim 7y ago

Is the Abominable Snowman WeWork?

smabie 7y ago

It's really funny with BLUE APRON HOLDINGS INCA.

s_r_n 7y ago

They need to hide the cliffs and hills that are in front of the skier to make it realistic :)

anonu 7y ago

For a moment I got excited and thought this was going to be something like SkiFree. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkiFree https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkiFree

antoineMoPa 7y ago
Thank you for this link. I extracted some very important info from that: you can play Ski Free online on the Internet Archive [42]! [42] https://archive.org/details/win3_SKIFREE https://archive.org/details/win3_SKIFREE
ChrisArchitect 7y ago
man, totally here for this. Title/website could be clearer

gregkerzhner 7y ago

This made my day.

quickthrower2 7y ago

First link to a web game in my life that .... works on mobile! Well done.

longtermd 7y ago

How are the stock charts derived? Is this 1 day, 1 week, 1 year, ... chart?

cryptica 7y ago

A lot of cryptocurrency altcoins are completely flat. 5 years ago, I was sure that cryptocurrency was a bubble and I would never have imagined that cryptocurrencies would be a safer investment than stocks in a bull market, let alone during a bear market. Banks are printing too much money and it's been used inefficiently. The fact that cryptocurrencies have been able to grow and then hold value for so long is proof of that. The message is clear: Popular assets which have global exposure to investors are somehow getting free money from the Fed. The free money will give value to anything. If it's an asset and investors all around the world can invest in it, they will invest in it and the price will keep going up; no matter what fundamentals are behind it. This is the reality of our global fiat economy. Cryptocurrencies are backed by nothing but they will keep going up simply because the popular ones are in limited supply (and the slots to be a 'popular cryptocurrency' are themselves limited). Large corporations and other high-exposure financial assets don't make a profit from their business activities (that's just a pretext), they make a profit by being a conduit through which money enters the system and 'trickles down' through the rest of the economy. Their actual main line of business is being a financial conduit for the Fed by creating jobs and hiring contractors. Advertising is not as valuable as it is made out to be (even targeted advertising). It's just were all the surplus fiat money which businesses don't know what to do with ends up going. Advertising is valuable for the same reason why crypto is valuable; because money is constantly losing value and no one wants to hold any surplus.

seba_dos1 7y ago
That's because the game rounds the values to 1 USD, so for altcoins that stay way below 1 USD all the time all values get rounded to zero, resulting in a flat shape.

runawaybottle 7y ago

/r/wallstreetbets would like to have a word with you.

plastic_teeth 7y ago

In few months most of the tracks in this game will become much more challenging (if there will be economic crisis after the coronavirus vanish).