What is the value of shares on In-trade

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if the candidate you bet on wins? $10 a share? I'm thinking of betting and seeing if I can make a nickel.

https://www.intrade.com/v4/misc/scoreboard/

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1. O - 72%

http://www.intrade.com/jsp/intrade/common/c_cd.jsp?conDetailID=743474

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2. I was reading some more and it says

you either win $0 or $10 per share and your profit is the difference between what you paid and what you win. Does that translate to what you just posted? I'm not into the markets, etc. obviously.

What is my potential profit? What is my potential loss?

Because a market will always settle at either $0.00 or $10.00, all shares are bought or sold at prices somewhere in between. The price at which you buy or sell shares will determine how much you can win, and how much you can lose.


When you buy shares you make a profit if the price of the market goes up. Your profit is maximised if the market is settled at $10.00. If you sell shares then you make a profit if the price of the market goes down. Your profit is maximised if the market is settled at $0.00.


Let's look at a couple of examples...

You buy shares at a price of $7.00. If the market settles at $10.00 then you have a profit $3.00 per share. If the market settles at $0.00 then your loss is $7.00 per share.


Let's say you sell shares at $4.50. If the market settles at $10.00 then you lose $5.50 per share. If the market settles at $0.00 then you have a profit of $4.50 per share.

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3. It's an Irish company. You are way, way too late.