See this as an opportunity. When the decrease list shows big drops that means lots of sales which means lots of cash in people's accounts. That cash won't stay as cash for long...

Good young English player. Likely to start on Sunday. Will probably drop 20p or so if he doesn't get close to PB but will shoot up if he does. Definitely a long term hold imo. And yes, I have put my money where my mouth is

@Noirx4 +5 for a shot on target ;)

I think there are times though when you think the player will probably still rise but it's best not to buy anymore. I don't like to have anymore than 10% of my portfolio in anyone player. I believe in the platform more than I believe in any player so best to stay diversified

Exactly right. I have even tried viewing my portfolio with the negative effect on my iPhone screen to get over this. Man, my players look scary!

@Noirx4 True, although in Mane's case it now means he's directly competing with Salah...

As we know, FI brings together a lot of different people, from sports punters to fantasy players to financial traders. With the news that FI are looking to become more like a proper exchange with the implementation of order books, it seems that it will be advantageous for people who already have an understanding of financial markets (that's, of course, not to say that others won't be able to learn).

Therefore, I thought I'd start a thread so people can get an idea of what backgrounds traders come from. So which one of the 3 best describes why you became interested in this product? For me it was the financial markets side of things

@John-Renwick said in 🚨Football Index Podcast with FI CEO Adam Cole and Head of Marketing Mike Bohan! 🚨:

So they'll give someone else the option of doing this, perhaps a bookmaker

I think this is particularly interesting as it sees FI become just an exchange rather than a market maker as well. It'll be interesting to see how the issuing of new shares works in the future. Do FI continue to make new shares in a player as and when they are needed and sell them directly to traders? Or do they create a set amount of shares, distribute these to market makers and then the MMs sell to traders when needed. If the latter, then FI don't need to worry about their price change algo as this will be completely decided by traders and external MMs

@NewUser140744 I completely agree with you. This was precisely my thinking behind my original post :)

@NewUser140744 Are you saying FI should increase the dividends as players rise in price? If so then this would mean prices would increase ad infinitum