Thank you! I look forward to the next article. The link cuts off but I believe this is the thread for anyone else curious on this: http://www.quietspeculation.com/forum/index.php/t… (end of link)

AWESOME!!!!

Since many asked the question of buying/sell large quantity, such as the ~900 copies of Yaviamay Coast I’ll anwser that next Monday in the article.

As for selling full sets, I shared my usual method(s) for this on the forum, hereh: http://www.quietspeculation.com/forum/index.php/t…

I don’t have any end date for this.

Yes, I can add a set column

I think the term “risky investment” is very subjective. I’m sure many homeowners and stockholders back in 2007 in the US would have absolutely not considered a house or the stock market a risky investment. Nonetheless the vast majority of these “many” are still biting the bullet now and probably for the rest of their lives.

How risky is MTGO and MTGO investments? To me no so risky but I’m clearly aware of the potential risks. The big risk to me is a general and irreversible Big crash of, not only MTGO, but Mtg as a whole. Besides that, changes of versions, introduction of PP, increasing fees for redemption, etc… are nothing but fluctuations, from which speculators can actually take advantage of. As long as WotC is producing decent sets and keep the GP/PT circuit alive we are more than safe.

Now, and after almost 5 years of MTGO speculation, I had gotten out all the money I had put in and even with some profits. Which mean all of the $ from my “real” bank account that were on MTGO at some point are already out. Now, I’m speculating with the profits accumulated over many years. If tomorrow MTGO crashes for real and the value of cards and Tix is equal to $0 I’ll be clearly mad but it would have no financial impact in my life. I would actually love to buy vintage decks for $10 for fun and build and play EDH and cubes on MTGO for less than $50. Afterall the game is and will always be fun to play.

Most importantly: I still have a real job, health coverage, retirement plan, savings accounts, etc… Right now, the money I’m able to generate is extra money. Maybe down the road that could pay part of a down payment of a house and I might seek for legal ways to exit a large amount of $ and pay my fair share of potential taxes on it if needed.

Finally, for the reward MTGO speculations offer to me (which are much much much more than any of the “real” savings account I could ever have, stock market included) I’m totally fine with “gambling” with such large sum of money rather than selling all my Tix to Mtgotraders and buy a new car.

So if you wanted to invest as much as you could for MTGO specs you should consider this venture as speculating with the stock market, and follow some of the advice that goes with it= disposable money you have to feel comfortable losing it all if it has to happen. I would strongly recommend having a stable source of income, retirement plan, savings account, paying your mortgage, save for your kids’s education BEFORE putting $20k down on MTGO. And as I and many others have shown before, 100 Tix is enough to start seriously and significantly growing an account.

New member here and continuing my subscription purely for the excellent Luca and Sylvain articles! I have to ask though… how are you going about purchasing over 900 (or any large quantity) of a single card? I can’t imagine you doing this going from bot to bot for 4 cards each time, all the while moving the market up as you buy. I feel dumb asking, but I also think there is potential for an article explaining some expeditious tactics and basic methods. I also read all of the complete set buying articles, yet still feel less than confident about the process/ease of liquidating complete sets when it’s time to sell. I love the nitty gritty of the finances/specs, but a primer would go a long way for this noob and probably others. Maybe this has all been touched on and you can point me in the right direction. Regardless, keep it up with the great articles guys!

A lot of financial gurus like to have guidelines as to the max percentages of net worth anyone should have tied up in a particular investment.

What is the max percentage of net worth you would consider reasonable to have tied up in MTGO speculation?

I’m definitely interested to see where this goes. Best of luck!

Some tools would be nice. We have the thing that gives you the price of a csv lost but that’s it.

And more data is always good. Something like the number of drafts firing would be useful That would involve a bot though.

Glad to hear it:)

what other MTGO content would you like?

Painlands were supposed (and are still actually) to be my surest bet of all. Even after 4 reprints in a row the M10, 11, 12, 13 check lands did great on MTGO. The expectation was the same with the painlands. Unfortunatly fetch+BFZ “duals” messed up the plan.

But I think it sill a good bet with colorless mana around and the rotation of KTK feth before ORI painlands. I’m not going to wait for 6 Tix each for sure considering the pile I have but I think doubling on all is a very decent goal (and a good amount Tix to cash in).

Hopefully you won’t learn that 900 copies is too much of a position 😉