How To Play - NBA Stock Exchange

• How to Play NBASE
• Game Basics
• Sign-Up
• Setting Up Your Roster
• Using the Trading Floor
• What's New

Using the Trading Floor

The NBA Stock Exchange (NBASE) uses an open market for managers to buy and sell players. During the player Initial Public Offering (IPO) period, a player's value is primarily based on his projected performance, but once the market goes "live" on October 21st a player's price is determined by the entire pool of NBA Stock Exchange managers.

As more managers buy a player, his price goes up. If more managers are selling a player, his price goes down. A player's monetary value doesn't count toward your team's score, but shrewdly managing your roster is the key to success.

To buy or sell players, go to the trading floor. Players you already own that are available for sale have a "Sell" button next to their name while the players you can buy have a "Buy" button. Once you click one of these buttons, you'll go to a confirmation page. Since the trading floor is real time, the price could actually change before you confirm the transaction. Only when you click "confirm" is the price that you see on the confirmation page locked.

If you start a player today, they will be "locked" and unavailable for sale until market open the next day. The player will appear as "locked" on the Roster and Trading Floor. If you buy a player today, and start the player today, they will have a "waiver lock" and you will not be able to sell that player until market open two (2) days later and they clear waivers. The player will appear as "locked" with letters indicating the day they will be available for sale on the Roster and Trading Floor.