Day trading
The practice of buying players and (attempting to) sell them for a higher price shortly afterwards, without training them (as opposed to skill trading).
Daytrading is not as widely practised as it used to be. In response to a perceived competitive advantage daytrading provided, Hattrick institued changes to the game specifically to reduce daytrading's effectivness. Among the changes were higher agent fees for sold players graduated by length of time spent in the team, the introduction of the transfer compare feature, and an increase in the effect on the Team Spirit caused by buying and selling players.
However, arguably the most important change was the ability to search by region. As against searching by 80+ countries, there were created 8 different zones for everyone to look through.
Types of Daytrading
- Skilltrading - the practice of buying players that are close to increasing their main or secondary skill by one level, training them for one or two weeks, and selling them after that for profit
The Controversy of Daytrading
Some managers argue daytrading has a beneficial effect in the Hattrick economy, as they believe daytrading levels the prices of players.
Others believe daytrading gives a competitive advantage to people for being on the computer, is unrealistic, and preys on newbies.
See Also
Daytraders for a list of teams
