Stock Manipulator Simulator

Draft dirty-trick cards to pump the stock, stay under the regulator's radar, and try to triple your ₩20M stake in 10 turns.

10turns

×3target

100radar limit

※ Satire. The stock and prices are fictional, and every card is a crime in real life (market manipulation, false disclosure).

What this tool does

Play a stock-pumping syndicate for 10 turns: each turn you draft one of three 'operation cards' to push the price, and try to grow your stake before the regulator's investigation risk reaches 100. The seven cards are rumour spreading, influencer hype, a fake news story, a syndicate pump, a retail shake-out, offshore shell companies and a rights-issue bomb. The stock and prices are fictional; it is a satirical game about why market manipulation is dangerous.

How it is calculated

You start with ₩10M in cash plus 100 shares at ₩100,000, ₩20M in total. Each turn the seven cards are shuffled and three are offered; the one you pick changes the price and the risk. The fake-news and pump cards automatically sell 30% of your shares right after lifting the price; the shake-out and rights-issue cards push the price down and then buy with 40% of your cash. Risk at 100 or above ends the game immediately with an arrest (assets seized). After 10 turns, total assets (cash + shares × price) of ₩60M or more (three times the start), ₩30M or more, or less decide one of three endings.

Press start to get turn 1's three cards

Each card shows its price change, risk change and any automatic trade; picking one applies it at once

Follow the turn, total assets (cash and holdings), price with its change from last turn, the risk gauge and last turn's log across 10 turns

An arrest or the end of turn 10 shows the ending, final assets and the return against your starting stake

Things to know

Risk 100 is irreversible. Three syndicate pumps (+35 each) reach 105 and get you arrested in three turns; slot in cooling turns with the shell companies (−20), rights issue (−15) or shake-out (−5).

Pump and news cards sell 30% of your shares right after lifting the price, so they cash out more when the price is already high.

The shake-out and rights issue push the price down but buy cheaply with 40% of your cash; following up with a pump next turn pays off.

The ₩60M ending is hard. Over 1,500 games played by looking a few turns ahead, about one in four reached it; picking cards at random ended in arrest about one game in three. Even if you could choose any card every turn, the ceiling is roughly ₩80M.

Frequently asked questions

What do the seven cards do?

Rumours: price +10%, risk +5. Influencer hype: +20%, +10. Fake news: +45%, +25 (auto-sells 30%). Syndicate pump: +60%, +35 (auto-sells 30%). Shell companies: price flat, risk −20. Shake-out: −15%, −5 (auto-buys with 40% of cash). Rights issue: −25%, −15 (auto-buys with 40% of cash). Risk never drops below 0.

Can the same card appear repeatedly?

The three cards in one turn are always different, but all seven are reshuffled every turn, so a card can come back next turn and the one you want may not show up for a while.

Why is the liquidation value zero when I get arrested?

Reaching risk 100 counts as having everything seized. The screen still shows the pre-seizure amount, struck through.

Does this relate to real markets?

No. The stock and prices are fictional and no market data is used. Everything on the cards is a crime in reality (market manipulation, false disclosure, spreading rumours); the game satirises that risk.

Are results saved?

No. Playing again or refreshing starts from scratch.

Satire for entertainment only. Market manipulation and spreading false information are criminal offences; this game does not endorse them.