# Explain the stock exchange scene in Trading Places?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-stock-exchange-scene-in-trading-places/383549>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 10, 2006, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-stock-exchange-scene-in-trading-places/383549 "2006-12-10T07:01:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-stock-exchange-scene-in-trading-places/383549/21 "2006-12-21T12:48:18Z")

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ooops… ten days late, bumped the wrong thread.

Apologies.

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-stock-exchange-scene-in-trading-places/383549/22 "2006-12-21T13:34:40Z")

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[QUOTE=Surbey]  
I know this isn’t CS but this really isn’t a CS question. In Trading Places, I understand why Dan and Eddie’s characters are selling their stocks of OJ while the price is high, but why do they all of a sudden start to buy when the stock is hit low? That I don’t get. I mean, is there any logic to this? Buying a bunch of stock that low?  
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“Buy low, sell high”, perhaps?

Money is made when the stock is purchased, not when it’s sold.

It makes a lot of sense to me. 😉

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