Hi guys - we had a potential idea for how to change adjustments to make it more interesting/ engaging throughout the day, and make success less dependent on a single time once a day which may not be convenient for everyone. We thought it would be best to run it by the thread and get some opinions.
Currently, adjustment occurs once a day after the statistics from each channel are scraped and we do our calculations on how prices should change. In this new potential system, we still only scrape channel metrics once a day, so we don't have to worry about Susan being wacky. However, the adjustment is divided *randomly, per coin* into 2 sub-adjustment that would occur 12 or so hours apart, one probably in the morning (e.g. 9am ET) and one at night (9pm ET). For example, say a coin is calculated to adjust upwards by $500. We split it by a random amount, which is different every day for every coin. So, for example, it goes up $100 at 9am and the remaining $400 at 9pm. Now, the reason the RNG aspect doesn't ruin it (like I'm sure you're thinking), in my opinion, is because skilled players should know, or at least have an idea of, how a coin will move at adjustment based on their due diligence. If a coin moves $x at the first adjustment and will move $y at the second, someone following that coin should be able to make an assessment of $y based on $x, and therefore whether they should hold and wait until the second adjustment, or make their plays immediately. ("$noel didn't go up nearly as much as she should, I will wait until the second adjustment, when she goes up the rest, to sell" <= only people who are paying enough attention to noel can make this judgement. Players not in the know will just immediately sell when they see she goes up, when they should instead wait.) The "random" manner in which it's split should not actually matter, and is just to prevent people who don't have the required knowledge from immediately determining what will happen at the second adjustment, which defeats the speculative purpose. This will engage discussion, speculation, and increase activity throughout the day, as users debate on how much coins still have left to move. Users who improperly assess the magnitude of the coming adjustment will be punished for making their plays too early, or for waiting too long. Having two adjustments will also make it possible for people who can't be awake/ available to play during one of the adjustments to still make beneficial trades at another time.
This is in no way a perfect, completely fleshed out idea, so I'd love to hear what you think.
