Talk:Capital Pains/@comment-166.147.88.15-20120815081116/@comment-4760419-20120815124907

Well, as mentioned in the article, the CP rifle checks the NASDAQ stock every 24 hours. The stock market for NASDAQ opens at 10am and closes at 4pm EST (same timezone as Washington etc.). When the stock market closes at 4pm, the game checks for the stock level at around 6-7pm. Whether the stock is positive (green) or negative (red) defines the color of the rifle for the next 24 hours. Since the stock ended up negative yesterday, the rifle will be red until 6-7pm EST. Then, if the stock has changed this afternoo, the rifle will change once again. Hence, the neutral stock (outside the stock markets opening hours) have absolutely no effect on the CP Hope this helps - tell me if you want another easier explanation since this is quite a hard-to-explain topic. I'll write a complete NASDAQ guide when i get the time :D