As a user I would love to be able to tell at a glance wether the author holds a piece of their market or not before betting.
Currently I have to look at the positions tab and search for the author's name which is annoying and error prone. In some cases the author's position might be hidden away in the limit orders or in some cases the author may have sold their position.
I'm not saying that betting on your own market is intrinsically bad, but at least for myself it's something I think is important to know before deciding wether to partecipate.
This will resolve YES if markets where the creator is partecipating (or is not partecipating) are marked with a special icon or a special colour or other distinguishing feature.
Alternatively, if it's possible to create a type of market where the creator CANNOT trade, that also would be acceptable, as long as a user can tell by some distinguishing feature wether a market belongs to this category.
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| # | Name | Total profit |
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| 1 | Ṁ327 | |
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| 3 | Ṁ75 | |
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Related question with discussion and my thoughts: https://manifold.markets/jack/would-it-be-a-net-benefit-if-for-mo
@BTE since opening this question I have written my own script that basically shows what the creators position in the market is, including open limit orders and sold positions. Basically it's the equivalent of what manifold shows you for your position, but from the market creators point of view. The tool is useful to me.
I usually avoid investing heavily in markets where the creator has a clear opinion which is opposite to mine.
@BTE I think it's often bad, at least it's often enough bad that we should have some kind of indicator. Not always bad but pretty often affects the resolution in a significant way.
@Odoacre Everyone already has the option to lock themselves out of their own market - it's called self control.
@BTE It doesn't work very well for me, a few times I've accidentally traded on my own markets after forgetting that I had committed not to.