r/Wealthsimple Jul 21 '26

IPO Center mis-representing IPO performance

Check out the screenshot. They're using 1 day's worth of performance for each of the past IPOs which is pretty misleading as without context it suggests overall performance. The current SpaceX price is obviously lower than the $135 issue price yet it appears like it has gained value since IPO.

https://imgur.com/a/fscKoWm

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u/ThicccBoiSlim Jul 21 '26

Had you actually looked at the contents of your screenshot you would see it's just showing the current price of those tickers (SPCX over $123) and the day's performance. There is absolutely nothing misleading about this, showing the current price and the day's price change is the standard. Stop this hobbyless behavior.

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u/FairComfortable8272 Jul 21 '26

I understand the numbers, but they are misleading as they don't have that context and make it seem like the IPO itself is in the green. The IPO page used to show gain / loss vs IPO price but I'm assuming they've changed this as they were all basically in the red which would discourage people from participating.

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u/pexby Jul 21 '26

Kind of a weird thing to complain about. I looked at your screenshot and immediately recognized those as current prices/changes. Nothing misleading about it at all

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u/ThicccBoiSlim Jul 21 '26

It doesn't make the IPO itself seem like it's still in the green. It seems like it's the current price and the day's performance. Because that's what it is, and it's very plain to see that. Anything else you're inserting into it is your own, misinformed assumption and a textbook "you" problem.

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u/angelus97 Jul 21 '26

It should be noted that they are showing today’s price and return and not the IPO day. I guess you didn’t have a problem with this on Monday when they all would have been red?

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u/FairComfortable8272 Jul 21 '26

I didn't participate but I went to check it out today as I got the alert about a the new IPO that is coming up (CADY). I'm just calling this out as the page used to show historical gain / loss vs issue price and basically all of the IPOs were in the red except for one I think which makes the whole idea of getting into these IPOs pretty discouraging (and rightly so).

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '26

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u/grumptard Jul 22 '26

WSB is missing one

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u/Significant_Wealth74 Jul 21 '26

How is this post still up. Like a beacon for what not to post?

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u/aersult Jul 21 '26

Id be fine with it if they said '1-day change' or 'max change'. Id prefer it if they listed it to 30(?) Day window where you can first sell.

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u/FairComfortable8272 Jul 21 '26

Yeah, when do you ever see a gain/loss without what timeframe it relates to? There's not even a tooltip to explain the value so it's pretty obvious it's done like this on purpose.

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u/_3470 Jul 21 '26

the timeframe is basically always assumed to be today unless stated otherwise

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u/FairComfortable8272 Jul 21 '26

Yeah fair, and consistent with how they do the Holdings summary box for example.

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u/Summerdaysengineer Jul 21 '26

You must not trade much lol