How to Make More Than 1.5 Billion Dollars
GTA V Story Mode
(Stocks Guide)

In GTA 5 Story Mode, it is possible to invest in Stocks and make more than a billion dollars to spend for every character.

The general idea is to buy shares in a company before they go up in value then sell them when the value reaches its peak or/and buy shares in a company after they go down in value and resell when the value rebound.
In short, you will buy low and sell high.

How to know what stock to buy is based on missions that Lester gives you where you hurt a company to benefit another.
There is also a random event that we are going to mention afterwards as a bonus.

It is wise to not launch the stocks missions (except the 1st one since it's mandatory to progress the story) until after you complete the Big Score Heist, as you would have more than 40 millions to invest for every character.
Do not buy Properties and make sure to spend as low as possible until then.

How to invest in stocks? (example)

First, open you phone and go to "Internet"

Click the "Money and Services" tab

There are 2 sites that you are going to use for stocks:
BAWSAQ and LCN, each site has different stocks.

To buy stocks, click the "Markets" tab on one of the sites, look for the specific company stock and click on it

Click "Buy"

Press and hold the "+" button to select as many shares as possible then click "Buy"

Finally, click "Confirm" to buy the shares

After a few in-game days, the shares price will go up until it reaches its peak and that's when you sell all the shares you bought and gain profit.
Here is an example on a stock increasing in value until peak:

To sell your shares, click "My Portfolio" then on "Sell all"

Sleeping will speed up the process. Trevor sleeps for 12 hours, Michael sleeps for 6 hours and Franklin sleeps for 8 hours, so, you'll be using Trevor to fast forward time.
You do not need to save each time you sleep.

Keep in mind, the stock price changes the morning of every day.

You will keep an eye on the stock value to make sure to sell before it goes down. (we will provide the stock price before and after so you know approximately when to buy and sell)

Have a different save and test with a mission to make sure you understand so you don't lose your money.

Steps to follow to make the most profit:

The steps we are going to follow are:

Step 1: Invest before launching the mission

Using all your money across the 3 characters, buy the specific company stock before launching the mission

Step 2: Sell after mission completion

Once you complete the mission, the stock price will skyrocket, sell everything across the 3 characters.

Step 3: invest in the rival company stock after selling

Invest everything you have in the stock of the company that you damaged as the price of its stock will rebound

Step 4: Sell after stock price rebound

The stock price will gradually increase and after a few in-game days, its price will reach its peak, you will sell everything once that happens.

Keep in mind that there are stocks that take more time than others to increase in price and there are stocks that reach peak price right after you complete the mission.

Now that the basics are explained, let's jump into the missions

Lester's Assassination missions:

In most of these missions, you're going to damage a company to benefit its competitor.

1st mission - The Hotel Assassination

This mission is mandatory to complete to progress the story, therefore you won't have that much money to invest, but it's still a profit so here is what you need to do:

BUY BEFORE MISSION:
[BET] BettaPharmaceuticals (BAWSAQ) {Stock Price ≈ $583}
SELL AFTER MISSION:
[BET] BettaPharmaceuticals (BAWSAQ) {Stock Price ≈ $875}
BUY AFTER SELLING:
[BIL] Bilkington (LCN) {Stock Price ≈ $27}
SELL AFTER REBOUND:
[BIL] Bilkington (LCN) {Stock Price ≈ $57}

After completing this mission do NOT continue the other Lester's Assassination missions until you complete the big score.

Also do NOT trigger the random event "Hitch Lift 1", this is a random event where you help a guy reach the airport in time and if you succeed he advices you to invest in a specific stock (more about it later).

2nd mission - The Multi Target Assassination

In this mission, you'll need to kill multiple targets. Make sure to have a sniper before launching it.

BUY BEFORE MISSION:
[DEB] Debonaire (LCN) {Stock Price ≈ $44}
SELL AFTER MISSION:
[DEB] Debonaire (LCN) {Stock Price ≈ $65}
BUY AFTER SELLING:
[RWC] Redwood (LCN) {Stock Price ≈ $78}
SELL AFTER REBOUND:
[RWC] Redwood (LCN) {Stock Price ≈ $306}

3rd mission - The Vice Assassination

BUY BEFORE MISSION:
[FRT] Fruit (BAWSAQ) {Stock Price ≈ $12}
SELL AFTER MISSION:
[FRT] Fruit (BAWSAQ) {Stock Price ≈ $15}
BUY AFTER SELLING:
[FAC] Facade (BAWSAQ) {Stock Price ≈ $4.6}
SELL AFTER REBOUND:
[FAC] Facade (BAWSAQ) {Stock Price ≈ $6.2}

4th mission - The Bus Assassination

In this mission, you will only gain from one company stock after taking out the target.

BUY AFTER MISSION:
[VAP] Vapid (BAWSAQ) {Stock Price ≈ $81}
SELL AFTER REBOUND:
[VAP] Vapid (BAWSAQ) {Stock Price ≈ $161}

5th mission - The Construction Assassination

Again, you would only gain from one company stock but you need to invest before starting the mission with this one.

BUY BEFORE MISSION:
[GCD] GoldCoast (LCN) {Stock Price ≈ $22}
SELL AFTER MISSION:
[GCD] GoldCoast (LCN) {Stock Price ≈ $36}

And with that, we conclude all of Lester's Assassination Missions.
Now for the random event:

Random Event: Hitch Lift 1

A guy that had his car broken down would ask you to get him to the airport in time. After taking him to his destination, he advices you to invest in Tinkle.

Here is where you can trigger the event:

If the event is not triggered, get away from the location and try coming back to it again.

BUY BEFORE MISSION
[TNK] Tinkle (BAWSAQ) {Stock Price ≈ $331}
SELL AFTER MISSION
[TNK] Tinkle (BAWSAQ) {Stock Price ≈ $441}

And that's it,
If you followed this guide properly you would have more than 1.5 billion dollars for every character to spend on buying Properties or Vehicles (Cars and Motorcycles, Planes, Helicopters and Boats).

The End

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