2+2 Stock Trading Competition

[BadBoyBenny]

I looked at his trades before he took #1 and knew I was blown out. He shorted something that took a dive with almost all of his money.

Obviously he is either brilliant, lucky, or trading with some insider knowledge.

[jdoe]

I just picked up another 38K in trades today.
Can you say hedge fund?

[jdoe]

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I looked at his trades before he took #1 and knew I was blown out. He shorted something that took a dive with almost all of his money.

Obviously he is either brilliant, lucky, or trading with some insider knowledge.

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Brilliant? Don't think so
Lucky Maybe
insider knowledge?

This made me chuckle, ....yes I am going to use inside information to win a stock market game on 2+2.

[Dan Mezick]

Hi There,

I think we can assume some of these game-trades have corresponding real-world trades in real accounts.

[jdoe]

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Hi There,

I think we can assume some of these game-trades have corresponding real-world trades in real accounts.

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nope.

I own 15 shares of XRX that i got as a gift 4 years ago. I don't play the market.

jdoe aka jpkruse

[Dan Mezick]

How about cutting and pasting your trades to date into a post here? That's a pretty incredible return for 1 month-- over 45%.

Many will enjoy examining the trades.

Some of the other traders are enjoying very high 1-day and 1-week momentum. You're #1 even in the short-term, and you are getting chased closely, in the shorter term views. Take a look:

Weekly Rankings : TwoPlusTwoEvent001 Competition
Rank Username Net Worth % Return # Trans
1 jpkruse@yahoo.com $771,308.06 5.27 % 28
2 dandy_don_17@yahoo.com $522,765.25 2.88 % 29
3 DanMezick $481,339.35 2.59 % 14
4 grb@taigabridge.com $510,829.11 2.33 % 7
5 ShakRampage@aol.com $440,726.26 2.33 % 1
6 kansas_rounder@yahoo.com $529,993.82 1.67 % 17
7 deflep1@sbcglobal.net $516,000.66 1.42 % 5
8 badboybenny_gc@hotmail.com $554,356.04 1.38 % 7
9 warren.whitmore@comcast.net $517,590.84 1.32 % 5
10 teknalysis $499,800.37 1.25 % 15

[Emperor]

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I just picked up another 38K in trades today.
Can you say hedge fund?



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I really like your strategy here.

Historically stock price declines happen faster and with more severity than upward trends. I'm not sure why Buffet isn't doing this if he can't find anything to buy in todays market.

[jdoe]

Anyone want to loan me $500,000?

[Dan Mezick]

....only 38 trades. This is phenomenal return.

Rank Username Net Worth % Return # Trans
1 jpkruse $836,411.04 67.28 % 38
2 nhamstra $567,687.74 13.54 % 2
3 badboybenny_gc $550,677.03 10.14 % 7
4 nikir2003 $535,059.13 7.01 % 59
5 deflep1 $525,998.72 5.20 % 5
6 stoli7 $519,850.65 3.97 % 4
7 dandy_don_17 $516,192.87 3.24 % 34
8 grb $511,883.00 2.38 % 10
9 kansas_rounder $509,650.65 1.93 % 20
10 James_Boston $507,786.85 1.56 % 7

I wont lend you 500K but maybe you would like to trade it for me for 20% of any profit you earn over the T-Bill rate.

67% plus. That's a real nice return.

Also, I notice the 3 months are not up yet.

[dandy_don]

I can't figure out if I got screwed or if I screwed myself...

I placed a sell on YRK (12,600 shares) this morning before I left for work at market price and the stock opened at $56.24, up some $14, but I only received credit for a sell at $40.83; that's a difference of $194,166.00.

Trade #47:
47 8/25/2005 6:26:00 AM 8/25/2005 9:01:00 AM Sell YRK 12600 Market Open 40.83 8