Compete in our own Weekly Stock Picker's Challenge

[jacobnbr1]

TAKE THE CHALLENGE!

Pick a stock from $2.00 - $5.00 that trades no less than 100k shares daily volume that you think will go up in the next five days.

Select an entry price (like a market order), the stock must trade at that price within the next 5 days for your pick to be activated.

If the stock price gaps over or does not trade at that price during intraday swings you are not qualified.

The challenge plays till fridays close where I will calculate who won and post it on the thread.

The reward is yours to keep! The experience of fine tuning your ability to select a stock that is going to go higher. ( and that is cash in the bank for you) and of course bragging rights that you won..

Rules

1. stock priced between 2.00 - 5.00

2. volume of no less than 100k daily

3. entry price must be acheived during daily market 9:30 - 4:00 times (no pre market or after hour prices allowed)

4. no cramer picks from friday's show

5. one ticker per forum member

6. a ticker can be used once per challenge - if you want to use the same ticker for next week you must call it first after Friday's market close (4:00 est)

7. once an entry and ticker is selected and posted, there is no changing the entry or ticker.

8. entries for next challenge opens at Friday's market close (4:00 pm EST) and closes at midnight Sunday (12:00 pm EST)

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[the_menace]

I'm in. When do we start?

[jacobnbr1]

we will start this week. you will have till sunday night at midnight to have your ticker and entry price posted. the stock price must trade at the price you pick during open market conditions ( no pre or after market prices will count) ( use it like a limit order)
i see we got a sticky! ( thanks thierry) i need thierry to edit the rule page and input the bold text i just wrote.

this is a great exercise, the fact that this is "emotion free" will change your mindset.

i will make a rule sheet later that should be the sticky.

post your picks here, you can throw in why you think it will go up if you want. we will check the line up each night until friday.

alright! thats it. welcome aboard all. lets have fun :D

[Pillsbury41]

FNSR - http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=fnsr

2.00

its haven a good run and i hope it keeps it up.

[jacobnbr1]

FNSR - http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=fnsr

2.00

its haven a good run and i hope it keeps it up.

you beat me to that one. :x same entry price and opinion..
thats ok i will find another. thanks for joining :D

[jacobnbr1]

i use scans all the time. here is one from an oversold stand point.

i have found when doing these challenges it is a worth wile event to do a journal of what you pick and why.( lets you know what works or not)

i will pick ( look) at 3.35. it will have to come in a bit.

[dmanos]

CBB - http://quote.barchart.com/chart.asp?sym=CBB&code=BCMM

3.78

[jacobnbr1]

seen that one on a scan also. qualified by volume...
eght and cbb got a deal going might make this dawg go. i could not determine which would be the better play, eght or cbb..

[chinaman711]

I like XING but i may be a week early, time will tell. XING at 7.65 fridays close.

[Pillsbury41]

its 2-5$ limit chinaman.

[the_menace]

Here's mine: HAYZ

http://quote.barchart.com/chart.asp?sym=hayz&code=BCMM

Previous close: $3.90

[jacobnbr1]

I like XING but i may be a week early, time will tell. XING at 7.65 fridays close.

yes. the rules are 2.00 to 5.00. back to da drawing board chinaman711.

themenace
hayz qualified by volume.

the line up is getting big for da race. :D

[vthokienj]

I'll take Cytogen (CYTO).

friday close: $3.10
average volume: 140k

[jacobnbr1]

thats 5 jokeys for the race.... yuns gots till the end of the night to pick your noble steed for da race! ( just make sure you line em up facing da same way) :wink:

chinaman: you need to pick another stock between 2.00-5.00 average daily shares traded 100k...

[Gonz]

Excellent idea, jacob.

If I could make a suggestion...or rather, a request, really...for those of you who are inclined to do so (it'd be tedious to make it a 'rule of the game', and should be entirely voluntary), feel free to post why you choose the entry points you do. For those of us who are new to trading, it'll help us both to better understand the market and to hone our own personal trading systems (which doubtlessly need it...I've learned thus far more or less when a stock is about to turn the corner, but as for picking specific entry points, well, I'm lousy at that.)

Again, thanks for the thread, jacob. I'll be keeping an eye on it.

[chinaman711]

Between IMMU and CWPC so i will go with IMMU at fridays close of 2.30. Lets hope biotech's are hot hot hot next week.

[jacobnbr1]

Excellent idea, jacob.

If I could make a suggestion...or rather, a request, really...for those of you who are inclined to do so (it'd be tedious to make it a 'rule of the game', and should be entirely voluntary), feel free to post why you choose the entry points you do. For those of us who are new to trading, it'll help us both to better understand the market and to hone our own personal trading systems (which doubtlessly need it...I've learned thus far more or less when a stock is about to turn the corner, but as for picking specific entry points, well, I'm lousy at that.)

Again, thanks for the thread, jacob. I'll be keeping an eye on it.

no prob. gonz.
not joining da race?

[pietistic]

I had a really hard time selecting. I have two stocks in mind, but one was already picked, CBB.

My pick is:

NAPS @ 3.50

[jacobnbr1]

I had a really hard time selecting. I have two stocks in mind, but one was already picked, CBB.

My pick is:

NAPS @ 3.50

it really is a hard game to play. just imagine you have to pick a stock that has to move higher in 5 days, what a skill builder. surprised you didn't pick (eght) it has got some sympothy for the cbb deal.

surprisingly pie, alot of these stocks that were chosen came up on my sf bullish filter- stocks under 5..

[jacobnbr1]

ok here is da line up for the week of 12-12-05! party ends friday markets close

pillsbury with (FNSR (http://quote.barchart.com/chart.asp?sym=FNSR&code=BCMM)) @ 2.00 (nice pick)

jacobnbr1 with (LOOK (http://quote.barchart.com/chart.asp?sym=LOOK&code=BCMM)) @ 3.35 ( technical scan)

dmanos with (CBB (http://quote.barchart.com/chart.asp?sym=CBB&code=BCMM)) @ 3.78 ( looking for some in play action)

themenace with (HAYZ (http://quote.barchart.com/chart.asp?sym=HAYZ&code=BCMM)) @ 3.90 ( not sure how he came up with this steed)

vthokiens with (CYTO (http://quote.barchart.com/chart.asp?sym=CYTO&code=BCMM)) @ 3.10 ( same as above)

chinaman711 with (IMMU (http://quote.barchart.com/chart.asp?sym=IMMU&code=BCMM)) @ 2.30 ( having a tough time picking one)

pietistic with (NAPS (http://quote.barchart.com/chart.asp?sym=NAPS&code=BCMM)) @ 3.50 (wanting some action with cbb. what about eght?)

ALL JOCKEYS TO THE LINE UP!! GET THAT HOSS SOME VIAGRA AND GITTY-UP!! HIGH-HO-SILVER-AWAY!! (sorry! i get a little carried away)

not bad! 7 hoss's at da gate.( hope they all be facing the right way when the gates drop! )
i will update nightly. lets have another thanks to thierry for letting us play on his great website.. also some credit is due to grimreaper aka ( booyahoo) for turning me on to this game over at the www.einvesting.com site. and don'tcha worry about me, eyes be happier than a pig-n-slop for hosting this.

i am surprised no one else played with all the inplay action going on with the cheap stocks. yahoo is smoking with the inplay actions....

[Gonz]

Thanks for the invite, but methinks I'll sit on the sideline for this one.

[vthokienj]

Contest over! My stock is up $0.08 cents already. Game, set, match.

As for the logic part of my selection, I really don't know much about technical analysis yet and with a 1-week time frame this was little more than a hail-mary based on a small spike on friday with increasing volume on a stock near its 1-year low.

[dmanos]

Wow...I broke dead even today.

[jacobnbr1]

here is a run down of what went on today. and it was a good day

pillsbury--- (fnsr) qaulified and in. ( down .05- no worries mate)

jacobnbr1--- (look) did not qualify yet! what a bum deal..( up .47 on 2 doses of viagra! not bad for a technical scan eh?) xb might differ.

dmanos---- (cbb) qualified and in ( broke even by the end of the day, i would be happy with that vs tanking)

themenace--(hayz) qualified and in ( i had to bring it in on the one minute chawt to find it. up .25 not bad!)

vthokiens--- (cyto) qualified and in ( this one is on viagra! up .44 wow)

chinaman711- (immu) qualified and in ( a few cents down, "no worries mate")

pietistic---(naps) did not qualify yet! ( heading lower. i would rather not qualify than trade one down)



not a bad day! top three current standings

1st -vthokiens (and you wanted to quit)
2nd- themenace
3rd- dmanos

lets see how tuesday unfolds

[vthokienj]

I didn't want to quit, that was just a sarcastic 'contest over' message.

Looks like I will have to start working on a victory speech. So many people to thank.

[pietistic]

Hooray, I finally qualified!

[jacobnbr1]

i will update tonight on what went on. i got a business trip today and gm gets the contract on the new fleet we need.
sorry ford :cry: you gotsta to build em better.

[deepinwonder]

I wish I would have read this thread, sooner, I thought it was about the Mad Money challenge....

OK!! My pick is GTE, opened at $3.57 this morning. I've been posting about this stock for a while on this board (since it was under $2.) They signed a contract to provide cities in Mexico with wireless last week, too. BOO YAH!!!

[chinaman711]

Looks like it may run this week as there might be some news out soon.

[deepinwonder]

Yeah, it's been running like a dog. DH has more low bids in, in case it drops. He's been accumulating small amounts.

[jacobnbr1]

I wish I would have read this thread, sooner, I thought it was about the Mad Money challenge....

OK!! My pick is GTE, opened at $3.57 this morning. I've been posting about this stock for a while on this board (since it was under $2.) They signed a contract to provide cities in Mexico with wireless last week, too. BOO YAH!!!

sorry deep :cry: the pickers challenge starts on monday's and runs till friday's close. all entries must be submited by sunday at midnight.

we can use it next week if you like :D
let me know- also read the 1st post for the rules :idea: :P

[deepinwonder]

Even if you let me in late, I would still beat the pants off you, but that's okay. If you don't want to let me, I understand. This stock won't work like this next week, it's going to take a dip from profit taking, at which point, I will jump in and get more with REAL MONEY. I'm going to have to do more homework and come up with some new ideas, eh??? Have fun! :lol:

[jacobnbr1]

Even if you let me in late, I would still beat the pants off you, but that's okay. If you don't want to let me, I understand. This stock won't work like this next week, it's going to take a dip from profit taking, at which point, I will jump in and get more with REAL MONEY. I'm going to have to do more homework and come up with some new ideas, eh??? Have fun! :lol:

i can't enter you for the rules say i can't.
you will have to expand your mind alittle and find a stock that will move in 5 days. if you want to beat my pants off, i picked (look). go compare look to gte from monday to today and tell me who is up :wink:

i aint hosting this cause i think im the best, just want to help build skills in everyone. i use scans and all kinds of crap to look for stocks that move in 5 days. that would be the perfect paycheck job. (imo) oh yes and real money! how long have you been waiting or in this gte position to rise? as per this challenge, reflects i would have truly bought look at 3.35 as a limit order.( but really i would have in real time waited for green and then bought) but the challenge wants the exact entry. therfore i can't really say i am up in look, but it's a good feeling to see .03 cents away from entry and a very nice rally afterwards. :D

[jacobnbr1]

ok here is the scoop on da race track... you guys have done a great job for movement.


pillsbury (fnsr) up .24 (got that steed some feed and now the hoofs be smokin)

jacobnbr1 (look) up .19 ( it sure would be nice if i was riding dat hoss, i be standing at the gate waiting for my bronco to come back)" not qualified" how to enter? i place my order near support.. that is where wait for green works.

dmanos (cbb) up .3 ( clickclack'clickclack'clickclack-hear that? this hoss be walking)

themenace (hayz) down .26 (hey jockey!!!! you going da wrong way!) " one day up- one day down" curently down .01

vthokiens (cyto) up .26 ( you gots to tell me how you came up with this one)

chinaman711 (immu) up .06 (a few cents up now. that is the right direction though)

pietistic (naps) up .12 and qualified( i think the jockey had to go to the john when the gates opened, he's going now)




another good day. the only jocky sitting in the gate is me, everyone else be on the field.


1st place - vthokiens with cyto

2nd place pillsbury- (fnsr)

3rd place pietistic- naps

we are gonna have a battle to the end.

[deepinwonder]

OK, that's fine. You have too many restrictive rules for my taste and don't know why you would put such low price ranges on, either, since there are so many good stocks people could build their skills on, if that was really your intention... it shouldn't matter what the stock is going for, what should matter is where it is going, right? At any rate, it's your party, so party on. I'm not that big on games, anyway. :wink:

[jacobnbr1]

OK, that's fine. You have too many restrictive rules for my taste and don't know why you would put such low price ranges on, either, since there are so many good stocks people could build their skills on, if that was really your intention... it shouldn't matter what the stock is going for, what should matter is where it is going, right? At any rate, it's your party, so party on. I'm not that big on games, anyway. :wink:


man! you like giving me a hard time or what? i just started somewhere.
we can't really class any stock together. lets just focus on the small ones and then we can have a challenge on the 50. to 100 stocks.
i focused on small stocks because that is common stocks being picked here.
jeesh! :lol:

[deepinwonder]

man! you like giving me a hard time or what? i just started somewhere. we can't really class any stock together. lets just focus on the small ones and then we can have a challenge on the 50. to 100 stocks. i focused on small stocks because that is common stocks being picked here. jeesh!

Actually, these stocks have nothing to do with Mad Money, but neither do most of your posts on here. You don't stick to topics or rules, but you either hold others to yours, by the letter, or exclude them. That's why you got a hard time, you asked for it. :wink:

As for me, party's over.

[Thierry Martin]

Deepinwonder,

This forum is the one for forum member's own stock ideas, not meant as a discussion of Jim Cramer's picks. The other forum is for a general discussion of Cramer's picks and ideas.

Also, setting out a parameter for the stock price is fairer because low priced stocks will go up more on a percentage basis, statistically.

C'mon, you guys, kiss and make up!

[deepinwonder]

I am not mad, Thierry, but statistically, they are all the same if you use percentages to gauge your gain. I just thought it odd that one of the people who follows the topic *the least* on this board would throw someone else out of a game, for being one day late and not following his topic to the letter. It seemed hypocritical and unfair. I thought this board was about Cramer, you use that title to attract people, anyway. My mistake, sorry. :oops:

[jacobnbr1]

I am not mad, Thierry, but statistically, they are all the same if you use percentages to gauge your gain. I just thought it odd that one of the people who follows the topic *the least* on this board would throw someone else out of a game, for being one day late and not following his topic to the letter. It seemed hypocritical and unfair. I thought this board was about Cramer, you use that title to attract people, anyway. My mistake, sorry. :oops:

if you want to play the game you have to play by the rules. you will have to wait til next week. if you dont want to play then fine, stop typing and leave me alone.

[deepinwonder]

PS Jacob, I do like you and think your posts are a lot of fun, so mwah! There's your cyber-smooch... :o

[deepinwonder]

Oh dear, didn't know you were telling me to stop typing and leave you alone, when I sent you that smooch. We posted at the same time. Want me to take it back? Too bad, you already got it. :lol:

[jacobnbr1]

Oh dear, didn't know you were telling me to stop typing and leave you alone, when I sent you that smooch. We posted at the same time. Want me to take it back? Too bad, you already got it. :lol:

xxxoooo mwah! mwah!mwah! you lucky i didn't post a link for a pic of some plumber's crack for ye :lol:

[englishman26]

Along with DW, coming to this party rather late! No critisisms from me - Da rules is da rules!

Q: If I/we pick a stock, is it the price at the close on friday that counts for our gain/loss or can we choose to sell at any time during the week?

[jacobnbr1]

Along with DW, coming to this party rather late! No critisisms from me - Da rules is da rules!

Q: If I/we pick a stock, is it the price at the close on friday that counts for our gain/loss or can we choose to sell at any time during the week?

dw? dw = daryl waltrip( the nascar driver)
diw = deepinwonder
mw = micheal waltrip =( the bum)
:lol: :lol:
it is fridays closing price that determines the winner. the concepts is to have the most percentage gained in five days of holding.

[jacobnbr1]

ok here is the low down today. nothing going on really.


pillsbury (fnsr) up .7 ( looking to take da lead :idea: )

jacobnbr1 (look) unchanged ( waiting for mr. ed to come back. hello! this is wilber :roll: ) not qualified

dmanos (cbb) up .4 ( small gains daily can make a winner :wink: )

themenace (hayz) down .15 (still going da wrong way 8O )

vthokiens (cyto) down .50 ( ouch!!! this does not help :o )

chinaman711 (immu) up .08 (sprinting out of the gate is nice, but "slow- but- steady" will win everytime :D )

pietistic (naps) down .7 (taking back the gains a little. just a snitzle 8) )




what a bum day. current top three standings by percentages.


1st place - vthokiens with cyto (from 3.10 to 3.30 =6.5% : that big .50 withdrawl hurt bigtime.

2nd place pillsbury-fnsr (from 2.00 to 2.12= 6.0%

3rd place chinaman711- immu (from 2.30 to 2.38 = 3.5%

it is anybodys race at this point.

[chinaman711]

Time to make a move

[church mouse]

I don't know if it's o.k. to ask this, but I thought I would just throw it out there.
It would sure be educational for those of us who are learning if anyone would be willing to write a few lines beneath their pick to share how found it and why they decided upon it.
It seems like there is a lot of collective knowledge here and some of us could learn a lot from others.
Thank you!
Beth Ann

[chinaman711]

No problem asking questions just make sure you do your own research on any stock talked about on message boards. Lots of great info exchanged on these message boards. This is how i picked immu for the contest. First of all i had the stock back in the late 90's and did very well with it. About a month ago it came up on my screen as it was starting to get some attention and moved up to 1.80 from the 1.60 area. Then the news started coming out so i got in and have been adding on the way up. The group is starting to pick up too which is a plus as most biotech stocks are way down from their highs of the late 90's. I don't know if immu will ever get back to 40 that all depends on their drugs and how well they do in trials. I do know this traders will run this stock up on news in the short term and investors will hold for the long term in case they do come thru with that blockbuster drug. Hope this helps

[englishman26]

Most people won't understand what you mean by "came up on my screen". Can you explain that?

[chinaman711]

Screen= my streamer---I watch about 100 stocks thru out the day many are stocks i know like immu xing cxti sify cwpc on and on. When you sit there all day watching these stocks some will catch your attention on a given day and thats what immu did it caught my attention about 2 months ago. Today several have caught my attention CXTI CWPC MIVT and of course IMMU. MIVT just hit a new day high and looks good but the 1 that really looks interesting is CXTI as there was not much volume all day and a big seller at 1.75 and in the last 1/2 hour the 1.75 seller was taken out and some volume came in. So needless to say i got some at 1.75 just in case it runs back over 2 again. JUst hit 1.78 so we will see what happens the rest of the day. CWPC is my oilsands long term play stuck here at 2.04-2.05 but a buyer has been pick up alot of shares at 2.05 today time will tell on this 1. Good luck

[vthokienj]

For my pick Cytogen (CYTO) I first heard about it from Optimus25 saying he made some money off it a few years back. When Scottrade went 21st century and finally let you edit the watch list, I added it to my pharmaceutical one. Like chainaman and probably most everyone else, I have 75-100 stocks that I keep track of every day and CYTO caught my attention when it was up a decent percentage last friday on high volume. Plus, the company is local to where I live so I chose them.

[pietistic]

I chose NAPS because I've been following it since it bottomed a few week ago. I found it because the RSI(2) was less than 1. It clearly already made a run since I saw it, but I noticed what could be a bottoming pattern so I picked it for this contest.

I qualified on Tuesday @ 3.50 and it's gone down since it peaked on Tuesday around $3.70. However, I'm still bullish on it and I consider this pullback only a correction, bear trap, and/or getting out weak hands.

[chinaman711]

IMMU a very nice close at 2.59 i sure hope it gaps up in the morning as i added at the close. CXTI very nice close too as there was a big buyer that came in today and i hope he is back tomorrow to push it thru 2. Good luck

[jacobnbr1]

thursdays movements. i can tell there is some changes to be made..


pillsbury (fnsr) up .13 =2.25 from 2.00

jacobnbr1 (look) up ..14 =4.19 from 3.41 ---- still whistling dixie, not qualified. entry was 3.35.

dmanos (cbb) down .13 = 3.72 from 3.78

themenace (hayz) down .14 = 3.60 from 3.90

vthokiens (cyto) up .12 = 3.42 from 3.10

chinaman711 (immu) up .21 = 2.59 from 2.30

pietistic (naps) down .05 = 3.43 from 3.50




one more day and game over. heres the top 3


1st place - chinaman711 immu @12.6% took the lead and heading down the back straight-away!

2nd place pillsbury- (fnsr) @12.5% hot! smoking hot! roasting chinaman's trail..( he can taste it)

3rd place vthokiens cyto @10.3% tired from a full sprint, still keeping up though.

d-day, who will win? :idea:

844 views since sunday. :D
start looking for new tickers and lock them in after the close. :idea:
newplayers read da-rules foist.
8)

[deepinwonder]

you lucky i didn't post a link for a pic of some plumber's crack for ye

Oh, I get to see plenty of those on the construction site, nothing new under the sun there... :lol:

Have a great weekend, people!

[the_menace]

My pick was from the assumption that the auto market is about to rebound from its previous downward slope. My estimate didn't calculate just for this week but for the weeks to come. It has been a down week for HAYZ but its alright, at least I don't own it. :lol:

I'm sharpening my skills for next week's round already.

[englishman26]

Can we submit for next week yet?

[jacobnbr1]

Can we submit for next week yet?

post away sir! open for entries. i will update the winner shortly.

[englishman26]

I'm looking forward to seeing who won. I think FNSR had a little run up today that might have taken it into 1st place!

I'll do TWTI at todays closing price of $2.83. Goodluck everyone!

[jacobnbr1]

here is the line up and winners- this shows everbodys data. the final top three winners are posted at the bottom


pillsbury (fnsr) entry price@ 2.00 final close price 2.30 ( thats a final 15% increase) great job!

jacobnbr1 (look) entry price@ 3.35-(3.41 was the lowest it went-not qualified) final resting place 4.11. (that would be 19.4%) nice! too bad.

dmanos (cbb) entry @ 3.78 final close price 3.75 ( thats a decrease of .08%) not a bad looser, it is a well tried position that did not loose that much. good job

themenace (hayz) entry price@ 3.90 final close price 3.48 (ouch! that is a decrease of 10.8%) we need to refine what we play. look for an inplay stock or a stock that is about to bounce from support. we will help you sir. :wink:

vthokiens (cyto) entry price@ 3.10 final close price 3.39 ( not bad! that is an increase of 9.4%, still better than the bank rates) nice job

chinaman711 (immu) entry price@ 2.30 final close price 2.47 ( thats an increase of 7.4 % and still better than the bank) nice job

pietistic (naps) entry price@ 3.50 final close price of 3.45 ( thats a decrease of 1.4%) still a position tried without major loss. nice job




so the final positions line up looks like this.


1st place - pillsbury (fnsr) with a gain of 15.0% :D

2nd place vthokiens (cyto) with a gain of 9.4% :D

3rd place chinaman711 (immu) with a gain of 7.4% :D

top three placed with + gains. maybe mr.thierry martain could give a temporary aviator to the winner to show his status for the week that was? what do you think thierry? :idea:

[chinaman711]

I have 3 strong plays for next week but one of them wont take off till thursday. I think all the news last week on immu will send the stock higher but it might take a few months. As i said i had this stock back in the late 90's when it had a real nice run to 40. Long term the company has alot going for it and i do hope they come thru with their lupus drug as thats what got me into the stock back in the 90's. I almost picked CXTI as the big buyer was back in friday buying the stock. If cxti can get thru 2.10 then imo it will see 3 plus and i will look to add if it can clear the 2.10 area with some volume. IMMU closed at 2.47 friday and it better get back over 2.60 as i added to it at 2.55 and 2.59 so my pick is immu at 2.47. Now if cxti gets to 3 during the week then i change my pick to cxti ( just kidding ) I will stick with immu at 2.47. Good luck and congrats to the winner last week nice pick nice job.

[englishman26]

Looks like TWTI went down lots in afterhours so I'll have to lower my entry to 2.22. Not a good sign! Oh well. Maybe I should choose something else! Can i do that??

[ChronicDDL]

Are you going to have more of these games?

I play similar games on another chat board and I keep track of the games and winners. I will also keep track of the winners from this board. I have been keeping track of stock games since August for another board and the game tracker is helpful for members to see who has won the most games. I will be keeping track of the winners from this board on my stock site.

[showmethemoney]

If you guys are playing this week I want (BCON) at $2.00

[jacobnbr1]

yes the game is on for next week.

chronic: i got the tracking under control at the moment. thanks for offering. if i need you take over i will let you know. :D

[jacobnbr1]

here is my pick. (ugne) @ 4.30 :)
this was generated on a trend continuation scan i done, it finds stocks that have pulled back and have continued on with the trend. it should be a safe bet for gains. this is the first time i ran a live followed paper trade of this scan. we will see how it does 8O

the_menace: try going to www.stockfetcher.com and looking it over. it is a very nice useful site for picking stocks. there is a membership fee if you join, but the site should let you browse around and look at scans that are 5 days old. there is also a board to discuss what works and filter exchange ideas :wink: this should be the right perscription for you sir! remember! confidence is what makes a trader, no guessing allowed.
also, it is not what you trade, it is how you trade it... (tro)
now i will get criticized for being a " know-it-all" from someone! :lol: i just have confidence in what i do or feel. :D whats wrong with that?

pietistic gets the thanks for sending you to stockfetcher :D

[Thierry Martin]

I pick Conexant Systems Inc. (CNXT) (http://quote.barchart.com/chart.asp?sym=CNXT&code=BCMM) with an entry at 2.40

I use a combination of Voodoo and intuition, with my own secret sauce.

[jacobnbr1]

thanks for joining the game thierry.

you have till midnight to get your tickers posted for next weeks game....

so far we have 5 race cars in the pits, there is plenty of room for more.
lets get them cars waxed and gased for the race! 8)

[BOOOYAHOOO!]

I'm a tad confused by da 2.00 rule because the one I want to run is currently trading above 2.00, but me entry price will be below 2.00 since I believe there is a chance my price target for this dawg in me favorite long term sector will get hit this week, anywho, if I can enter a 2.00+ stock at a sub 2.00 tawget I will run IPIX at 1.60 pending fo dis week.

[Thierry Martin]

I believe the rule is that your entry price has to be between 2.00 and 5.00.

[BOOOYAHOOO!]

OK, if that's the case then I will run with ANLT right at 2.00 pending and see if it confirms the high from 12/7-12/8 at 3.30+ off the base it has been setting up this past week. Long termers should be aware that ANLT will retest 1.20, just as EGHT is a sub 1.00 stock, just as NMGC is a sub 2.00 stock. :D

[ChronicDDL]

CUP

Entry point: $2.70

[Pillsbury41]

CYTO - 3.39

[enough_2b_dangerous]

Not to divert traffic away from this site, but perhaps "we" should just start a competition at the "Virtual Stock Exchange":

http://game.marketwatch.com/Home/default.asp


* Learn how to invest online!
Build and manage a virtual portfolio – conduct market, stop and limit orders on the actual NYSE and NASDAQ securities

* Create your own virtual stock league!
Start your own private competition for your friends, colleagues and students

* Sign up today and Master the Market!
Start with a fantasy portfolio and trade stocks listed on the NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX exchanges. Conduct limit and stop orders, build your own private competition and more!


p.s. Why didn't I just register the competition there? Well .. this is my first post here. Anyway, I like the idea.

[xboilermaker]

DPII @ $2.40

[jacobnbr1]

DPII @ $2.40

welcome xb... i see we are getting a good line up going 8O

[TaoVirgo]

CPST is my pick

[vthokienj]

ARTG @ 2.02

[Luc1Grunt]

Jacob, toss me into the ring with CBTE @ 4.74. Thanks, Luc

[Luc1Grunt]

Disregard......forgot about the volume floor.

[jacobnbr1]

CPST is my pick

at what price do you want in at? it is like a limit order but must remain over 2.00...

[jacobnbr1]

thats it! entries are final.-----welcome race fans! here is the line up for the race...

the price you selected must be hit during normal intraday swings to be a "valid qualified entry". the average daily volume must be no less than 100k. (average daily).
anyone caught not meeting these requirements will be disqualified and banned from the racetrack.

please dispose of trash in the trash cans and no urinating behind the grandstand! :lol:


englishman twti @2.93 qual. by volume

showmethemoney bcon @2.00 qual. by volume

jacobnbr1 ugne @4.30 qual. by volume

chinaman711 immu @2.47 qual. by volume

thierry martain cnxt @2.40 qual. by volume

booyahoo anlt @2.00 qual. by volume

chronicddl cup @2.70 qual. by volume

pillsbury41 cyto @3.39 qual. by volume

xboilmaker dpii @2.40 qual. by volume--- ( just by a snitzle though)

uthokiens artg @2.02 qual. by volume

taovirgo cpst @??? ( i will make it at open price if you don't specify by market open) qual. by volume


11 drivers- 11 cars - will they qualify? will they place? will they be fast enough? will they pace them-selfs? all these questions will be answered starting tomorrow at 9:30.

it will be the famous words of D.W " boogitie! boogitie! boogitie! lets go racing"



let me know if i am wrrrr. wrrrrooo.. wrooonn... incorrect on those entries...

(thats odd. when i cut and paste from word they all get out of line) :?

[TaoVirgo]

Maybe CPST has enough legs to do something this week

[pietistic]

I'm late, but I want NAPS again at 3.50. Let me in if you want, they haven't traded yet this morning..

[englishman26]

How exciting! But my bid was 2.83 not 2.93. 2.83 was fridays close.

[jacobnbr1]

I'm late, but I want NAPS again at 3.50. Let me in if you want, they haven't traded yet this morning..

i would say i dont have a problem with it, but we need a vote for the fairness.. all in favor say i...

[Pillsbury41]

sure. go ahead. but then again deep was turned away and that would make it unjustified. but i say sure.

[englishman26]

How can we possibly argue with the "expert stock picker"!!

[jacobnbr1]

sure. go ahead. but then again deep was turned away and that would make it unjustified. but i say sure.

deep was turned away for wanting in tuesday at tuesdays open price. what about monday? pie will have his entry price as indicated before market open, if he's down, he is down. he made it before the market opened vs deep had a day on the week.
if yuns don't,we won't! the ball is yuns's court :lol:
either way i don't care cause he had an entry before the market opened- you can look back through the posts.

[englishman26]

I think NAPS is actually winning as we all did pretty badly in this terrible market today.

[jacobnbr1]

i got to play by the rules and the vote count is low for allowing pie to enter. sorry pie :cry:

what went on today: at one time i looked and they all looked like they were doing good. what a change in pace


englishman twti +1@ .35% qualified and on the track.

showmethemoney bcon -.19@ -9.05% qualified and on the track.

jacobnbr1 ugne +.12@ 2.83% not qualified- this aint happening!

chinaman711 immu +.3@ 1.21 % qualified and on the track.

thierry martain cnxt -.6@ -2.53% not qualified

booyahoo anlt -..08@ -3.81% qualified and on the track.

chronicddl cup -.15@ -5.43% qualified and on the track.

pillsbury41 cyto -.29@ -8.55% qualified and on the track.

xboilmaker dpii -.07@ -2.86 qualified and on the track.

uthokiens artg +.11@ 5.45% not qual.- just missed it!

taovirgo cpst +/- unchanged. qualified as entry at 3.15


did not qualify - jacobnbr1,uthokiens and thierry martin
all the rest be qualified and on the field running.

top three places.

1st-chinaman711 1.21%

2nd-englishman .35%

3rd-taovirgo 0%

we will see what shakes up tomorrow :wink:

[2 Worldz]

NWD at market price 1.50

[BOOOYAHOOO!]

i got to play by the rules and the vote count is low for allowing pie to enter. sorry pie :cry:

what went on today: at one time i looked and they all looked like they were doing good. what a change in pace


englishman twti +1@ .35% qualified and on the track.

showmethemoney bcon -.19@ -9.05% qualified and on the track.

jacobnbr1 ugne +.12@ 2.83% not qualified- this aint happening!

chinaman711 immu +.3@ 1.21 % qualified and on the track.

thierry martain cnxt -.6@ -2.53% not qualified

booyahoo anlt -..08@ -3.81% qualified and on the track.

chronicddl cup -.15@ -5.43% qualified and on the track.

pillsbury41 cyto -.29@ -8.55% qualified and on the track.

xboilmaker dpii -.07@ -2.86 qualified and on the track.

uthokiens artg +.11@ 5.45% not qual.- just missed it!

taovirgo cpst +/- unchanged. qualified as entry at 3.15


did not qualify - jacobnbr1,uthokiens and thierry martin
all the rest be qualified and on the field running.

top three places.

1st-chinaman711 1.21%

2nd-englishman .35%

3rd-taovirgo 0%

we will see what shakes up tomorrow :wink:

Actually, I took ANLT at 2.00, it closed at 2.02 so I should be up 1%. Not sure it isn't gonna tank since the OBV remains extremely high on da 10 day chawt. But it is selling off for the 3rd time in 7 trading days after a buy signal, so I gotsta believe this pig has a shot! :D

[jacobnbr1]

i got to play by the rules and the vote count is low for allowing pie to enter. sorry pie :cry:

what went on today: at one time i looked and they all looked like they were doing good. what a change in pace


englishman twti +1@ .35% qualified and on the track.

showmethemoney bcon -.19@ -9.05% qualified and on the track.

jacobnbr1 ugne +.12@ 2.83% not qualified- this aint happening!

chinaman711 immu +.3@ 1.21 % qualified and on the track.

thierry martain cnxt -.6@ -2.53% not qualified

booyahoo anlt -..08@ -3.81% qualified and on the track.

chronicddl cup -.15@ -5.43% qualified and on the track.

pillsbury41 cyto -.29@ -8.55% qualified and on the track.

xboilmaker dpii -.07@ -2.86 qualified and on the track.

uthokiens artg +.11@ 5.45% not qual.- just missed it!

taovirgo cpst +/- unchanged. qualified as entry at 3.15


did not qualify - jacobnbr1,uthokiens and thierry martin
all the rest be qualified and on the field running.

top three places.

1st-chinaman711 1.21%

2nd-englishman .35%

3rd-taovirgo 0%

we will see what shakes up tomorrow :wink:

Actually, I took ANLT at 2.00, it closed at 2.02 so I should be up 1%. Not sure it isn't gonna tank since the OBV remains extremely high on da 10 day chawt. But it is selling off for the 3rd time in 7 trading days after a buy signal, so I gotsta believe this pig has a shot! :D

sorry boo. i must have made an error somwhere, not that big of a deal being friday's close will be the final tally :wink:

[jacobnbr1]

what went on tuesday 12-20-2005 in the stock pickers challenge.. lots of selling! thats what went on. the pickers challenge could be rough to do in brutal market times.


englishman twti up .4 @ 2.88 = -1.7%

showmethemoney bcon down .6 @ 1.85 = -7.5%

jacobnbr1 ugne not qualified- up .3

chinaman711 immu up .3 @ 2.53 = 2.4%

thierry martain cnxt not qualified- up .4

booyahoo anlt up .18 @ 2.20 = 10%

chronicddl cup down .9 @ 2.52 = -6.7%

pillsbury41 cyto up .15 @ 3.25 = -4.1%

xboilmaker dpii up .11 @ 2.49 = 3.8%

uthokiens artg qualified today.. down .7 @ 2.06 = 2.0%

taovirgo cpst down .3 @ 3.12 = -1%


not qual. - jacobnbr1 and thierry martin
all the rest be qual.and on the field running.

top three places.

1st-booyahoo 10%

2nd-xboilmaker 3.8%

3rd-chinaman711 2.4%

[englishman26]

How am I down -1.7%? I got twti at 2.83 - I think you have it as 2.93 still. It will make a difference! :wink:

[jacobnbr1]

How am I down -1.7%? I got twti at 2.83 - I think you have it as 2.93 still. It will make a difference! :wink:


ok sir! i found the error and will fix it.

[englishman26]

Thank you sir!

[Thierry Martin]

Hey I think I just qualified - CNXT finally hit 2.40

[jacobnbr1]

what went on wendsday 12-21-05 in the stock pickers challenge.. not much more than yesterday, about the same. there was some roll changing but not much overall.

these are percentages only and reflect wendsdays movements

englishman twti +2.1%

showmethemoney bcon -7.5%

jacobnbr1 ugne not qualified

chinaman711 immu +5.7%

thierry martain cnxt qualified now. -2.5%

booyahoo anlt +5.0%

chronicddl cup -8.9%

pillsbury41 cyto -11.5%

xboilmaker dpii +6.2%

uthokiens artg +3.5%

taovirgo cpst -1%


once again i am not qualified!

top three places.

1st- XBOILERMAKER +6.2%

2nd- CHINAMAN +5.7%

3rd- BOOOYAHOO +5.0%

[chinaman711]

Hope to see immu get thru 2.70 today looks like a slow ride up until they put out some news. LRT watch this one today i took a small position yesterday and will be adding today.

[BOOOYAHOOO!]

Here's da midweek TA scoop on the top 3 at this juncture.

IMMU is in the buy mode and will probably take out 2.80+ before it falls. I think it has a shot at 3.00. If I was an oddsmaker I would give IMMU the best odds of the current leaders.

DPII will retest the 2.30 area but is still in the buy mode. If it can continue to make gains it could be the winner but it can also fail at any time. A great paper trading stock at this point, but I wouldn't personally buy at this level.

ANLT will retest the lows in the future. But as of right now the recent 3.30ish high still needs to be taken out. It is tough to decipher whether or not this rocket will have to settle out, signal buy, and selloff before the next rally or if it will switch as quickly back into buy mode as it just did into sell mode. :D When this stock ANLT, GTE, EGHT, and NMGC, all make the next run they could take out recent highs on each, those be nice moves people! :D I'll now give EGHT a decent shot of rallying since it took out 2.10 which was a low that needed to go, plus the OBV is a -10million which means fokes is giving up. A quick fall of EIGHT to 1.50 would be a worthwhile day to swing trade speculation from current levels. But methinks it's run foist. Let's see.

Hope yuns doan mind me giving my take on some of da playas. This is a stock opinion site, isn't it? :D

[jacobnbr1]

Here's da midweek TA scoop on the top 3 at this juncture.

IMMU is in the buy mode and will probably take out 2.80+ before it falls. I think it has a shot at 3.00. If I was an oddsmaker I would give IMMU the best odds of the current leaders.

DPII will retest the 2.30 area but is still in the buy mode. If it can continue to make gains it could be the winner but it can also fail at any time. A great paper trading stock at this point, but I wouldn't personally buy at this level.

ANLT will retest the lows in the future. But as of right now the recent 3.30ish high still needs to be taken out. It is tough to decipher whether or not this rocket will have to settle out, signal buy, and selloff before the next rally or if it will switch as quickly back into buy mode as it just did into sell mode. :D When this stock ANLT, GTE, EGHT, and NMGC, all make the next run they could take out recent highs on each, those be nice moves people! :D I'll now give EGHT a decent shot of rallying since it took out 2.10 which was a low that needed to go, plus the OBV is a -10million which means fokes is giving up. A quick fall of EIGHT to 1.50 would be a worthwhile day to swing trade speculation from current levels. But methinks it's run foist. Let's see.

Hope yuns doan mind me giving my take on some of da playas. This is a stock opinion site, isn't it? :D

no i don't mind sir. feel free to add any opinion you have or correct me if i am wrong. i know it is a simple task to track these, but me gots a very new baby at home and have to help moma alot :D thank you

[BOOOYAHOOO!]

Hope to see immu get thru 2.70 today looks like a slow ride up until they put out some news. LRT watch this one today i took a small position yesterday and will be adding today.

This LRT play you have here looks like a similar setup to IMMU. Did LRT actually trade to 4.00 last week? If it did I might have to start following your picks because I like the setups you be finding. They be lookin good on da 10 day chawts. :D

[chinaman711]

Check the 3 month chart on LRT. I just added to my position at 3.15 should be news out later today. If the news is what i think it will be lrt should run back over 4. Has been a nice trade last 2 months and i hope 3rd time is a charm. Good luck if you get in and watch around 3pm for the news.

[chinaman711]

Hope to see news around 3pm

[xboilermaker]

SLS has gotten boring, so I checked out LRT and have bitten off 1000 at 3.12. I know of no news that is forthcoming momentarily, but I hope you are right chinaman711. Good luck.

[englishman26]

Technically, it looks like LRT could return to $4.50 fairly quickly but it'll need a catalyst. I don't know why you know about some news - I couldn't find what you were talking about. I'm not dropping anything but I'm certainly interested! :wink:

[chinaman711]

Well the news came out after the bell and it is not good. I will take a bath on this one i think. Now i need XING to come thru and bale me out. XING nice close at 7.50

[xboilermaker]

You ante up and take your chances, hoping for the best. I see my lead was short lived, since DPII waited til after the bell for any movement at all. But it ain't over til it's over. Look at chronic roar back into the game!

[englishman26]

Well my TWTI seems to be dying a death too - but fortunately I sold it in the real world yesterday for a 20% profit. Didn't have time last weekend to research anything newer so went for this.

Actually I was thinking of playing with TIII - but that dropped 8.5% today while looking quite good technically. Bit scary when you don't understand why something moves the way it does. No real world money here either though! :wink:

[jacobnbr1]

what went on thursday 12-22-05 in the stock pickers challenge.. i have to apologize to the fellow members for being late to update the challenge. not only do i have a new baby in the house, i am sick as well.. sorry folks

looks like we are having a close race so far.

englishman twti +.7 %

showmethemoney bcon -10 %

jacobnbr1 ugne still not qualified

chinaman711 immu +6.9 %

thierry martain cnxt -1.2 %

booyahoo anlt +7.5 %

chronicddl cup +3.0 %

pillsbury41 cyto -16.5 %

xboilmaker dpii +6.2 %

uthokiens artg +5.0 %

taovirgo cpst -3.5 %


jacobnbr1 not qualified

top three places.

1st- boooyahoo +7.5 %

2nd- chinaman711 +6.9 %

3rd- xboilmaker +6.2 %

tomorrow the last day. good luck to the top 5 it will be a close race...

[BOOOYAHOOO!]

Close race into da close, I see CUP makin a run fo da money from back in the pack. Ynless I am missing one the 1,2, & 3 finishers should be very close. Can anyone make that last move into the close?!! C'MON ANLT! :lol:

[xboilermaker]

Good game, gentlemen (and ladies if relavant). Got me an airline for next week, and was hoping to get in cheaper, but up 7% today.

[jacobnbr1]

ok thats it! race over! lets see how everyone faired.



englishman twti +3.9 % nice run. from 2.83 to 2.94

showmethemoney bcon -10.5 % didnt fall to bad from 2.00 to 1.79

jacobnbr1 ugne +4.9 % did not ever qualify from 4.34 to 4.51

chinaman711 immu +4.0 % nice job from 2.47 to 2.57

thierry martain cnxt -2.9 % nice try from 2.40 to 2.33

booyahoo anlt +8.5 % good job from 2.00 to 2.17

chronicddl cup +6.3% not bad from 2.70 to 2.87

pillsbury41 cyto -13.9% biggest loss from 3.39 to 2.92

xboilmaker dpii +10.4% biggest gainer from 2.40 to 2.65

uthokiens artg +5.4% nice from 2.02 to 2.13

taovirgo cpst -2.9% not a big looser from 3.15 to 3.06

not a whole lot of gains, they started out great.


jacobnbr1 never qualified


top three places.

1st- xboilermaker +10.4% weekly winner- congrats!

2nd- booyahoo +8.5% thanks for playing, nice job.

3rd- chronicddl +6.3% thanks for playing, nice job

the winner gets the " expert stock picker title for the week" theirry: be sure to change that for me. thank you sir!

lets get the new tickers in for next weeks challenge....

[xboilermaker]

OK, I'll still pick HA, at $4.00, even though that's a quarter more than I had planned, on the hope that petrol will keep coming down. And I like the website with "Hawaii anytime" download program, with Hawaiian music radio station.

[BOOOYAHOOO!]

OK, let's see how long it takes me to take my initial $10000 stake and run it into the ground by making a new pick each week and betting my entire bankroll on it! :lol: Based on my 8.5% return from last week I'll take my entire $10850 and put it on XIDE at 2.75 pending. XIDE is now below 4.20 support which also happens to be the area it just tried to break through off da 52 week low of 3.47 from last week. The first sign that fokes was giving up was da foist gap just yesterday. Now we gots fokes a guessin as evidenced by the fact that OBV is a rising off the 3.45ish low from that gap. What are those buyers gonna do if XIDE now breaks below da 52 week low? My bet is that they panic. I'd be there between 2.60 and 2.75 in real $$$ maybe even, never mind this paper $$$. :D But let's see how far gambling that my target doesn't get toasted let's my bankroll last, just fo fun! :D

[jacobnbr1]

i am going to try to get in the game this week.
my pick for this week is (gte) at 2.75. i know it will probably drop some but i can't seem to catch the support just right, so i will catch it going up :roll:

this pick was picked from an rsi (2) scan setup. lets see how this scan works, i have never used it 8O

i leave the other scan for da udder site where you get edollars for winning, right mr. boooyahoo :wink:

[ChronicDDL]

HEB @ $2.30

I didn’t know if you already set up a game tracker (http://chronicstocks.com/chat/viewtopic.php?t=236) for these games so I started my own tracker.
I will be keeping an unofficial weekly game tracker for these games on my site.

[BOOOYAHOOO!]

HEB @ $2.30

I didn’t know if you already set up a game tracker (http://chronicstocks.com/chat/viewtopic.php?t=236) for these games so I started my own tracker.
I will be keeping an unofficial weekly game tracker for these games on my site.

That's purty "upstanding" of you to track the results! The only improvement I could see would be to award 3 points for 1st, 2 for second, 1 for third place finishes and then keep a running total of points. If you do that then visitors will be able to track additional great stock pickers becasue of high point totals, instead of just wins. Getting da win every week will prove to be veeeery difficult. :D

[BOOOYAHOOO!]

i leave the other scan for da udder site where you get edollars for winning, right mr. boooyahoo :wink:

Oiyay Mr. Jacob, if this site had de udder site's trade simulator and play $$$ awards it would be waaaay better than playin Mono-poly, da board game, doancha think?! :D Glad to see you are borrowing my GTE for this week. Sumbody bareeed me EGHT at de udder site. I like boat dem dawgs for the simple reason that a frenzy can break out at any time. You played it right by stayin above it. I'd do the same with EGHT, looks like a buffer zone from 1.98 to 2.10 which is first major resistance. I'm gonna have to start chawgin a fee ta fokes who be glommin ponies from me private stable. :D But what to hey? All is fair in luv-n-war and at da track. :wink:

[xboilermaker]

Thanks for each day without that expert stock picker rating Thierry. I blush just contemplating it, for I was just lucky, as is the case with past and future winners. What's next, guru for two time winners, or supreme for three timers? If you must, go ahead and install it, and I will live with it for a week, with the knowledge that I do not have near the expertise or knowledge of the whiz's in whose midst I find myself. If only the week was as good to my real world portfolio.

[jacobnbr1]

Thanks for each day without that expert stock picker rating Thierry. I blush just contemplating it, for I was just lucky, as is the case with past and future winners. What's next, guru for two time winners, or supreme for three timers? If you must, go ahead and install it, and I will live with it for a week, with the knowledge that I do not have near the expertise or knowledge of the whiz's in whose midst I find myself. If only the week was as good to my real world portfolio.

perhaps thierry can change it to " weekly stock pickers challenge winner"
i had thought myself "expert stock picker" might be misleading to new browsers... excellent point xb.

[englishman26]

I'll take CWPC at $2.00 for next week.

Congrats on your win XB!

[lilbri]

MAMA AT 2.83

[the_menace]

I'm here to win this time...

PCYC - Pharmacyclics Inc. @ $3.59

Reason: the price just hit low and its on way up. if you're still a skeptic, check out the graph.

[chinaman711]

I will stay with the biotechs as many of them have been doing well. IMMU i like long term but it may be stuck here for a while so my pick this week is EXAS at fridays close of $2.27 but i would love to be beaten by CWPC as i am holding it for the long haul.

[jacobnbr1]

heres the new line up for the challenge week of 12-26-05!!!

xboilermaker (ha) 4.00

boooyahoo (xide) 2.75

jacobnbr1 (gte) 2.75

chronicddl (heb) 2.30

englishman26 (cwpc) 2.00

lilbri (mama) 2.83--- trying desperatly to show me up at this site now. why? :lol:

the_menace (pcyc) 3.59

chinaman711 (exas) 2.27

a few of the other players did not play this week.
7 players is enough for the challenge..
i will update on qualifications tomorrow.

thank you thierry :wink:

[church mouse]

I don't know if it's o.k. if I join in this week, or if I am too late- but I have been learning so much from this thread and wanted to give it a try, if you guys don't mind.
If it qualifies under your guidelines, my stock choice is CUP , PERU COPPER INC.
Beth Ann

[the_menace]

I also have the stocks challenge in my blog so you can easily have a quick view of each stock in this week's challenge.

http://www.menacestudio.com/blog/?cat=4

[chinaman711]

CWPC looking good and i added at 2.04 and 2.06 and its now 2.08 with a little volume coming in. Nice pick and i hope it has a huge run. Good luck

[englishman26]

Yeah I bought CWPC at $2.00 on friday - up to 2.12 now. I was worried it wouldn't have qualified for the game this morning and gapped above but looking at the chart it actually dipped to 1.98 before heading up this morning. Nice!

[xboilermaker]

Not quite as lucky with HA, so good luck to all.

[jacobnbr1]

tuesday- lets see what went on today!

xboilermaker (ha) not qualified- gapped over 4.00 to 4.05- qual. by volume

boooyahoo (xide) not qualified.. did you mean 3.75 instead of 2.75???

jacobnbr1 (gte) qualified and running +1.8%

chronicddl (heb) qualified and running. down .10

englishman26 (cwpc) qualified and running +7.5%

lilbri (mama) qualified and running the wrong way :lol:

the_menace (pcyc) qualified and running- down today

chinaman711 (exas) qualified and running +6.6%

so we have not qualified- booyahoo and xboilermaker
the rest is on the field and running...

top 3 so far

englishman26 +7.5%

chinaman711 +6.6%

jacobnbr1 +1.8%

[BOOOYAHOOO!]

tuesday- lets see what went on today!

xboilermaker (ha) not qualified- gapped over 4.00 to 4.05- qual. by volume

boooyahoo (xide) not qualified.. did you mean 3.75 instead of 2.75???

jacobnbr1 (gte) qualified and running +1.8%

chronicddl (heb) qualified and running. down .10

englishman26 (cwpc) qualified and running +7.5%

lilbri (mama) qualified and running the wrong way :lol:

the_menace (pcyc) qualified and running- down today

chinaman711 (exas) qualified and running +6.6%

so we have not qualified- booyahoo and xboilermaker
the rest is on the field and running...

top 3 so far

englishman26 +7.5%

chinaman711 +6.6%

jacobnbr1 +1.8%

No, I meant 2.75 on XIDE. And the more I look at it the less I think that even 2.75 will be low enough! :lol: I might luck out but my entry target is still above my "new thinking" low by appx 10-20%. My guesstimation is that da Naz is going to experience a second gapdown as early as today. Watch da VIX as it approaches 10.75ish, if it can hold that area or higher I think the trap door opens up on da Naz fo round 2. I'm also thinking that the hedgies will rally em into the end of the year. Especially with GOOG. If they can make it to Jan they can sell and not have to pay taxes until 2007 so I think we are in for a setup. Most of my plays going into salamie sequence of a new 52 week low experience that premature bounce. You just experienced it with SCLN for instance. WPTE did it. IIG did it. GTE did it. So now I am trying to guage a premie move like that with XIDE and trying to pick the initial bottom. Fun to do cause it keeps da pawts o da machine well-oiled! :wink:

[jacobnbr1]

what went on today -wendsday- alot of selling again

xboilermaker (ha) not qualified

boooyahoo (xide) not qualified

jacobnbr1 (gte) -3.3%

chronicddl (heb) -6.1%

englishman26 (cwpc) +27.5% wow!!!

lilbri (mama) -13.8%

the_menace (pcyc) -3.9%

chinaman711 (exas) -.4%

xb and boo are still unqualified.
the rest are at a loss except englishman

1st englishman26 +27.5%

2nd chinaman711 -.04%

3rd jacobnbr1 -3.3%

we will see how the rest of the week shakes out.

[UCBANKER]

Can I get in on the next week? Jan 3-6, seems like an excellent exercise to build confidence. Thanks

[jacobnbr1]

Can I get in on the next week? Jan 3-6, seems like an excellent exercise to build confidence. Thanks

sure you can.. just enter the ticker before sundaynight at midnight :wink:

[chinaman711]

I should of stayed with immu as it had a real nice day today and is up a little in after hours. Looks like it may test 3 soon and then works it way higher while waiting on the news of a deal to come. NVLT another biotech that had a nice day could take out 2 tomorrow. EXAS down a little not doing so well on this one. XING hanging in there just can't get thru 7.70 yet : ) when it does im looking for a nice run on this one. CWPC down a little after a big runup yesterday still a great long term play imo. Watch immu tomorrow could run.

[jacobnbr1]

do i dare look at these today? thursdays actions

xboilermaker (ha) in and qualified today. +1.5%

boooyahoo (xide) not qualified

jacobnbr1 (gte) -20.4% ouch!

chronicddl (heb) -4.3%

englishman26 (cwpc) +22.5%

lilbri (mama) -15.2%

the_menace (pcyc) even 0%

chinaman711 (exas) -1.3%

booyahoo is unqualified

1st englishman26 +22.5%

2nd xboilermaker +1.5%

3rd the_menace 0.00%

last day. what gives?

[chinaman711]

I have 3 picks this next week NVLT IMMU and ONXS. NVLT had buyers in the last hour and really looks good for next week. IMMU nice volume today should see 3 plus next week. ONXS was real strong today as CHINA is trying to make a deal with them. I hope immu rockets thru 3 as im holding it long term or at least until the deal is announced. Im also holding NVLT long term as i think the biotechs will do well but my pick next week is ONXS at 4.30 on the hope that they can work out a good deal with CHINA. Good luck everyone and that was a nice pick on CWPC have that one long term too. Good job englishman

[jacobnbr1]

I have 3 picks this next week NVLT IMMU and ONXS. NVLT had buyers in the last hour and really looks good for next week. IMMU nice volume today should see 3 plus next week. ONXS was real strong today as CHINA is trying to make a deal with them. I hope immu rockets thru 3 as im holding it long term or at least until the deal is announced. Im also holding NVLT long term as i think the biotechs will do well but my pick next week is ONXS at 4.30 on the hope that they can work out a good deal with CHINA. Good luck everyone and that was a nice pick on CWPC have that one long term too. Good job englishman

one pick per player chinaman711. which ticker are we playing this week and what price???

[jacobnbr1]

friday. closing game positions..




xboilermaker (ha) 4.00 to 3.99 -.2 %

boooyahoo (xide) 2.75 never qualified

jacobnbr1 (gte) 2.75 to 3.68 +33.8 %

chronicddl (heb) 2.30 to 2.17 -5.7 %

englishman26 (cwpc) 2.00 to 2.37 +18.5 %

lilbri (mama) 2.83 to 2.46 -13.1 % (keep trying!)

the_menace (pcyc) 3.59 to 3.55 -1.1 %

chinaman711 (exas) 2.27 to 2.21 -2.6 %


and the top thre places are:

1st jacobnbr1 (gte) +33.8 %

2nd englishman26 (cwpc) +18.5 %

3rd xboilermaker (ha) -.02 %

great game guys, not bad for a bad week in the markets.
thierry: be sure to update the weekly winner's id. thanks

get those tickers together for the next challenge!!!

[pmb1010]

i am going to try to get in the game this week.
my pick for this week is (gte) at 2.75. i know it will probably drop some but i can't seem to catch the support just right, so i will catch it going up

this pick was picked from an rsi (2) scan setup. lets see how this scan works, i have never used it



thats one heck of a scanner you got there chief...
good work

[englishman26]

Yeah - the rsi scanner picked up that GTE would be signing a $600 million deal with Russia today! :?

It was great to see that one go today though! Actually up about 65% on the day.

[jacobnbr1]

Yeah - the rsi scanner picked up that GTE would be signing a $600 million deal with Russia today! :?

It was great to see that one go today though! Actually up about 65% on the day.

well put english man. the scan cannot determine fundies, although i often think the companies release news when a stock price is near a critacle support level.??? i have no proof of these types of patterns but i have seen it time in and time out. for sure i was lucky on that pr release :D

[BOOOYAHOOO!]

Yeah - the rsi scanner picked up that GTE would be signing a $600 million deal with Russia today! :?

It was great to see that one go today though! Actually up about 65% on the day.

well put english man. the scan cannot determine fundies, although i often think the companies release news when a stock price is near a critacle support level.??? i have no proof of these types of patterns but i have seen it time in and time out. for sure i was lucky on that pr release :D

I told ya GTE would eventually make a run to that recent nonconfirmed top! :D I actually played it at de udder site with a buy on Th into da close at 2.15. Then I tripled my bet on the opening break and got in at 2.02. Sold the 20K shares I bought at 2.02 for 3.82 and then sold da rest at 3.68! Not too chabby but I have no idea why me net portfolio gain for da month only rose to +8.20%. :? BTW, as of right now 2 of the 3 I mentioned that could sky to confirm recent tops after 30%+ retracements have just about completed their missions, GTE and NMGC. Do you remember what the third one was? :D

[englishman26]

VION?????

[UCBANKER]

I would like to pick Nortel (NT) at $3.05 lets see how I do. I would also like some more information on these scanners. What is the thread where they are discussed?

[pmb1010]

I can't say for sure, I did not go thru all the old posts here.
From what I can infer, maybe this:

http://www.stockhideout.com/archive/index.php/f-24.html

[englishman26]

DIO at 2.03 for tuesday.

[jacobnbr1]

my filter scans that i normally use are not producing any plays, this pick was generated by a scan built from a book. i just put it together and it came up with a couple of nice looking breakouts. lets just see if there is any lead in the pencil here.
(mng) at 2.58 :wink:

[lilbri]

ILL HAVE A GO AT OMNI @3.72

[chinaman711]

I'll take onxs at 4.30

[jacobnbr1]

here is the line up for the challenge 1-2-06
good luck to all players


ucbanker (nt) 3.05

englishman711 (dio) 2.03

jacobnbr1 (mng) 2.58

lilbri (omni) 3.72

chinaman711 (onxs) 4.30



small line up this week.
englishman seems to be using a nice method for picking, lets see how his play works out this week.

[englishman26]

You assume method in my madness?? 8)

[jacobnbr1]

You assume method in my madness?? 8)

sure! i think you are doing great, do you use a scan? if you are not you need to write one for what you see on the charts. you can adjust your methods alot easier that way... alot of the ones i pick i only want at a certain price, or if they have bounced off that price. scans help assist in that method- example gte ( and i know they had the deal) but if you look on a chart you will see support at 2.00 and i figured it would bounce there.
a scan led me to that one. but luck was really on my side cause i suspected it to reach 2.00 on wendsday or thurs and hopeful gains from there instead of selling off all week and friday at 11:00am the pr hit and the stock went crazy. funnie :wink: that was from an oversold scan with a sell slope that is normally pretty accurate.

[englishman26]

I had GTE in my sights but I had a lower entry target and so basically missed it!

I don't think I'm doing anything anyone else isn't doing - but you're right I'm just looking at charts and I'm not using a scan. I just look at stocks in the price area and see where it looks like lower resistance levels are and also look for changes in volume, and whether there's a recent history of volitility in the price. I set up alerts in scottrade because I obviously can't watch them all all the time. It's not rocket science!

When you say "write a scan" - in what?? You mean in java or vb?

[Luc1Grunt]

English, you can build a scan at wealthlab.com and use it as a watch scan and backtest tool. I use several of the user submitted scans, but still scratching my head on some of the codes and usages. fascinating tool.

[jacobnbr1]

I had GTE in my sights but I had a lower entry target and so basically missed it!

I don't think I'm doing anything anyone else isn't doing - but you're right I'm just looking at charts and I'm not using a scan. I just look at stocks in the price area and see where it looks like lower resistance levels are and also look for changes in volume, and whether there's a recent history of volitility in the price. I set up alerts in scottrade because I obviously can't watch them all all the time. It's not rocket science!

When you say "write a scan" - in what?? You mean in java or vb?

you can go to www.stockfetcher.com and get the idea of what i am talking about. you can access all the information as a non-member. you will need to subscribe for up to date charts though. i pay 8.95 per month and would not trade it for the anything else.

[englishman26]

I like this stockfetcher - I could play with it for hours!! I'll tell you once I've got something that somewhat represents what I'm looking for and sort of works on their 10 day back testing. I'll send it to you and you can do some more extensive testing, if you like!

[Luc1Grunt]

Jacob, do you participate in the stockfetcher discussion pages? username? also, which screens have you used with success on that site? Many questions, but thanks for the help!! Luc

[jacobnbr1]

I like this stockfetcher - I could play with it for hours!! I'll tell you once I've got something that somewhat represents what I'm looking for and sort of works on their 10 day back testing. I'll send it to you and you can do some more extensive testing, if you like!
sure, you can open a thread discussion on sf in the filter exchange forum and get some help from THE RUMPLED ONE(TRO) and i can look in also if you want. i use the same screenname as here.

[jacobnbr1]

Jacob, do you participate in the stockfetcher discussion pages? username? also, which screens have you used with success on that site? Many questions, but thanks for the help!! Luc
i hardly ever discuss anything there, i just peek in and read from time to time. my screenname is the same as here. also i have used a couple of filters there but i have tweaked them to my desire. most times a guy makes a scan for what he needs and does not meet your needs, you can change them easily for what you want to do. follow THE RUMPLED ONE for help.
hope this helps.

[Luc1Grunt]

much appreciated. Luc

[jacobnbr1]

what went on today-1-4-06


ucbanker (nt) qualified and + 4.3 %

englishman711 (dio) not qualified

jacobnbr1 (mng) qualified and -3.9 %

lilbri (omni) qualified and -4.6 %

chinaman711 (onxs) qualified and + 1.9 %



englishman is un qualified at the moment.

1st ucbanker + 4.3 %

2nd chinaman711 + 1.9 %

3rd jacobnbr1 - 3.9 %

we got a short week so we will see what gives tomorrow.

[xboilermaker]

Darnit, so much fun with family visiting, forgot to enter this week. But said goodbye at the airport, so watch out next week. Thank you Chinaman, for the LRT, which I still hold. Otherwise my mad money would still be in SLS, and losing money.

[chinaman711]

Make sure you watch for the news at the end of the month on LRT as it has been real nice to trade. If they pay a divd. again the stock should run up a buck if they say no divd. look for a drop of 50 cents. Love to trade LRT. Good luck and watch for the news IMMU ONXS XING coming soon.

[jacobnbr1]

what went on today 1-04-06, not much. some role changing but all in all the same


ucbanker (nt) + 6.2 %

englishman711 (dio) not qualified yet

jacobnbr1 (mng) - 3.5 %

lilbri (omni) - 1.3 %

chinaman711 (onxs) + 4.7 % ( the higher the dollar amount, the more the price needs to rise to compete)

englishman still unqualified


1st ucbanker + 6.2 %

2nd chinaman711 + 4.7 %

3rd lilbri - 1.3%

[jacobnbr1]

what went on today 1-5-06...


ucbanker (nt) + 8.2 %

englishman711 (dio) still not qualified

jacobnbr1 (mng) - 12 %

lilbri (omni) - 1.6 %

chinaman711 (onxs) + 10.2 %



englishman still unqualified

1st chinaman711 +10.2 %

2nd ucbanker + 8.2 %

3rd lilbri - 1.6 %

final straight away, lets see how we finish.
is it me or does it seem the holiday schedule sucks???

[englishman26]

Did I finally just qualify?!?! I think I might be able to steal 3rd place!

[BOOOYAHOOO!]

I want to get my pick in early for next week. I'll run my entire stake on EGHT above da mawket at 2.12.

[englishman26]

I'll take DEZ at 3.33 for next week. Hoping for continued upward trend - but it might tank!

[xboilermaker]

Cald @ 4.55 with permission to revise enrty for a couple of hours, depending on aftermarket tonight.

[Learjet45]

Hello all. I just found this sight and would like to play your little game.
I will have a submission shortly.

[jacobnbr1]

Cald @ 4.55 with permission to revise enrty for a couple of hours, depending on aftermarket tonight.

yes. go ahead and list the new target... :)

[jacobnbr1]

what a finish! what a close race between ucbanker and chinaman711.
the final game tally for 6-6-06


ucbanker (nt) 3.05 to 3.40 + 11.5 %

englishman711 (dio) 2.03 to 2.06 + 1.5 % and qualified.

jacobnbr1 (mng) 2.58 to 2.35 - 8.9 %

lilbri (omni) 3.72 to 3.61 - 3.0 %

chinaman711 (onxs) 4.30 to 4.77 + 10.9 % if that stock was 1.00 less in value, you would have won



1st ucbanker 11.5 %

2nd chinaman711 10.9 %

3rd englishman26 1.5 %

nice job men. ucbanker stole the "weekly challenge winner" aviator from me.

thierry martain: please update the aviator. thanks a million!

lets get them tickers in for the next challenge! you really miss the game when you sit out a round, and thank god the holiday schedule is over....

[UCBANKER]

I will gamble with VTSS@2.33 for this next week.

[chinaman711]

Time for CWPC to get going as it has been stuck in the 2.40 to 2.50 range. With oil going higher and cwpc to put out news one of these days on their drilling results it time this stock gets going again. Im still in ONXS as it came right back after telling CHINA no deal. Who knows maybe china will come back with a better offer if not tech stocks look to be hot for a while and some are starting to make a comeback. Maybe ONXS can get back to $150 but of course i will be out at 6 7 and 8 and leave 140 bucks on the table. Keep an eye on another oilsands play DOIG should have news out soon. Good luck and good job ucbanker.

[xboilermaker]

I'm sorry, CALD does not seem to meet the min vol requirement on many days. I fell asleep and forgot that small detail. What now? Find another?

[jacobnbr1]

I'm sorry, CALD does not seem to meet the min vol requirement on many days. I fell asleep and forgot that small detail. What now? Find another?

yes. go ahead and make a new selection...

[xboilermaker]

OK, give me ECR at Fridays close of 2.37. I might buy some myself, just for the dividend, and it is gonna break out soon.

[ChronicDDL]

KRY @ 2.45

[jacobnbr1]

my ticker is TIII@2.70.. this is from a break out scan.

[lilbri]

ILL TRY GEG AT 4.45

[jacobnbr1]

weekly stock pickers challenge line up for the week of 01-09-06.


booyahoo eght 2.12

englishman26 dez 3.33

ucbanker vtss 2.33

chinaman711 cwpc 2.45

xboilermaker ecr 2.37

chronicddl kry 2.45

jacobnbr1 tiii 2.70

lilbri geg 4.45

what a nice line up! lets see how they qualify etc.

[jacobnbr1]

lets see what was shakin today 01-09-06.


booyahoo eght not qualified

englishman26 dez not qualified

ucbanker vtss -3.4 % and qualified

chinaman711 cwpc + 11.8 % and qualified

xboilermaker ecr 0.00 % and qualified

chronicddl kry -1.6 % and qualified

jacobnbr1 tiii + 6.7 % and qualified

lilbri geg + .07 % and qualified

boooyahoo and englishman are unqualified.
1st chinaman711 + 11.8 %

2nd jacobnbr1 + 6.7 %

3rd lilbri + .07 %

[chinaman711]

CWPC off and running. DOIG not a bad day and im looking for more on this one. DWOG just like cwpc a real strong day and im looking for more. They have a conference in canada next week and that could really get this stock going and one of its partners POGI was nice today too up .02 to .18 a great penny play on the oil sands.

[madcowdisease]

OK, give me ECR at Fridays close of 2.37. I might buy some myself, just for the dividend, and it is gonna break out soon.

What's the catalyst?

[xboilermaker]

I don't think that housing is as dead as some believe, and with interest hikes ending, with their less than perfect clientele, they should do ok. I don't own any yet, Don't really trust what little research I do. I sure don't anticipate being lucky enough to have Cramer feature it. I know that chronic is basking in the glow tonight. Do you have a real position in KRY, chronic?

[ChronicDDL]

I don’t personally have any KRY at the moment, but I have some friends who trade the stock and they are stoked after today’s close.

[jacobnbr1]

lets see what went on today 1-10-06. a very strong field. nice game so far.


booyahoo eght not qualified

englishman26 dez not qualified

ucbanker vtss -2.6 %

chinaman711 cwpc + 8.6 %

xboilermaker ecr + 13.9 %

chronicddl kry + 6.1 %

jacobnbr1 tiii + 8.5 %

lilbri geg + 1.6 %

boooyahoo and englishman26 are hanging out like good buddies not qualified.
alot of nice moves today. lets see if they can hold up the gains from today?
what about that appl today? what a monster! you just can't predict somthing like that.

1st xboilermaker 13.9 %
2nd chinaman711 8.6 %
3rd jacobnbr1 8.5%
it is anybodys game.

[englishman26]

As Boo likes to say "risk free investing" - that is, where you don't actually buy anything! :wink:

[BOOOYAHOOO!]

As Boo likes to say "risk free investing" - that is, where you don't actually buy anything! :wink:

Actually, it's "worry-free" investing :D which is when you can buy/short and not shivagits about the short term swings cause you know what will happen over the longer term. Regretfully, not a single stock on this week's list qualifies as a worry free investment since all of them will be getting slammed lower in the not too distant future, I'm hoping I can just keep my pony holding steady for a possible late week surprise and a run to da finish. There is still that nonconfirmed trend high at 3.30 on EIGHT after all. This list of dawgs looks purty good right in cheeeya after 2 days of trading. But I wouldn't be surprised to see 2 of the top 3 finishers in da red befo da week is out! 8O

[BOOOYAHOOO!]

Caaamon EGHT, shoo can do it baby! :lol:

[Luc1Grunt]

Boooo I hate to say it, but she looks ready to pop. Good luck. :D

[jacobnbr1]

lets see what went on today besides bickering. lol, 01-11-06.


booyahoo eght not qualified

englishman26 dez not qualified

ucbanker vtss +2.1 %

chinaman711 cwpc + 5.3 %

xboilermaker ecr +11.8 %

chronicddl kry + 14.3 %

jacobnbr1 tiii + 8.1 %

lilbri geg -2.5 %
nice gains if i do say so myself. everbody in the game deserves a pat on the back for a good pick

boooyahoo and englishman are unqualified.boo's eght might come up and whip us, it be warming up for the launch
1st chronicddl + 14.3 %

2nd xboilermaker + 11.8 %

3rd jacobnbr1 + 8.1 %

[jacobnbr1]

lets see what was shakin today 01-12-06. here are the stats
one more day left!

booyahoo eght qualified -3.8 %

englishman26 dez not qualified

ucbanker vtss -2.1 %

chinaman711 cwpc + 15.5 %

xboilermaker ecr + 10.5 %

chronicddl kry + 13.9 %

jacobnbr1 tiii + 8.1 %

lilbri geg - 2.7 %

englishman is unqualified .
wonder how we end? nice little game this week.
1st chinaman711 + 15.5 %

2nd chronicddl + 13.9 %

3rd xboilermaker + 10.5 %

[jacobnbr1]

Final results 01-13-06 for the weekly challenge


booyahoo eght - 3.8 %

englishman26 dez - .06 % and qualified

ucbanker vtss - 4.7 %

chinaman711 cwpc + 47.8 % wow! We have the winner.

xboilermaker ecr 0.00 % broke even

chronicddl kry + 18.4 % nice job as well

jacobnbr1 tii + 4.4 %

lilbri geg - 3.6 %

so the end results look like this

1st chinaman711 cwpc + 47.8%

2nd chronicddl kry + 18.4 %

3rd jacobnbr1 tiii + 4.4 %

what a game! That was a great competitive game if I say so myself.


lets get those new tickers in here for the next line up!

I am now open for new entries.

[englishman26]

Yey I qualified. It'll probably run nicely next week. DIO, my pick from the previous week, had a good run this week.

CWPC!! 8O

I'll take ECR at 2.39 for next week. Good luck peeps!

[xboilermaker]

SLS, my first choice has fallen below the min vol, so I will try AERTA at 2.38, a few cents above yesterdays close so that I don't pull a BOO and fail to qualify til the last day. Same reasoning as last week that housing isn't dead.

[BOOOYAHOOO!]

Otay, not gonna give up on EGHT just yet. It did slip into sell mode but I'm wreckin it'll signal buy on Tue. Hopefully it'll sell off a tad after that signal which would be bullish. At this point 1.98 or there abouts looks like da numba that should hold and taint nuthin on da chawt that says the 1.91 recent low needs to go. Plus the Th high is a nonconfirmed top so we knows it's gonna be gettin through there at sometime in da future. Of course EGHT is eventually a sub 1.00 stock so bad news can still brang er down in a heap. I can't take a price below 2.00 according to da rules so I'll take EGHT again but this time I'll go below da mawket at 2.00. After 2 plays with my 8.50% gain and my 3.80% loss my 10000 inital bankroll stands at 10438 (to da nearest dallah).I'll risk the entire bankroll on EGHT with this call that EGHT is never enough! :wink:

[BOOOYAHOOO!]

SLS, my first choice has fallen below the min vol, so I will try AERTA at 2.38, a few cents above yesterdays close so that I don't pull a BOO and fail to qualify til the last day. Same reasoning as last week that housing isn't dead.

I think you meant Englishman. He picked one last week that was trading at the tippy top and it didn't get back up until the last day. Your pick AERTA is almost as good as his was except that you will probably luck out and it will fall and keep falling and never hit your target entry price. That way you won't end up wit a big or little loss, but a loss nonetheless. Unless you unluck out and it hits 2.38 on the open of course! :lol: Doan let my negativity persuade you to change yer pick. I'm real anxious to see how this thangy AERTA ends up befo da week is out. :P

[xboilermaker]

I'm sorry BOO, I haven't been paying enough attention to your posts. I about fell over when I looked again to find that you shot above the market. I had my mind set for some reason that you had tried for a timid lowball price that hadn't hit. Then I look and see it was just the opposite, you picked a stock that come UP to your price. But wait, I gotta go back and re-read the rules, because I think I'm still missing something...

Funny what old age does to you, because I had forgotten the rules already. I was out a week because I forgot to enter, and this week, somehow I was under the assumption that if your target was above the price you were automatically qualified, which you would have been. I'm straight now, and in fact, have raised my estimate of your bravery up a notch or two.

[Luc1Grunt]

Put me in for ALOY at 2.76

[jacobnbr1]

my pick is ( sfe ) at 2.20. this is from a scan.

[ChronicDDL]

MRB @ 2.35

[lilbri]

WELL LETS SEE HOW MY PICK THIS WEEK DOES ILL HAVE A GO AT HDTV @ 2.87 :lol: :lol:

[CapeCodSue]

ANX at $4.72

[CapeCodSue]

MSPD @ $2.99

[CapeCodSue]

DISREGARD LAST POST

[chinaman711]

I will stay with the oil sands plays in canada DWOG at 2.03 fridays close.

[jacobnbr1]

here is the new line up for 01-16-06. 9 players all together. welcome new players and congrats to chinaman711 for last weeks win.

player ticker price

englishman ecr 2.39

xboilermaker aerta 2.38

boooyahooo eght 2.00

luc1grunt aloy 2.76

jacobnbr1 sfe 2.20

chronicddl mrb 2.35

lilbri hdtv 2.87

capecodsue anx 4.72

chinaman711 dwog 2.03

off tomorrow so i will update tuesday.

[xboilermaker]

I guess there's no need wondering who jumped out to the lead this week, since everyone else is red, except for Chronic, who missed qualifying by 1 penny. Just had to comment and let BOO know that I made it up to my qualify price with AERTA. I get to gloat for 1 day anyway.

[englishman26]

Tough day today!

[jacobnbr1]

here is an update of who is qualified and in. i am going to be straight to the point and no percentages today.



englishman ecr qualified and in

xboilermaker aerta qualified and in

boooyahooo eght qualified and in

luc1grunt aloy qualified and in

jacobnbr1 sfe not qualified

chronicddl mrb not qualified- gapped over the entry price

lilbri hdtv qualified and in

capecodsue anx qualified and in

chinaman711 dwog not qualified- opened at 2.06

today the top three

1st xboilermaker

2nd booyahoo

3rd englishman26
i will upate the percentages tomorrow.

[xboilermaker]

Oh oh, I have my first challenge in this weeks contest now that Chinaman is qualified.

[jacobnbr1]

UPDATE ON THE PICKERS CHALLENGE-01-18-06. what a crap week so far!




englishman ecr -2.5 %

xboilermaker aerta +2.9 %

boooyahooo eght -1.0 %

luc1grunt aloy -1.8 %

jacobnbr1 sfe not qualified

chronicddl mrb qualified and in. -6.0 %

lilbri hdtv -4.2 %

capecodsue anx -5.9 %

chinaman711 dwog qualified and in +1.0 %

what more can happen? jacobnbr1 is not qualified. let me know if i make an error.

1st xboilermaker +2.9 %

2nd chinaman711 +1.0 %

3rd booyahoo -1.0 %

[chinaman711]

Ouch, hope it is better tomorrow.

[chinaman711]

CWPC what a day looking for 5 soon then 6. DWOG taking its time and POGI won't run till DWOG gets going. DOIG finally got noticed today looking real good here at 1.50.

[jacobnbr1]

lets take a gander of what went on today besides a lottt of selling. 01-19-06 some role changing went on i see.



englishman ecr -2.9 %

xboilermaker aerta +2.9 %

boooyahooo eght -1.5 %

luc1grunt aloy -4.0 %

jacobnbr1 sfe still not qualified- thats ok, that is why we have a plan.

chronicddl mrb 0.00 %

lilbri hdtv -6.3 %

capecodsue anx -10.2 %

chinaman711 dwog +4.9 %

lets see how this week closes out! what a bad week, i sure am glad i do not make a living from being a trader.
although when you look at the charts of the markets they tell you to expect a drop. what about that appl dropping 3 and some change today? i would love to end this trade in appl, i am tired of seeing the ticker on my screen. i sold the calls and i am looking to off-load the puts as soon as i reach target( whenever that will be). let this be a learning experiance to me. never go short unless the (ma) has been broken, and never try to guess the top or bottom, only guess when support and resistance will allow you to speculate, and if not? walk away. when you are wrong you have to lay out more cash to correct the vital error you made, which made my stake in appl about 20% of my portfolio and in both directions.... never again. too much time. too much headache. too much time focusing on one stock. never again...lol!! you can work a simple system like the chart guru has with minimal effort and only hold for days. I be working on a system for myself of filter scans that will work well in bull markets. i may take the sidelines from this game to fine tune it, but i will still update the challenge.

1st chinaman711 +4.9 %

2nd xboilermaker +2.9 %

3rd chronicddl 0.00 %

[chinaman711]

CWPC closed at 4.10 i will take it as my pick at whatever the opening price is if thats ok. Oil sands story getting out watch 60 minutes sunday night.

[lilbri]

i beleave that this week im goin to test drive bba @ 3.00 :D

[BOOOYAHOOO!]

Otay, not gonna give up on EGHT just yet. It did slip into sell mode but I'm wreckin it'll signal buy on Tue. Hopefully it'll sell off a tad after that signal which would be bullish. At this point 1.98 or there abouts looks like da numba that should hold and taint nuthin on da chawt that says the 1.91 recent low needs to go. Plus the Th high is a nonconfirmed top so we knows it's gonna be gettin through there at sometime in da future. Of course EGHT is eventually a sub 1.00 stock so bad news can still brang er down in a heap. I can't take a price below 2.00 according to da rules so I'll take EGHT again but this time I'll go below da mawket at 2.00. After 2 plays with my 8.50% gain and my 3.80% loss my 10000 inital bankroll stands at 10438 (to da nearest dallah).I'll risk the entire bankroll on EGHT with this call that EGHT is never enough! :wink:

Stankin EGHT! widdlin down me bankroll ova heeeya! :D In my post when I picked it I mentioned that I would have looked for EGHT to break below 2.00 but since I was restricted by the 2.00 price rule fo da game I went with 2.00 as me entry price last week. I would have actually ran EGHT at 1.91 last week because I thought that would hold. And I still think EGHT will rally through at least 2.15 so no damage done really, except that my bankroll has now dwindeled to 9864 based on the 5.5% loss from my 10438 bankroll. That means I need a winner this week. 8O My final target for where I would personally buy EGHT is well below 1.00 so I will wait to post about it ova at the other board. But EGHT is well worth watching for anyone who is adept at spotting rallies. For this next week I'm gonna run with TCG's DCN. I never followed this stock until now. I see it is at a 52 week low and I am basing my entry target on the only trend bottom that shows up on da 20 day chawt which is at 7.60. I know nothing else about DCN. It is getting ready to signal buy possibly. If it does and it sells off it would be bullish. I am making my entry target a sheer guess. My entry target will be slightly less than 50% of the price of that only trend low I mentioned, 7.60. Put me down for DCN at 3.75 fo da whole shebangy! $9864!! 8O

[Luc1Grunt]

Put me down for IMGN....

I know Boo is gonna kill me on this! I got in with real money last Tues....we'll see if it has more in it.

[Luc1Grunt]

IMGN at 4.85

[xboilermaker]

I'll try giant JDSU @ 2.95. And BOO, I hope you are dreamin' when you think DCN is gonna hit your 3.75 target, since I got a thousand real at 4.20 and you are causin' me a weekend of worry now, especially with the news last night.

[jacobnbr1]

do i dare update the winning close day? i been putting it off cause i think they all are at a loss. i was wrong! one lucky guy got a + gain during this big knife cut job of a week.



englishman ecr 2.39 to 2.26 -5.4 %

xboilermaker aerta 2.38 to 2.27 -4.6 %

boooyahooo eght 2.00 to 1.89 -5.5%

luc1grunt aloy 2.76 to 2.58 -6.5 %

jacobnbr1 sfe 2.20 never qualified- the system kept me safe( for that week)

chronicddl mrb 2.35 to 2.28 -3.0 %

lilbri hdtv 2.87 to 2.67 -7.0 %

capecodsue anx 4.72 to 4.40 -6.8 %

chinaman711 dwog 2.03 to 2.11 + 3.9

so the placement looks like this

1st place chinaman711 + 3.9 %

2nd chronicddl - 3.0 %

3rd xboilermaker - 3.9 %
what a week.

[Luc1Grunt]

Nice job Chinaman!

[chinaman711]

Try and catch 60 minutes sunday night on the story of the oil sands in canada. I think this is just the beginning for some of these small oil companys who will be going after all that oil and gas in canada in the years to come. Check out the local newspaper too Fort McMurray today as there is alot of info you can pick up from the newspaper about the oil boom up there in that area. CWPC looks to be the best l/t play that i have found so far but im sure there are others up there that have not been noticed yet. Smaller companys like DWOG or even smaller POGI one of their jr. partners. DOIG finally got noticed thur and fri and im looking for more next week as oil looks to go higher in the future. Oil stocks the place to be nexk week imo so good luck and lets hope for a better market monday.

[BOOOYAHOOO!]

I'll try giant JDSU @ 2.95. And BOO, I hope you are dreamin' when you think DCN is gonna hit your 3.75 target, since I got a thousand real at 4.20 and you are causin' me a weekend of worry now, especially with the news last night.

I didn't realize that DCN was an autoparts supplier. In many cases I have bought stocks simply because da chawt looked good (bad to yuns guys :lol: ) without even knowing what to heck da company does fo a livin! Looks like da last wave coming down on F, GM, VC, and this little doggie DCN. But my entry target was in fact a guess based on me 50% rule and da last major trend bottom on da chawt near 7.60ish, plus the possibility that a buy signal comes in and it sells off further after that signal, which of course would be bullish.

[ChronicDDL]

HDY @ 2.90

[englishman26]

SGU at 2.45

[gunther92]

BDCO AT 2.51

[chinaman711]

Well my pick is CWPC @4.15 or whatever the opening price is. The 60 minutes story was real nice and i hope to hear more in the future from cnbc on the canadian oil sands.

[chinaman711]

DWOG @ 2.13 after doing a little more TA it looks to do better in the short term. So my pick is DWOG 2.13 good luck all

[jacobnbr1]

here is the new line up for 01-23-06. 8 players all together. welcome new players!

player ticker price

lilbri bba 3.00

boooyahooo dcn 3.75

lucigrun t imgn 4.85

xboilermaker jdsu 2.95

chronicddl hdy 2.90

englishman26 sgu 2.45

gunther bdco 2.51

chinaman711 dwog 2.13

i am setting out for a week or so as the business be needing my full attention at the moment.
i am also working on a system to trade. don'tcha worry, i will update the challenge

[madcowdisease]

let me get AEZ, or am i too late?

[jacobnbr1]

madcow: you must have a ticker submitted by sundaynight at midnight(eastern time). sorry.

what went on today01-23-06

i am not going to calculate percentages today, i am updating the qualifications and a quick placement tally.

lilbri bba qual. and in. up .01

boooyahooo dcn not qualified

lucigrunt imgn not qualified

xboilermaker jdsu qualified and in- down .03

chronicddl hdy not qualified

englishman26 sgu qualified and in- down .06

gunther bdco qualified and in- down .01

chinaman711 dwog :? :? you left me in a hard mental state of mind china. but i read your post and said "buy on the open or at 2.13"that means i treat it as a market order and filled you at 2.14. although i do not like this method of entry cause i am not sure in real time market order you would have been filled at 2.14. if you can see what i am saying? you may have been filled at like 2.20 or 2.25? looking at the intraday it was at 2.14 for one minute and jumped to 2.20sh never to retrace, i would call the market order being processed at 2.20? any other thoughts??? lets talk about it. any ways it is up like .37

in short review of placement with no data as it really does not matter right now.


1st chinaman711 if qualified

2nd lilbri

3rd gunther

[BOOOYAHOOO!]

[quote="jacobnbr1"]madcow: you must have a ticker submitted by sundaynight at midnight(eastern time). sorry.

what went on today01-23-06

i am not going to calculate percentages today, i am updating the qualifications and a quick placement tally.

lilbri bba qual. and in. up .01

boooyahooo dcn not qualified

lucigrunt imgn not qualified

xboilermaker jdsu qualified and in- down .03

chronicddl hdy not qualified

englishman26 sgu qualified and in- down .06

gunther bdco qualified and in- down .01

chinaman711 dwog :? :? you left me in a hard mental state of mind china. but i read your post and said "buy on the open or at 2.13"that means i treat it as a market order and filled you at 2.14. although i do not like this method of entry cause i am not sure in real time market order you would have been filled at 2.14. if you can see what i am saying? you may have been filled at like 2.20 or 2.25? looking at the intraday it was at 2.14 for one minute and jumped to 2.20sh never to retrace, i would call the market order being processed at 2.20? any other thoughts??? lets talk about it. any ways it is up like .37

I can see where a buy on open order could be a big PITA for the track moderator to keep track of. If Chinaman said buy on the open or at 2.13, I think in fairness to Chinaman you should have come back and clarrified whether or not that type of entry was valid. Since you didn't and there is no rule that says he couldn't take the opening price I guess he gets the 2.14 opening price. If I was you I would just stick to having fokes set a target entry price that must get hit during the week. That's real $$$ trading. Just my opinion ova heeeya. :D

[xboilermaker]

I thought about asking what was it, 2.13 or the open, then thought it was naturally 2.13, since the rules say an entry price must be specified. I would like to say "at the open" every Monday, which is automatic qualification, but jacob has dropped the ball by not asking for a ridgid price beforehand. On the other hand, there was a price stated, and that has to be enuogh said. Rules are rules. Sorry chinaman, just my opinion.

[jacobnbr1]

i will have to get with tierry and get the rule changes to a exact price of entry must be obtained.

in re: to chinaman, i really do not have a problem with a market order if one wants to play like that. it is certainly hard to call a market order though. i honestly do not think he would have been filled at open price.
i think he would have been filled at 2.25 as the stock hung there for around a 1/2 an hour.
i am going to call his market order filled at 2.25 and change the rule of entry from here on out....

[xboilermaker]

I couldn't understand why (like a market order) was there anyway, because once an entry price is specified it is not "like a market order".

[jacobnbr1]

Well my pick is CWPC @4.15 or whatever the opening price is.

that is what his post was... what i gather from his post is he wanted to chase it up and get filled at a qualified point no matter what the price. right?
actually- here is the deal chinaman and others:

chinaman posted:CWPC closed at 4.10 i will take it as my pick at whatever the opening price is if thats ok. Oil sands story getting out watch 60 minutes sunday night.

and then-Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 10:32 pm Post subject: CWPC

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Well my pick is CWPC @4.15 or whatever the opening price is. The 60 minutes story was real nice and i hope to hear more in the future from cnbc on the canadian oil sands

and then-Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 10:57 pm Post subject: Changed my my mind

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DWOG @ 2.13 after doing a little more TA it looks to do better in the short term. So my pick is DWOG 2.13 good luck all

so after all that i play judge and jury and tell you this as the rule states:
no changing the picks when submitted.

so being his original pick was cwpc and it would have qualified i am rendering his pick as un-qualified and void... sorry chinaman711.

[BOOOYAHOOO!]

DWOG @ 2.13 after doing a little more TA it looks to do better in the short term. So my pick is DWOG 2.13 good luck all

Actually Jacob, it appears Chinaman was looking for 2.13 after all based on this post I am replying to. Based on his 2.13 entry target I guess DWOG isn't even in the running yet since it only traded to 2.14 yesterday. But you figure it out cause I am really confused! Looks like Chinaman picked CWPC too. I didn't know we could even change our picks but I guess so. :?

[jacobnbr1]

i am refering to rule #7. once an entry and ticker is selected and posted, there is no changing the entry or ticker.
you can click the first page of the pickers challenge and see the rules...

[xboilermaker]

The confusion came in with jacob's post suggesting the pick was "dwog at 2.13 or the open", but nothing about the open was actually mentioned in the post. And since there was never an actual pick anyway, because entry price without provisions must be stated, he never changed his pick.

[chinaman711]

No problem its just a game and my real mad money is on DWOG and thats what counts. Sorry for the confusion

[jacobnbr1]

here is an update of what went on in the past two days01-26-06..




lilbri bba 0.00%

boooyahooo dcn still unqualified

lucigrun t imgn still unqualified

xboilermaker jdsu +2.0 %

chronicddl hdy -4.1 %

englishman26 sgu -12.2 % and qualified..

gunther bdco -8.0 %

chinaman711 dwog disqualified

boooyahoo and luc1grunt are unqualified at the moment. looks like englishman26 has been qualified and in the race. the race for what? the market must be tanking right now.
i havent the slightes idea of what the market has done over the past two days due to my business and my step father is in the hospitol on his death bed. just can't seem to have motivation at the moment.
so the placement looks like

1st xboilermaker +2.0 %

2nd lilbri 0.00 %

3rd chronicddl -4.1% hey chronic? could you possably fill my position for a while if need be? let me know..thanks