Pick Of The Year Contest

[jiesen]

POTY results (with "What If" picks included)



In the POTY contest, Spike's ZICA jumps out in the lead with a gigantic 37% gain, leaving Stky far behind in 2nd with a fairly huge 19%, and Karel barely keeping the bronze out of Mimo and DMK's hands.

Looks like Peanuts' short AZZ is kicking "what if" butt, thanks to the double score for short picks rule. I'm keeping the "what if" contest open to new picks for another month, and will keep it open through March also, if we don't have at least another 10 picks made. Nice picking, by the way, on these. Only one "what-if" pick is in the red, at just -1%. Mimo's been incredibly consistent, with 12 and 13% gains on both of his picks.

Also, if you've made one "what if" pick, you may enter one more, provided it's not the same type (short/long) as your other one. Scores will be added in the end for those with two "what if" picks. (Keep in mind the short picks count double the % gain or loss and so will be 2/3 your score, so pick them well!)

[jiesen]

Also, if you see a mistake in my scorekeeping, or you pick seems to be missing, please let me know! I did this in sort of a rush, so mistakes are likely...

[grebnet]

Now were talking

OK
My what if pick TRT is having a nice day. My real pick FRPT is locked and loaded....no worries there.

[jiesen]

yep, FRPT is recovering nicely... but TRT is absolutely HUGE today! nice picking on that one. Of course, there's still a long way to go yet.

[jiesen]

sorry Scifos, but it appears that you and Webs are trading places today...

[Gary611]

Next week!

RWC long at the open. If I don't do it now, this stooge will forget again, NYUK,NYUK!!

[Gary611]

Whoops!!!

Wrong Place, Nyuk,nyuk!!!

[Tatnic]

Yeah, but unfortunately for me, the only one on that list I own is CBK, which is down 16.5% from November 8.

I did manage to buy the breakout on WFR (posted it here somewhere too) at $40 (early dec) and still own it, although I got cute and wrote july 55 calls for over $2 when the stock was trading at $45. Its now at 55....still too early to make any decisions, but I can either let it go at $55 for a nice gain, or roll those calls if the push continues higher to say $60. I can probably gain net $4 or so with the roll (5 on the stock, lose 1 with the calls after the roll).

[skiracer]

Jiesen'
Can I still make a "what if" pick? I'll take FORG if I can. Thanks.

[jiesen]

Jiesen'
Can I still make a "what if" pick? I'll take FORG if I can. Thanks.

Sure can! I'm putting you down for FORG long at the close this Friday. Remember, you're allowed two 'what if' picks now, one long, and one short.

Also, from the looks of it, you'll have until the end of March to make the other pick.

[Tatnic]

Sure can! I'm putting you down for FORG long at the close this Friday. Remember, you're allowed two 'what if' picks now, one long, and one short.

Also, from the looks of it, you'll have until the end of March to make the other pick.

I hate to jinx it but put me down for IIG short please.

(Not that it matters and you're the decider, but why do you give shorts extra margin? One can get margin on the long side too is why I ask.)

[jiesen]

I hate to jinx it but put me down for IIG short please.

(Not that it matters and you're the decider, but why do you give shorts extra margin? One can get margin on the long side too is why I ask.)

Ok, Tatnic, you got it: IIG short.

I'm giving the short pick extra weight in the contest, because I was afraid with equal weight to both long and short picks, nobody would make any short picks- and I just wanted to see some of each. Also, with the short pick, your gain is limited to 100%, but a typical winner of POTY with as many players as we have will score greater than 100% with a long pick. By doubling the short player's score, it gives him or her a better chance of winning the contest.

[stenzrob]

My VDSI is having a nice day following their stellar report.
regards ... stenz

[MEA_1956]

And the winners are

For my what if's if I my pick to longs, I would like DSX & ROCK. Thanks Marlin

[jiesen]

For my what if's if I my pick to longs, I would like DSX & ROCK. Thanks Marlin

Hey Marlin, thanks for the picks! They both look very good to me. However, I'll have to ask you to pick just one of them as your "what if" long pick. You can make another pick, but it has to be short (I'm trying to get people to play both sides here).

So, which do you like better? DSX or ROCK?