Rules for Pick of The Year (PoTY) 2019

[JohnHenry]

TME long for me.

[antioch6]

Can you put my dad's pick down? He doesn't have an account. He wants AAPL . Also put me down for DG. Thanks JohnHenry

[Gary611]

Going long with MPW, go Pats!

[blindsquirrel]

Game on! It was about this time last year that my pick took a major dive.

[JohnHenry]

As of 02-01-19

Good Luck! We have good picks this year.

[JohnHenry]

SQ long please. Thanx for doing this.

Nice pick. I think this is the first time I've seen you pick a high price stock. Good Luck.

[riverbabe]

Nice pick. I think this is the first time I've seen you pick a high price stock. Good Luck.

I am SHOCKED! SHOCKED! Louetta at NUMBER 1 !!! Good luck L!!!

[Louetta]

I am SHOCKED! SHOCKED! Louetta at NUMBER 1 !!! Good luck L!!!

You beat me to it. I swear I was just about to post that for once I'm on top.

I have changed my strategy this year. Past few I figured that to win I would need like a 200% increase and thus picked some wild-assed stock that would either crash and burn or cash in big (e.g. a shipping company, a Greek bank). This year I have picked a stock I actually own (4 Jan. 2020 $90 calls).

[billyjoe]

Louetta, You must have faith in the genius of Jack Dorsey.

----------------------billy

[Louetta]

Louetta, You must have faith in the genius of Jack Dorsey.

----------------------billy

Hope so. Some say the lady who just left, CFO I guess, was a big part of their success.

[mimo_100]

I went back in POTY history to see the winning percents. It was relatively difficult to find the final results. So here is my attempt. The average of the results I found was 144.91%. Since short positions can gain a maximum of 100%, it was better to go long, at least since 2009.

(Does anyone know how to insert an excel spreadsheet into a reply?)

POTY winner stock percent
2018 Billyjoe SHLDQ 89.49
2018 Vixt RIOT 89.02
2018 Jiesen GBYC 74.53
2017 Tiedyed1 AVEO 350
2017 Blindsquirrel IPGP 86.22
2017 Karel. NVDA 77.23
2016 Mimo_100 415.45
2016 MrMarket 191.35
2016 Vixtt 122.47
2015 MrMarket 56.67
2015 Tiedyed1 42.86
2015 Riverbabe 41.09
2014 Riverbabe 58.35
2014 Jiesen 44.39
2014 Iceman 12.01
2013 Phoenix 119.00 LOUETTA SCOREKEEPER
2013 Louetta 111.00 LOUETTA SCOREKEEPER
2013 NCCoach 77.00 LOUETTA SCOREKEEPER
2013 JohnHenry 77.00
2010 Rob ZIXI 127.13
2010 Houstongo IMAX 113.79
2010 Peanuts MMG 95.30
2009 mea 273.00
2009 PeterHansen
2009 Peanuts
144.91 <==AVERAGE

[Louetta]

I see a pattern there. When I keep score I do well.

[mimo_100]

Hey JohnHenry,

What happens if your stock gets bought out or otherwise acquired by another company? Thanks.

[mimo_100]

Hey JohnHenry,

What happens if your stock gets bought out or otherwise acquired by another company? Thanks.

For JohnHenry please.

[JohnHenry]

Hey JohnHenry,

What happens if your stock gets bought out or otherwise acquired by another company? Thanks.

Hi Mimo,


I would think you get the price of the last trading day of that stock symbol. For example, if you picked ABC stock and XYZ stock purchased ABC. You get the last trading price of ABC before the merger because you picked ABC not XYZ.
We can discuss more if you like for fun.