Rules for Pick of The Year (PoTY) 2020

[JohnHenry]

JohnHenry, I’m curious as to where you will be hiking for two whole months. That’s quite a bit of hiking. My best guesses are:

1) The Appalachian Trail
2) The Pacific Crest Trail
3) An extended Bigfoot search in British Columbia.

Wherever you may be headed, have a safe and pleasant journey and thank you for doing the contest.

I was going to go to China. Now Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam for four to six months.

[JohnHenry]

Forgot. We have two more great picks. One day left to get your picks in.

[BlueWolf]

I was going to go to China. Now Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam for four to six months.

Exciting. Have fun and stay safe.

[JohnHenry]

Exciting. Have fun and stay safe.

Thank you very much.

[JohnHenry]

Good luck everyone. I'm still in shock Billyjoe is not shorting anything related to Sears.

[jiesen]

Interesting that nobody took a short position this time.

[jiesen]

can we just stop the contest now? I'm up over 15% on my pick already!

[Louetta]

Three days in the contest is shaping up as usual. Everyone is in plus territory except me and one other poor sob.

[jiesen]

I just bought some INTZ today at $6. That way I won't feel bad when I get 2nd place to $$MM in this contest. Also, at $80M this company looks cheap.

[BlueWolf]

2020 POY Contest Standings, Feb 22, 2020

I hope John Henry doesn’t mind, but I started a spreadsheet to track the contest this year. I can post this on a weekly basis if it’s OK with him. I should emphasize that this represents the unofficial standings. John Henry has the last word as to the official standings. Here’s where things stand:

2020 POY Contest Standings, Feb 22, 2020
Contestant	Stock	L or S	Open	Current	Gain/Loss
Jiesen	CERS	Long	$4.01	$5.16	28.68%
Paco	REGN	Long	$337.94	$403.15	19.30%
John Henry	AMD	Long	$47.00	$53.28	13.36%
Minni17	OMF	Long	$42.37	$47.97	13.22%
BlueWolf	TTD	Long	$269.18	$301.90	12.16%
Wifwif	NVCR	Long	$81.46	$88.26	8.35%
Tiedyed	CODA	Long	$6.29	$6.65	5.72%
NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	$219.07	$230.27	5.11%
Billy Joe	AMZN	Long	$2,008.72	$2095.97	4.34%
S&P	SPY	Long	$321.73	$333.48	3.65%
Dow	DIA	Long	$282.42	$289.74	2.59%
Louetta	LOGG	Long	$0.14	$0.14	0.00%
Riverbabe	CRWD	Long	$61.09	$60.93	-0.26%
Phoenix7	SEAC	Long	$4.44	$4.40	-0.90%
Mr. Market	INTZ	Long	$5.97	$5.85	-2.01%
Mimo	NEXCF	Long	$2.25	$1.47	-34.67%

BTW, Can everyone see the spreadsheet OK?

[jiesen]

Awesome, BW! I've been eagerly awaiting this update!

[mimo_100]

I hope John Henry doesn’t mind, but I started a spreadsheet to track the contest this year. I can post this on a weekly basis if it’s OK with him. I should emphasize that this represents the unofficial standings. John Henry has the last word as to the official standings. Here’s where things stand:

2020 POY Contest Standings, Feb 22, 2020
Contestant	Stock	L or S	Open	Current	Gain/Loss
Jiesen	CERS	Long	$4.01	$5.16	28.68%
Paco	REGN	Long	$337.94	$403.15	19.30%
John Henry	AMD	Long	$47.00	$53.28	13.36%
Minni17	OMF	Long	$42.37	$47.97	13.22%
BlueWolf	TTD	Long	$269.18	$301.90	12.16%
Wifwif	NVCR	Long	$81.46	$88.26	8.35%
Tiedyed	CODA	Long	$6.29	$6.65	5.72%
NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	$219.07	$230.27	5.11%
Billy Joe	AMZN	Long	$2,008.72	$2095.97	4.34%
S&P	SPY	Long	$321.73	$333.48	3.65%
Dow	DIA	Long	$282.42	$289.74	2.59%
Louetta	LOGG	Long	$0.14	$0.14	0.00%
Riverbabe	CRWD	Long	$61.09	$60.93	-0.26%
Phoenix7	SEAC	Long	$4.44	$4.40	-0.90%
Mr. Market	INTZ	Long	$5.97	$5.85	-2.01%
Mimo	NEXCF	Long	$2.25	$1.47	-34.67%

BTW, Can everyone see the spreadsheet OK?

BlueWolf,

What software did you use to generate the table? Did you try the software that I posted in the "Wild Assed" thread?

[BlueWolf]

BlueWolf,

What software did you use to generate the table? Did you try the software that I posted in the "Wild Assed" thread?

I mostly use my iPad for documents these days, so I used the Numbers app to create the table. After creating the table, I just copied and pasted it into the message in the Safari browser, which seems to work just fine. I think it works because Numbers exports tables in HTML format when you copy them.

[BlueWolf]

Here’s this week’s update on the POY 2020 contest:

POY Contest Standings, Feb 22, 2020
Contestant	Stock	L or S	Open	Current	Gain/Loss
Paco	REGN	Long	$337.94	$444.57	31.55%
Jiesen	CERS	Long	$4.01	$5.14	28.18%
BlueWolf	TTD	Long	$269.18	$287.25	6.71%
Tiedyed	CODA	Long	$6.29	$6.40	1.75%
Louetta	LOGG	Long	$0.14	$0.138	-1.43%
Riverbabe	CRWD	Long	$61.09	$59.64	-2.37%
John Henry	AMD	Long	$47.00	$45.48	-3.23%
NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	$219.07	$205.80	-6.06%
Billy Joe	AMZN	Long	$2,008.72	$1883.75	-6.22%
S&P	SPY	Long	$321.73	$296.26	-7.92%
Dow	DIA	Long	$282.42	$254.56	-9.86%
Wifwif	NVCR	Long	$81.46	$72.75	-10.69%
Minni17	OMF	Long	$42.37	$36.75	-13.26%
Mr. Market	INTZ	Long	$5.97	$4.94	-17.25%
Phoenix7	SEAC	Long	$4.44	$3.66	-17.57%
Mimo	NEXCF	Long	$2.25	$1.047	-53.47%

[Louetta]

Thanks for doing the update.