Rules for Pick of The Year (PoTY) 2020

[BlueWolf]

Here are the latest contest standings. Paco maintains a healthy lead, but Jiesen is stubbornly staying within striking distance. There’s a lot of time left in the year, though, so don’t be surprised if we start to see some new names at the top of the heap before this is all over. Stay tuned.

POY Contest Standings, As of Market Close May 1, 2020
Contestant	Stock	L or S	Open	Current	Gain/Loss
Paco	REGN	Long	$337.94	$ 525.50	55.50%
Jiesen	CERS	Long	$4.01	$ 5.62	40.15%
Billy Joe	AMZN	Long	$2,008.72	$ 2,286.04	13.81%
Riverbabe	CRWD	Long	$61.09	$ 69.21	13.29%
John Henry	AMD	Long	$47.00	$ 49.88	6.13%
BlueWolf	TTD	Long	$269.18	$ 278.90	3.61%
NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	$219.07	$ 212.74	-2.89%
Tiedyed	CODA	Long	$6.29	$ 6.04	-3.97%
S&P	SPY	Long	$321.73	$ 282.79	-12.10%
Dow	DIA	Long	$282.42	$ 237.28	-15.98%
Wifwif	NVCR	Long	$81.46	$ 60.48	-25.75%
Phoenix7	SEAC	Long	$4.44	$ 2.78	-37.39%
Mr. Market	INTZ	Long	$5.97	$ 3.30	-44.72%
Minni17	OMF	Long	$42.37	$ 22.49	-46.92%
Mimo	NEXCF	Long	$2.25	$ 1.130	-49.78%
Louetta	BDGY	Long	$0.14	$ 0.068	-51.43%

[wifwif]

Dear Bluewolf,

I think you are completely right This is currently not the market for long term positioning.
Currently short term approaches seem to be the best ones.

Best regards,

wifwif

[BlueWolf]

POY Contest Standings, As of Market Close May 8, 2020

Here are the latest standings for the 2020 POY contest. Paco continues to hold a commanding lead but Jiesen is staying within striking distance, and, watch out, here comes Riverbabe. Things are getting interesting. We still only have six people in the green, but it is only May, and there is a lot of year to come. At the end of this crazy year we could all end up in the green ... or in the red! Stay tuned, globetrotters.

POY Contest Standings, As of Market Close May 8, 2020
Contestant	Stock	L or S	Open	Current	Gain/Loss
Paco	REGN	Long	$337.94	$ 563.40	66.72%
Jiesen	CERS	Long	$4.01	$ 5.47	36.41%
Riverbabe	CRWD	Long	$61.09	$ 76.70	25.55%
Billy Joe	AMZN	Long	$2,008.72	$ 2,379.61	18.46%
BlueWolf	TTD	Long	$269.18	$ 315.50	17.21%
John Henry	AMD	Long	$47.00	$ 53.19	13.17%
NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	$219.07	$ 224.86	2.64%
Tiedyed	CODA	Long	$6.29	$ 5.79	-7.95%
S&P	SPY	Long	$321.73	$ 292.44	-9.10%
Dow	DIA	Long	$282.42	$ 243.62	-13.74%
Wifwif	NVCR	Long	$81.46	$ 62.25	-23.58%
Mr. Market	INTZ	Long	$5.97	$ 4.14	-30.65%
Phoenix7	SEAC	Long	$4.44	$ 2.88	-35.14%
Mimo	NEXCF	Long	$2.25	$ 1.350	-40.00%
Minni17	OMF	Long	$42.37	$ 22.46	-46.99%
Louetta	BDGY	Long	$0.14	$ 0.060	-57.14%

[BlueWolf]

POY Contest Standings, As of Market Close May 15, 2020

Here are the latest standings for the 2020 POY contest. Not much has changed this week, the only big news being that Paco’s REGN has cracked the 70% return mark. Impressive. Hang on everyone, the year is still young and there’s undoubtedly more fun to come.

	POY Contest Standings, As of Market Close May 15, 2020
	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Open	Current	Gain/Loss
1	Paco	REGN	Long	$337.94	$ 576.72	70.66%
2	Jiesen	CERS	Long	$4.01	$ 5.24	30.67%
3	Riverbabe	CRWD	Long	$61.09	$ 77.14	26.27%
4	Billy Joe	AMZN	Long	$2,008.72	$ 2,409.78	19.97%
5	John Henry	AMD	Long	$47.00	$ 54.20	15.32%
6	BlueWolf	TTD	Long	$269.18	$ 300.01	11.45%
7	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	$219.07	$ 223.27	1.92%
8	S&P	SPY	Long	$321.73	$ 286.28	-11.02%
9	Dow	DIA	Long	$282.42	$ 236.91	-16.11%
10	Wifwif	NVCR	Long	$81.46	$ 64.66	-20.62%
11	Mimo	NEXCF	Long	$2.25	$ 1.760	-21.78%
12	Tiedyed	CODA	Long	$6.29	$ 4.82	-23.37%
13	Mr. Market	INTZ	Long	$5.97	$ 3.96	-33.67%
14	Phoenix7	SEAC	Long	$4.44	$ 2.58	-41.89%
15	Minni17	OMF	Long	$42.37	$ 20.21	-52.30%
16	Louetta	BDGY	Long	$0.14	$ 0.054	-61.43%

[BlueWolf]

Here are the latest standings for the 2020 POY contest. The leaderboard is the same as last week, although Jiesen and Riverbabe are starting to make a lot of noise with the spread between first and second now down to 21 percentage points. Let’s see what surprises next week brings.

	POY Contest Standings, As of Market Close May 22, 2020
	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Open	Current	Gain/Loss
1	Paco	REGN	Long	$337.94	$ 569.91	68.64%
2	Jiesen	CERS	Long	$4.01	$ 5.92	47.63%
3	Riverbabe	CRWD	Long	$61.09	$ 82.22	34.59%
4	Billy Joe	AMZN	Long	$2,008.72	$ 2,436.88	21.32%
5	John Henry	AMD	Long	$47.00	$ 55.17	17.38%
6	BlueWolf	TTD	Long	$269.18	$ 307.60	14.27%
7	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	$219.07	$ 229.66	4.83%
8	S&P	SPY	Long	$321.73	$ 295.44	-8.17%
9	Dow	DIA	Long	$282.42	$ 244.88	-13.29%
10	Wifwif	NVCR	Long	$81.46	$ 65.98	-19.00%
11	Tiedyed	CODA	Long	$6.29	$ 4.69	-25.44%
12	Mr. Market	INTZ	Long	$5.97	$ 4.30	-27.97%
13	Mimo	NEXCF	Long	$2.25	$ 1.610	-28.44%
14	Minni17	OMF	Long	$42.37	$ 21.67	-48.86%
15	Phoenix7	SEAC	Long	$4.44	$ 1.77	-60.14%
16	Louetta	BDGY	Long	$0.14	$ 0.055	-60.71%

[jiesen]

Here are the latest standings for the 2020 POY contest. The leaderboard is the same as last week, although Jiesen and Riverbabe are starting to make a lot of noise with the spread between first and second now down to 21 percentage points. Let’s see what surprises next week brings.

	POY Contest Standings, As of Market Close May 22, 2020
	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Open	Current	Gain/Loss
1	Paco	REGN	Long	$337.94	$ 569.91	68.64%
2	Jiesen	CERS	Long	$4.01	$ 5.92	47.63%
3	Riverbabe	CRWD	Long	$61.09	$ 82.22	34.59%
4	Billy Joe	AMZN	Long	$2,008.72	$ 2,436.88	21.32%
5	John Henry	AMD	Long	$47.00	$ 55.17	17.38%
6	BlueWolf	TTD	Long	$269.18	$ 307.60	14.27%
7	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	$219.07	$ 229.66	4.83%
8	S&P	SPY	Long	$321.73	$ 295.44	-8.17%
9	Dow	DIA	Long	$282.42	$ 244.88	-13.29%
10	Wifwif	NVCR	Long	$81.46	$ 65.98	-19.00%
11	Tiedyed	CODA	Long	$6.29	$ 4.69	-25.44%
12	Mr. Market	INTZ	Long	$5.97	$ 4.30	-27.97%
13	Mimo	NEXCF	Long	$2.25	$ 1.610	-28.44%
14	Minni17	OMF	Long	$42.37	$ 21.67	-48.86%
15	Phoenix7	SEAC	Long	$4.44	$ 1.77	-60.14%
16	Louetta	BDGY	Long	$0.14	$ 0.055	-60.71%

Yeah, CERS has made a nice recovery this year, up to nearly $6 from falling below $3 two months ago. I really hope CERS continues to run, as I have a lot of $$ riding on this one.

[BlueWolf]

Here are the latest standings for the 2020 POY contest. Things are pretty much the same with Paco, Jiesen, and Riverbabe booking some pretty incredible gains. Stay the course. There’s still a lot of time left in the year and you know how the market can be.

	POY Contest Standings, As of Market Close May 29, 2020
	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Open	Current	Gain/Loss
1	Paco	REGN	Long	$337.94	$ 612.81	81.34%
2	Jiesen	CERS	Long	$4.01	$ 6.22	55.11%
3	Riverbabe	CRWD	Long	$61.09	$ 87.81	43.74%
4	Billy Joe	AMZN	Long	$2,008.72	$ 2,442.37	21.59%
5	BlueWolf	TTD	Long	$269.18	$ 311.56	15.74%
6	John Henry	AMD	Long	$47.00	$ 53.80	14.47%
7	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	$219.07	$ 233.47	6.57%
8	S&P	SPY	Long	$321.73	$ 304.49	-5.36%
9	Dow	DIA	Long	$282.42	$ 254.45	-9.90%
10	Tiedyed	CODA	Long	$6.29	$ 5.60	-10.97%
11	Wifwif	NVCR	Long	$81.46	$ 67.43	-17.22%
12	Mr. Market	INTZ	Long	$5.97	$ 4.70	-21.27%
13	Mimo	NEXCF	Long	$2.25	$ 1.550	-31.11%
14	Minni17	OMF	Long	$42.37	$ 23.33	-44.94%
15	Phoenix7	SEAC	Long	$4.44	$ 1.89	-57.43%
16	Louetta	BDGY	Long	$0.14	$ 0.045	-67.86%

[Louetta]

I see I've widened my gap on last place. It was getting dangerously close last time.

[jiesen]

I think there's a Billie Eilish song that describes your pick quite well, Louetta.

[Louetta]

I think there's a Billie Eilish song that describes your pick quite well, Louetta.

Six Feet Under comes to mind.

[BlueWolf]

I see I've widened my gap on last place. It was getting dangerously close last time.

Think of it this way: A $0.28 move and you’re in first place. There is still a lot of time left.

[jiesen]

Six Feet Under comes to mind.

Yeah, that's a good one, too. Come to think of it lots of Billie Eilish songs could describe lots of our picks....

[Paco]

I'm working on my 2021 POTY.
Probably will choose one of these: MRNA, INO,or EBS.

Good luck to all.

[BlueWolf]

I'm working on my 2021 POTY.
Probably will choose one of these: MRNA, INO,or EBS.

Playing the COVID-19 angle I see. Smart. It has certainly worked out well for you this year. This may be redundant for you, but I did some research on COVID-19 stocks myself. One other company you might want to take a look at is NVAX, although I think right now MRNA sounds like they are the closest as they recently passed the first of their clinical trials. You also might want to take a look at the scathing report Citron Research, the short activist, put out on INO:

https://citronresearch.com/wp-content/2020/04/Inovio-Pharmaceuticals-Bad-Blood.pdf

I compiled a list of companies that are either working on a COVID-19 vaccine, partnering with someone who is developing a vaccine, or providing services that facilitate vaccine production and delivery: ADPT, ALNY, ALT, AMGN, BNTX, CYDY, EBS, GILD, GSK, HTBX, INO, JNJ, MRNA, NVAX, PFE, REGN, ROG, SNY, TAK, TBIO, VRI, VXRT. Surely a few companies in that list are going to be big winners.

Congrats on your stellar POY and good luck with all future trades and picks.

[jiesen]

that's a good read on Inovio, Bluewolf. However, you're missing a little something (/uploads) from the link. Here's the correct one for others who want to read it:

https://citronresearch.com/wp-content/2020/04/Inovio-Pharmaceuticals-Bad-Blood.pdf

https://citronresearch.com/wp-content/ uploads /2020/04/Inovio-Pharmaceuticals-Bad-Blood.pdf

it's weird, but when I post the correct link, the site shortens it by removing the /uploads part. the above works, if you remove the spaces before and after 'uploads'.