Rules for Pick of The Year (PoTY) 2023

[Louetta]

Where do I go to concede?

Not suggesting you do it, but I've always conceded right here, e.g. the year my pick was delisted.

[billyjoe]

Gosh ......

Where do I go to concede?

[Louetta]

Gosh ......

[BlueWolf]

2023 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, May 19, 2023

Eight! We have eight picks in the green this week. Nice work, pickers. There continues to be some signs of life in the market, particularly in the tech sectors lately as the market books another up week. The top of the leaderboard didn’t change, though, with Louetta’s NVDA, my HUBS, and Tiedyed1’s AUPH holding down the first, second, and third spots respectively. Let’s keep this upward momentum going. We just might have an up year with our portfolio.

	2023 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, May 19, 2023
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
Remembering 💔Riverbabe And Karel💔
1	Louetta	NVDA	Long	1/30/2023	$191.62	$ 312.64		63.16%
2	Blue Wolf	HUBS	Long	1/30/2023	$348.99	$ 480.51		37.69%
3	Tiedyed1	AUPH	Long	1/30/2023	$8.94	$ 10.64		19.02%
4	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	1/30/2023	$290.27	$ 336.51		15.93%
5	Jiesen	OMGA	Long	1/30/2023	$7.70	$ 8.85		14.94%
6	Antioch	SONY	Long	1/30/2023	$89.33	$ 98.01		9.72%
7	S&P	SPY	Long	1/30/2023	$400.59	$ 418.62		4.50%
8	Antioch’s Dad	$Treasury Bill$	N/A	1/30/2023	$1.00	$ 1.04		3.89%
9	Mr. Market	RAVE	Long	1/30/2023	$1.68	$ 1.69		0.60%
10	Minni17	KLIC	Long	1/30/2023	$50.54	$ 50.63		0.18%
11	Dow	DIA	Long	1/30/2023	$337.06	$ 334.19		-0.85%
12	RickFlyBoy	ZIM	Long	1/30/2023	$18.72	$ 17.51		-6.46%
13	Peanuts	DDD	Long	1/30/2023	$10.30	$ 8.34		-19.03%
14	BillyJoe	SQ	Long	1/30/2023	$79.79	$ 58.65		-26.49%
15	Maximo	IPA	Long	1/30/2023	$4.51	$ 3.09		-31.41%
16	JohnHenry	NVDA	Short	1/30/2023	$191.62	$ 312.64		-63.16%

[jiesen]

The board overall is sure looking much better now than it did around this time last year!

[BlueWolf]

2023 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, May 12, 2023

Louetta’s NVDA continues to stare down at the rest of our picks from its perch at number one this week, but there was a little jostling for second as DOCN leapfrogged Tiedyed1’s AUPH to move into second. Mr. Market’s RAVE also made a nice move last week as did Jiesen’s OMGA to put us once again into seven green position territory. There’s still a lot of recession talk making the rounds, but let’s hope we can defy the odds and keep clocking these gains. Steady as she goes, pickers.

	2023 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, May 12, 2023
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
Remembering 💔Riverbabe And Karel💔
1	Louetta	NVDA	Long	1/30/2023	$191.62	$ 283.40		47.90%
2	Blue Wolf	HUBS	Long	1/30/2023	$348.99	$ 462.17		32.43%
3	Tiedyed1	AUPH	Long	1/30/2023	$8.94	$ 10.74		20.13%
4	Jiesen	OMGA	Long	1/30/2023	$7.70	$ 8.90		15.58%
5	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	1/30/2023	$290.27	$ 325.03		11.98%
6	Antioch	SONY	Long	1/30/2023	$89.33	$ 94.68		5.99%
7	Mr. Market	RAVE	Long	1/30/2023	$1.68	$ 1.76		4.76%
8	Antioch’s Dad	$Treasury Bill$	N/A	1/30/2023	$1.00	$ 1.04		3.89%
9	S&P	SPY	Long	1/30/2023	$400.59	$ 411.59		2.75%
10	Dow	DIA	Long	1/30/2023	$337.06	$ 333.20		-1.15%
11	Minni17	KLIC	Long	1/30/2023	$50.54	$ 46.83		-7.34%
12	RickFlyBoy	ZIM	Long	1/30/2023	$18.72	$ 17.10		-8.65%
13	Maximo	IPA	Long	1/30/2023	$4.51	$ 4.04		-10.32%
14	Peanuts	DDD	Long	1/30/2023	$10.30	$ 8.21		-20.29%
15	BillyJoe	SQ	Long	1/30/2023	$79.79	$ 55.56		-30.37%
16	JohnHenry	NVDA	Short	1/30/2023	$191.62	$ 283.40		-47.90%

[BlueWolf]

2023 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, May 5, 2023

There was no change this week atop the leaderboard as Louetta’s NVDA, Tiedyed1’s AUPH, and my HUBS held down the top three spots in order. There was a big move by Jiesen’s OMGA, however, as it vaulted into fourth place threatening to make an assault on the top three. That puts us back into six picks in the green with four picks beating all three indices. Congrats, pickers, keep up the good work!

	2023 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, May 5, 2023
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
Remembering 💔Riverbabe And Karel💔
1	Louetta	NVDA	Long	1/30/2023	$191.62	$ 286.80		49.67%
2	Tiedyed1	AUPH	Long	1/30/2023	$8.94	$ 11.56		29.31%
3	Blue Wolf	HUBS	Long	1/30/2023	$348.99	$ 444.21		27.28%
4	Jiesen	OMGA	Long	1/30/2023	$7.70	$ 8.82		14.55%
5	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	1/30/2023	$290.27	$ 322.89		11.24%
6	Antioch	SONY	Long	1/30/2023	$89.33	$ 93.86		5.07%
7	Antioch’s Dad	$Treasury Bill$	N/A	1/30/2023	$1.00	$ 1.04		3.89%
8	S&P	SPY	Long	1/30/2023	$400.59	$ 412.63		3.01%
9	Dow	DIA	Long	1/30/2023	$337.06	$ 336.73		-0.10%
10	RickFlyBoy	ZIM	Long	1/30/2023	$18.72	$ 17.47		-6.68%
11	Mr. Market	RAVE	Long	1/30/2023	$1.68	$ 1.56		-7.14%
12	Minni17	KLIC	Long	1/30/2023	$50.54	$ 46.80		-7.40%
13	Peanuts	DDD	Long	1/30/2023	$10.30	$ 9.13		-11.36%
14	BillyJoe	SQ	Long	1/30/2023	$79.79	$ 59.25		-25.74%
15	Maximo	IPA	Long	1/30/2023	$4.51	$ 2.70		-40.07%
16	JohnHenry	NVDA	Short	1/30/2023	$191.62	$ 286.80		-49.67%

[BlueWolf]

2023 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Apr 28, 2023

There wasn’t a lot of action this week, but there was a little bit of nudging and elbowing on the leaderboard as Tiedyed1’s AUPH leapfrogged my HUBS to reclaim second. Louetta’s NVDA continues to crush it in first place, making every other pick an afterthought at this point. Unfortunately, we did have a couple of green picks dip back down into the red leaving us with only 5 green picks. Oh well, let’s hope for the best going forward, and don’t forget to give your pick a hug this week.

	2023 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Apr 28, 2023
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
Remembering 💔Riverbabe And Karel💔
1	Louetta	NVDA	Long	1/30/2023	$191.62	$ 277.49		44.81%
2	Tiedyed1	AUPH	Long	1/30/2023	$8.94	$ 11.25		25.84%
3	Blue Wolf	HUBS	Long	1/30/2023	$348.99	$ 420.95		20.62%
4	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	1/30/2023	$290.27	$ 322.56		11.12%
5	Antioch’s Dad	$Treasury Bill$	N/A	1/30/2023	$1.00	$ 1.04		3.89%
6	S&P	SPY	Long	1/30/2023	$400.59	$ 415.93		3.83%
7	Dow	DIA	Long	1/30/2023	$337.06	$ 341.03		1.18%
8	Antioch	SONY	Long	1/30/2023	$89.33	$ 89.67		0.38%
9	Jiesen	OMGA	Long	1/30/2023	$7.70	$ 7.66		-0.52%
10	Minni17	KLIC	Long	1/30/2023	$50.54	$ 47.66		-5.70%
11	RickFlyBoy	ZIM	Long	1/30/2023	$18.72	$ 17.07		-8.81%
12	Mr. Market	RAVE	Long	1/30/2023	$1.68	$ 1.53		-8.93%
13	Peanuts	DDD	Long	1/30/2023	$10.30	$ 9.16		-11.07%
14	BillyJoe	SQ	Long	1/30/2023	$79.79	$ 60.79		-23.81%
15	Maximo	IPA	Long	1/30/2023	$4.51	$ 2.57		-42.95%
16	JohnHenry	NVDA	Short	1/30/2023	$191.62	$ 277.49		-44.81%

[jiesen]

Hooray, back in the green again!

[BlueWolf]

2023 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Apr 21, 2023

It was a decent week for our picks with some minor shuffling on the leaderboard. Louetta continues to have a lock on first with her pick, NVDA, but my pick HUBS swapped places with TieDyed1’s AUPH which now hold down second and third respectively. The really good news, however, is that we now have seven picks in the green. It’s been a while since we’ve had that much green on the board. Good work, pickers. Let see if we can boost a few more picks into positive territory over the coming weeks.

	2023 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Apr 21, 2023
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
Remembering 💔Riverbabe And Karel💔
1	Louetta	NVDA	Long	1/30/2023	$191.62	$ 271.19		41.52%
2	Blue Wolf	HUBS	Long	1/30/2023	$348.99	$ 423.85		21.45%
3	Tiedyed1	AUPH	Long	1/30/2023	$8.94	$ 10.71		19.80%
4	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	1/30/2023	$290.27	$ 316.61		9.07%
5	Jiesen	OMGA	Long	1/30/2023	$7.70	$ 8.06		4.68%
6	Antioch’s Dad	$Treasury Bill$	N/A	1/30/2023	$1.00	$ 1.04		3.89%
7	Antioch	SONY	Long	1/30/2023	$89.33	$ 92.05		3.04%
8	S&P	SPY	Long	1/30/2023	$400.59	$ 412.20		2.90%
9	RickFlyBoy	ZIM	Long	1/30/2023	$18.72	$ 19.25		2.83%
10	Dow	DIA	Long	1/30/2023	$337.06	$ 338.11		0.31%
11	Minni17	KLIC	Long	1/30/2023	$50.54	$ 47.50		-6.02%
12	Mr. Market	RAVE	Long	1/30/2023	$1.68	$ 1.50		-10.71%
13	Peanuts	DDD	Long	1/30/2023	$10.30	$ 9.13		-11.36%
14	BillyJoe	SQ	Long	1/30/2023	$79.79	$ 63.48		-20.44%
15	Maximo	IPA	Long	1/30/2023	$4.51	$ 3.08		-31.63%
16	JohnHenry	NVDA	Short	1/30/2023	$191.62	$ 271.19		-41.52%

[BlueWolf]

2023 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Apr 14, 2023

Oops. I almost forgot to post an update again. Sorry about that. Anyway, there haven’t been any major shakeups on the leaderboard, just a little shuffling. Loretta remains atop with NVDA, followed by Tiedyed1’s AUPH in second and my very own HUBS clinging to third. Also of note this week (actually last week), Jiesen’s OMGA, one roller coaster of a pick, made a big move again. Let’s see if it can leap up into the leaderboard again. Stay tuned.

	2023 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Apr 14, 2023
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
Remembering 💔Riverbabe And Karel💔
1	Louetta	NVDA	Long	1/30/2023	$191.62	$ 267.58		39.64%
2	Tiedyed1	AUPH	Long	1/30/2023	$8.94	$ 11.22		25.50%
3	Blue Wolf	HUBS	Long	1/30/2023	$348.99	$ 416.20		19.26%
4	RickFlyBoy	ZIM	Long	1/30/2023	$18.72	$ 21.65		15.65%
5	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	1/30/2023	$290.27	$ 318.57		9.75%
6	Antioch’s Dad	$Treasury Bill$	N/A	1/30/2023	$1.00	$ 1.04		3.89%
7	S&P	SPY	Long	1/30/2023	$400.59	$ 412.46		2.96%
8	Antioch	SONY	Long	1/30/2023	$89.33	$ 90.86		1.71%
9	Dow	DIA	Long	1/30/2023	$337.06	$ 338.84		0.53%
10	Jiesen	OMGA	Long	1/30/2023	$7.70	$ 7.56		-1.82%
11	Minni17	KLIC	Long	1/30/2023	$50.54	$ 48.97		-3.11%
12	Peanuts	DDD	Long	1/30/2023	$10.30	$ 9.37		-9.03%
13	Mr. Market	RAVE	Long	1/30/2023	$1.68	$ 1.35		-19.64%
14	BillyJoe	SQ	Long	1/30/2023	$79.79	$ 64.04		-19.74%
15	JohnHenry	NVDA	Short	1/30/2023	$191.62	$ 267.58		-39.64%
16	Maximo	IPA	Long	1/30/2023	$4.51	$ 2.53		-43.84%

[jiesen]

There was a little bit of shuffling on the leaderboard this week. Louetta’s NVDA is still in first place and slaying the competition, RickFlyBoy’s ZIM clawed its way back into second, and my pick, HUBS, slid into third by the narrowest of margins. The really good news is that we have 8 picks in the green now. That’s some good picking, pickers!

	2023 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Mar 31, 2023
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
Remembering Riverbabe And Karel
1	Louetta	NVDA	Long	1/30/2023	$191.62	$ 277.77		44.96%
2	RickFlyBoy	ZIM	Long	1/30/2023	$18.72	$ 23.58		25.96%
3	Blue Wolf	HUBS	Long	1/30/2023	$348.99	$ 428.75		22.85%
4	Tiedyed1	AUPH	Long	1/30/2023	$8.94	$ 10.96		22.60%
5	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	1/30/2023	$290.27	$ 320.93		10.56%
6	Minni17	KLIC	Long	1/30/2023	$50.54	$ 52.69		4.25%
7	Peanuts	DDD	Long	1/30/2023	$10.30	$ 10.72		4.08%
8	Antioch’s Dad	$Treasury Bill$	N/A	1/30/2023	$1.00	$ 1.04		3.89%
9	S&P	SPY	Long	1/30/2023	$400.59	$ 409.39		2.20%
10	Antioch	SONY	Long	1/30/2023	$89.33	$ 90.65		1.48%
11	Dow	DIA	Long	1/30/2023	$337.06	$ 332.62		-1.32%
12	BillyJoe	SQ	Long	1/30/2023	$79.79	$ 68.65		-13.96%
13	Mr. Market	RAVE	Long	1/30/2023	$1.68	$ 1.44		-14.29%
14	Jiesen	OMGA	Long	1/30/2023	$7.70	$ 6.03		-21.69%
15	Maximo	IPA	Long	1/30/2023	$4.51	$ 2.77		-38.51%
16	JohnHenry	NVDA	Short	1/30/2023	$191.62	$ 277.77		-44.96%

It's funny that the first and last picks are both the same pick!

[BlueWolf]

2023 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Mar 31, 2023

There was a little bit of shuffling on the leaderboard this week. Louetta’s NVDA is still in first place and slaying the competition, RickFlyBoy’s ZIM clawed its way back into second, and my pick, HUBS, slid into third by the narrowest of margins. The really good news is that we have 8 picks in the green now. That’s some good picking, pickers!

	2023 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Mar 31, 2023
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
Remembering 💔Riverbabe And Karel💔
1	Louetta	NVDA	Long	1/30/2023	$191.62	$ 277.77		44.96%
2	RickFlyBoy	ZIM	Long	1/30/2023	$18.72	$ 23.58		25.96%
3	Blue Wolf	HUBS	Long	1/30/2023	$348.99	$ 428.75		22.85%
4	Tiedyed1	AUPH	Long	1/30/2023	$8.94	$ 10.96		22.60%
5	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	1/30/2023	$290.27	$ 320.93		10.56%
6	Minni17	KLIC	Long	1/30/2023	$50.54	$ 52.69		4.25%
7	Peanuts	DDD	Long	1/30/2023	$10.30	$ 10.72		4.08%
8	Antioch’s Dad	$Treasury Bill$	N/A	1/30/2023	$1.00	$ 1.04		3.89%
9	S&P	SPY	Long	1/30/2023	$400.59	$ 409.39		2.20%
10	Antioch	SONY	Long	1/30/2023	$89.33	$ 90.65		1.48%
11	Dow	DIA	Long	1/30/2023	$337.06	$ 332.62		-1.32%
12	BillyJoe	SQ	Long	1/30/2023	$79.79	$ 68.65		-13.96%
13	Mr. Market	RAVE	Long	1/30/2023	$1.68	$ 1.44		-14.29%
14	Jiesen	OMGA	Long	1/30/2023	$7.70	$ 6.03		-21.69%
15	Maximo	IPA	Long	1/30/2023	$4.51	$ 2.77		-38.51%
16	JohnHenry	NVDA	Short	1/30/2023	$191.62	$ 277.77		-44.96%

[BlueWolf]

2023 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Mar 24, 2023

Welcome to Your Weekly Picker, March 24th edition. We had another rocket ship this week in Tiedyed1’s AUPH as it vaulted into 3rd place with a bullet. Otherwise, the top two remained the same with Louetta’s NVDA in first with an almost 40% gain (wow!) and RickFlyBoy’s ZIM holding down second. We still have six picks in the green with two more hovering around break even. Pretty good picking, pickers. Keep up the good work.

	2023 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Mar 24, 2023
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
Remembering 💔Riverbabe And Karel💔
1	Louetta	NVDA	Long	1/30/2023	$191.62	$ 267.79		39.75%
2	RickFlyBoy	ZIM	Long	1/30/2023	$18.72	$ 23.16		23.72%
3	Tiedyed1	AUPH	Long	1/30/2023	$8.94	$ 10.31		15.32%
4	Blue Wolf	HUBS	Long	1/30/2023	$348.99	$ 395.77		13.40%
5	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	1/30/2023	$290.27	$ 310.89		7.10%
6	Antioch’s Dad	$Treasury Bill$	N/A	1/30/2023	$1.00	$ 1.04		3.89%
7	Minni17	KLIC	Long	1/30/2023	$50.54	$ 51.94		2.77%
8	S&P	SPY	Long	1/30/2023	$400.59	$ 395.75		-1.21%
9	Peanuts	DDD	Long	1/30/2023	$10.30	$ 10.13		-1.65%
10	Antioch	SONY	Long	1/30/2023	$89.33	$ 87.53		-2.02%
11	Dow	DIA	Long	1/30/2023	$337.06	$ 322.32		-4.37%
12	Jiesen	OMGA	Long	1/30/2023	$7.70	$ 6.84		-11.17%
13	Mr. Market	RAVE	Long	1/30/2023	$1.68	$ 1.44		-14.29%
14	BillyJoe	SQ	Long	1/30/2023	$79.79	$ 60.68		-23.95%
15	Maximo	IPA	Long	1/30/2023	$4.51	$ 2.96		-34.30%
16	JohnHenry	NVDA	Short	1/30/2023	$191.62	$ 267.79		-39.75%

[BlueWolf]

When the graph of your stock declining hits the volume graph rising it may be a bad sign.....dam*.

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

SQ got hammered this week by Hindenburg Research, a short seller.