Rules for Pick of The Year (PoTY) 2024

[BlueWolf]

If it's OK can I put my sister Molly in for ARM long?

I don’t have a problem with it. OK with you John Henry?

Hey, tell her to sign up so we can mercilessly tease her if she’s wrong.

[BlueWolf]

BlueWolf, Jimmy W's pick is XMTR. Thanks

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

Oops. Fixed.

[BlueWolf]

Come on missing pickers. The deadline for submitting entries is rapidly approaching.

Get those picks in!

[jiesen]

I don’t have a problem with it. OK with you John Henry?

Hey, tell her to sign up so we can mercilessly tease her if she’s wrong.

If it gets her into smart investing, it's a great idea!

[Massimo]

Well I won’t choose the same pick as last couple of years as it has been a total dud—watch this is the year it finally goes crazy)

So new pick this year is TMGEF long.

Thank you both for doing this contest again.

[minni17]

HALO Long, Thank you

[minni17]

HALO Long ,. Thank You

[JohnHenry]

Am I the only one who thinks this is the year to go short? Or did JH's experience last time give you all second thoughts on going short?

Haha, that's wasn't my fault. I purchased bad intel.

[JohnHenry]

I don’t have a problem with it. OK with you John Henry?

Hey, tell her to sign up so we can mercilessly tease her if she’s wrong.

Whatever Louetta says goes. Yeah, please have Molly sign up so we can rattle her.

[JohnHenry]

Last day to get your picks in by 2359 Hrs. PST. Thanks

[BlueWolf]

Here’s an updated list of what I have …

	2024 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Jan
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
💔Riverbabe And Karel We Miss You 💔
1	Dow	DIA	Long	1/30/2024				0.00%
2	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	1/30/2024				0.00%
3	S&P	SPY	Long	1/30/2024				0.00%
4	Antioch	TSM	Long	1/30/2024				0.00%
5	Antioch’s Dad	$Treasury Bill$	Long	1/30/2024				0.00%
6	BillyJoe	MNKD	Long	1/30/2024				0.00%
7	Blue Wolf	MNDY	Long	1/30/2024				0.00%
8	Gary611	KVUE	Long	1/30/2024				0.00%
9	Jiesen	NVDA	Short	1/30/2024				0.00%
10	Jimmy W	XMTR	Long	1/30/2024				0.00%
11	JohnHenry	FROG	Long	1/30/2024				0.00%
12	Louetta	DKNG	Long	1/30/2024				0.00%
13	Massimo	TMGEF	Long	1/30/2024				0.00%
14	Minni17	HALO	Long	1/30/2024				0.00%
15	Molly	ARM	Long	1/30/2024				0.00%
16	Mr. Market	CLRPF	Long	1/30/2024				0.00%
17	Peanuts	JMPLY	Long	1/30/2024				0.00%

[Louetta]

DKNG long, please.

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The day after entries close, FLUT (the Fanduel people) lists on NYSE (and rings the opening bell).

[BlueWolf]

OK, here’s the new tracking matrix, with closing prices as of last Friday, Jan 26, 2024. Please check it for any errors and let me know if you see something wrong. If you’re missing, let me know that too. Good luck, pickers!

	2024 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Jan 26
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
💔Riverbabe And Karel We Miss You 💔
1	Dow	DIA	Long	1/30/2024	$381.09	$ 381.09		0.00%
2	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	1/30/2024	$423.81	$ 423.81		0.00%
3	S&P	SPY	Long	1/30/2024	$487.41	$ 487.41		0.00%
4	Antioch	TSM	Long	1/30/2024	$117.26	$ 117.26		0.00%
5	Antioch’s Dad	$Treasury Bill$	Long	1/30/2024	$1.00	$ 1.05		4.78%
6	BillyJoe	MNKD	Long	1/30/2024	$3.35	$ 3.35		0.00%
7	Blue Wolf	MNDY	Long	1/30/2024	$208.63	$ 208.63		0.00%
8	Gary611	KVUE	Long	1/30/2024	$20.84	$ 20.84		0.00%
9	Jiesen	NVDA	Short	1/30/2024	$610.31	$ 610.31		0.00%
10	Jimmy W	XMTR	Long	1/30/2024	$32.27	$ 32.27		0.00%
11	JohnHenry	FROG	Long	1/30/2024	$32.90	$ 32.90		0.00%
12	Louetta	DKNG	Long	1/30/2024	$38.48	$ 38.48		0.00%
13	Massimo	TMGEF	Long	1/30/2024	$0.2005	$ 0.2005		0.00%
14	Minni17	HALO	Long	1/30/2024	$34.21	$ 34.21		0.00%
15	Molly	ARM	Long	1/30/2024	$71.17	$ 71.17		0.00%
16	Mr. Market	CLRPF	Long	1/30/2024	$1.655	$ 1.66		0.00%
17	Peanuts	JMPLY	Long	1/30/2024	$42.10	$ 42.10		0.00%

[jiesen]

OK, here’s the new tracking matrix, with closing prices as of last Friday, Jan 26, 2024. Please check it for any errors and let me know if you see something wrong. If you’re missing, let me know that too. Good luck, pickers!

	2024 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Jan 26
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
💔Riverbabe And Karel We Miss You 💔
1	Dow	DIA	Long	1/30/2024	$381.09	$ 381.09		0.00%
2	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	1/30/2024	$423.81	$ 423.81		0.00%
3	S&P	SPY	Long	1/30/2024	$487.41	$ 487.41		0.00%
4	Antioch	TSM	Long	1/30/2024	$117.26	$ 117.26		0.00%
5	Antioch’s Dad	$Treasury Bill$	Long	1/30/2024	$1.00	$ 1.05		4.78%
6	BillyJoe	MNKD	Long	1/30/2024	$3.35	$ 3.35		0.00%
7	Blue Wolf	MNDY	Long	1/30/2024	$208.63	$ 208.63		0.00%
8	Gary611	KVUE	Long	1/30/2024	$20.84	$ 20.84		0.00%
9	Jiesen	NVDA	Short	1/30/2024	$610.31	$ 610.31		0.00%
10	Jimmy W	XMTR	Long	1/30/2024	$32.27	$ 32.27		0.00%
11	JohnHenry	FROG	Long	1/30/2024	$32.90	$ 32.90		0.00%
12	Louetta	DKNG	Long	1/30/2024	$38.48	$ 38.48		0.00%
13	Massimo	TMGEF	Long	1/30/2024	$0.2005	$ 0.2005		0.00%
14	Minni17	HALO	Long	1/30/2024	$34.21	$ 34.21		0.00%
15	Molly	ARM	Long	1/30/2024	$71.17	$ 71.17		0.00%
16	Mr. Market	CLRPF	Long	1/30/2024	$1.655	$ 1.66		0.00%
17	Peanuts	JMPLY	Long	1/30/2024	$42.10	$ 42.10		0.00%

How about that? Looks like I'm the only one going short this year.... if this year turns south, I may have an easy win this time
(not that I am looking forward to a market crash or anything)

[BlueWolf]

Hello, pickers. Welcome to the 2024 edition of Pick of the Year! We got off to a fast start this, in contrast to last years awful first half. Too early for much commentary. I just wanted to get this up quickly so you can see what kind of start we had.

	2024 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Feb 2
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
💔Riverbabe And Karel We Miss You 💔
1	Jimmy W	XMTR	Long	1/30/2024	$32.27	$ 35.58		10.26%
2	Louetta	DKNG	Long	1/30/2024	$38.48	$ 41.59		8.08%
3	Massimo	TMGEF	Long	1/30/2024	$0.2005	$ 0.2131		6.28%
4	JohnHenry	FROG	Long	1/30/2024	$32.90	$ 34.94		6.20%
5	Antioch’s Dad	$Treasury Bill$	Long	1/30/2024	$1.00	$ 1.05		4.78%
6	Blue Wolf	MNDY	Long	1/30/2024	$208.63	$ 214.06		2.60%
7	Dow	DIA	Long	1/30/2024	$381.09	$ 386.39		1.39%
8	S&P	SPY	Long	1/30/2024	$487.41	$ 494.17		1.39%
9	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	1/30/2024	$423.81	$ 429.17		1.26%
10	Gary611	KVUE	Long	1/30/2024	$20.84	$ 20.83		-0.05%
11	Molly	ARM	Long	1/30/2024	$71.17	$ 71.00		-0.24%
12	Antioch	TSM	Long	1/30/2024	$117.26	$ 115.75		-1.29%
13	Minni17	HALO	Long	1/30/2024	$34.21	$ 33.68		-1.55%
14	BillyJoe	MNKD	Long	1/30/2024	$3.35	$ 3.27		-2.39%
15	Peanuts	JMPLY	Long	1/30/2024	$42.10	$ 40.21		-4.49%
16	Mr. Market	CLRPF	Long	1/30/2024	$1.655	$ 1.56		-5.74%
17	Jiesen	NVDA	Short	1/30/2024	$610.31	$ 661.57		-8.40%