Announcing the bigger and better than ever, 2025 Pick of the Year (PotY) contest!

[Louetta]

That's readable. Amazing what's happened to old favorites like ANET and VST.

[BlueWolf]

Is everybody?s neck OK. That was quite a whiplash in the market. Nasty, nasty stuff. Needless to say, there were a lot of reversal in our picks as a result. I did my best to convert a slightly abbreviated version of the standings chart (missing some columns) into text so I could post it. It?s probably going to be pretty difficult to read because the spacing will be lost, but with a little mental interpolation, you should be able to get the gist of it.

2025 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Feb 28
# Contestant Stock Current Penalty Gain/Loss


1 Jiesen BBAI $5.16 +21.70%
2 Minni17 ATAT $30.71 +12.04%
3 BillyJoe BP $33.12 +6.63%
4 Jimmy W RXRX $7.51 +3.73%
5 Antioch BJ $101.26 +2.23%
6 Massimo XBOTF $0.2634 +1.70%
7 S&P SPY $594.18 -1.27%
8 Antioch?s Dad SPY $594.18 -1.27%
9 Dow DIA $438.37 -1.58%
10 Louetta ORCL $166.06 -2.35%
11 NASDAQ QQQ $508.17 -2.70%
12 Molly ANET $93.05 -19.25%
13 Mr. Market4 VST $133.66 -20.45%
14 Blue Wolf PSTG $52.47 -22.60%
15 Peanuts RUM $9.32 -24.72
16 JohnHenry VNET $11.73 20.00%. -25.04%

[mrmarket]

Sorry I don't know what the issue is...I know Richard wanted to switch over to a new server. Hang in there...at least we know what everyone's picks are!

[BlueWolf]

Glad to know it is not just me and that it can be reproduced.

[jiesen]

I can press it, but then it takes me to a bunch of error codes instead of an advanced editor page.

[BlueWolf]

Can anyone else press ?Go Advanced? while posting a new message? I cannot.

[Louetta]

I have an unofficial Yahoo portfolio made up. Shows Jiesen's BBAI +60%, Jimmy W RXRX +28%, Massimo XBOTF +19%. I have no price info on VNET which was added late. 6 picks are in plus territory, 6 in minus.

[BlueWolf]

Also can?t go into advanced mode while creating a post.

[BlueWolf]

I can?t even post the diagnostic message I?m getting. I can only post directly typed in text. The question marks are being substituted for single quotes.

[mrmarket]

Don't know.

[BlueWolf]

Can?t seem to post the leaderboard this week. Not sure what?s up.

[Louetta]

It's interesting, Molly's dead last with ANET. I almost picked PLTR and it's down almost 25% in just two or so days.

[BlueWolf]

Hi BlueWolf,

VNet long please. Thank you.

Welcome to the party, JohnHenry. Good to see you back.

[JohnHenry]

Hi BlueWolf,

VNet long please. Thank you.

[BlueWolf]

2025 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Feb 14

Here we are in week two, and already things are rocking and rolling as another couple of picks rocketed to the upside. Here’s the current leaderboard: Jiesen’s BBAI is still holding a commanding lead in 1st, Jimmy W’s RXRX blasted into 2nd, and Massimo’s XBOTF is not far behind in 3rd. Three stocks with 40%+ gains in two weeks. Not bad, pickers.

	2025 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Feb 14
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
💔 In Loving Memory of Riverbabe And Karel 💔
1	Jiesen	BBAI	Long	2/3/2025	$4.24	$ 9.02		112.74%
2	Jimmy W	RXRX	Long	2/3/2025	$7.24	$ 10.53		45.44%
3	Massimo	XBOTF	Long	2/3/2025	$0.259	$ 0.370		42.86%
4	BillyJoe	BP	Long	2/3/2025	$31.06	$ 35.00		12.69%
5	Minni17	ATAT	Long	2/3/2025	$27.41	$ 30.80		12.37%
6	Antioch	BJ	Long	2/3/2025	$99.05	$ 105.95		6.97%
7	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	2/3/2025	$522.29	$ 538.15		3.04%
8	Louetta	ORCL	Long	2/3/2025	$170.06	$ 174.16		2.41%
9	S&P	SPY	Long	2/3/2025	$601.82	$ 609.70		1.31%
10	Antioch’s Dad	SPY	Long	2/3/2025	$601.82	$ 609.70		1.31%
11	Dow	DIA	Long	2/3/2025	$445.39	$ 445.79		0.09%
12	Blue Wolf	PSTG	Long	2/3/2025	$67.79	$ 67.80		0.01%
13	Mr. Market	VST	Long	2/3/2025	$168.03	$ 167.66		-0.22%
14	Peanuts	RUM	Long	2/3/2025	$12.38	$ 11.52		-6.95%
15	Molly	ANET	Long	2/3/2025	$115.23	$ 106.87		-7.26%