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

[BlueWolf]

Thanks largely to a big gap up at Monday’s open, all three indices had excellent gains this week. It didn’t reflect so much in our picks, however, although there were a few gains here and there. Antioch’s BJ rebounded enough to retake 1st place from Massimo’s XBOTF, now in 2nd, with Minni17’s ATAT remaining in 3rd. These three stocks remain our only green picks.

[BlueWolf]

The market drifted lower this week and relinquished some of its fantastic gains of late as a credit rating downgrade and the latest round of tariff warning shots shook the market. The effects on our leaderboard, however, were somewhat surprising. After a stellar week against the trend, Massimo’s XBOTF rocketed into 1st place (again) with a comfortable lead. Minni17’s ATAT also had a strong, counter trend week and nudged itself into 2nd place. Antioch’s stalwart BJ took up 3rd and remained in striking position hoping to reclaim the lead it maintained for so long. These three beauties stubbornly continue to be our only three green picks. Ever the optimist, except when I’m not, I persist in hoping that we will soon add to this prestigious list of green picks.

[Massimo]

Hey, Massimo. I was doing a little reading and happened to come across some videos about the products of Realbotix (XBOTF). I had never really investigated the company before. There is still a ways to go before we have truly human-like robots, but their technology is amazing.

Hey BlueWolf,
This is a small spec company that is the only real Canadian company doing humanoid robotics.
Run up in share price is probably due to some eyeballs on it as they are presenting at the Bitcoin conference in Vegas this week.
Take Care!

[BlueWolf]

I could have sworn I posted the latest standings on Friday, but when I checked today, the post was not there. So forgive me if a duplicate post suddenly shows up. Anyway, the indices jinked down at the start of the week then jinked back up and peddled sideways. Despite this net zero movement by the market, we had a lot of incremental upward movement in our picks with a number of them now hovering near the break even point. As it stands, however, we still only have three green picks as follows: Massimo’s XBOTF in 1st, Antioch’s BJ in 2nd, and Minni17’s ATAT in 3rd. Let’s see if the coming week(s) can push some of these other picks into the green.

[BlueWolf]

Duplicate post removed.

[BlueWolf]

The market drifted upwards a bit this week, but that’s not the real good news. Welcome to the green team Mr. Market and Louetta! That’s right pickers, we added two green positions this week. Louetta’s ORCL broke through and Mr. Market’s VST not only broke through but also took over 3rd place. Congrats! As for the rest of the standings, Minni17’s ATAT took over 1st place with Antioch’s BJ holding down a close 2nd. Keep up the good work, pickers.

[mrmarket]

We really need all of this global trade talk to iron out before we see real momentum return to the market...now it's all fits and starts and companies are stalling on growth projects

[jiesen]

Meantime there are interesting developments going on in the tech sector, with AI growth exploding all over the place... I am fully expecting BBAI to come roaring back with a triple-digit return by EOY. Any day now!

[BlueWolf]

It was a slightly down week thanks largely to a sell off on Friday. Still, it had a weird effect on our picks. The picks that were doing well went up and the picks that weren’t went down further. In any event we ended the week with six picks in the green and one rocket ship. The rocket ship was Louetta’s ORCL which vaulted into 1st place after blowout earnings. Minni17’s ATAT slipped down into 2nd and Massimo’s XBOTF climbed up into 3rd. Congrats to our new leaders.

[Louetta]

Oh goody, I'm winning. Reading "The Technological Republic" by Alexander Karp. He presents evidence collected by someone that firms run by their founders (not families, e.g. Ford) perform better in the markets that other firms. Does Ellison run Oracle? Don't imagine so but I'll bet he's still a presence.

[BlueWolf]

Oh goody, I'm winning. Reading "The Technological Republic" by Alexander Karp. He presents evidence collected by someone that firms run by their founders (not families, e.g. Ford) perform better in the markets that other firms. Does Ellison run Oracle? Don't imagine so but I'll bet he's still a presence.

He’s currently Chief Technology Officer and Executive Chairman, and he still owns over 40% of the shares of Oracle. I too believe that founder driven companies tend to do better in the market, and that’s something I look for in investments.

[BlueWolf]

It was pretty a “meh” week with the markets treading water. Correspondingly, there was no significant change in our leader board. Antioch’s BJ, however, returned to the top three in 3rd place. Louetta’s ORCL held on to 1st and was followed by Minni17’s ATAT in 2nd. I think a little bit of paralysis has hit the markets. There are a lot of earnings coming up, though, so maybe that will move things along.

[BlueWolf]

There was a nice move up in the market this week with all three indices up significantly. This produced a shakeup of our leaderboard and created a new leader. Our new leader after rocketing up this week is … drum roll … Jiesen’s BBAI! Congrats, Jiesen. In 2nd, last week’s leader, Louetta’s ORCL, stayed strong while Minni17’s ATAT stayed in the mix in 3rd. We’re back to seven positions in the green along with another position just barely below the line, so good picking, pickers.

[jiesen]

Meantime there are interesting developments going on in the tech sector, with AI growth exploding all over the place... I am fully expecting BBAI to come roaring back with a triple-digit return by EOY. Any day now!

Another week of 50% gains on this one, and I'll be sitting at 9 on it, yet again! When do y'all think I should sell BBAI? I am in it at about $4, since February. Was thinking to sell at either 20 or 40... maybe 50/50 at each point?

[BlueWolf]

Another week of 50% gains on this one, and I'll be sitting at 9 on it, yet again! When do y'all think I should sell BBAI? I am in it at about $4, since February. Was thinking to sell at either 20 or 40... maybe 50/50 at each point?

Hard to say how high it will go. That’s more dependent on company fundamentals such as the technology, management team, business model, and of course, financials. Earlier this year, BBAI got hammered because of concerns over tariffs and government budget cuts. In March, they also disclosed some problems in their financial reporting and had to restate several years worth of financials. So they have their hurdles to clear. On the positive side, they appointed a new CEO in January who has connections in the Trump administration. Things seem to be looking up under his leadership, but they are still not profitable, and they’re carrying quite a bit of debt.

Recent announcements do point to some progress. This week BBAI announced that they had deployed their biometric passenger processing software at major US and international airports and this may have led to the recent gains. There was no other specific announcement that seemed to be tied to the recent price surge, so maybe investors are looking favorably on the company valuation again. Unfortunately, I have no insight into what these new investors are thinking, and the stock price has been extremely volatile, so I am extremely hesitant to say how much higher it might be heading. I just don’t think there’s enough information to assign a solid target price to the stock.

Maybe this is where technical analysis can help. On Tuesday, it broke out of its base by a significant margin. On Wednesday it gapped up and then faded to close the day lower than Tuesday’s close. I think this was the by product of antsy holders taking advantage of the surge to get out before another pullback. Then on Thursday, the stock reclaimed all of the territory it ceded on Wednesday and closed significantly higher again. On Friday, it basically based at the high. These last couple of days were very bullish, indicating new buyers were coming into the stock with a little bit of conviction, and certainly implying the stock is heading higher in the near term.

You could use a trailing stop, but because of the volatility, I don’t think I would do that if I were you. I would set an alarm for below $5.5, and if it triggers, I would quickly reassess and consider getting out if the candlestick patterns are bearish. On the other hand, if the stock continues moving up, I would keep reassessing and raising your pullback alarm, using bearish candlestick patterns to determine whether or not to stay in.

Sorry for the long winded response, and the less than precise recommendation, but I hope something in there helps.