Portfolio of the Week

[Websman]

les jeunes boules de taureaux ont été découpées ce week-end. soyez heureux vous ne sont pas un jeune taureau jeune.

Thank God I'm not a bull...jejeje

[Gary611]

Left out???

I guess you overlooked my post from last friday saying that I would be away for most of the day today; I'll go back & get you the post #
--Gary

[Gary611]

Rob, post # 4579

Fellas, I might not be around in time to make my pick for next week, so Rob, if you could & would, let it ride on BLKB for another week.

Stooge quiz:
In 'Dizzy Detectives', Curly didn't have a gun. What was his excuse?

a) "Last week I blew my brains out, and I decided not to take a chance on anything serious happening!"
b) "The landlord's baby was crying so I gave it to the baby to play with."
c)"The real Stooges are all in the NRA."
d) " I ain't a member of the "Pis-till" club!"

the answer if anyone is interested, is: B!!!

[spikefader]

@dmk: congrats, dude. But it's not fair.........you're using a stock over $5 to make me look bad hehehe But seriously bro, nice pick and I hope it stays hot for ya!

@ Lye lol, yes, re your ECR short attempt, I've told you for a long time you need to switch to IB! Ameritrade does SUCK! hehe It's retail and you're missin' out on an edge that you'll get at IB. I doubt you'll find any disagreement on that. And yes, I know you've negotiated cheap rates, but dude....just open a little side account with IB and check it out. You'll be able to short sub $5's and make some of the action that I'm bringing to POTW! hehe .......................Oh, hang on, Jim says I'm not providing anything useful to the group with my sub $5 picks....... lol what a joke Jim. ECR short has been worth +23% in just 6 trading days. Yeah yeah, it's not too good is it buddy? lol And as for realistic, go look at the chart and time & sales for today AND last Monday you'll note there is plenty of volume and upticks to make it realistic. IB continues to list it as shortable I see. Jim said, "I don't concentrate on sub $10 so I'm at a disadvantage". Quit moanin' and mudslinging and makin' excuses. You're either good at pickin direction and nice % movers or you're not. Don't minimize others, but maximize yourself. Work on your weaknesses and trade for maximum returns. No difference between this competition and real life. ECR is easy money on the short side in my opinion (assuming you go with a good broker like IB); a whole lot easier than AAPL long or short right now. You wanna make money or you wanna only limit yourself to certain priced stocks? I understand liquidity is big for you; you trade large. But for a great many traders, a 5K position and +$1150 on a cheap ECR short in 6 days is very nice. Don't ignore the truth dude. Your style is different, that's all. There are plenty of ways to make money in the real world, and short ECR is one of them. And dude, next time you wanna criticize, make sure your facts are straight. I'll support any argument on the side of reality. But you shot from the hip, and your shot wasn't close to the mark. Ski too.

Ski, come on dude.....it wasn't entirely uncalled for, but regardless, you know I was not implying you leave POTW with my "momma I don't wanna play no more comment". It was merely a buddy's reprimand for having a moment of knuckleheadedness  Don't quit Team POTW, dude. With your trading ability you should easily be able to turn your averages positive again and get competitive. Quitting ain't the solution. And neither is focussing on negatives. This place has been great for the positive attitudes (recently in the face of the negative and troll-like) and shines best when people are encouraging souls and seek out the truth over selfishness and pride, and over hate and resentment.

And maybe to avoid this nonsense in future, I suggest that if anyone doesn’t like the rules, then they should feel free to take the scorekeeping duties, and make the rules as per they see fit. Otherwise, just quit the useless negative comments and play the game and be positive and encouraging to others. Anything less is a recipe for disaster.

Maybe another way to achieve harmony again is to conduct a poll to ascertain the majority view as to the minimum dollar value for long or short in POTW. That way the majority decides what is fair and acceptable and realistic. And when it’s decided, the issue is over with… and that it’s agreed that the only acceptable way to bring about a rule change is either private messages to the current scorekeeper or independently created polls to seek a majority vote regarding any established rule. And from this point forward participation in the game is acceptance that no-one has the right to criticize a competitor who has complied with all rules, and thus bring disrepute and ugliness to the competition.

But sheesh people, it’s only a game! Is it too much to ask that people treat the POTW as environment to encourage and support rather than tear down and criticize? Let’s keep it Huge.

[Websman]

Wowwww....that was deep Spike.

Long live the VTP!!!!

And under $5 stocks!!

HOOOORAHHHHH!!!

[dmk112]

Some contestants whining about sub $5 stocks again I see.

Newsflash naysayers........shorting sub $5.00 stocks is real, it's goin' on every day, and it ain't no fancy, tricky, unrealistic thing to do. A decent broker like IB are all too happy for you to short sell stocks like ECR. There's no problem, no big deal.

Jim........not realistic?!? lol funny stuff. How long you been trading?? And have you ever traded with direct access brokers? Or maybe you've preferred retail your whole life....and lived in ignorance of the edge a good broker offers.

Shorting sub $5's is life dudes. And anyone in doubt about that needs to wake up and smell the roses. And, frankly, suggesting it's not realistic is simply displaying their own inexperience and ignorance.

I respect that some might not like the rule, IIC says shorting is against his religion, and I respect that.......but dudes, shorting is a reality, whether it's $3 or $103.

And I think the contest should be as close to reality as possible. Why should this competition be structured to favor people who prefer more expensive stocks? So they can be competitive? If yall can't be competitive on an open and level playing field, then give the game away and go cry to momma and tell her life ain't fair and you don't wanna play no more.

We all share the same rules, and share the same risk. And we all share the same reality. I love competition and success and will applaud anyone doing well.

Yet again I feel like flickin' foreheads!

I'm with ya on this one Spike, I think these guys need to to convert to IBism and they would realize that low priced stocks can be easily shorted (most).

And what the heck is the difference if you're long a $5 stock or short it? It goes both ways...

[Lyehopper]

Maybe another way to achieve harmony again is to conduct a poll to ascertain the majority view as to the minimum dollar value for long or short in POTW.

Nothing wrong with the rules.

Nothing wrong with Spike's pick.

Nothing wrong with Spikes trading style.

Nothing wrong with Jim's opinion.

Nothing wrong with Jim's trading style.

Nothing wrong with Ski's opinion.

Nothing wrong with Ski's trading style.

Nothing wrong with IB.

Nothing wrong with Ameritrade Apex.

Then what's wrong?.... Just plain old pride I guess. It's like my dear old Granny used to say.... "l'homme avec trop de fierté tombera"....

[The Photon]

jdsu, I stay, I say -

[skiracer]

I never brought it down to a negative level or badmouthed anyone. It was never a matter of going long or short but about the difference in the percentages made by a low priced stock vs a stock over $5 or $10. I never once stated that I was going to quit the game because of it or that anyone else should.
All I did was state my feelings about the subject and what my preferences were in a mannerly fashion. I still feel that way an it's no big one way or another in my mind how anyone else feels or wants to play it. I'm only concerned with how I feel about what I think and being true to those feelings. It's the only way I play it. It's been a nice run and now it's over for me. There's absolutely no animousity on my part towards anyone but it's just the way I feel about it now. Good luck.

[dakat69]

Nothing wrong with the rules.

Nothing wrong with Spike's pick.

Nothing wrong with Spikes trading style.

Nothing wrong with Jim's opinion.

Nothing wrong with Jim's trading style.

Nothing wrong with Ski's opinion.

Nothing wrong with Ski's trading style.

Nothing wrong with IB.

Nothing wrong with Ameritrade Apex.

Then what's wrong?.... Just plain old pride I guess. It's like my dear old Granny used to say.... "l'homme avec trop de fierté tombera"....

BINGO. Nothing wrong with any style, as long as the account accumulates the green.

[billyjoe]

A year ago I told myself never to buy an under $15 stock again. Spike , Webs, and Grebnet made me realize that if you did some extra homework , good money could be made. I now hold 5 stocks bought under $7 with the following gains :

BEL +57%

EGY +30%

HOM +5%

MOSS even

TLF -2%

billyjoe

[IIC]

I guess you overlooked my post from last friday saying that I would be away for most of the day today; I'll go back & get you the post #
--Gary

I didn't overlook it...I just didn't know the answer this week...I hate to rain on everybody's parade...But I don't know everything...IIC

[Rob]

Just When You Think You've Got Things Under Control ...

I guess you overlooked my post from last friday . . .

Gary,
I had forgotten that you posted that. Thanks for reminding me. If you've been reading the thread, then you've probably seen where I, in the interim, initiated a new "carved in stone" rule, which states that if one forsees not being able to enter a pick between 4:00 p.m. on Friday and 3:59 p.m. on Mondy, he may enter a pick prior to 4:00 p.m. Friday, but that pick may not be changed under any circumstances. It will go in at Monday's opening price and go out at Friday's closing price, period. (But that's usually the way you play 'em anyway, so I don't imagine you'd have any problem with that.) I'll go ahead and put you in BLKB long starting at the open Monday, and you'll see it on Tuesday-Friday's results. It looks like it opened at 19.80 and closed at 20.01, a nice little 1.06% gain for the day. It appears there's a good profit to be made in creating software for non-profit oraganizations. You're an awesome player, dude, and I stand in stark awe of your stock-picking acumen.

Re:

the answer if anyone is interested, is: B!!!

I guess you overlooked this post. heh heh

Hey check out this vintage photo where you and your buds used to wear your hair differently ...

[alice4321us]

sell knxa buy cmvt

[Lyehopper]

......just open a little side account with IB and check it out.

I think I'll do just that....thanks