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I realized we need a dedicated thread for talking smack about our picks ;D  This is that thread! All in good fun of course!! >:D  Only one rule here: No smiting someone for busting on your stock!

Also feel free to use this thread to discuss the stocks picks in a mature manner as well. Post updated DD, charts, whatever.

QuoteIs there a special Board where stock picks of contestants are discussed, as many of the picks are new to 3SOF and it would be nice to get connected to streams on the stocks themselves.

This is the place!

QuoteBooyah!! (although I hate the Man Cramer! he did pump up BMD)

It's a mixed bag Defender. Stocks Cramer pumps often get dumped after a few days/weeks. Ideally for you Cramer would have waited two weeks to pump BMD so you could get a late surge. By the time this contest is nearing an end the Cramerits may be falling over themselves to escape BMD. Look at CPST!!

Here's the GTE chart, currently holding 5th place out of 56 in the 3SoF Challenge! Breakout of bullish flag today. My target is the 200 dma at $2.83. Hoping it gets there by the end of the contest.

With week 1 almost over, 19 traders are in the money and 36 are underwater on their positions. That ratio isn't pretty especially considering the market as a whole is up this week. We should at least be at 50/50.  33/67 is completely unacceptable! Will Randolph offer a remedial trading course to those who finish in the bottom 10? >:D

I have crush on AOB and had not there been the risk of negative earning surprise I would have seconded the pick. At the moment I am standing by CKCM and I think elite's ERI may move past many and I'll be licking my humble profits.

CKCM is a nice stock, especially over the last month, but I don't think she'll win this contest because she's 10% away from a double top scenario. I don't think we'll see a breakthrough of that on the first attempt.

Agreeance that elite's ERI looks dangerous.

Hmmmm........ I am too late for the contest but that doesn't stop me from taking advantage from all the good stocks that nicely have been served for all of us (http://www.3stocksonfire.org/trading/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=3311;image)

I would have loved too go for VPHM, AOB,SVA, CRYP or CKCM (I can't see that double top  ::)) but I already have them.

I have spent my weekend going through all the picks to find the sexy once. So here U are:

The short list of the picks of the picks:

SYNC

Great stock. I missed it the first time around due to the insider selling but I like the fundamentals

UBET

Gorgeous fundamentals but I am a bit concerned about the litigation.

QLTI

Lovely balance sheet, good earnings but competition is around the corner.

I will try to buy at least one of these stocks on Monday.

Mike

Quote from: stocky on November 12, 2005, 04:46:33 PM
I have crush on AOB and had not there been the risk of negative earning surprise I would have seconded the pick. At the moment I am standing by CKCM and I think elite's ERI may move past many and I'll be licking my humble profits.

AOB does look nice stocky and great job on CKCM.. nice performance so far  8)

I feel that it may be too high priced to move enough in this contest.  I'm thinking it will take 50%..prolly higher to win it all  >:D  but I may be way off especially if the stock market makes a turn south.  Thx for the nod on ERI  ;)  It will be very interesting to see where everybody is a month from now  :)  Goodluck stocky.

Quote from: Lucas Scott on November 13, 2005, 03:04:19 AM
Agreeance that elite's ERI looks dangerous.

yo lucas, you guys are making me think I should put some money on ERI  :D  GTE came up on my G-pattern study a bunch of times.  If its got fuel in the tank for one of those again  >:D but that 200ma is tellin me there is some unhappy supply above.. Let the best ma.. let the luckiest bastard win  :D >:D >:D  Goodluck man.

Quote from: Michael on November 13, 2005, 02:02:27 PM
Hmmmm........ I am too late for the contest but that doesn't stop me from taking advantage from all the good stocks that nicely have been served for all of us (http://www.3stocksonfire.org/trading/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=3311;image)

I would have loved too go for VPHM, AOB,SVA, CRYP or CKCM (I can't see that double top  ::)) but I already have them.

I have spent my weekend going through all the picks to find the sexy once. So here U are:

The short list of the picks of the picks:

SYNC

Great stock. I missed it the first time around due to the insider selling but I like the fundamentals

UBET

Gorgeous fundamentals but I am a bit concerned about the litigation.

QLTI

Lovely balance sheet, good earnings but competition is around the corner.

I will try to buy at least one of these stocks on Monday.

Mike

Hey Michael, the beer smileys are great!.. had to save that  ;) thx
.. and of course I always pay attention to your great fundamental analysis.  Looking forward to seeing your pick in the next contest.  8)

My favourite "unknown" for me at least from the contest is WGAT, which has shown an awesome break of a long term descending trendline.  Looks potenially set for the second leg of a G-pattern, but haven't quite seen the associated volume explosion... yet.  Good enough that I took a position on Thursday.  No thread with any recent content on 3SOF,  so will have to update.

All fun and games though.  Would be interested to see what others think  ;D ;D

Have to say that I almost went in with GTE as my pick Lucas, as it has been one I've been following for a few weeks, and I really like the chart, but CNXT just looks too good, and with a potential gap fill for an 80+% gain, I couldn't resist.  Right now I'm gutted I didn't go for my first instinct, and left it to you, as GTE seems to be doing pretty well in the standings, while CNXT is near the bottom in red territory for the week, but all may change....

Anyway, good luck to all, let the luckiest bastard win ;D ;D ;D

QuoteRight now I'm gutted I didn't go for my first instinct, and left it to you, as GTE seems to be doing pretty well in the standings, while CNXT is near the bottom in red territory for the week, but all may change....

Scot, I bought CNXT on Friday for my portfolio. I like the way the chart is setting up. I think you'll get a nice run out of it before this contest is over. GO CNXT!!

From first to worst!!  I think actrader's SMTX was in first place Thursday morning. Two days later it's dead last. Things change on a dime here!

LukeQ

I got some "Smack Talkin" for you.... :D
12 Stocks up today in the contest.....as of now! ;D and mine is not one of them :D
We are doing great,,,, ???

I was trying to choose between three (VIAC, SWIR, and CYTO) ... and I chose the wrong one  :D.  Woohoo!  ::)

$1000 Contest Update: 11/15/05

17 traders have a gain of > 1%
35 traders have a loss of 1% or more

Not good!! I reiterate that I hope David will offer a special remedial TA course to those who finish in the bottom 10! >:D

Suggestion to Randolph/Ramsburg for future contests. Rather than winner-take-all I think the prize could be spread out a little.

Example:
1st place: Free year's subscription + $250
2nd place: $150
3rd place: $100

If the game ended today I'd be the winner with a return on GTE of 26.5%. But I'd feel bad for tugsinav, Right Side, vic666 and stocky, whose picks are only a few percentage points behind. I'd feel real bad if it's me who finishes a percentage point behind! :D

Also there will be months where the winner is obvious after a week or two, like if someone's pick shoots up 50% in a day. In a situation like that where the best the rest of the group can hope for is 2nd place, it would be cool if there was a prize for 2nd.

I agree with Lucas ;D.  I was also wondering if you might change up the membership part of the prize at some point (ie make it optional to exchange for cash) or increase the prize  ;D.

Maybe a system like this would work:
1st - [$250] and [1-yr membership]
                  or [6-month membership + extra $225]
                  or [1-month membership + extra $450]
                  or [extra $500]

2nd - [$150]
        or [1-month membership + $100]

3rd - [$100]
        or [1-month membership + $50]

That way 1st - 3rd have the possibility of getting money and/or a membership and if they are already one year (or other time-length) members than they can get money to invest immediately.  What does everyone else think... it's basically the same thing Lucas said... with a twist  :D.

I'd like to say UBET sucks. Plain and simple. After hearing that conference call I see no reason to buy here. In fact its a short from my perspective. Broke the long term ascending support line....would not be suprised if this pick goes down 20% and i "win" for the highest LOSS.  :o

BTW =  I also personally got stopped out for -6% as my stop was just below the 200 day ma...

Bought GTE today, would sell if it closes below 2.2. Resistance at 2.4.

I owned this stock in pre-reverse penny days. At that time it was not ready but now I think its technically and speculatively ready for sharp gains and it could even double by the end of the contest.

Goodluck and tumbs up for recommending. Hope CKCM atleast keep its gains. Though I am expecting it to double in 12 month time.

Smack Talk Time...... ;D
LOL...I did make it to the Green today. Watch out guys and gals I'm bringing up the rear !  :D
Watch out all these members above me....LOL...I'm on fire. ;) @ #18

#     Member         Pick         Buy Price        Today         Last             G/L

#1   vic666           SVA         5.24             +6.06%       7.00            33.59%
#2   Lucas Scott    GTE         1.85             +1.24%       2.45            32.43%
#3   tugsinav         HOM        5.09             +0.15%       6.70            31.63%
#4   defenderyou   BMD        6.07             +6.26%       7.64            25.86%
#5   stocky            CKCM      22.14            +5.21%      27.85           25.79%
#6   guitarman       SWC        9.59             +2.34%      11.80           23.04%
#7   RIGHT SIDE    AMR        14.35            -0.34%       17.49           21.88%
#8   la-onda           GIGM        2.08             +3.75%      2.49            19.71%
#9  Tatrader          SYNC      4.39               0.00%        5.09            15.95%
#10 owen654321  KOMG      28.13            +2.26%       31.19           10.88%
#11 Amarens         WZEN     6.95               -0.51%        7.68            10.50%
#12 wgsick            CRDN      41.71             +1.40%      45.50             9.09%
#13 Se7en            AVAN       1.61              -5.41%        1.75             8.70%
#14 puenthouse    CHK         28.01             +3.17%       29.64           5.82%
#15 netfish           WGAT      2.785             -1.01%        2.94            5.57%
#16 akclide           IVAC         11.97             +0.32%      12.55           4.85%
#17 Athakinu        ACTU        3.36               +0.86%      3.50             4.17%
#18 setravis          OSUR        11.18              +4.77%     11.64            4.11%
#19 rickjust           NFLX         27.69             +1.02%      28.71           3.68%
#20 dhiraj19         HPQ          28.51              -0.41%      29.28            2.70%
#21 healey           SIRI            7.00               -2.06%      7.13             1.86%
#22ScottishTraderCNXT           2.34                0.00%      2.37             1.28%
#23 basonista       KKD            5.24               +1.15%      5.30             1.15%
#24 KCScott         MAT          15.53              +2.90%      15.61           0.52%

All ones in green as of today @ the market close listed.
Watch out got my motor running...LOL... ;D...............#18

Good luck to all!!!!!!!  ;)

Well, if I wasn't eating so many doughnuts, I would feel good about the race.  With the holiday season comes the pounds.  I feel my butt growing as we speak.  Maybe I should have picked Nutrasystem!  Or some excersize equipment company.  At least then I would be in shape.  ;)

Oh, some more Smack Talkin....
I'm up in the after hours also .... :D

ORASURE TECH INC (NasdaqNM:OSUR) Delayed quote data 

***************After Hours (RT-ECN): 11.88  0.24 (2.06%)***********  ;D

Last Trade: 11.64
Trade Time: 4:00PM ET
Change:  0.53 (4.77%)
Prev Close: 11.11
Open: 11.10
Bid: 0.01 x 100
Ask: 9,000.00 x 100
1y Target Est: 11.75

  Day's Range: 11.04 - 11.67
52wk Range: 5.35 - 11.83
Volume: 574,771
Avg Vol (3m): 401,511
Market Cap: 529.91M
P/E (ttm): 80.83
EPS (ttm): 0.14
Div & Yield: N/A (N/A)

Watch that Krispy Kreme Doughnut Shop Basonista.They are good!! ;D
Send a box my way!  ;)

Quote from: setravis on November 21, 2005, 06:56:16 PM

Watch that Krispy Kreme Doughnut Shop Basonista.They are good!! ;D
Send a box my way!  ;)

Yes, I have to be careful.  PT test coming up.  I recognize your icon and am sure you know all about PT tests.  ;)  Krispy Kremes are so good though!  Mmmm, watching them roll off that conveyer belt...  Yumm!

setravis - I'm a buyer if it gets through triple-top in the 11.75 - 11.85 range

(http://www.3stocksonfire.org/trading/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=9850;image)

Nice chart. Not sure it was the best bet for this contest since it looked like it was in need of some consolidation (i.e. handle for the cup, as you pointed out when you submitted) before attacking new highs. For a timeframe longer than 4 weeks the setup looks super.  

Possible twist for future contests. Anyone submitting a pick that loses more than 15% in the month has to pay 20 bucks into the winner's pot >:D  Just half-kidding bout that (but half serious too, I mean actraders' SMTX is down 40%. For shame!).

I do think prize money should be divvy'd among the top 5. Like $200 to 1st, $100 to 2nd, and a free month subscription ($50 value) to 3rd, 4th and 5th.  Instead of $500 to the winner. Man I would be mad if the contest ended today and I lost because SVA's return was 1.1% higher better than mine! :'(

#1 Lucas Scott - GTE 81.08%
#2 la-onda - GIGM 21.15%
#3 (*) RIGHT SIDE investment club - AMR 21.05%
#4 (*) guitarman - SWC 20.23%

I'm starting to feel like Secretariat at the Belmont :)

I'm still wary of la-onda's GIGM though. Its history shows it can make big swings.

Hmmm...  I think it's time for GTE to eat some yummy Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and weigh it down a little.... ;)

My pick BOOM... one thing i could say, BOOM in my A... :-*

OSUR...Hummmm, How many days do I have left?  ???
Good deal Basonista, Feed old Lucas Scott and GTE lot's of them Krispy Kreme Doughnuts  ;D



#1 Lucas Scott    GTE     71.35%
#2 owen654321  KOMG  24.17%
#3 setravis          OSUR  18.78%
#4 (*) RIGHT SIDE investment club AMR 18.68%
#5 (*) guitarman SWC 17.41%

2 trading days left. Can seb_spa's DOC catch my GTE? DOC was up 42% today. Another 42% tomorrow and seb would be in striking distance :o :o

Dunno where I should post, but in the interest of full disclosure, I sold my position in KOMG today for a nice gain.  I know tomorrow is the official end of the contest, but (1) GTE is the clear winner -- congrats! :) and (2) KOMG is looking overextended after a big run-up this last month, institutions are beginning to offload, the trading action today is a little weak, and volume is slowing down.  My goal is to be ahead of the trend, so if I miss out on a few dollars, it's okay.  Of course, I do tend to sell early.. but then again, hindsight is always 20/20, and about half the time I've looked back and said, "darn, sold too early," and about half of the time I've said, "phew, glad I sold early."  Of course I remember the biggest losses and largest missed gains the most, like most other people on the planet...

I know that I've checked out the $1000 results once or twice to search for interesting picks, and I wanted to let others who might be doing the same that I'm taking profits today.  :)

It feels like a football game with two minutes left in the 4th quarter, and I'm up 21-10 and have possession. I just have to protect the ball. If I fumble and the other team recovers and scores a TD, then gets an onside kick and scores again I could lose. ;D But the odds of that happening are slim. Just one more day!!

Had an idea for the payout for the next Stock Picking Contest. Assuming the total payout amount stays the same, could do $250 plus the year subscription to the winner, and then $250 to be divided evenly among anyone else whose stock has appreciated 20% or more. Just a way to recognize and give a pat on the back to those who made a great pick but missed out on first place.

Quote from: Lucas Scott on December 01, 2005, 09:50:34 PM
It feels like a football game with two minutes left in the 4th quarter, and I'm up 21-10 and have possession. I just have to protect the ball. If I fumble and the other team recovers and scores a TD, then gets an onside kick and scores again I could lose. ;D But the odds of that happening are slim. Just one more day!!

Had an idea for the payout for the next Stock Picking Contest. Assuming the total payout amount stays the same, could do $250 plus the year subscription to the winner, and then $250 to be divided evenly among anyone else whose stock has appreciated 20% or more. Just a way to recognize and give a pat on the back to those who made a great pick but missed out on first place.

So we other teams need to......... ;D

http://www.rallymonkey.com/video/kenindex.swf

OK, Just great.

3 days left and now NABI decides to move!

Over 500% increase in average volume and up at one point almost 20%.

I'm gunnin for ya Lucas...Fumble, please!! ;D

http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.web?c=nabi

Congratulation Lucas Scott! ... you got an early christmas present from 3SOF ;)
My pick BOOM at least it ended up green today... actually 18% so far, ha ha ha ;D

Thanks Terlisa and my fellow competitors for the congrats. I look forward to defending my title! I look even more forward to $500 appearing in my Paypal account!! ;D

Man I KNEW I should have picked GTE ::)

But seriously, it was my first pick, but then decided to go with CNXT instead - the big gap just looked too tempting...  is on its way, but may be good for then next stock picking contest.

Anyway, congrats Lucas, the only consolation I have is that I have held GTE through the entire contest, so while I may not have picked it, its still the biggest winner on my books.  We'll see about next time though - don't get too picky on your supreme picking skills ;)

Congratulations and Merry Christmas Lucas Scott ! ;)
Also an Applaud to you.....Nice Pick...  ;D
I'm ready for the next round..... :D Are you?  ???
I think I ended up #5

Thank you! I was considering an applaud for everyone whose pick returned >20%, and a smite for everyone whose pick lost more than 20% >:D

I'm not ready for the next round. I don't know what I'm gonna pick yet!

Quote from: Lucas Scott on December 05, 2005, 04:05:22 PM
Thank you! I was considering an applaud for everyone whose pick returned >20%, and a smite for everyone whose pick lost more than 20% >:D

Smite!! whose lost more than -20%...i think that's so unfair Lucas...this is a contest, someone will win, someone will lose. so smiting is not necessary... Goodluck for the next edition.

Yeah, I was just joking about that. ;D  A smite would be pretty harsh. It would be a double whammy too if the person also lost real money on the pick!

Great pick Lucas!!

You sure deserved this.

Look forward to the next contest, just so you know we are all gunnin for ya!!

Look out.

Ken

You'r all toast this time, I've got insider info

;D

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/kcscott/DavidRandolphDESC.jpg)

Smack Talkin' Time..... :D
Contest Board...Hmmmmmmmmmmm....The Red Sea !
We had better make a rebound....the winner just may be on the red side... ;D

KCScott ... You forgot to plug the toaster in.... ;)

My Pick rolled over and died.....51st place.... ::)   

Lucas Scott .....forgot to load his guns!  ???

All in good fun guys.......I see the web site even had a bad day...Down most of the day.

Excuse me...update......I am in 53rd place... :D :D :D :D ;D ;D ;D

Quotethe winner just may be on the red side...

LOL! :D

The race is just starting. I'm drafting off the frontrunners right now. Let them get tired out and then try to pass.

Sorry guys, this contest is mine >:D muahhhhhhhhahahahahaha!!!!!!

All others shall fail in their own demise!!!!!!!

lol jk ;D

Good luck fellas, and ladies

-fousc

Quote from: fousc on December 15, 2005, 12:03:08 AM
Sorry guys, this contest is mine >:D muahhhhhhhhahahahahaha!!!!!!

All others shall fail in their own demise!!!!!!!

lol jk ;D

Good luck fellas, and ladies

-fousc

My young "drunk" 21 year old fellow trader. ;D
Now what Professor at, did you say you attended Oregon State University, informed you of such a misleading teaching? Now , is this OSU known as the Beavers? I think you have been out on the wood chewing to much with the beavers.  :D :D :D :D :D
muahhhhhhhhahahahahaha......lol...just in good fun my friend
Good luck with your pick!!!!
This old picker is in 53rd place..... :D :D :D :D :D :D

Better than my dead last!!! :D :D :D :D
Comical really, well that'll learn me, but still we got a whole month to play, and I still think I can beat you all >:D >:D >:D >:D

I may not win, but I clearly had the most technical analysis on my pick!

:)

But wow, look at that sea of red.

Hey now... my pick had a 15% dilution and I'm still in third  :o.  I think I've still got a pretty good shot fousc  :D.

Good luck everybody... in it for the long haul.

Quote from: ehos on December 15, 2005, 01:41:05 PM
But wow, look at that sea of red.

Hey guys, are you sure we are not doing a "shorting contest" ?   ;) :) :D

It would have been better................. most stock would have been "green" so far.

Good luck.
:)

Quote from: setravis on December 15, 2005, 12:24:01 AM
My young "drunk" 21 year old fellow trader. ;D
Now what Professor at, did you say you attended Oregon State University, informed you of such a misleading teaching? Now , is this OSU known as the Beavers? I think you have been out on the wood chewing to much with the beavers.  :D :D :D :D :D
muahhhhhhhhahahahahaha......lol...just in good fun my friend
Good luck with your pick!!!!
This old picker is in 53rd place..... :D :D :D :D :D :D

LOL good ol setravis....... I was actually born and raised in Eugene, oregon.... Home of the Oregon ducks who which im a big fan of, the beavers invited me to go knaw on some wood, but instead i told em to build and damn to block anyone from beating me, as well i gave them specific orders to put this old timer named setravis at the end of the line ;) Meanwhile ive hitched a ride with the ducks to fly to the winners circle  >:D muahahahahahahhahahahah LOL

All in good fun, Good luck everyone 8)
-fousc


P.S. i gotta give it to Ehos......Applauds on the amount of technical work with his pick. Amazing, Absolutley amazing  :D

Quote from: ehos on December 15, 2005, 01:41:05 PM
I may not win, but I clearly had the most technical analysis on my pick!

2) I don't have any cool technical reasons to pick BMD, except that it's going upwards.  It might be doing some funky stuff like golden triangle cross, cupage or whatever, but I don't really care.

(http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/z?s=BMD&t=6m&q=l&l=on&z=m&p=m50&a=)

LOL i love it......... good luck Ehos.... and hey your not doin bad in 6th place!

Thank you Fousc !
It was a bad day.....I needed a good laugh... :D :D :D :D
I see, The Oregon Ducks........"The Quack Attack"
Good pick you made though......Applaud !
Check the latest update on the contest board....I'm next to last place now.... :D
I thought we were short picking.... :D :D :D :D :D

Did you see the contest board ?   ???
The Top 10 are the only ones Net Green !  :-[
The rest of us , Red...red...red...... :o
Looks like we all had a batch of short sells........ >:D

Wrangler's buying price on ALOY was updated to: $2.9049 because of this:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/051220/alloy_spinoff.html?.v=1

Quote from: setravis on December 14, 2005, 05:02:30 PM

KCScott ... You forgot to plug the toaster in.... ;)

Actually, I plugged the toaster in and but when I tossed it I missed the tub.

Errr......  I meant to say DESC short  ::)

Yikes!

"Calvern sent me an e mail saying I got Wolf Waved - I wish I had known the Wolf was gonna wave before I picked DESC"

Bad da da Dum..... Thanks folks, I'll be here all week. Try the veal and don't forget to tip your waitresses

As for sure things, only 3 come to mind right this second:

Death
Taxes
FOSC - Bet on your Ducks to cover 3 vs. OU in the Holiday Bowl Dec. 29

Happy Holidays Traders.

Scott

What is up folks?  I am in 8th place with a measly 2.9% gain?  Has the environment shifted away from higher-risk stocks or something, or did y'all just pick the riskiest plays possible in the hopes of winning big?!  heh... well, good luck.

I will quickly plug my one-page web site as well (http://www.scatterbrainbackup.com/stocks/).  I have a nice link to the 3SOF web site on there... I'm looking for a 3SOF logo now.  Hopefully I will send some people this way and vice versa :)  Take care all, and I hope the bleeding in the $1000 contest portfolio stops soon!

Quote from: owen654321 on December 21, 2005, 04:58:10 PM
What is up folks?  I am in 8th place with a measly 2.9% gain?  Has the environment shifted away from higher-risk stocks or something, or did y'all just pick the riskiest plays possible in the hopes of winning big?!  heh... well, good luck.

I will quickly plug my one-page web site as well (http://www.scatterbrainbackup.com/stocks/).  I have a nice link to the 3SOF web site on there... I'm looking for a 3SOF logo now.  Hopefully I will send some people this way and vice versa :)  Take care all, and I hope the bleeding in the $1000 contest portfolio stops soon!

The site won't open....

Hey, let's talk some smack!  Fousc wins one little contest and he gets a big head and changes his handle to Fous?  What, he's too good to have a "C" at the end of his name now??  Is that like when Joe Theismann was at Notre Dame and changed the pronunciation of his last name from "Thees-Man" to "Thighs-Man," because it would rhyme with "Heisman"? :D 

Quote from: Lucas Scott on January 25, 2006, 09:18:10 PM
Hey, let's talk some smack!  Fousc wins one little contest and he gets a big head and changes his handle to Fous?  What, he's too good to have a "C" at the end of his name now??  Is that like when Joe Theismann was at Notre Dame and changed the pronunciation of his last name from "Thees-Man" to "Thighs-Man," because it would rhyme with "Heisman"? :D 

LOL ;)

I had a pick for this one, but at the last minute, I was unable to post it on time, so I'm out this contest...  :(

Anyway, I see some pretty nice picks already on the run... good work guys ! ;)

Quote from: Lucas Scott on January 25, 2006, 09:18:10 PM
Hey, let's talk some smack!  Fousc wins one little contest and he gets a big head and changes his handle to Fous?  What, he's too good to have a "C" at the end of his name now??  Is that like when Joe Theismann was at Notre Dame and changed the pronunciation of his last name from "Thees-Man" to "Thighs-Man," because it would rhyme with "Heisman"? :D 

HARDY HARDY HARDY HAR!!!

"Hi my names Dan Ruegg and my trading alias is Lucas Scott who is Chad Michael murry from the coolest show ever! ONE TREE HILL!! (http://www.wbnx.com/shows/oth/413_bio_oth_lucas.jpg)
God i love Chad he is so hot. Really what it all boils down to is i converted to being gay cause i knew i would never score a women like fous's. sorry guys io just thought i'd let you know the door to my closet has been opened :'("

LOL >:D Muahahahahahahahahha

Really i just thought i would change my alias to just my last name, which is fous, instead throwing in the C on the end. sounds better.

LOL!! Are you saying I should have used one of the female characters' names as my handle? :o Brooke or Haley? ;D 

Quote from: Lucas Scott on January 25, 2006, 09:18:10 PM
Hey, let's talk some smack!  Fousc wins one little contest and he gets a big head and changes his handle to Fous?  What, he's too good to have a "C" at the end of his name now??  Is that like when Joe Theismann was at Notre Dame and changed the pronunciation of his last name from "Thees-Man" to "Thighs-Man," because it would rhyme with "Heisman"? :D 

Ya!  What's up with the name change FOUSC???  At least  "FOUSC" made some sense.............I always thought you were dyslexic or something and mispelled FOCUS.  Now that you changed your name, I can't associate it with anything  :-\

Hey.... just between me and you guys, I got this month's contest sealed.  Don't tell anyone but ASTM is headed towards $3.  Good luck!  cause you're gonna need it.

Mispelled Focus :D.  I initially thought Fousc might be a variation of Faust

Faust (foust)  also Faus·tus (fou'stəs, fô'-)
n.
A magician and alchemist in German legend who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for power and knowledge.

Maybe Fous sold his "C" to the devil in exchange for his win.

Thai - I wouldn't mind seeing you win with ASTM at $3 because I'm holding ASTM and I'm quite a bit underwater on it. Some of my shares I bought above $3. Most recently I added at $2.12.

Quote from: thai626 on January 26, 2006, 10:55:22 PM
Hey.... just between me and you guys, I got this month's contest sealed. Don't tell anyone but ASTM is headed towards $3.

Thai, did you mean headed toward $3 with a pit stop at $1.50? ??? The numbers from the earnings release were not well received. At what price point would you do a "mon back" and add to your position?

The submissions for this edition of the contest were, in a word, dreadful. We've got twice as many 5%+ losers as we do 5%+ winners. I should've gone with a stock with a bullish setup (CUP) rather than trying to pick a bottom (WGAT). I wish the contest had started either one week earlier or one week later. If it had started a week earlier, I almost certainly would've chosen CUP. If it had started a week later, there's a good chance I would've picked PEIX. With either one I'd be in the running for the prize :-\ 

Looking forward to cache00's interview, assuming he holds on to his lead.

When does the 4th edition start??!

Ha Ha!!! I'm catching up from behind >:D >:D >:D

Don't forget that there are still a couple more weeks of this contest left (its a long one) and there is everything to play for  - me, I'm aiming for AVNX to run to the 1.40s next week. 

And if you are winning, don't forget to book your profits, it could all go down the tubes >:D >:D >:D

but you're right Thai, a shocking number of picks in the red this month.  As a community we don't appear to be very good at this stock picking business ??? ???  But this is the problem with the markets - who in the world really knows?

Quote from: Lucas Scott on February 10, 2006, 01:09:24 PM
Thai, did you mean headed toward $3 with a pit stop at $1.50? ??? The numbers from the earnings release were not well received. At what price point would you do a "mon back" and add to your position?

When does the 4th edition start??!

You don't want to take my advice Lucas!! haha.  ASTM has been tanking drastically as of late.  I'm not sure why people are selling.......there's nothing out of the ordinary that is surprising to me in the latest earnings release.  Everyone should have known that there was no way that ASTM was going to beat earnings estimate.  That was a given.  I wasn't that surprised either that they didn't meet their earnings expectations because
1)  ASTM didn't receive as many grants as they did in previous quarters 
2)  They started more clinical trails which lead to a higher monthly burn rate
3)  hiring of new board members to board of directors

From a technical standpoint, Melf was correct when he stated that a head and shoulders pattern was forming.  I didn't want to say it in my posts cause I didn't want to see it play out.  :-\  Unfortunately it did and the double bottom pattern now becomes invalid.  Although, atleast we hit the head and shoulders target point..............so hopefully it can make a comeback soon.

All the analysts target projection still have remained in tact (average is above 4.00 except the latest target from merriman ford).  None has lowered their target that I know of so that is good news.  The past analysts target have always hit so unless they really report some devasting clinical news, I don't see any reason for this stock to not reach its target. 

Good luck everyone!

Thai

My name is fous................ You all probably pronounce it as it looks. Fouwwwwwws............... nope! its pronounced foos. Not like fooz ball. But foos. Just sittin here board and drunk after a night at the bars, so i thought id fill you in since i imagine most of you were pronouncing it wrong. Especially thai626 with his DUD stock ASTM, muahahahahah! >:D

-FOOOOOOOS

Does anybody knows wuere is the contest's portfolio? Thanks.

Never mind. I found it. Thanks anyway.

Can someone tell me when does the contest finish ? Is 27th included ?

Thanks

The way I read the rules the contest is over at the open on the 27th.

hey Jimbo - it ends Monday at the open. Looks like cache00 has it locked up unless COGO has a big gap down.

What a stinker I picked - WGAT >:( I'm embarassed and ashamed. I said it was either a triple bottom (bullish) or a descending triangle (bearish). Turned out to be the latter. Hopefully no one else touched it. I sold my own position at the open on Thursday for a severe loss.

Congrats cache00. Looking forward to reading your interview!  

Thank you Lucas; however, this is not over yet...you never know, there is always a possibility. Good luck to all.

Hey Cache00, nice pick!

I was surprised that you didn't close your position yesterday after the close. COGO opened 1% above RNAI and came down today a little before the rally.

Nice play, you win hands down(almost) :)

Congrats!!

I was declassified because I don't have the ten posts. But could be finishing #4 with TXCO. Nothing bad for a newbie like me. Anyway good luck to all in the next contest.

Well all I can say is whew :o, glad friday turned out as it did for AVNX - while I have no way of catching the leaders, hopefully I'll get a 3rd place out of it.  But bronze is still tight, andything could happen PM... will just have to wait and see....

Great picks on the big gainers, glad I could be one of them for a change, after coming last last month (bad picks happen to all of us Lucas) ;)

Man,  I think I got knocked out of 3rd place there right at the end - it was real tight, but I think VRSO gapped up to open at 1.86, beating AVNX into 4th - but it looks like HEB may have gapped up even higher, meaning all I get is a (lousy) tee-shirt.  (Note to David and Fred, the tee-shirts aren't really lousy, I just already have one ;D)

Oh well, congrats all anyway - all in the name of fun and stock picking ;D ;D ;D

ScottTrader - I'm still waiting for my T-shirt from when I won the first edition of the contest, so actually you might be going home emptyhanded >:D 

Ramsburg - where's my tee?  Size XXL. Do you need my address?

Dang. RNAI up over 15% today. Still played it right though as far as the contest goes.

I guess I'll get 2 t-shirts now!! :)

Quote from: Lucas Scott on February 27, 2006, 12:49:20 PM
ScottTrader - I'm still waiting for my T-shirt from when I won the first edition of the contest, so actually you might be going home emptyhanded >:D 

Ramsburg - where's my tee?  Size XXL. Do you need my address?

Still waitin for my T-shirt from the contest as well 8)

Congrats to cache00!!

Thanks. I guess I was saved by the bell. Boatguy could've won easily with RNAI - nice run. Congrats to all, there's a nice bull market going on.

Seems like for the 4th Edition there are more ineligible picks than usual. It's bizarre - the rules are so simple. One guy picked CNES which is trading for .0019 LOL.

Quote from: Lucas Scott on March 04, 2006, 04:09:29 PM
Seems like for the 4th Edition there are more ineligible picks than usual. It's bizarre - the rules are so simple. One guy picked CNES which is trading for .0019 LOL.

Man thank you for saying that Lucas!(APPLAUD)  Its ridiculous.. Hey guys no bulletin board(.ob, .pk, .tinyturd)  Only AMEX, NASDAQ, NYSE.  Anyway like your pick Lucas, I was looking at it myself.  Goodluck, my goal is to simply do better than you,  :D ;), lol.

Quotemy goal is to simply do better than you

Last month almost all the entries better than mine. Aim higher G! My goal is a top 3 finish.

In the last edition I spent a long time debating what stock to pick. My first instinct was CUP and I should have stayed with that. I think I would have sold CUP at 3.90 on the gap up day (I sold the gap up in my actual trading account), which would have ended up getting me 2nd place. So this time I went with my first instinct and that was PPHM.

Looking ahead, after 10 editions of the contest there should be an All-Star Edition, in which only the winners of the first 10 contests compete for a $10,000 winner-take-all cash prize! LOL think we can convince David Randolph to splurge for that kind of prize? I'm sure the advertising revenue for such an event would more than cover it ;) ;D

Quote from: eliteG on March 04, 2006, 05:12:33 PM

Quote from: Lucas Scott on March 04, 2006, 04:09:29 PM
Seems like for the 4th Edition there are more ineligible picks than usual. It's bizarre - the rules are so simple. One guy picked CNES which is trading for .0019 LOL.

Man thank you for saying that Lucas!(APPLAUD)  Its ridiculous.. Hey guys no bulletin board(.ob, .pk, .tinyturd)  Only AMEX, NASDAQ, NYSE.  Anyway like your pick Lucas, I was looking at it myself.  Goodluck, my goal is to simply do better than you,  :D ;), lol.

My goal is have him eat my dust!!! :D :D :D :D

Quote from: Lucas Scott on March 04, 2006, 06:22:09 PM

Quotemy goal is to simply do better than you

Last month almost all the entries better than mine. Aim higher G! My goal is a top 3 finish.

In the last edition I spent a long time debating what stock to pick. My first instinct was CUP and I should have stayed with that. I think I would have sold CUP at 3.90 on the gap up day (I sold the gap up in my actual trading account), which would have ended up getting me 2nd place. So this time I went with my first instinct and that was PPHM.

Looking ahead, after 10 editions of the contest there should be an All-Star Edition, in which only the winners of the first 10 contests compete for a $10,000 winner-take-all cash prize! LOL think we can convince David Randolph to splurge for that kind of prize? I'm sure the advertising revenue for such an event would more than cover it ;) ;D

now you're talkin.. I would definately be interested in seeing an all-star edition  ;D.. oh and my real goal is to finish positive  ;) maybe next time I can aim higher.  Yes as a former miss ameri.. i mean top place finisher I could see how you could set your sights no lower.  ;) :D

Quote from: setravis on March 04, 2006, 06:38:40 PM

Quote from: eliteG on March 04, 2006, 05:12:33 PM

Quote from: Lucas Scott on March 04, 2006, 04:09:29 PM
Seems like for the 4th Edition there are more ineligible picks than usual. It's bizarre - the rules are so simple. One guy picked CNES which is trading for .0019 LOL.

Man thank you for saying that Lucas!(APPLAUD)  Its ridiculous.. Hey guys no bulletin board(.ob, .pk, .tinyturd)  Only AMEX, NASDAQ, NYSE.  Anyway like your pick Lucas, I was looking at it myself.  Goodluck, my goal is to simply do better than you,  :D ;), lol.

My goal is have him eat my dust!!! :D :D :D :D

allright its on!.. this is gonna be a good one I can feel it.. lots of entries early this time  >:D  to the luckiest bastard  :D :)

All right ;)

From 72 picks, 55 were valid picks.

They are all inserted on the software now, and you can check online performance (with 10m delay) here:
http://www.3stocksonfire.org/1000contest_results.php

Good luck guys ! ;)

I know how the guy that picked SUF last time feels    :(

Lots of good picks this time around.  I like the idea of the All-Star 10th contest.  But I think maybe the top 5 of each of the prior contests would be more interesting.  45 or so all stars.   BB's excluded of course.  Let's do it.  Prize- lifetime subscription + 5000.  2500 2nd, 1250 3rd, 750 4th, 500 5th. >:D >:D

So much for my pick.  I thought it was glued to $4.50 and in just 2 days already lost over 5%.

I must be the kiss-of-death on this one.

rather than including the top 5 winners from each edition, I'd go for the star edition inviting those that have performed consistently the best on a gross average of all 10 contests (with a minimum no. of participating contest being 7-8).

In other words, the contestants are gonna be those 20-25 members that have had a consistent track of picking winners and trading them (buy and sell at the right time) that had led them to get consitent good returns.

of course, we should have to exclude the 1st edition (because of the different rules back then). apologies to the winners of that contest.  ;D

any thoughts??  :)

Vic - I totally disagree!! Since I won the first edition that might be affecting my perspective ;)

Almost 80% of the 4th edition picks are in the red! This is reflective of the market as a whole this week. The fella who picked MBAY should have sold at the open today. That would have been a 15.6% gain one-day gain. At the rate we're going this month, that might have been good enough to win.

lucas...just trying to have the all-star version fair, nothing against the winner of the first contest, i.e. yourself  :D

haing said that, your lines "Almost 80% of the 4th edition picks are in the red! This is reflective of the market as a whole this week." is precisely the reason why I suggested we go for consistent stock pickers rather than the top 3 from each edition. IMO, good stock pickers should be able to pick stocks no matter what kinda market it is, bullish or bearish.

having siad that, another thing I'd like to suggest to Randolph and Ramsburg is to include the ability to "short stocks" as part of the stock picking contest. not as a separate contest, but members should have the liberty to choose to go long or short and either sell their long positions or buy back their short positons at any time...in that way, traders will also get to show their potential in a bear market through their short picks.

ur thoughts are welcome on this.  ;)

BTW, congratulations on your win in the first contest.  :)

Just something I was looking at and wanted to share from the 1st addition.Taking the closing price from the tournament till todays closing prices the stocks that managed a gain over 30%.

GNBT    112%
IVAC       64%
GIGM       64%
KKD        56%
ALTI       55%
ENER      47%
AMR       42%
KOMG     38%
CRDM      30%

@%^&#$% Ivan is sucking @%#$&*.  Thought I had sumthin, then got filled on a gap up. Then sold out like a cheap shoe.  This market is CRAZY.  There has to be a HUGE opportunity out there.  Where is it?   Feeling like the confusion is intentionally imposed to keep people guessing.  Smart money is going somewhere. Where?  I suspect CASH. Nuttin' like nuts.  Keep on rockin' fellow 3SOF'ers.  Eye's open, Legs shut.----Ship

 ;D I end the day on top!!! ;D

Let me enjoy it while it lasts

Its good to be the king ;D even if its for one day!

Not sure if anyone has taken notice of my pick MCU, MPH on the TSE,  (which unfortunately wasn't allowed in the contest because I didn't get my 10 posts in until later that evening) but I posted some excellent T/A and Fundamental Analysis.  Very Well worth dropping some money into it and made another nice move today.  I did post it on the Channeling forum if you wish to view it. ;)  ........  ;D    Dead

Just watched the Phenominal Interview by Dr. Friesen of Medicure on ROB tv.  Here's the link, just scroll down to the 2:50pm timeslot on Wednesday.  You'll be glad you did.

http://www.robtv.com/shows/past_archive.tv?day=wed

Bert was so excited he could barely contain himself! Considering he's normally stiff and dry it was very refreshing and you could just see that he wanted to spill the beens but had to bite his lip! I think we're going to see a very Explosive year! When Dr. Friesen alluded to market cap at the end and suggested a comparable company upon forming a Partnership going into Phase 3 could hit a market cap of $750mill., $1 bill, or even as high as $2bill. he looked like a kid in a candy store for the first time. Out Standing!! The lowest point would give us a potential Five bagger by the end of summer....... Keep in mind Dr F's Very Conservative Nature and you can expect a fantastic year ahead. Time for that second Mortgage! LMAO CHEERS Dead

I think my pick DIET is poised to win this competition......well in that it is poised to post the biggest %tage loss since the stock picking comp was introduced :o Hey Rams, maybe there should be a special prize for 'The Biggest Loser'

Excuse me whilst I smite myself ;)

 ;D WOOHOO!!!  ;D


;D Day 2 of being on top of the mountain!!!

Somebody better nock me off so I can stop making a fool of myself on this thread!!

Quote from: AussieTrader on March 10, 2006, 08:15:40 AM
I think my pick DIET is poised to win this competition......well in that it is poised to post the biggest %tage loss since the stock picking comp was introduced :o Hey Rams, maybe there should be a special prize for 'The Biggest Loser'

Excuse me whilst I smite myself ;)

Hey Aussie...

I gave up on the idea of holding thru' earnings ever since a dismal (and literally a "trading career" altering) loss I took on INCX right about 1 yr. back. That was a huge slap in the face and a lesson to me (and to many many others as well).

Sorry about what happened with DIET...I guess you knew they were releasing earnings...but sadly, there was a lot of expectations from investors about DIET repeating a la NTRI. it did not happen and the investors bailed in droves...not just the traders, but I believe many who were in for the long haul bailed out too...it reminded me so much of the hit that INCX took last year.

you are being a good sport about the loss, so here's an applaud to you.

by the way, r u still holding ur position, or did ur stop loss help you?

cheers Aussie,
Vish'

Hey Vic,

Thanks for the comments. Don't worry about me I did have a position in DIET but was stopped out for an acceptable and controllable loss. I normally don't hold through earnings either, but sometimes I do when there is an upside potential to ride and I accept the risk reward gets a bit hairy (as I only do  it occassionally it does not materially affect my port if I am wrong).

However, I am more concerned about my apalling track record in the stock picking comp hence my self flagellation :D

An applaud for you though for your concern.

Cheers

Just curious, I see that nobody selected MCU for the stock Contest and though I tried and was refused I realize Calven had mentioned it here before I had but didn't even see him in the contest?  I think I'd be around sixth place had MCU been allowed.

MCU was a good one. It's an under-the-radar stock because the volume isn't crazy. Those are often the best stocks. Sux that you got disqualified because of the post rule. Oh well, you're ready for next month.

Luke,

i've been reading posts for 1hr + and still haven't found the post of the news on eG & Michael ?  Is it in one of the mssg boards ?   ???

thx,

elr

Quote from: ELR on March 13, 2006, 10:02:59 PM
Luke,

i've been reading posts for 1hr + and still haven't found the post of the news on eG & Michael ? Is it in one of the mssg boards ? ???

thx,

elr

ELR,

I hope LC doesn't mind me answering your question. I think you won't find an official post about the new management of 3SoF on the public boards, although there should have been  ;) .


Anyways here is a copy of the e-mail sent this morning from Ramsburg :



I am happy to announce the addition of eliteG and Michael to the trading team!  It was our intention, for quite some time, to add more value to 3stocksonfire by including the best of the best of the technical and fundamental stock analysis worlds and this seems like the right time to do it.

Also at this time David Randolph, has for personal reasons, decided to take a step back from duties at 3stocksonfire. David will therefore take a secondary roll behind the scene.  We are however committed to ensure that 3SOF will continue to be the best place on the Internet to share ideas for traders and investors.

eliteG, Michael and I(Ramsburg) will take over the responsibility of the 3SOF's portfolio's.

Both Michael and eliteG are well known to most members of 3SOF but please allow me to introduce them.

eliteG is a gifted technical analyst.  He has had some amazing picks on 3SOF and has also shown that he cares about the traders here by giving them top-notch technical advice during market hours.  eliteG is knowledgeable about almost everything in the TA world but has also come up with many of his own theories, the most famous being the G-Pattern.  eliteG brings almost 7-years of trading experience to the table.

Michael is a world-class fundamental trader. We have probably all followed some of his picks like KOMG, GIGM and CKCM. Michael Bang Koenig has more than 20 years of stock market investment experience.  His long-term view on investments is probably reminiscent of the time when you had to wait for the morning newspaper before you knew if you had made a good investment decision.

To accommodate the change of personalities we will be making some changes to the portfolios. We are however committed to the investment decisions David has made and we will only make changes if there are compelling fundamental or technical reasons.

I hope all of you will welcome the changes to 3SOF and will continue to contribute to making this forum one of the best places on the Internet for serious investors.

regards,
Frederick Ramsburg

 ;)  MCU still going strong.... Would've been about tied for 1st....... Can hardly wait for the next contest.....

my YMI is climbing in the top 8...yeah...step by step

You won't touch me ket... nobody will!! mmooaaahhhhaahahah... lol, just kidding!

I know there's still a month to go, but I'm hoping to be the first woman to win this. That could be nice  ;D ;D

Salut Livana
Oui tu va gagner peut etre. Mais je suis en train de faire top 3.:)

It s rare to see womens in the stock trading... i think mostliy men are doing it :)

hey, le p'tit Suisse  ;) ;)
Bien sur que j'vais gagner, tu crois quoi?!?!  :P

I'm here to change all of that. Women have the right to trade too, they just need a little education.

AVNX reached its HOD... so good luck...  ;) :D ;D

(am I too cocky here or what?)

Great pick Livana. Way to pull out in front. I still hope I can catch up.

There've been some great picks in this round. I'm disappointed I don't have any of the high fliers in my portfolio like AFOP, AVNX, NENG, NVAX >:(  I don't want to chase and end up buying the top. I do have the biggest loser DIET in my port, so I guess I can hang my hat on that. Lucky me. 

Those are some nice returns in the top ten there!! double digits in just a few days.

Wow.......Lot's of great picks this month.  I wish I bought all the stocks in the top 10  >:D


Hey Ramsburg,

How about honoring our past winners with a gold star next to their name or something.  Something so that we know who our past winners are cause I think they need to feel honored to have won against so many great contributers to the board.  Anyways, that's just my 2 cents.

Unofficially sold my pick this morning. Meaning I didn't sell it for the contest but I sold it in my own portfolio and I don't think I'm going to win with it, barring some fantastic news soon. If I'd sold at the open for the contest it would have been a gain of 6.6%. That's not going to put me in the money so I'll let it ride and hope for a miracle.

Congrat to Eagerlearner and masternic35 for GNBT- What a ride

Please tell me you are selling in the am!!

Regarding PPHM - I see Lucas where you had drawn the Pennant using the dotted lines and the lower trend line had one candle touch and 2 long shadow touches from the other two candles...  FWIW I always generally try to not include shadow touches in my potential chart patterns because they can skew any daily results.  A stock may trade 400k shares in a day at $3 but somehow one trader gets a piddly low bid through for 300 shares at $2.40...So Do you include the shadow for a miniscule 300 shares at $2.40 when drawing your trend lines or exclude the shadow deeming it to be insignificant?  I almost always without question ignore it.
The times they do get included on my trendlines using the main bodies of the candles is usually just coincidence.  FWIW - Dead.......

Thanks boat! what a great run!  8)
Today could be the exhaustion because of the parabolic move and record volume. I placed a stop market order at $3.95 as it bounced off $4 3 times today. gotta protect the profit and lead!
But who knows, this could run again tomorrow, who knew it could run this much, haha. I will sell if it spikis near $5 ( resistence back in 2001) for contest purpose.

so, for now , stop @ $3.95 or it hits $5


GLTA!

Eager was the first to pick GNBT so he's got the tiebreaker advantage over Masternic. Or does Masternic get DQ'd for picking the same stock? The rules are not clear. If Masternic is still eligible he could still win if he sells earlier or later than Eager and ends up with a better exit price. This will be interesting!

Dead - I hear ya on the shadows. If a shadow looks invalid I exclude it but it can be hard to tell. Usually I will include them though. I think more often than not they are valid and are an integral part of a stock's story on a given day.

I don't know eager, nice gap this morning. Already above 4.50.

I hope it hits your target but as far as the contest goes if you decide to sell after the open your trade will not go through until the following day.

Good Luck! ;D

so much for the exhaustion nonsense by me!  ;D
GNBT is such a monster i just cant understand!  ;D
it just hit $5 , i would have sold it if we can place order intraday.
To protect the profit and lead i probably should sell it at open tomorrow no matter what , but i am thinking maybe i can let it run just for fun, as i have quite a cusion to play with.
what do u think?

cheers!

rejected twice at $5, forming intraday double top ... interesting see how it develops.
i exited my real position long time ago , so just having fun here  ::)

Quotewhat do u think?

I think you had an awesome pick!!! thats what I think.

Congrats. Too bad you have a clone following you or you could have sold and coasted to the finish line.

thanks ultra!
I am not worried about the duplicate pick, read the rules last night, it says 1)the first picker takes it, 2) the honored member has priority over otherwise.  I am both , so , i think rams will sort it out soon.

;D

Quote from: eagerlearner on March 22, 2006, 11:41:08 AM
thanks ultra!
I am not worried about the duplicate pick, read the rules last night, it says 1)the first picker takes it, 2) the honored member has priority over otherwise.  I am both , so , i think rams will sort it out soon.

;D

Thats right... but I'm not sure GNBT will go up everyday till the last day of the contest, so the winner will probably the one who mades the best sell before the end of the contest ;)

Good luck ! (excellent pick!)

ps: we had it on our candidates last week for the 3SOF portfolio... arrrggg  :o

I'm going to go out on a limb and predict GNBT is going to be the winning stock. Can we just end this edition of the contest ;D  No mas! No mas! We can't take much more of this beating! It's like an american football game where the score is 48-3. :D :D

omg! it's dropping like a rock after the fight with the bouncer at $5  :o
my limit order at $5 and stop at $3.95 could have worked, oh well, guess i should have sold it at open today.
It's ok , let see how this plays out the rest of the day .  ;)

Intraday cliff diver formation LOL!

Quote from: Lucas Scott on March 22, 2006, 02:59:48 PM
I'm going to go out on a limb and predict GNBT is going to be the winning stock. Can we just end this edition of the contest ;D  No mas! No mas! We can't take much more of this beating! It's like an american football game where the score is 48-3. :D :D

LS i think you jinxed my pick!  ;D Now you owe me some money-making stock picks! lol
But i second that we should end the edition at the close today!  ;D ;D lol

Quote from: eagerlearner on March 22, 2006, 03:58:38 PM
LS i think you jinxed my pick!  ;D Now you owe me some money-making stock picks! lol
But i second that we should end the edition at the close today!  ;D ;D lol

LOL!! ;D

It's ON boys and girls!!!    :o   See what happens when I don't choose ASTM??  Damn I should have done this three contests ago! haha.  Don't get me wrong, I still really like ASTM but it hasn't been doing me any good lately until today.

I think anyone in the top 15 can take it at this point.

Good thing you didn't sell Eagerleaner because now we have a contest!!! :P

Thai

Quote from: eagerlearner on March 22, 2006, 03:58:38 PM
LS i think you jinxed my pick! ;D Now you owe me some money-making stock picks!

I had to do something to kill the momentum! Here's a money-making stock pick - SHORT GNBT! ;)

GNBT was a 110% gain midday, now just 40%. Wow! It's anyone's ballgame again.

 >:D The game is on again!!!! It looks like its gonna be a very interesting race to the finish!
Can GNBT hold on???
My pick (HOM) reports earnings march 30th. And if its a postitve er, watch out!!

Eagerlearner,  D'OH!! :o :o :o :o

I don't think anyone expected such a quick drop, plenty of time left though for GNBT to come back.

The tough part is to decide whether to sell or let it ride.

Good luck!

I still can't catch up to GNBT!?!?

Oh come on!!!!

QuoteI still can't catch up to GNBT!?!?

Oh come on!!!!

If GIGM ands up a white candle you might be in first by the end of the day

I think the HOM earnings will be positve ...HOM took out the resistance today @ 6.99 just 1 cents .. he he he.. ;)

If David wants to ride a stock through earnings HOM should be the one, not DIET... ;)

Don't you like what you see on the chart of HOM? this is a stock that should be riding through earnings.
Goodluck ULTRA... HOM is going to be a HOT one!!!

Quote from: Terlisa on March 23, 2006, 06:28:51 PM
I think the HOM earnings will be positve ...HOM took out the resistance today @ 6.99 just 1 cents .. he he he.. ;)

If David wants to ride a stock through earnings HOM should be the one, not DIET... ;)

Don't you like what you see on the chart of HOM? this is a stock that should ride through earnings.
Goodluck ULTRA... HOM is going to be a HOT one!!!

Applaud Terlisa!!

I think I may buy tomorrow morning.............Nice ascending triangle on the verge of breaking out.  Hmmm.........HOM or SIR   >:D  Which ascending triangle is better LOL? 

QuoteGoodluck ULTRA... HOM is going to be a HOT one!!!

Thanks Terlisa. I'm feeling pretty positive about HOM ;). I just don't know if it will do well enough to get first place in the contest. Well, I do own it in my portfolio which is making me very happy  ;D ;D ;D

It appears Generex (GNBT) might not win this contest. After Hours last price was $3.38 on volume of 700k according to Nasdaq.com  http://tinyurl.com/egvw7.  Yahoo Finance shows $2.96.

This SmartMoney article was released just before the close and could have something to do with the AH plunge:
http://yahoo.smartmoney.com/undertheradar/index.cfm?story=20060324&afl=yahoo

Some harsh indictments from the article:

"There are some stocks that go up because the smart money realizes that the dumb money will buy when certain news events happen," says Peter Cohan, president of Peter S. Cohan & Associates, a management-consulting and venture-capital firm in Marlborough, Mass., "and this looks like one of those times." .....

At the other end of the spectrum is Generex. It has no approved products on the market. For the six months ended Jan. 31, the Canadian company brought in revenue of $87,500. Its loss for the period nearly doubled year-over-year to $23.4 million. And for the past year, Generex hasn't been able to pay off its debt......

"An investor should say, even though Generex is losing money now in a few years it will make so much money it's worth [seven times] more now than a year ago," says Cohan, the venture capitalist. "I can't see any basis for that forecast. The reason it's going up is because there is a class of investor that will buy it whenever bird flu is mentioned in the news."

And I bet all day and perhaps all week long Cohen and Assoc. have been shorting the stock as they prepared for this end of day/week statement.... >:D

Eagerlearner.

Why you did not you lock up ur profit of GNBT for this contest?
GNBT After Hours (RT-ECN): 2.96  0.76 (20.43%)

I don't know if you still gonna win ;)

If GNBT does not win, it will be the biggest choke in the history of the 3SoF Stock Picking contest. Reminds me of Gonzaga's choke against UCLA a few nights ago. The only valid reason for not locking up the profit is because there are two people who picked GNBT and selling first gives the other guy an advantage, unless you were lucky/good enough to sell at the highest open between now and the finish.

Quote from: Lucas Scott on March 25, 2006, 06:23:57 PM
If GNBT does not win, it will be the biggest choke in the history of the 3SoF Stock Picking contest. Reminds me of Gonzaga's choke against UCLA a few nights ago. The only valid reason for not locking up the profit is because there are two people who picked GNBT and selling first gives the other guy an advantage, unless you were lucky/good enough to sell at the highest open between now and the finish.

What this rule does for?, Eagerlearner is a subscriber so it does not matter if he sells it first or last, so the other person who picked GNBT is already out of the contest.. right? or did they change the rule again?

Rule #07 – In case the winner pick was picked by 2 or more players, the final winner will be the player who did post his pick in first place, with one exception in case one of the winners is an Honours Member (Subscriber), then he will be the final Contest Winner despite the date stamp of his pick.  

QuoteWhat this rule does for?, Eagerlearner is a subscriber so it does not matter if he sells it first, so the other person who pick GNBT is already out of the contest.. right? or did they change the rule again?

This rule, I assume is for a tie. If one sells before the other than there will be different returns in the end and the nonsubscriber could win if his returns are higher than the subsrciber.

Quote from: Terlisa on March 25, 2006, 06:33:09 PM
with one exception in case one of the winners is an Honours Member (Subscriber), then he will be the final Contest Winner despite the date stamp of his pick.

It's clearly stated above...

Ramsburg where r u? ;)

Hi Terlisa  :), u are right , i am a subscriber and picked GNBT first, so i would get the prize if GNBT ends up in top 5. Ramsburg confirmed this in a previous msg. Thanks!  ;)
Hi Luke  :D, ya i could have executed this sell order better to lock in maybe 78% gain. but for the record, i did post this sell order the day before it plunged:

Quote1) Stop Market order GNBT at $3.95

2) Reason: what a great run, but i do fear today could be the exhaustion because of the extradinary parabolic move (the end of a 3 weeks parabolic run) and record high volume.
Intra-day it dipped to $4 3 times and bounce right back. I will protect this 70%+ profit by placing a stop market order at $3.95 , just below the short term support.

In terms of target, i dont have a firm read , will sell intraday if it spikes up big again tomorrow. $5 comes to mind, as it was a resistence back in 2001 (by looking at the chart).  I will change this to a market sell if it rises near $5 tomorrow.

glta

only to later found out we could not place a limit order or a stop order. Note that both of my orders could have been triggered as GNBT did hit top of $5.04 and later drooped near 3.3 .  Its a great blessing we have such a well run contest here , but it could be better if the sell order is more flexible. Because the only reason one can place a sell order before the open is 1) he thinks the stock is gonna drop the same day. 2)the gain is good enuf to win .   That's hard, i couldnt justify myself to make such a call then with 2 weeks left with about 78%. And i wanted to stay in to have more excitement  ::) .
No hard feeling here if i dont win tho, i am quite new at trading , and i am having fun in the contest and learning.   ;D
Couldnt feel more grateful how much 3SOF and everyone here have helped me!

Best of luck to everyone!

Knock em out eagerlearner,you got 61.74% so far in the contest!  :o
I hope you get another 61.74% come Monday morning.... ;D
Applaud the pick...... ;)

Thanks for the encouragement Set !  :) Hawkeye ! (as G always calls u).
u, alone with G , david and ram, were one of the knowledgeable guys here taught me most and made me some mula when i first came to the site in june 2005! Thx man!

As for GNBT, i seriiously doubt it can make new high any time soon unless there is some breakthrough development. It scared lots of investors/speculators and created lots of overhead resistence on that crazy day it dropped from $5 to $3.3 IMHO.  I will probably place a sell order as soon as it spikes near 4.  Hope that will happen  ::).

Have a greak weekend!

Quote from: Terlisa on March 25, 2006, 06:33:09 PM

Quote from: Lucas Scott on March 25, 2006, 06:23:57 PM
If GNBT does not win, it will be the biggest choke in the history of the 3SoF Stock Picking contest. Reminds me of Gonzaga's choke against UCLA a few nights ago. The only valid reason for not locking up the profit is because there are two people who picked GNBT and selling first gives the other guy an advantage, unless you were lucky/good enough to sell at the highest open between now and the finish.

What this rule does for?, Eagerlearner is a subscriber so it does not matter if he sells it first or last, so the other person who picked GNBT is already out of the contest.. right? or did they change the rule again?

Rule #07 – In case the winner pick was picked by 2 or more players, the final winner will be the player who did post his pick in first place, with one exception in case one of the winners is an Honours Member (Subscriber), then he will be the final Contest Winner despite the date stamp of his pick.  

This rule was made before we permit the Sell option in the contest, and that rule will remain in case there is a tie between 2 players. Of course, if one of them sells GNBT before the end of the contest, that rule doesn't make sense, because they both will probably have different final performances, (anyway, in case of a tie, eagerlearner will be the winner).

Regards,

Hi Ramsburg, does that mean i have to make a better sell order than Masterik to beat him? Can i suggest that next time whoever posts the pick first locks that pick? Because one can just go through all the picks and choose one to post it himself.  That gets really messy and defeat the purpose of picking a stock  :P. ( I am not saying Masterik did that this time, i think it was a coincidence )
What do u guys think?

Quote from: eagerlearner on March 26, 2006, 09:17:54 PM
Hi Ramsburg, does that mean i have to make a better sell order than Masterik to beat him? Can i suggest that next time whoever posts the pick first locks that pick? Because one can just go through all the picks and choose one to post it himself.  That gets really messy and defeat the purpose of picking a stock  :P. ( I am not saying Masterik did that this time, i think it was a coincidence )
What do u guys think?

Hi Eagle !

More or less, if you both don't sell GNBT, you will win. But in case both of you sell it, the winner will be the best performer despite of who picked it first or who is part of the Honours Members group.

One of the reasons why we have implemented the Selling option was this one (solving ties), and also the trading feature... A trade is not only the stock picking part, as we all know, a lot of good picks turn into bad picks if we don't sell them on the right timing. By allowing users to sell their pick during the contest, we are not just running a «stock race», and we are already testing some trading skills (of course with some limitations), giving the players the «freedom» of selling their stock when they think is the best time.

My best regards !

Up to #3 now...

I'm coming, and I'm coming to get you.

MMMMhhhhhhhh The fight is very tight!!!!  The differences in the top are minimal.   No clues yet about the winner.  I reserved first seat at the balcony to watch this!!! ;D ;D

My pick (HOM) reports earnings tomorrow after the close, so watch out!! If it's a positive cc I could find myself vaulted to the top on Friday.

Wrangler - noooooooooooooo!!!!! You'd be in 1st place now :'( I was pulling for you to win because I bought LVLT at 4.01 when I caught the breakout while checking the charts of the 4th Edition picks. Still holding. Will look at taking some off the table tomorrow.

Oh well there's a good chance GNBT and NXXI will give back some of their gains and you can retake the lead. There are a few good stocks behind you to worry about though. This edition of the contest has been a wild one.  

Home Solutions Fourth-Quarter Profit Up Six-Fold; Company Reiterates 2006 Outlook
"The company reported quarterly income of $3.4 million, or 9 cents per share, up from $535,000, or 3 cents per share, last year. Revenue for the quarter was $25.5 million, up from $9 million last year.

For the full year, income was $7.19 million, or 25 cents per share, up from $2.6 million, or 10 cents per share, last year. Revenue for the year was $68.1 million, more than doubled from $31.1 million last year.

The company reiterated its 2006 earnings guidance of 42 cents to 46 cents per share on $130 million to $140 million in revenue for the year. The company said it may increase its guidance depending upon future developments."

For me it looks great. wonder why street did not like it.

i think gigm will hit $7 before the 10th. good luck netfish
maxi

GNBT, up 110% intraday a few weeks back, is now up a meager 17% and Eager and Masterik are in 16th and 17th place. It's March Madness, 3Stocks-style!

I was surprised Leaira did not sell NXXI at the open today. NXXI looks good, but it could easily pull a Generex. 

Quote from: rickjust on April 03, 2006, 08:28:15 PM
i think gigm will hit $7 before the 10th. good luck netfish
maxi

Thanks, although I think it will be quite difficult to beat NXXI.

Wow GNBT from first to worst! Ok not worst but 31st place and barely holding green. AFOP made a powerful move late in the day. I picked some up in my own port this afternoon for a short-term momo play. It's in striking distance of NXXI.

Leaira, I will applaud you now for winning the contest for tomorrow.. ;) :D ;D

I mean double applaud, "first woman to win in this contest" ;)

Very nice pick Leaira!  Congratulations!

That would've been a great race, GNBT vs NXXI!!   8)

Thai

Great pick Leaira!!!!  Congratulations.   ;D


That makes me feel so proud of our gender!!

Nica33
:D

Great play Leaira - congratulations for your win!!

Thanks, everyone! 

Why does the contest page look like it's still running?  Shouldn't it show all the stocks as being sold today?

If the same person wins the contest twice, do they get more time as a subscribed member?  Or is there a special prize for someone that wins again while they still have time left on their membership? 

Leaira

nice pick and welcome on board Leaira!  :D
hmm who was the sucker that didnt sell GNBT for a nice gain?  ::)
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                   eager    ;D

Congrats Leaira! 92.91% in one month, WOW! NXXI is really on fire, excellent pick.

I just checked, and the page says 102% now.  I realize it doesn't count for the contest cuz it ended at 9:30, but I still hold the stock for real.  I'm still very bullish on this stock!  I just wish I hadn't sold it a few weeks ago and then got back into it at a higher price later. 

Leaira

Congratulations Leaira.  Your NXXI is a rocket.

I bought 20,000 shares of GIGM for the contest, I guess that is not enough.  Next time I am going all-in.

Congratulations again.

Great pick Leaira.

Enjoy the prizes. ( I heard somewhere that the winner gets champaigne; could be a grossly exagerated rumor though)

Guess you better start thinking of your answers for your "winning" interview.

Now what's your next pick gonna be? You can tell me, nobody's listening ;D

Congratulations

What a pick. :o     Excellent call Learia ::)    Wish you a great future and
also very impressed with your letter which I recommend to all those that
perhaps did'nt have the chance to read it. Here's the link:

http://www.3stocksonfire.org/trading/index.php?topic=3190.msg26842#msg26842

jorgegr

Why couldn't this news on my pick (HOM) have come out before the contest was over :( :(

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060411/20060411005642.html?.v=1

Bummer on that! :(  You would be in 5th place now with a 39.14% gain (7.75 price).

Good luck in the next contest! :)

Happy Easter!
Leaira

Great day to start out the contest with a breakout! Just like KNOL. Get off my TGC lucas and healy!!!!  >:D

-fous ;)

Fooos - you and me are gonna be the first repeat winners! $-) I'll get off TGC.... at $3!!! YEAH!!!$$$!!!! :) 8)

Congrats Leaira
Sounds like you've got a great future in the Wall St. World. Hope you all the best. Will be watching you're picks and maybe get me some for myself.

Quote from: Lucas Scott on April 24, 2006, 04:36:33 PM
Fooos - you and me are gonna be the first repeat winners! $-) I'll get off TGC.... at $3!!! YEAH!!!$$$!!!! :) 8)

hahahaha  ;D. Lets  hope, that would be cool if we both one our second contest on the same pick  >:D Livanas IIP looks deadly though also. I will likley buy that for my own portfolio on the breakout if and when it happens.

-fous man

Moooahhahahahahahahahahahahaha !!  >:D
I like this!   Top 3 runners and they're counting their chickens b4 they've hatched. ;)
Taking out the top 3 positions (TGC) put's me in third place...  Nice start IMHO.
Hard to pick any winners in this market.
But where is Leaira's pick? ???

Top three with the same pick :o :o :o

Well I guess its easier to overtake them ;D (you overtake one, you overtake three) >:D

Hey looks like the 3 Stoo.....uh   Musketeers are in the lead for awhile. ;)

This should get very interesting soon! Who will blink first and sell??

Nice pick guys...

Dag-nabbit!  I jinxed myself  ;D ...lmao

Oh well, there's plenty of time left for a pullback, retest support and upwards and onwards.

When is the last day anyway for the contest?

This is the smack talking thread right?

Then.. TGC has maybe 1 more high left in it!

Go GV!!

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Surely you know I will win with that dog stock on fire FORD.

I will sell at $6 errr $16

Short? R u nutz?!! ;D Grab some if it dips to the 1.50 - 1.55 range and ride it over $2!

Quote from: AussieTrader on April 26, 2006, 03:03:29 AM
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Surely you know I will win with that dog stock on fire FORD.

I will sell at $6 errr $16

Errr $6 it is then  ;)

Quote from: AussieTrader on April 27, 2006, 12:03:55 AM

Quote from: AussieTrader on April 26, 2006, 03:03:29 AM
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Surely you know I will win with that dog stock on fire FORD.

I will sell at $6 errr $16

Errr $6 it is then  ;)

Aussie... My FUEL will be on top of your FORD  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Quote from: AussieTrader on April 26, 2006, 03:03:29 AM
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Surely you know I will win with that dog stock on fire FORD.

I will sell at $6 errr $16

Aussie - your FORD is in the bottom 5. Are you trying to out-do your DIET pick from the 4th Edition? ;) ;D :o

While I'm in a smack talkin' mood, the worst pick in this edition of the contest had to be MSFT. It's not going to come in last or anywhere near last, but what made it the worst pick is it has almost ZERO chance of finishing in the top 5. To have a shot at winning you have to buy volatility! And MSFT has been about as non-volatile as a stock can get for years.

Quote from: Lucas Scott on April 27, 2006, 01:26:31 AM
While I'm in a smack talkin' mood, the worst pick in this edition of the contest had to be MSFT. It's not going to come in last or anywhere near last, but what made it the worst pick is it has almost ZERO chance of finishing in the top 5. To have a shot at winning you have to buy volatility! And MSFT has been about as non-volatile as a stock can get for years.

HAHAHAHHA i know i actually lauged when i saw that listed for the contest. No offense to whoever chose that  >:D But your not gonna win......

Quote from: Hocus Pocus on April 26, 2006, 06:04:12 PM
Moooahhahahahahahahahahahahaha
TGC is now a Short
Good Luck to "The Three Stooges"  :D :D :D :D :D :D :D LOL ! ROTFLMAO ;D
Moooahhahahahahahahahahahahaha

I know i know Hocas, It must be hard to watch me and lucas kick everyones ass.......... AGAIN!!!! muahahahahhah lol

Quote from: Lucas Scott on April 26, 2006, 08:09:26 PM
Short? R u nutz?!! ;D Grab some if it dips to the 1.50 - 1.55 range and ride it over $2!

Thats damn right! i think we will see this hit 2 before the end of the contest.

Quote from: AussieTrader on April 26, 2006, 03:03:29 AM
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Surely you know I will win with that dog stock on fire FORD.

I will sell at $6 errr $16

Poor aussie  :'(
you seem to have the worst luck in the contests! i know your a skilled trader and these killer picks don't mirror your capabilities.

How about a round of applauds for the australian  ;D

Also Livanas IIP is gonna be something to look out for. Earnings are coming out on may 4th. It looks like its running into earnings and may sell on the news. Guess we'll find out. We still got alot of contest left to go.

Good luck everyone 8)

-fous

Oh no!! I forgot to mention that my DIET and FORD picks were SHORTS :D

Hey Aussie, did you hold FORD through earnings report? I hope not, money is what really matters here. Have you watched DIET recently? the stock is returning to live.

Aussie - everything is opposite in Australia right? Summer in America is winter there, water goes down the drain counter-clockwise, etc. So when a stock drops 40% here, like FORD and DIET, are they actually skyrocketing there?  ;) ;D

Quote from: Lucas Scott on April 27, 2006, 09:44:03 PM
Aussie - everything is opposite in Australia right? Summer in America is winter there, water goes down the drain counter-clockwise, etc. So when a stock drops 40% here, like FORD and DIET, are they actually skyrocketing there?  ;) ;D

Ohhh...you gonna take that!?

Quote from: Lucas Scott on April 27, 2006, 01:26:31 AM
While I'm in a smack talkin' mood, the worst pick in this edition of the contest had to be MSFT. It's not going to come in last or anywhere near last, but what made it the worst pick is it has almost ZERO chance of finishing in the top 5. To have a shot at winning you have to buy volatility! And MSFT has been about as non-volatile as a stock can get for years.

Microsoft is just good for day trading....who picked that? ;) :D

Quote from: Lucas Scott on April 27, 2006, 09:44:03 PM
Aussie - everything is opposite in Australia right? Summer in America is winter there, water goes down the drain counter-clockwise, etc. So when a stock drops 40% here, like FORD and DIET, are they actually skyrocketing there?  ;) ;D

You are funny Lucas, I like this thread :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D

LOL too funny Lucas :D

I was going to say something derogatory to Americans in reply, but I don't want to give George Bush a reason to invade Australia, we do have loads of Uranium here after all.
:o

Quote from: Lucas Scott on April 26, 2006, 08:09:26 PM
Grab some if it dips to the 1.50 - 1.55 range and ride it over $2!

My TGC call.  Brilliant!

Quote from: Lucas Scott on April 26, 2006, 08:09:26 PM
Grab some if it dips to the 1.50 - 1.55 range and ride it over $2!

My TGC call. Brilliant!

Quote

Muuuahahahahahahahahaha!  Super Strong Resistance at the $2.00 mark.  Major Short coming in at $1.98 with a 62% retracement off the move from $1.25 means the end of the contest sees a price for TGC at $1.53....... >:D  BWTFDIK - My dog CDIC needs a good bath and Beating!..... Just kidding about the bath err I mean the Beating!  ;D

I knew I Should've picked Medicure! lol  ;D

Quote from: Lucas Scott on April 28, 2006, 10:40:24 AM

Quote from: Lucas Scott on April 26, 2006, 08:09:26 PM
Grab some if it dips to the 1.50 - 1.55 range and ride it over $2!

My TGC call.  Brilliant!

From reading all of Lucas Scott's post here.
"I see he is up to his old obnoxious self !"  :(

better than 3SOF penny picks. 97 wins 120 loses?
PGPM owned today, where were u guys on that one lol.
i'm actually thinking about signing up for the penny picks, i donno if i should should buy 2 pennies and hope to break even, or buy 1 and make a lot or lose a lot, or start a penny mutual fund with like 10.

eliteG is ON FIRE!! :)
GV is up another 11% leading the pack now.

Quote from: njshiva on May 04, 2006, 04:23:42 PM
eliteG is ON FIRE!! :)
GV is up another 11% leading the pack now.

Dammit Shiva this is the SMACK TALKIN tread not the BUTT SMOOCHIN THREAD!!!!  ;) ;D

Yeah GV is a beast! It just completed the 3 White Soldiers so it's due for a retrace. Now it's TGC's turn to run. Some wishful thinking in that statement.

Livana's IIP is rocking in after hours after reporting earnings. Good chance she grabs 1st place going into the weekend.

Lucas, whats wrong with you.  ???

Quote from: Lucas Scott on May 04, 2006, 05:22:39 PM

Quote from: njshiva on May 04, 2006, 04:23:42 PM
eliteG is ON FIRE!! :)
GV is up another 11% leading the pack now.

Dammit Shiva this is the SMACK TALKIN tread not the BUTT SMOOCHIN THREAD!!!!  ;) ;D

Yeah GV is a beast! It just completed the 3 White Soldiers so it's due for a retrace. Now it's TGC's turn to run. Some wishful thinking in that statement.

Livana's IIP is rocking in after hours after reporting earnings. Good chance she grabs 1st place going into the weekend.

iip got a really nice cc today. Up 15% ish in after hours. She's definately 2nd place after GV by tommarro morning. I sold in after hours just to lock in gains and move on. GL all iip longs

I made myself really quiet cause last time I went and bragged about AVNX.. and that came back and bit me in the you-know-what. But a little bragging never hurt anyone, did it?  ;D

Even though I don't think I'll beat elite'GV, I'd like to pass the three stooges some time next week :D ;D ;)

Quote from: njshiva on May 04, 2006, 06:40:29 PM
Lucas, whats wrong with you.  ???

I think there is nothing wrong with Lucas...like he said this is the "SMACK TALKIN' THREAD" ;)

Quote from: eliteG on April 25, 2006, 10:57:40 PM
This is the smack talking thread right?

Then.. TGC has maybe 1 more high left in it!

Go GV!!

I dont need to smack talk.. i just need to smack quote  8)

I'm thinking that beroznikmal's NMSS may run here  ;)


yes you know its the end of a run when he posts the marquee, lol

The 3 Stooges back in 1st place. Order has been restored to the universe!

Quote from: Lucas Scott on May 05, 2006, 11:58:57 AM
The 3 Stooges back in 1st place. Order has been restored to the universe!

Yes indeed lucas. Were heading back above 2$ this time >:D.

I sold my GV at the maret open for a nice little 83% gain :)

-fous

this is the smak talkin' thread right?
CGR shmack!!!!!!!
breakout on volume . he we go
maxi

Wow  :o :o :o


Fous, what a coincidence - GIGM again ahead of you as in the second contest. You won then but let's see if you can do it again  :D



Anyways, good luck to all and applaud for your pick.
;D

TGC releasing earnings surprised me. I don't think their release date was publicly announced. Just came out of the blue. I figured that since they released their Q4 on March 20, they wouldn't do Q1 until June. Part of my reasoning when I picked TGC was that there wasn't earnings news risk. I got blindsided! >:(

Quote from: Jimbo on May 08, 2006, 02:27:01 PM
Fous, what a coincidence - GIGM again ahead of you as in the second contest. You won then but let's see if you can do it again  :D

Anyways, good luck to all and applaud for your pick.
;D

Fous gets all the credit for TGC?! So it's all about Curly. No love for Moe and Larry. ;) To give credit where due, I have to credit Setravis and Terliso for putting it on my radar with their posts in the TGC thread during the second week of April.

Quote from: Lucas Scott on May 08, 2006, 05:00:01 PM
Fous gets all the credit for TGC?! So it's all about Curly. No love for Moe and Larry. ;)

You are absolutely right Lucas - it is not only Fous who picked TGC, it is you and healey as well, although I did applause three of you  ;).

But the point was Fous being behind GIGM. I still remember how obsessed he was with GIGM  - he couldn't sleep and he even changed his name until the end of the contest and was wondering if he'll do that again  :D :D :D .

Quote from: Lucas Scott on May 08, 2006, 05:00:01 PM
To give credit where due, I have to credit Setravis and Terliso for putting it on my radar with their posts in the TGC thread during the second week of April.

Applaud to Setravis and Terliso as well for bringing TGC thread for the rest of 3SoF  :).



Bottom line - you guys are great. Keep up the good work   :).

*4words


My CUP runneth over! 8)

Quote from: Lucas Scott on May 08, 2006, 05:00:01 PM
TGC releasing earnings surprised me. I don't think their release date was publicly announced. Just came out of the blue. I figured that since they released their Q4 on March 20, they wouldn't do Q1 until June. Part of my reasoning when I picked TGC was that there wasn't earnings news risk. I got blindsided! >:(

Quote from: Jimbo on May 08, 2006, 02:27:01 PM
Fous, what a coincidence - GIGM again ahead of you as in the second contest. You won then but let's see if you can do it again  :D

Anyways, good luck to all and applaud for your pick.
;D

Fous gets all the credit for TGC?! So it's all about Curly. No love for Moe and Larry. ;) To give credit where due, I have to credit Setravis and Terliso for putting it on my radar with their posts in the TGC thread during the second week of April.

Quote from: Jimbo on May 08, 2006, 05:39:50 PM

Quote from: Lucas Scott on May 08, 2006, 05:00:01 PM
Fous gets all the credit for TGC?! So it's all about Curly. No love for Moe and Larry. ;)

You are absolutely right Lucas - it is not only Fous who picked TGC, it is you and healey as well, although I did applause three of you  ;).

But the point was Fous being behind GIGM. I still remember how obsessed he was with GIGM  - he couldn't sleep and he even changed his name until the end of the contest and was wondering if he'll do that again  :D :D :D .

Quote from: Lucas Scott on May 08, 2006, 05:00:01 PM
To give credit where due, I have to credit Setravis and Terliso for putting it on my radar with their posts in the TGC thread during the second week of April.

Applaud to Setravis and Terliso as well for bringing TGC thread for the rest of 3SoF  :).



Bottom line - you guys are great. Keep up the good work   :).

Thanks guys an applaud in the Smack Talkin' Thread.....Unusual... :o
Applaud back at you... ;)

Watch out my AVII is coming at you all......smack !  ;D  8)

Man CUP is going crazy 2day!!! :o
I sold my own stash way too early..

hey Mo - your CUP runneth over! I bought yesterday so CUP is my second favorite stock in this contest after TGC, which btw is fading like Sinister Minister in the Kentucky Derby.

The market swoon has devastated the picks in this contest. There are more stocks down 20%+ than there are green stocks.

If it wasn't for CUP which has already been sold to lock in a gain, I'd say the winners of this edition would be the 5 who lose the least!   :P

Leaira

75% of us stink at picking stocks. A stock with no change whatsoever from the starting day would be in 13th place today. :(

Quote from: rickjust on May 05, 2006, 11:58:49 PM
this is the smak talkin' thread right?
CGR shmack!!!!!!!

maxi

or should i say schmuck! :D
gonna be hard to catch cup now. need some really , really , ....................really good news.
maxi

Quote from: hermanpu on May 15, 2006, 10:48:49 PM
75% of us stink at picking stocks. A stock with no change whatsoever from the starting day would be in 13th place today. :(

Yeah LOL. I think this contest is insightful. Just to read a lot of posts on the boards someone would think, "wow these people sound so knowledgeable, they must be millionairres." There's always someone posting that they bought some stock at the low of day and sold it at the high. But then when you look at the contest and see 3 out of 4 picks are losers... ;) Granted the last 3 days have been a stock killer, but even in the bullish months it seems like over half the picks typically finish red. Stock trading is tough!

Ok, I think im safe now....LoL
When do I get crowned the victor again, I forget? :D

Quote from: Mo~Money on May 16, 2006, 04:13:27 AM
Ok, I think im safe now....LoL
When do I get crowned the victor again, I forget? :D

Don't you yield victory just yet... there are still 2 weeks to go!! I've been hagging in there so who knows  :D :D ;) ;D

Quote from: Leaira on May 15, 2006, 07:12:09 PM
If it wasn't for CUP which has already been sold to lock in a gain, I'd say the winners of this edition would be the 5 who lose the least!   :P

Leaira

This could be the first stock picking contest where you will place in the top 5 and post a loss at the same time -- I think there should be a special prize for that.

That would be funny if someone's pick had been Mattress* as in "put my money under a mattress for a month" and they finished in the Top 5 with a 0.00% return  :D ;D

I hope people traded their contest picks and came out OK rather than holding all the way down. I bought TGC at the start of the contest at 1.34 and sold at 1.70 when it was closing with a bearish engulfing. I think Fous got out in the 1.70's too. Healey, did you sell?

Link to the Mattress Trading technique:
http://www.trudythemonkey.com/StockTips.html

I wish I had it all in a mattress this past week OUCH :o. I watched TGC when it bounced off a buck and got in again at 1.19.. bought more when it broke 1.5 and sold it all when it came back at 1.52. Like you I had lows 2's as a sell point. After the blood letting is over it is looking like a play again.
It seems like a long time a go but remember this....
Mon, May 8, 2006
• Tengasco Announces Record First Quarter 2006 Financial Results 8)
I knew (well had a idea, not a matter of if but when) this correction was coming but didn't see it til I got run over by it.  :'( Funny how you look so hard and miss the obvious. Start watching the VIX and get in when everybody is running scared. It picks the bottom fairly well
I have a long Canadian weekend of camping with my kids starting this afternoon. Fire side, roasting marshmellows and telling scary stories. No...not about the stock market!!! Back in the saddle next Tuesday hopefully facing the right direction.  ;D
Cheers 

Amazing results for this contest!

Mo-Money made an awesome pick and followed through with a well timed sell!! ;) ;) ;)

The quality of the picks and thought that went into them just goes to show the power of a true bear market.

I am all cash now and will re-enter later.

Good luck to all, looks like we are going to need it!!

Up 8% AH and sitting in 4th place right now makes me  ;D ... I'm considering selling at open and locking in 12% if it looks like it opens up tomorrow... we'll see.  8)

Could be good enough for 2nd place  :o

Bird flu stocks in play!

Human to human bird flu spread reported in Indonesia. >:(

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aWESsJvt6CFE&refer=asia

Hope it is wrong, but expect the market to react tomorrow.

Cool. Maybe NVAX will bounce above $5 so we can short it again.

Your in luck Lucas!! ;D

Up to 5.40 pre market-

short away!! 8)

Order No. 2130266141   Novavax Inc Com              Entered:10:56:36 05/24/06     
Order Canceled: We're sorry, but this stock is not available to sell short.

:-\

CUP seems to have a pretty commanding lead.
2nd and 3rd seem to be up for grabs easily. I think I can win first with GNBT if I could find some way to mutate the H5N1 and pass it around and make it only vulnerable to GNBT's vaccine.

Is the board going to be updated soon...?  And does anyone know if selling is taking place on Tuesday morning...?  Because on Monday the markets are closed right?

 ;D Great pick Mo  ;D

Well deserved win!!   Applaud

Congratulations, Mo!  Great pick, but most of all, great trading!  You sold just before the market came crashing down!  Looking forward to reading your interview!   :)

Leaira

Great pick mo-money :o :o..looking forward to the interview also :)

Thanks Guys!!! ;)

Someone can tell me what happened with the contest?????  No new contest.... No Interview?????     ???

We had some technical problems at 3SOF, so there was a delay on this.
We are publishing the interview and setting up the new contest now.

regards,

Surprising day for the start of the contest-

The bottom 10 stocks are all stocks I was bullish on- even ASTM ;)

Stopped out GV today for a small loss-

I would watch Terliso's PESI and Setravis's BDCO-oh, don't forget EGI ;D

ya I was going to pick PESI until i saw that Terliso had already chosen it. I know two people can have the same one but I don't want to share my first place with anyone haha. Just kidding I stink at stock picking, i was like 40th last time.
I picked KONG because its symbol sounds cool and barchart.com gave it sell 100% technicals in short term, midterm and longterm and its still beating the actual thought out picks in this contest hehe.
Good luck everyone, I really want to win a free membership

ARG  >:( ... CYTO was setting up perfectly for a run... setting up a nice little base to work off of... MACD continuing to increase.  And then all of a sudden... the bottom drops out.  I do a little jig although there is no rejoicing.

The best laid plans sometimes fall to pieces.

I am not in the contest so really cant legitimately talk smack here (I was going to enter with CPST but that would be in the red now too if I had), but I seem to recall the last stock contest was tough for anyone to get any green because the market started tanking then too. 

Maybe the contest can be a contrarian indicator, lol, when it starts, its time to sell your real life stocks!!!   :-\    I only had one green stock today, and that was from buying XKEM for its bounce... anyway, hope the rest of you are doing better in real life!

My Stock Picking Track Record:

1st Edition = 49th
2nd Edition = No Entry
3rd Edition = 29th
4th Edition = 51st
5th Edition = 50th

And to think I actually do this stuff for a living, hey buddy, can you spare a dime?

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Quote from: dwest718 on July 13, 2006, 01:22:54 AM
ARG  >:( ... CYTO was setting up perfectly for a run... setting up a nice little base to work off of... MACD continuing to increase.  And then all of a sudden... the bottom drops out.  I do a little jig although there is no rejoicing.

The best laid plans sometimes fall to pieces.

Down 15% in 2 weeks just goes to show why you don't buy using the "It just can't fall anymore..." theorem.

my ile jumped from rank 28 to 9 in two days...great improvement:)

Can you imagine of the winner at the end of the contest is in the red!!!!


very possible in this market.

Add HOM to that list of big bloody tickers.  It changed to HSOA today and promptly sold off about 10% (and another 1.5% AH) so it's good and in the red.  I'm sure Ramsburg will update it pronto.

3 in the green, of which one is .3%
the stock market seems like a bad place to be in right now

Make that 2 in the green now :) H
Good luck everyone  ;D

And watchout for my Pick, its just hanging out in the red right now because i told it to ;) all i gotta do is ask for some green and we'll see it  >:D

lol jk, what a crappy market!

-fous

crazy i am alone in green...

looks like we might see an earnings run with GIGM. This stock usually makes substantial upward move before the earnings. With

Woo Hoo, looks like GIGM is about to power into the lead :D

I can see the comp wilting in the heat  8)

EGI can't break the 50sma at $1.11
IHR is setting up a double top around $10.30
ILE doesn't like the air above $4.00
EZM too much resistance up to $2.70

Well fingers crossed anyway.

*cough* CYTO *cough*  ;D

CMED hopefully will go green soon im down only -5% now ;).

BLUE DOLPHIN ENER (NasdaqCM:BDCO) Delayed quote data 

After Hours (RT-ECN): 5.75  0.07 (1.23%)

Last Trade: 5.68
Trade Time: 4:00PM ET
Change:  1.06 (22.94%)
Prev Close: 4.62
Open: 4.91
Bid: 5.69 x 800
Ask: 5.75 x 5500
1y Target Est: N/A

  Day's Range: 4.72 - 5.84
52wk Range: 1.87 - 8.60
Volume: 1,911,261
Avg Vol (3m): 705,908
Market Cap: 65.59M
P/E (ttm): 38.38
EPS (ttm): 0.15
Div & Yield: N/A (N/A)

Nice sell Boatguy, looks enough to clinch the title.

I was a mouse click away from selling my GIGM on the morning of their earnings announcement, but decided against it as I thought 21% gain wasn't enough to beat you or some of the others.

Oh well maybe next comp ;)

i don't see why 75% of us are losing money in these stocks. Is it just a brutal market to hold these days. Or are we all just bad pickers.

It's been a brutal market for the last 3 months.  Which is why I propose, for the next contest, that we can trade using any strategy we wish.  Not just buying stock, but also allow us to short stocks or buy options (puts or calls) on stocks that are optionable.  The only new rule to add about options is that the expiration date must be after the end of the contest.

Leaira

Anyone know when the next contest is to take place? 

Leaira why haven't you entered a pick since you won a couple contests back?

Quote from: Liquid Stick on August 15, 2006, 01:12:05 PM

Leaira why haven't you entered a pick since you won a couple contests back?

I haven't entered another pick BECAUSE I won.  What could I do with another prize package?

Quote from: Leaira on August 15, 2006, 05:35:26 PM
I haven't entered another pick BECAUSE I won.  What could I do with another prize package?

Well you could extend your premium membership and get another stack of cash. Thats what i would do with another prize package :)

Quote

I haven't entered another pick BECAUSE I won.  What could I do with another prize package?

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LOL, that sort of suggests you believe if you had entered another pick you would automatically win ;) Statistically that is unlikley. Go on enter in the next round.

Aussie,

I thought you had it nailed with GIGM for the contest, I watched it go up Pre market to over 11$. I don't think anyone saw this drop coming.

This bear market was tough on the market and the contest. I am surprised 20% was enough to win. Pleny of good picks, just a tough market.

Let's hope the we get nice rally for the next contest.

Maybe we should be having a shorting contest! :-\

congrats to you boatguy, 20% in a month is a good trade.
and congrats to the top 8 who managed to finish in the green.
i was sure gigm was going to go but that's the market. volatile.
i was glad to finish 7th considering i picked lum by going to barchart.com  and basically throwing a dart the night before the comp started. (which should really disqualify me for a blind pick)
here is the change i would like to see. i don't know if this is possible but just buying at the open and selling at the open is too fixed . maybe you could buy on any day in the month having previously decided which stock to play. also at any time of day. given that you can record the time the email is sent saying you have bought xyz stock at the ask price at this time.
your email will record the time you buy so there won't be any cheating with hindsight and it is easy to check what the bid and ask is at any time of the day.
same with the selling.
shorting should be included and it doesn't have to be a separate contest. one player is on one side of the market while another is on the other side.
thanks, and congrats again to the top three.,
see you next contest,
maxi

KONG runs 20%+ only a few days after contest ended lol darn
congrats boatguy

Thanks guys-

Anyone heard from Ramsburg?

Congratulations boatguy and masternic for breaking 10% profit and everyone else who finished in the green. That was a pretty close battle between the top 5 until the end.

Quote from: boatguy on August 20, 2006, 09:19:58 AM
Thanks guys-

Anyone heard from Ramsburg?

Hi Boatguy.

I've sent you a pvt msg ;)

Congrats Boatguy!!
Nice win.

Quote from: rickjust on August 16, 2006, 09:08:23 AM

here is the change i would like to see. i don't know if this is possible but just buying at the open and selling at the open is too fixed . maybe you could buy on any day in the month having previously decided which stock to play. also at any time of day. given that you can record the time the email is sent saying you have bought xyz stock at the ask price at this time.
your email will record the time you buy so there won't be any cheating with hindsight and it is easy to check what the bid and ask is at any time of the day.
same with the selling.
shorting should be included and it doesn't have to be a separate contest. one player is on one side of the market while another is on the other side.
thanks, and congrats again to the top three.,
see you next contest,
maxi
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hi,
ramsburg ,
what do you think of my suggestions for the next contest?
thanks,
maxi

Quote from: rickjust on August 21, 2006, 10:04:56 PM
here is the change i would like to see. i don't know if this is possible but just buying at the open and selling at the open is too fixed . maybe you could buy on any day in the month having previously decided which stock to play. also at any time of day. given that you can record the time the email is sent saying you have bought xyz stock at the ask price at this time.
your email will record the time you buy so there won't be any cheating with hindsight and it is easy to check what the bid and ask is at any time of the day.
same with the selling.
shorting should be included and it doesn't have to be a separate contest. one player is on one side of the market while another is on the other side.
thanks, and congrats again to the top three.,
see you next contest,
maxi

hi,
ramsburg ,
what do you think of my suggestions for the next contest?
thanks,
maxi

Maybe a limit order posted before market action...
Shorting, I'm not sure it will be simple to code...

let me think about it ;)

What about buying options (puts and calls) on stocks?

We sure did miss a great time to have a contest,
with the bull market that we have been in.
I can imagine with some of the picks these stock heads here @ 3SOF would have come up with, at some of the gains they would have posted..... :(  :'( ::)
For shame, we have missed all this....I'm sad  :(

When will we have another contest???  :) :)