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socalteacher

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Re: I challenge you to a stock simulation challenge
« Reply #150 on: June 27, 2016, 08:37:11 PM »
I may have missed it but is there an end date?

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Re: I challenge you to a stock simulation challenge
« Reply #151 on: June 27, 2016, 08:45:22 PM »
GAME RULES
Start Date   4/26/2016
End Date   7/25/2016
Allow Late Entry   Yes
Allow Trade History Viewing   Yes
Allow Portfolio Viewing:   Yes
Allow Portfolio Resetting   No
Market Delay   20 Minutes
Daily Volume   10%
Option Daily Volume   25%
Quick Sell   15 Minutes
Minimum Price   $1.00
Minimum Price Short   $5.00
Margin Interest   8%
Cash Interest   1%
Commission - Market   $19.99
Commission - Limit   $29.99
Commission - Option   $19.99
Commission Per Contract   $1.75
Diversification   50%
Diversification Option   10%
Minimum Stock for Margin   $5.00
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Jeremy E.

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Re: I challenge you to a stock simulation challenge
« Reply #152 on: June 28, 2016, 06:15:54 PM »
Somehow I'm now in 2nd place, with portfolio value $107,000, a few weeks ago I was in like 6th place with $109,000 lol, crazy how this stock picking volatility hits so randomly

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Re: I challenge you to a stock simulation challenge
« Reply #153 on: June 28, 2016, 07:27:02 PM »
Somehow I'm now in 2nd place, with portfolio value $107,000, a few weeks ago I was in like 6th place with $109,000 lol, crazy how this stock picking volatility hits so randomly

I'vd given up, not enough time at work to take this seriously =/

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Re: I challenge you to a stock simulation challenge
« Reply #154 on: July 05, 2016, 06:23:23 PM »
My bad luck got less bad. #1 for now. Over 200% annualized return.

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Re: I challenge you to a stock simulation challenge
« Reply #155 on: July 07, 2016, 11:15:04 AM »
Somehow I'm now in 2nd place, with portfolio value $107,000, a few weeks ago I was in like 6th place with $109,000 lol, crazy how this stock picking volatility hits so randomly

I'vd given up, not enough time at work to take this seriously =/

That's me!  I was only doing it at work but I been busy lately!

forummm

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Re: I challenge you to a stock simulation challenge
« Reply #156 on: July 10, 2016, 09:56:14 AM »
My luck has improved.

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Re: I challenge you to a stock simulation challenge
« Reply #157 on: July 23, 2016, 11:18:46 AM »
Anyone going to make $20k on Monday to wrest the #1 spot from me? :)

Jeremy E.

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Re: I challenge you to a stock simulation challenge
« Reply #158 on: July 25, 2016, 05:50:14 PM »
Anyone going to make $20k on Monday to wrest the #1 spot from me? :)
I only needed to make $14k! but I didn't :(

Jeremy E.

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Re: I challenge you to a stock simulation challenge
« Reply #159 on: July 25, 2016, 05:57:35 PM »
The contest is over!
If someone had invested in the S&P 500 for the 3 months, they would of had a 4% gain in 3 months, 6 people beat the stock market and 22 people lost to the stock market (last time there were only 7 people and we all lost to the market)

The winner is Forumm with a 30.45% gain over 3 months,
Coming in 2nd place (beating me by only 1%) is socalteacher with 17.82% gain,
I took 3rd place with 16.80% gain,
Platypuses took 4th with a 7.12% gain,
jbhdez took 5th with a 5.28% gain,
2Birds1Stone took 6th with a 4.15% gain (He got last place in our last competition with a 51% loss, goes to show how wild the stock market can be)

Last place goes to AJColeman, with a 32.25% loss over 3 months,
2nd to last palce goes to Cyaphas with a 20.7% loss,
3rd to last place goes to nonfinity with a 12.72% loss

It seems I'm too lazy to list out all 28 rankings, see the rankings page on investopedia to see the rest of the placings,

There was about a 63% difference between the 1st and last place, we had 28 people compete, good job to everyone! and I hope everyone had fun!

I won't be making a 3rd game right now, but someone else can feel free to make one, or I might make one at some point in the future. Also, for whoever else makes them, are there any rules that everyone thinks should be changed? I had the default rules chosen, and I believe there were some complaints.
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Re: I challenge you to a stock simulation challenge
« Reply #160 on: July 26, 2016, 01:25:51 AM »
If you make another game I'll have a go.

I've only ever bought two individual stocks IRL, one went up 25% in 12 months and the other went down 20% in the same 12 months.  I had almost twice as much in the one that fell though so I basically broke even!

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Re: I challenge you to a stock simulation challenge
« Reply #161 on: July 26, 2016, 07:36:39 AM »
What a relief not to have to keep trying to pick winning stocks. Although I was gaining back a lot of ground I lost early on - until the last day when my final purchase of the game took an 8% dive...

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Re: I challenge you to a stock simulation challenge
« Reply #162 on: July 26, 2016, 12:35:59 PM »

 

Wow, a phone plan for fifteen bucks!