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| MrInvestor |
 Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:36 am Post subject: Contest Leaders |
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At market close on 7/2/05 here are the current results:
shabbang +5.86%
WHSwarrior87 +3.42%
blackfoxtrade +3.41%
yellow heel +3.16%
MrInvestor +2.61%
Shabbang jumps out to an early lead. Over 2% separates 1st from 2nd.
The rest of the field is very tight with less than a % separating the remaining top 5! |
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| Benjamin |
| Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:41 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks for taking on this job! |
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| yellow heel |
| Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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I guess those daily hot picks in yahoo finance really do well 
Let's see whats in store for tomorrow! |
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| MrInvestor |
| Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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After 7/3/05
shabbang +12.61%
blackfoxtrade +6.05%
tharik +3.81%
yellow heel +2.46%
MrInvestor +2.04%
There is talk shabbang had an illegal trade but the trading police seem to be keeping it at bay. So there may be more changes to the standings.
Shabbang though extends their lead.
After 2 days 4% separates the remaining top 5.
More changes to the game. (Trade Hours)
We'll see how only daytrading effects the standings going forward. |
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| shabbang |
| Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 1:07 pm Post subject: Illegal trade |
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Here is what I got in my inbox
| Quote: | Your Gap stock purchase was made after hours. We'll have to delete that trade.
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It seems that I did make the trade after hours. This I do not deny.
The trade was not done to be a harmful one to any of my fellow players.
It was the cheapest gold stock ( BGO ) that I could buy a lot of with the limited funds available.
So I ASSUMEd it was like any other after hours trade in the way it would take effect the next day during trading hours.
My apologies.
It looks like my trade is going to be voided. Thats o.k. I still have the rest of the month to try and come back.
I've said my peace.
Good luck to all.
Shabbang  |
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| Benjamin |
| Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Shabbang...hopefully trading only when the market is open will fix some of these unrealistic gains.
It was a nice pick anyway though. |
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| Trading Simulator |
| Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 2:25 pm Post subject: Re: Illegal trade |
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| shabbang wrote: | It seems that I did make the trade after hours. This I do not deny.
The trade was not done to be a harmful one to any of my fellow players.
It was the cheapest gold stock ( BGO ) that I could buy a lot of with the limited funds available.
So I ASSUMEd it was like any other after hours trade in the way it would take effect the next day during trading hours.
My apologies. |
At the time you made your trade the simulator would allow you to trade at the "last known" quote value provided by Yahoo, and you could trade at any time during the day. It seems that's where your confusion came in, and I apologize for that. We have added code as of today that will prevent trades from taking place outside of normal market hours.
What happened, and it sounds like purely an accident, is you purchased stock before the market opened, and the stock "gapped up" quite substantially once trading began. Whether there was news on the stock or not, you benefited from a trade that you could not have made in the real world. Thus the message about it being invalid.
The stock market is a complex animal. We are working towards making the simulator here the best you can find anywhere, so your patience is appreciated. The next big change will allow you to place your order in "after hours" but the trade will go into the queue and be executed once the market is open. You will be able to use limit or market orders. In short, it will be much more realistic, and hopefully more useful to those that are using it to try out trading strategies. |
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| MrInvestor |
| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 6:27 am Post subject: |
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Halfway through Friday and here are the standings.
blackfoxtrade +8.37%
junsta17 +4.05%
shabbang +4.03%
chahsiubow +2.67%
Supersquid +2.26%
Pretty close race, but BlackFoxTrade seems to be pulling away. I believe he is from Estonia. What do they know there we don't know here?
They only day trading rule with no .'s or pennies or >$2 stocks seems to be keeping this a closer race. 8% in 5 days legitimately is a great gain! |
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| blackfoxtrade |
| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 7:23 am Post subject: |
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| MrInvestor wrote: |
Pretty close race, but BlackFoxTrade seems to be pulling away. I believe he is from Estonia. What do they know there we don't know here?
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Well, it's only one Estonian making history here King. Anywayz I use technical analysis to choose stocks. But it looks like I am falling behind coz I started the BIDU topic which drew everybody's eyes to the stock. And they bouht it 
And the site is calculating the average %
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| MrInvestor |
| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:28 am Post subject: |
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End of week one standings:
jrok31 +23.34%
chahsiubow +21.28%
Grimreaper +6.96%
shabbang +4.41%
Supersquid +4.29%
Lots of changes in the standings today. Then jrok and chahsiubow jumped out on top we believe holding BIDU. The stock of the week it seems.
1st and 2nd are very close, but 15% difference isn't a lot as we've seen.
And I am in the RED!!! |
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| MrInvestor |
| Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 11:32 am Post subject: |
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jrok31 +19.15%
chahsiubow +18.20%
Grimreaper +5.97%
blackfoxtrade +3.67%
shabbang +3.21%
The two leaders have come down a bit, but so has the rest of the field. We'll see how this week progresses and if the leaders % continues to shrink. |
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| blackfoxtrade |
| Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 4:17 am Post subject: |
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just calculated my portfolio return on the basis of my trade history and I got 9.5%  this is just to let you people know how I am doing not to criticise the calculating method  |
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| MrInvestor |
| Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:03 am Post subject: |
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8/9/05
Looks like we have a race brewing!
chahsiubow +10.34%
jrok31 +7.60%
Grimreaper +6.01%
thriller +4.32%
blackfoxtrade +2.44%
The gap in the top 5 is WAY down. Enter a new shooter, thriller (any relation to thrilla?) and shabbang has fallen off the list. |
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| MrInvestor |
| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:58 am Post subject: |
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Results as of 8/10/05:
chahsiubow +8.08%
Grimreaper +5.77%
jrok31 +5.01%
blackfoxtrade +3.61%
thriller +3.33%
The big lead has all but slipped away. Grimreaper moves in the top two. Less than 5% separates 1st through 5th place! |
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| Grimreaper |
| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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Well I have too much of my play money in a single stock here at EI, and if I am wrong as it reaches a very critical juncture like it is right now, I seriously doubt I will have much luck in catching up for awhile  but if I am correct about my assumption I seriously doubt anyone will catch me  I hope everybody is havin as much fun as I is! |
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