Portfolio of the Week

[Rob]

http://img425.imageshack.us/img425/4056/hehehehe1aa.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
Spike! That's funny stuff, dude. They look like Munchkins from the future! Perhaps that Goji Juice has diuretic properties as well, which would explain why the "Yellow Brick Road" is yellow! lol

[RL]

Please sell CCK and buy AMCS

[Rob]

Please sell CCK and buy AMCSRay, no can do. You've already caught your limit this week. Your 2nd stock position is now closed out at today's opening price. We are all playing by the same rules. You now have until Monday to carefully aim that next dart.

[Rob]

hmmmmmm.... Awesome vocalist huh?.... squint..... Is it..... uhhhhhhh? Allison Krauss?No, dude. It ain't Alison. It's Linda Perry, former lead singer of 4 Non Blondes. They put out one CD in '93 and sold something like 6 million copies, then they split up. As a solo artist she never got the recognition she deserved, but she's got the best female rock singing voice since Grace Slick. As female rock singers go, Pat Benatar's vocals are about as good as it gets, but Linda, IMO, sings circles around her. And Linda writes most of her own songs too. Don't get me started, man. I could go on and on ... but I'll spare you. :)

[mimo_100]

Sell AGEN - go to CA$H - 11:11 am

[spikefader]

...Perhaps that Goji Juice has diuretic properties as well, which would explain why the "Yellow Brick Road" is yellow! lollol
If it does have body-altering properties, let's hope it is only diuretic and not colonic cleansing too! lol Otherwise that yellow brick road is gonna need hosing off! lol

Hey, maybe RL would prefer to leave his 2nd pick open once he knows he can't throw another.....

[Lyehopper]

No, dude. It ain't Alison. It's Linda Perry, former lead singer of 4 Non Blondes. They put out one CD in '93 and sold something like 6 million copies, then they split up. As a solo artist she never got the recognition she deserved, but she's got the best female rock singing voice since Grace Slick. As female rock singers go, Pat Benatar's vocals are about as good as it gets, but Linda, IMO, sings circles around her. And Linda writes most of her own songs too. Don't get me started, man. I could go on and on ... but I'll spare you. :)
Allison's better.... Yo Rob?.... can those rocker-chicks play the fiddle? didn't THINK SO!.... Check out the tatto on her hand.... It's the only one she has.

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/2637/alisonkrausslye1yq.png (http://imageshack.us)

I bet Webs can burp louder than you....

[Lyehopper]

Ray, no can do. You've already caught your limit this week. Your 2nd stock position is now closed out at today's opening price. We are all playing by the same rules. You now have until Monday to carefully aim that next dart.
Yeah Ray's counting is a bit off since you stole his dart and confused him. I would let him continue in the game with the second pick if he wants to, afterall he is the 2005 reigning champ.... now if it were Scifos?.... I'd say no (I think one day my avatar and his are gonna "have it out").... But I ain't the scorekeeper anymore so you decide.

HEY RAY Loooooooong! turn on your private message deal so I can send you up some GoJi DUUUUUDE!!!!.

[Rob]

But I ain't the scorekeeper anymore so you decide.To me that translates into: "You're now the scorekeeper." There's just one problem: I'm not the scorekeeper. I'm only doing it this week, for the reasons of which you are already aware.

I don't have a problem with leaving Ray's CCK short position open, especially since I'm not the scorekeeper, but I suppose you realize this sets a precedent whereby a player can "sell" a 2nd position for the week and "buy" a third, and later when given the option to roll back to the previous open position, may check the price to see whether it would be to his or her advantage. Of course none of the current players would ever dream of doing such a thing as that, but no one knows who will be playing in the weeks to come. Right?

[Lyehopper]

sell ECOL.... buy PARL

[Rob]

Allison's better....Apples and oranges. You know I love Alison's music, but it's an area of music so far removed from what Linda does, comparisons are meaningless. It's like trying to figure the P/E on a company that doesn't have any earnings yet.

Yo Rob?.... can those rocker-chicks play the fiddle?Linda plays guitar and piano.

Check out the tatto on her hand.... It's the only one she has.LOL

I bet Webs can burp louder than you....Lawd, how can I deal with that one? ... Let's see ... I bet I can throw a rock farther than you or Webs. I only met one dude who could throw a rock farther than I could. His name is Cliff; he's (or at least was at the time) a stone mason in L.A.

[Lyehopper]

To me that translates into: "You're now the scorekeeper." There's just one problem: I'm not the scorekeeper. I'm only doing it this week, for the reasons of which you are already aware.

I don't have a problem with leaving Ray's CCK short position open, especially since I'm not the scorekeeper, but I suppose you realize this sets a precedent whereby a player can "sell" a 2nd position for the week and "buy" a third, and later when given the option to roll back to the previous open position, may check the price to see whether it would be to his or her advantage. Of course none of the current players would ever dream of doing such a thing as that, but no one knows who will be playing in the weeks to come. Right?
Sometimes we are tolerant at the POTW. sometimes we ain't. many things are taken into consideration. For example: if a player has been hitting the GoJi he might be given another chance...

We'll just ask ol Ray why he picked three this week.... HEY RAY!!!! how many beers have you consumed this morning dude? If the answer is more than 9 he can stay in the game if it's 8 or less then he's in cash.... I think that's fair Rocker-Rob how about you?

[Rob]

Keep your eye on IMCL folks! She's buildin' up a head of steam, gettin' ready to bust through that 37 ceiling and make it a new floor! :) Meanwhile Shadow's AIRM had actually overtaken the lead earlier today but is now just barely behind Gatorman and FTEK.

[RL]

No I screwed up I'm out just got to get my act together.

[Rob]

No I screwed up I'm out just got to get my act together.Well, sorry I messed up the dart throwing rhythm this week.

Here's the dart I borrowed. You can have it back:
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/6410/dart5dh.gif (http://imageshack.us/)

[RL]

Lye I think I have the damn thing turned on now? Beers who's counting?LOL

[RL]

Hey Rob your the man thats terrific thanks for the dart. HAHAHAHA

[Rob]

Lyehopper, the timing on your PARL pick was HUUGE!!! But check out what Mimo's AGEN is doing!!! Lawd!!!

[mimo_100]

Lyehopper, the timing on your PARL pick was HUUGE!!! But check out what Mimo's AGEN is doing!!! Lawd!!!

In at 5.71, out around 6.67 ===> 16.81 %, plus I actually own a little bit of this which makes it sweeter -- I have been struggling with all of the TA stuff -- I tend to favor FA -- so I finally made a nice trade thanks to all of the excellent TA's here!

Plus, everytime I get ready to pull the trigger on PARL, Lye beats me to the punch -- both Lye and I own PARL, I think, at least I do -- it is my all time
bagger --

Tim

[Rob]

In at 5.71, out around 6.67 ===> 16.81 %, . . .

Mimo, I'm glad you spoke up. I saw that sell this morning, but for some reason I forgot to log it. I got you as out at 6.69, which is the absolute high of the day so far!

That's a HUUUUGE 17.16% dude!!!

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4190/newman8ov.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)Excellent! ... <inhale deeply> ... Excellent! (That's my Newman impression for those of you who are as addicted to the Seinfeld reruns as I am.)

[Rob]

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/146/cbl5at.gif (http://imageshack.us/)
Good grief! Imclone has done it to me again!

[New-born baby]

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/146/cbl5at.gif (http://imageshack.us/)
Good grief! Imclone has done it to me again!

That wasn't IMCL. It was Martha. :D

[Rob]

Yeah, well the day ain't over yet.

.... yeah, right ...... and maybe the Red Sox will win the World Series again this year. lol

[Rob]

Who'd of thunk it? Mimo pops up outta nowhere with AGEN and takes a commanding lead, and then cashes out! (That's what that reddish-colored line means, by the way, a closed position.) Watch out though, 'cause Mimo still has time to come up with another gem this week. How'd you do it, Mimo???????

And aside from Mimo, Shadow so far is overshadowing us all with AIRM. Awesome play, Shadow!!!!

Karel's still yawning and kicking back, resting on that 9.71% gain so far this week with that politically incorrect CMCO. Don't you know that Columbus was an evil, white exploiter of the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean islands?

Don't get too comfortable there, Karel! Look at ol' Lyehopper threatening to take 3rd by pulling the old switcheroo today, from ECOL to PARL and edging up to within four tenths of a percentage point!

The rest of the story is plain to see. Don't count the Gatorman out yet! He might death-roll us again.
http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/8568/potw200602168vd.gif (http://imageshack.us/)
:) :) :)

[spikefader]

Congrats to the Top 7; nice picks. Mimo; you rock dude. Very nicely played.

I think Lye is the "dark horse". PARL (4th strongest Creme of the Crop pick) is nicely positioned for a 10% move tomorrow.

I'm hopin' the ProQuest Wizard is gonna show me the money tomorrow! hehehe

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/9559/proquestcoinage6jz.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[Websman]

Incredible... This is going to make my 3rd straight POTW loss... http://www.aussiestockforums.com/forums/images/smilies/banghead.gif (http://www.aussiestockforums.com/forums/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=0&forumid=5#)My head is hung in shame..

[Lyehopper]

I think Lye is the "dark horse". PARL (4th strongest Creme of the Crop pick) is nicely positioned for a 10% move tomorrow.
Dude, I sure hope you are right.... I own a boat load of that stock now. I've added shares heavily this week.

Rob and me went out to out favorite watering hole tonight to discuss the VTP (we had Webs on the speaker phone).... "AK" was at the bar and came over to say hi.... I think she's smitten with me. That tatto on her hand was "one thing".... but now she wants to start calling me!.... Rob snapped this photo (my new avatar) right about the time I told her that "my heart belonged to another" and that she must go.... poor girl.... Thanks for the picture Rob... YOU ARE HUUUGE!!!!lol

[IIC]

Incredible... This is going to make my 3rd straight POTW loss... http://www.aussiestockforums.com/forums/images/smilies/banghead.gif (http://www.aussiestockforums.com/forums/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=0&forumid=5#)My head is hung in shame..

What are you so worried about Webs???...Looks like you may be last in the POTY this week too with a -8.95% on ACW today...But the year is still young...However, the week's almost over...Maybe you should stick to "Intermediate term trading"???

PS...Hate to razz 'ya...Well...Actually I don't...But I am fully prepared emotionally for you to slam me when I have a bad streak...No Problem...That's why I like 'ya...Although...You might have a loooooong wait... ;)

[IIC]

No offense Lye...But I think Rob is a more entertaining scorekeeper...JMHO

[Lyehopper]

No offense Lye...But I think Rob is a more entertaining scorekeeper...JMHO
He is a darned hard act to follow!!!! I'm talking to him now trying to get him to continue.

[Rob]

No offense Lye...But I think Rob is a more entertaining scorekeeper...JMHOI appreciate the compliment, Doug, but I was just instant messaging back and forth with Lyehopper, and he's trying to get me to keep score for another couple weeks, and I can't because I have some serious obligations that I need to attend to, and time is starting to get away from me.

[IIC]

He is a darned hard act to follow!!!! I'm talking to him now trying to get him to continue.

Don't get me wrong...You are good too...He say's he has some obligations...But heck...He could cut his sleep time by an hour or so a day...What is the point of sleeping???...You are just gonna wake up again anyway...Doug

[Lyehopper]

Don't get me wrong...You are good too...He say's he has some obligations...But heck...He could cut his sleep time by an hour or so a day...What is the point of sleeping???...You are just gonna wake up again anyway...Doug
Why don't you help out Doug?.... If you kept score.... Could you praise Webs and me and say we were HUUUUGE!!!! if we came in first and second one week? Or would it rupture your ulser?lol

[IIC]

Why don't you help out Doug?.... If you kept score.... Could you praise Webs and me and say we were HUUUUGE!!!! if we came in first and second one week? Or would it rupture your ulser?lol

Time is precious...And I don't have a whole lot of it to spare...Doug

PS...I don't get ulcers...I make mistakes...But I NEVER worry!!!

[Rob]

This is utterly, completely, and unabashedly off-topic, but I don't care. It's just a better picture of Linda Perry that you can gawk at if you've a mind to.

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/f8314f005a.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)


I sometimes joke that even though I quit smoking many years ago, every time I listen to Linda Perry sing, right afterwards I get this strong craving to smoke a cigarette.

[mimo_100]

Who'd of thunk it? Mimo pops up outta nowhere with AGEN and takes a commanding lead, and then cashes out! (That's what that reddish-colored line means, by the way, a closed position.) Watch out though, 'cause Mimo still has time to come up with another gem this week. How'd you do it, Mimo??????? <snip>
:) :) :)


As I wrote earlier, I actually own some of the stocks that I enter into the contest -- I seem to be able to get a better feel for them if I have $$$ on the line -- I am looking at OATS which I “lost” money on a few weeks ago, or maybe AGEN again, since it closed a couple of pennies under its high for the day. I do not have any magic TA formula, Rob.

Tim

[mimo_100]

Here is an interesting tidbit I found at the NASDAQ



http://emi.nasdaq.com/foyer.aspx?tab=home (http://emi.nasdaq.com/foyer.aspx?tab=home)



http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/8181/nasdaqmktsum0cn.jpg

[Lyehopper]

As I wrote earlier, I actually own some of the stocks that I enter into the contest -- I seem to be able to get a better feel for them if I have $$$ on the line -- I am looking at [color=black][font=Verdana]OATS which I “lost” money on a few weeks ago, or maybe AGEN again, since it closed a couple of pennies under its high for the day. I do not have any magic TA formula, Rob.
AGEN still rockin!.... OATS is a fine pick too dude! Way to call em MIMO.... you're HUUUUGE!!!!

[Rob]

No I screwed up I'm out just got to get my act together.Ray, you might look at it this way:

http://www.affordadornments.com/media/lg868.gif
:)

[RL]

Rob where the heck do you find them? Printed It and put It In a frame sits on top of my pc now.

[Rob]

Ray, like this: Click Here (http://images.google.com/images?q=dart+beer&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images)

[Lyehopper]

Rob where the heck do you find them? Printed It and put It In a frame sits on top of my pc now.
Hey Ray.... Now that would make a great avatar.lol

Rob! you could trim it, cut the text, size it to 100 x 100 and PM it to RL so he can have a "Custom Rocker-Rob avatar".lol.... btw Ray you gotta save it as a jpeg.

[RL]

Lye FANTASTIC

[IIC]

out LPSN...in NUAN long...IIC

[Rob]

Rob! you could trim it, cut the text, size it to 100 x 100 and PM it to RL so he can have a "Custom Rocker-Rob avatar".lol.... btw Ray you gotta save it as a jpeg.Check this one out:

http://neurobashing.com/monkey/archives/barney.jpg
Ray, having just got out from
behind the 8 ball, takes careful
aim for his next pick.

[Rob]

. . . you gotta save it as a jpeg.Lye, they can be GIFs too but not sure about PNGs.

[Lyehopper]

Check this one out:

http://neurobashing.com/monkey/archives/barney.jpg
Ray, having just got out from
behind the 8 ball, takes careful
aim for his next pick.
LOL.... Good one dude!

[spikefader]

lol@Rob. That's a good one.

[Rob]

out LPSN...in NUAN long...IICDoug, sorry, dude, but Pete H. already has NUAN.

So now I don't know whether to keep you LPSN ... there ought to be some kind o' rule, IMO.

[Rob]

Today's intraday high (so far), 37.74, is the highest since 3/28/05. And this is options day. It usually gets pounded on options day (it may yet).

[spikefader]

cover PQE pleeeeze.

[spikefader]

Short PXT pleeeze.

[Lyehopper]

FELLAS!!!! look at my ECOL! Yeeeeehaaaaaa!!!!

[spikefader]

FELLAS!!!! look at my ECOL! Yeeeeehaaaaaa!!!!lol why did you jump off that one anyway?

[Lyehopper]

lol why did you jump off that one anyway?
I thought I'd get more "bang" out of PARL yesterday.... Which I did.

In real life I own nice positions in ECOL and PARL....je... je... je

[RL]

Thanks Rob and Lye for the avatar now all I have to do Is try to figure out how to move It to my name?lol

[Rob]

Thanks Rob and Lye for the avatar now all I have to do Is try to figure out how to move It to my name?lolRay,1. Right-click on the image and save it to your desktop. Give it a name you'll recognize.


2. On the $MM$ site, click "UserCP" (user control panel).



3. On the left side, click on "Edit Avatar."

4. Scroll to bottom and select the radio button that says "Use Custom Avatar."

5. Click the "Browse" button, navigate to your desktop and select the file you just put there.

6. Click the "Save Changes" button.

7. Have another cold one.

[RL]

Thanks Rob I'll tackle that later, after about 3 cold ones.

[IIC]

Doug, sorry, dude, but Pete H. already has NUAN.

So now I don't know whether to keep you LPSN ... there ought to be some kind o' rule, IMO.

I think that you should say that I still had to be out LPSN...Doesn't matter anyway...take me out LPSN now...it is at the exact same price as when I posted earlier.

Well, I forgot he had NUAN...But anyway...I'm pleased...I bot NUAN myself at 9.71 earlier this week...been a bumpy ride...I'll look for something else if I have time...Doug

[Rob]

I just remembered something ... next week is going to be a short week because Monday is President's Day, and the markets will be closed.

[IIC]

I just remembered something ... next week is going to be a short week because Monday is President's Day, and the markets will be closed.

If you are really bummed you can trade foreign markets...they'll be open...IIC

[spikefader]

I thought I'd get more "bang" out of PARL yesterday.... Which I did.
In real life I own nice positions in ECOL and PARL....je... je... jeVelly velly nice!

[IIC]

Put in TRID long...IIC

[scifos]

Short LNUX

[Rob]

Mimo's Antigenics (AGEN) play this week was so powerful, that it only took him 3 days and about an hour-and-a-half on Thursday to mop up the board with the rest of us. In my previous remarks I suggested that Mimo might take another pick before the week ended. But not Mimo, nosiree! Mimo just laughed and said, "Forget this!" after which he sat around the (indoor) swimming pool in Akron, Ohio, sipping on Long Island Iced Teas and staring at the pretty girls while trying to make it look like he wasn't staring. Hey, he earned the privilege with a play like that!!! Way to go Mimo!!! Mimo's a scream-o!!!

I'm sure that my buddy Lyehopper won't mind a whole lot taking the silver medal this week, seeing as how he racked up a mind-blowing 11.8% gain on two well-timed plays with ECOL and PARL!!! That's wild, wild stuff, dude!!! That smelly, Paris Hilton "skank-ho-water" that Parlux sells is gonna line yo pockets with a wad of Ben Franklins so big you're gonna have to get some extra pockets sewn on just to hold 'em all!!!

Now if some of y'all thought it was time to say, "See ya later, alligator," think again, Einsteins! That ol' Gatorman just hung on to that Fuel-Tech (FTEK) all week long and ended up with an awsomely admirable 11.26%!!! Way to go, Gatorman!!! Picked up another 2.44% today alone!!!

There are nine others this week who finished with gains greater than 2%, and I guess they deserve honorary mention. They are: Karel, Shadow, Jiesen, Sowers, Spikefader, Pete H., SledDawg, Diogenes, and Gary!!! Way to go, team!!! Outstanding performance!!!

Now you've all got an extra day this weekend to take your best shot for next week, 'cause the market don't open till Tuesday. And those of you who were no-shows this week, well you're going to have to take that 5% hit. But hey! That's still better than what I and a half dozen others this week did! So come on and play! Don't be so anti-social! If you're having trouble deciding on a stock, just borrow one of Ray's darts .... but don't forget to ask him first. Lawwwwd, he gets meaner than a snake if you don't ask first.

Thank y'all for putting' up with my scorekeeping this week, and my endless rants, and my pictures of Linda Perry, etc., etc. It's like I told Lyehopper, it's fun keeping score, and I wouldn't mind doing it again. It's just that I've got some heavy, heavy stuff happening right now, and time is of the essence.

Oh yeah .... here are the scores:

http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/4549/potw200602174tz.gif (http://imageshack.us/)
:) :) :)

[IIC]

Great job MIMO...You too Lye and Gator...Doug

[Rob]

And here's the way the cumulative totals are stacking up. Hey Lyehopper! That's weird that you got exactly 11.80% two weeks in a row! What are the odds of that happening?
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9607/potw7wk4bh.gif (http://imageshack.us/)
:) :) :)
Week 1 (http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/6501/potw16066iz.png)
Week 2 (http://img274.imageshack.us/img274/5420/potw113065rq.png)
Week 3 (http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/5166/potw120069vh.png)
Week 4 (http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/2280/potw127069bs.png)
Week 5 (http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/146/potw23069la.png)
Week 6 (http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/1593/potw210063jp.png)
Week 7 (http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/4549/potw200602174tz.gif)
Previous Cumulative Totals (http://www.mrmarketishuge.com/showpost.php?p=41248&postcount=3898)

[Rob]

Oh yeah .... and by the way, come Tuesday morning ...

LONG IMCL !

[Shadow]

But wait! What's that ferocious-looking creature wading out into that swamp trying to grab the Gatorman by the tail? Why it's Shadow!!! Shadow has emerged from the shadows to establish a very respectable 2nd place!!! Way to go Shadow. How did he/she do it? ..... The Shadow knows!

Looks like while I was busy trying to wrestle that Gator a
couple of poachers snuck up on me. ;)

Way to go Mimo and Lye....congratulations!

Cute stories Rob.....thanks for the smiles. :)

[jiesen]

Congrats on the win, Mimo. You are HUGE!!!

And fantastic job handling the contest, Rob. You ROCK!
Rockin' Rob- nice ring to it, eh?

[Gatorman]

Congratulations to both Mimo and Lye for truly stellar performances this week.

[scifos]

Interesting, I calculated the Standard Deviations for each week and for each player.

The last three weeks have had a much higher std dev (bigger spread between the players) Pete H. and Spikefader are the most volitile pickers.

Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
4.353 5.905 5.612 5.863 7.801 7.982 8.983



Name Std Dev

ny4 14.383

pete h 13.992

spike 13.09

rl 11.405

websman 10.215

rob 8.968

sleddawg 8.563

billyjoe 8.015

photon 7.897

mimo 7.319

shadow 7.035

jiesen 6.517

Gary 6.044

Lye 5.943

ski 5.914

karel 5.789

parktwain 5.772

iic 5.709

nbb 5.414

Gator 5.293

dmk 4.885

sowers 4.712

greb 4.575

runner 4.46

sekto 3.227

sisterwin2 3.195

alice 2.338

scifos 1.915

lil dog trick 0.286

[scifos]

I think I'll take ZOLT long for the contest next week.

[jiesen]

and I'll be taking $$CASH$$ for now.

[RL]

Rob great job on the score keeping. I sure am embarrased with that terrible finish, thats two weeks In a row that I did not belive In my throw and bailed on the second day.Then I made a mistake and took cck short I never play short. If I had stayed with my original pick would have been In the contest. I'LL BE BACK

[Lyehopper]

Mimo.... DUDE!!!! HUUUUGE play this week bud!!!!

I'm very happy this week, 'specially since I own both of the stocks I played.... VTP FOREVER!!!!

All you fellas who finished green this week are pretty HUUUUGE too. Rob's right "great job team"....!!!!

A special thanks to Rockin' Rob (I like that name better too Jiesen.lol) for being the absolute BEST scorekeeper EVER. I really wish you could keep score for about six months DUDE.... Maybe some day.... Your POTW1.5 scorekeeping program is truely AWESOME and will save tremendous time. Thanks again ROB for all the hard work this past two weeks!!!!!!!!!

Guess you fellas are stuck with "Ol Lye" again next week.

[RL]

Great Job Mimo Good Luck Next Week

[IIC]

Rob is SUPER!!!

BTW...I believe Webs and Lye owe me 20 bux each...But no problem...You can treat me to a few brewskis at the convention...If we ever have one...IIC

[The Photon]

Lye put me in coach - monday - er.. is it tuesday?

[Websman]

Rob is SUPER!!!

BTW...I believe Webs and Lye owe me 20 bux each...But no problem...You can treat me to a few brewskis at the convention...If we ever have one...IIC

You couldn't handle the brew that we drink...

[mimo_100]

I appreciate all of the "accolades" -- Thanks -- and a special thanks to all of the TA'ers here who share their ideas.

Tim

[mimo_100]

I'll start in CA$H Tuesday

Tim

[Websman]

I'll take CASH for Tuesday.

Looks like the VTP is starting to pay off, considering Lye's performance..

[mimo_100]

Interesting, I calculated the Standard Deviations for each week and for each player.

The last three weeks have had a much higher std dev (bigger spread between the players) Pete H. and Spikefader are the most volitile pickers.

Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
4.353 5.905 5.612 5.863 7.801 7.982 8.983



Name Std Dev

ny4 14.383

pete h 13.992

spike 13.09

rl 11.405

websman 10.215

rob 8.968

sleddawg 8.563

billyjoe 8.015

photon 7.897

mimo 7.319

shadow 7.035

jiesen 6.517

Gary 6.044

Lye 5.943

ski 5.914

karel 5.789

parktwain 5.772

iic 5.709

nbb 5.414

Gator 5.293

dmk 4.885

sowers 4.712

greb 4.575

runner 4.46

sekto 3.227

sisterwin2 3.195

alice 2.338

scifos 1.915

lil dog trick 0.286

Below are the average closing prices for The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) for the past 7 weeks.



The prices are generally trending higher, which means the S&P is becoming more volatile, at least as measured by investor sentiment at the CBOE.




http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7876/vixavgclose200602187gr.gif

[mimo_100]

CASH is the stock symbol for Meta Financial Group, Inc.

The board of trustees and rulemakers may want to adopt another
term for "no position". Any suggestions?

[Karel]

Congratulations Mimo, and nice show, Lye and Gatorman!

Again, with such a nice week, CMCO is unlilkely to have dropped off the screen, so here goes to another week with CMCO long!

And Rob, you are a treasure!

Regards,

Karel

[RL]

In answer to mimo on using the word cash for no position I vote for NBNG

[Peter Hansen]

Lye have to put some gas back in my tank.....TNT LONG!

[spikefader]

Huge congrats Mimo! What a powerful display of stock-picking prowess, and trading genius! Well done.

Rob, thanks fer scoring dude. Was excellently presented!

Lye, grats dude; get that monkey off yer back and take a win! hehe Very smartly played this year dude. Yer gonna be hard to catch if you keep this up :D

Gator, dude! Low standard deviation and high on the leader board! Karel and Lye not far behind. I'm ashamed of my standard deviation. Another reason I SHOULD use stops heh; when I wrong, I wayyyyyyyyy wrong hehe

I'm startin' cash, to short PXT intraday Tuesday. That thing looks like it's toast.

Billyjoe!!! Where are you?????

[jiesen]

CASH is the stock symbol for Meta Financial Group, Inc.

The board of trustees and rulemakers may want to adopt another
term for "no position". Any suggestions?

I like to use "$$$CASH$$$" as proxy for saying greenbacks. If anyone objects to that, I'll switch to saying "US Dollars".

[Gatorman]

The short week will make for an interesting contest. I was torn between 3 choices. The decision was more difficult since I always buy the stocks I pick for the contest.
My pick is MPW long.

[New-born baby]

Start me off in cash. I'll be out of the office on Tuesday.

[Lyehopper]

CASH is the stock symbol for Meta Financial Group, Inc.

The board of trustees and rulemakers may want to adopt another
term for "no position". Any suggestions?
I just spell it ca$h.... If I'm refering to a ticker symbol I use all caps....

Example: CASH.... ca$h... CASH....ca$h....CASH....ca$h....

Plus.... who would ever actually play CASH?.... If they did I'm sure they would say something like.... "Yo Lye! I wanna play CASH long this week dude!!!!.... Then I'd say you wanna go into ca$h?!!!! then they'd say NO DUDE!!!! CASH? as in the ticker C.A.S.H....

I see no reason to change from saying ca$h dude.

I love the way Allison looks at me in my avatar....

[Gatorman]

While we're talking about the rules. If someone choses a stock long, can someone, who sees a different picture, play the same stock short in the contest?
Or, does the fact that the stock was "chosen" prohibit this play?

[Lyehopper]

While we're talking about the rules. If someone choses a stock long, can someone, who sees a different picture, play the same stock short in the contest?
Or, does the fact that the stock was "chosen" prohibit this play?
YES.... You could indeed play the stock short.... Which one of your fellow competitors are you stalking short Gator?...lol

[Lyehopper]

In answer to mimo on using the word cash for no position I vote for NBNG
....... NBNG ....? Nothing Bought, Nothing Gained?

[Lyehopper]

Lye put me in coach - monday - er.. is it tuesday?
Photon?.... you wanna play COH or QSII....???? The title of your above post was QSII.... Please clarify.

[Gatorman]

YES.... You could indeed play the stock short.... Which one of your fellow competitors are you stalking short Gator?...lol
Lye:
Can't do it this week but might use it in the future. You never can tell when it might come in handy.

[Lyehopper]

I know what you mean, LYE-BABY! [note: all cap$ :D]. Allison ought to get some kind of a commercial endorsement off of this avatar. Maybe Pepto-Bismol needs her to do a commercial about an upset stomach. She looks like she's going to puke . . . .

Okay, I am just pulling your leg! Somebody has to persecute you, don't you think? Now, how did you all do such snazzy avatars? I'd like to do one myself . . . .
LOL.... is that what it is?.... I always thought that when Mrs. Lyehopper looked at me like that.... she was "infatuated".... Maybe for the past 22 years she's just been "nauseated".LOL

My avatar was made by my buddy Rockin' Rob. He's a bonafide genius.... I'm pretty sure he made it in MS paint, thats how I do it. Just remember, when you find an image you like just hit... PrtSc... Then open a paint window.... right click/paste/trim/open/new/no/right click/paste/modify etc.... You outta play around with "paint" and figure it out.... it's pretty cool.

[New-born baby]

LOL.... is that what it is?.... I always thought that when Mrs. Lyehopper looked at me like that.... she was "infatuated".... Maybe for the past 22 years she's just been "nauseated".LOL

My avatar was made by my buddy Rockin' Rob. He's a bonafide genius.... I'm pretty sure he made it in MS paint, thats how I do it. Just remember, when you find an image you like just hit... PrtSc... Then open a paint window.... right click/paste/trim/open/new/no/right click/paste/modify etc.... You outta play around with "paint" and figure it out.... it's pretty cool.

Congrats on 22 glorious years! Reminds me of coming home with my bride from the honeymoon. I was 27 miles from my folks (about 300 miles from Monroe, WI), when a policeman in a little town pulled me over. "Hey buddy, you were doing 36 in a 30 mph zone. What's your hurry?" "Well, sir," I said, "I was just talking with my new bride, and wasn't paying any attention to the speed limit sign." "Oh, newlyweds, eh? Well, I've been married 22 years, and sometimes it seems like 122 years, but most the time it feels like 100." He told me a couple of other jokes which I have long since forgotten, but I remembered that joke, and the fact that he didn't give me a ticket. :D

I am going to try that MS paint. It does a nice job. BTW, my family loves the rodeo. Took the family out to Cheyenne, WY for Frontier Days last year. So why don't you put Allison on a bull?

[Rob]

Couple o' things:
1. Alison Krauss spells her name with one L.
2. I mostly use PaintShop Pro ('cause I'm too cheap to buy Photoshop) and MS Photodraw. MS Paint is very limited by comparison.

[Lyehopper]

1. Alison Krauss spells her name with one L.
Rob.... I'll bet that you and IIC were very good spellers and well behaved in grade school. I was usually standing out in the hallway because of something distruptive I had done.... I was a c-/d student.... Today I'm sure they would have drugged me into submission.lol

HEY!!!!.... I betcha $20 I can ear tag, inoculate and castrate a three weight bull calf faster than you or Doug....

[JMS]

Rob,

Check out this free download from Google for editing your photos. It's not as comprehensive as Photoshop but close.

http://picasa.google.com/index.html

[diogenes]

My pick is : ADAM

[BoSox Jon]

My first crack at the POTW contest and first post on the forum:

Long CHINA

[IIC]

Rob.... I'll bet that you and IIC were very good spellers and well behaved in grade school. I was usually standing out in the hallway because of something distruptive I had done.... I was a c-/d student.... Today I'm sure they would have drugged me into submission.lol

HEY!!!!.... I betcha $20 I can ear tag, inoculate and castrate a three weight bull calf faster than you or Doug....

I'm sure you can too...But who the heck cares Lye???...LOL

Yes...I am a great speller...But I was hardly well-behaved...The secret to success is "Never Get Caught"...I happened to be Captain of the Varsity Ditching Team in 10th Grade...Of course, one of my classes was "Office Practice"...I was the only one who got a "A" from Mrs. What's Her Name..."Cause I didn't put up with the BS absence excuses from those who were not my buddies"...Of course, I probably would've let you off the hook...FOR A PRICE...LOL

[Shadow]

HEY!!!!.... I betcha $20 I can ear
tag, inoculate and castrate a three weight bull calf faster
than you or Doug....

I'm sure you can too...But who the heck cares
Lye???...LOL

I bet the calf cares! :)

[Lyehopper]

I bet the calf cares! :)

They thank me later.... Blackleg is a painfull death.... Of course being made into .99 MCD double cheesburgers ain't exactly a walk in the park.lol

[Lyehopper]

Yes...I am a great speller...But I was hardly well-behaved...The secret to success is "Never Get Caught"...I happened to be Captain of the Varsity Ditching Team in 10th Grade...
IIC.... down here "grade school" stops before the 10th grade dude.lol

[Lyehopper]

My first crack at the POTW contest and first post on the forum:

Long CHINA
Welcome to the POTW Jon!!!! I hope your pick proves to be HUUUUGE this week DUDE!!!!

[IIC]

Put me down for cash to start the week...IIC

[Websman]

I'll go with SURG long...

[skiracer]

I'll go with SURG long...

Nice pick there Webs. I think you're looking at either a 5th wave up or a c wave long signal on the daily. Either way looks up for tomorrow. Was curious to what brought you to that stock. I think I know that Teddy you took on vacation in the "who are you" thread. Good luck this week.
Lye,
MIND - long please. That kid of yours is a good looking boy. You're a lucky dog and blessed.

[Gary611]

Congrats to you Mimo! Please put me in ATLS long.
--Gary

[Websman]

Nice pick there Webs. I think you're looking at either a 5th wave up or a c wave long signal on the daily. Either way looks up for tomorrow. Was curious to what brought you to that stock. I think I know that Teddy you took on vacation in the "who are you" thread. Good luck this week.
Lye,
MIND - long please. That kid of yours is a good looking boy. You're a lucky dog and blessed.

SURG was a top VTP contender, plus it's in Poorman's database. I'm thinking about picking some up for my real portfolio this week.

[Shadow]

I'll take LDSH to start the week.

[dmk112]

What's up folks? I'm taking AAPL - short!

[Lyehopper]

I'll start out in ca$h....

[ParkTwain]

Pick for this coming week: RUSHA long. A nice looking breakout play, exactly the kind of setup I drool over:
http://tinyurl.com/ojj2w

[Karel]

What's this? CMCO dropped off the screen? Scratch CMCO, from now on I hold AIR (grasping at air? gasping for air?), also in my Mechanical fund, QHOF. For those less mechanical and logical, like emotional Vulcans etc, this may be a real opportunity!

Regards,

Karel

[RL]

Don't know whats going on but It's YMI-Long It worked like a magnet with my dart

[SledDawg]

I'll short TM to start the week.

[jiesen]

AMLN long for me.

[Lyehopper]

I'll take ECOL long here....

[spikefader]

Short PXT plz.

[Jim Smith]

SKS....long

[jiesen]

My first crack at the POTW contest and first post on the forum:

Long CHINA

BoSox Jon wins!

Where did you come from?

[Rob]

I see that Diogenes' ADAM has nosed into the lead.

[BoSox Jon]

BoSox Jon wins!

Where did you come from?


I'm a young punk (17) and I've been reading these forums for quite a while using a lot of the strategies others use on here to build on my own. This week I decided I'd join and enter the POTW contest. Beginner's luck I guess?

Jon

[jiesen]

I'm a young punk (17) and I've been reading these forums for quite a while using a lot of the strategies others use on here to build on my own. This week I decided I'd join and enter the POTW contest. Beginner's luck I guess?

Jon

must be. I thought you might have had an inside scoop on the India deal or something. good pick, regardless! and welcome to the POTW gang!

[spikefader]

Nice pick BoSox. Welcome dude.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/9711/welcome5mk.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[skiracer]

Nice pick BoSox. Welcome dude.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/9711/welcome5mk.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Spike,
One of my favorites. On that pier by the quarry and Harry says. " go ahead punk, make my day" and then blows him away when he reaches for the gun.

BoSox,
Do you own it? Great year for the Red Sox last year huh. This year ought to be pretty good without Johnny Damon. By the way where is he playing now?

[BoSox Jon]

Spike,
One of my favorites. On that pier by the quarry and Harry says. " go ahead punk, make my day" and then blows him away when he reaches for the gun.

BoSox,
Do you own it? Great year for the Red Sox last year huh. This year ought to be pretty good without Johnny Damon. By the way where is he playing now?


I don't own it. My (lack of) money is busy tied up in NVAX. Even better though I guess :grin: . Mr. Damon is on the Yankees, but eh who needs him, we have Coco now!

Jon

[skiracer]

I don't own it. My (lack of) money is busy tied up in NVAX. Even better though I guess :grin: . Mr. Damon is on the Yankees, but eh who needs him, we have Coco now!

Jon

NVAX had a nicer day than CHINA an I think the chart looks better. Good for you. On the other hand I can't wait for the season to start and the Yankees to crush the Red Sox into oblivion. I wouldn't hold my breathe waiting for Coco to put up the same numbers as Damon.

[Rob]

ANIK had a nice day too. I used to track that one but never owned it.

[ParkTwain]

On the other hand I can't wait for the season to start and the Yankees to crush the Red Sox into oblivion. I wouldn't hold my breathe waiting for Coco to put up the same numbers as Damon.


However, the Yankees might now get 80% of the fielding errors of Bernie for 10x the price! Will we see the "winner's curse" in action again!

[EDITED]
Pardon me: Damon's career fielding stats are worse than Bernie's.

[skiracer]

However, the Yankees might now get 80% of the fielding errors of Bernie for 10x the price! Will we see the "winner's curse" in action again!

Blasphemy Park. Don't tell me you're a Red Sox fan. Say it ain't so Park.

[ParkTwain]

Lived in Boston for 20 years, but not a huge Sox fan (grew up in Memphis) because the ownership during those years was so mediocre. They simply wouldn't spend the money, but it was also mostly owned by a freakin' foundation, er, trust (created by Mr. Yawkey). The new Red Sox owners are richer than God (one of the owners, John Henry, is a commodities trader http://www.streetstories.com/jwh_inst_investor.html) and can spend at a level that matches Steinbrenner.

Boston and New England fantasize (and are fanatical) about summer and the games of summer much like Las Vegas (my present home) fantasizes about water. Wouldn't you say that it's a general observation that a local society focuses the most emotional energy on what it perceives it has the least of!

[skiracer]

Lived in Boston for 20 years, but not a huge Sox fan (grew up in Memphis) because the ownership during those years was so mediocre. They simply wouldn't spend the money, but it was also mostly owned by a freakin' foundation, er, trust (created by Mr. Yawkey).

Boston and New England fantasize about summer and the games of summer much like Las Vegas (my present home) fantasizes about water. Wouldn't you say that it's a general observation that a local society focuses the most emotional energy on what it perceives it has the least of!

I never thought of it that way. Being from NJ the thing we fantasize most about that we have the least of are honest politicians.

[ParkTwain]

What NJ perversely fantasizes the most about is being the Big Apple. That's probably inevitable.

[skiracer]

What NJ perversely fantasizes the most about is being the Big Apple. That's probably inevitable.

No one will ever be Manhattan except Manhattan. So I guess you're right on that front. It's hard not to be somewhat envious but NJ is doing a pretty good job with the renovations and rebuilding of the Hoboken and Jersey City waterfront areas directly across from Manhattan. In a subtle way NJ is creating a cosmopolitan atmosphere and big city environment across the river from Manhattan without alot of the negative baggage that comes with Manhattan an alot of people are getting caught up in it. The area across the river in the Meadowlands area will eventually be a metropolis in it's own right. There is alot of undeveloped land out there yet to be used and that is one thing that Manhattan doesn't have that NJ does have.
But in a few more years they can have it all and do what they want here in NJ. I'll be liquidating and selling off everything that I have here and taking my brains and money to somewhere near the Charlotte, South Carolina seashore area to ride out whatever time I have left in that old world southern charm and hospitality.

[Lyehopper]

Fellas.... Very Long day for me. No way I can get the score in tonight.... I'll post it tomorrow evening.

btw.... I need to recruit scorekeepers. If you're interested please PM me. Rob was a superb scorekeeper last week. Who else would like to give it a shot?.... It would be nice for someone to commit to keeping the score for a month at a time (or even two weeks). It takes about 1 1/2 hours to post the innitial scorecard on Monday's.... then about 30 minutes per day thereafter. It really is fun if you can fit it in. You will need access to a one minute intraday ticker to figure the intraday trades. Rob and I both use Ameritrade.

I'm very sorry for not posting it tonight.... I am just too darned spent.

[IIC]

Fellas.... Very Long day for me. No way I can get the score in tonight.... I'll post it tomorrow evening.

btw.... I need to recruit scorekeepers. If you're interested please PM me. Rob was a superb scorekeeper last week. Who else would like to give it a shot?.... It would be nice for someone to commit to keeping the score for a month at a time (or even two weeks). It takes about 1 1/2 hours to post the innitial scorecard on Monday's.... then about 30 minutes per day thereafter. It really is fun if you can fit it in. You will need access to a one minute intraday ticker to figure the intraday trades. Rob and I both use Ameritrade.

I'm very sorry for not posting it tonight.... I am just too darned spent.

Well...Even though I suspect that you brought in Rob as a ringer to double team me...I think he is the best scorekeeper we ever had and I think we should make him permanent scorekeeper...Whether he likes it or not!!!

Now...Speaking of Boston...What a H*llhole...One of my Grandmothers lived there...I was there in '61 and '69...I was 16 in '69 and I got accosted by a mugger...At least that's what I think he was...Right in front of the Commons...or was it Blackstone Sq.???...Geez...All these people walking by in the afternoon...But I kicked the guy in the chest and took off...Nothing like that ever happened to me in LA...Doug

[Lyehopper]

But in a few more years they can have it all and do what they want here in NJ. I'll be liquidating and selling off everything that I have here and taking my brains and money to somewhere near the Charlotte, South Carolina seashore area to ride out whatever time I have left in that old world southern charm and hospitality.
Do you mean Charleston SC?.... Charlotte is 3-4 hours from the coast and it's in NC. Both are nice places to visit but way too crowded for me.

You might investigate the Shallotte, (Calabash, Ocean Isle) North Carolina area. That's where I like to go fishin'. It's about 45 minutes from my parents farm which is in Columbus County NC....
http://www.townofcalabashnc.com/pages/1/index.htm

[skiracer]

Do you mean Charleston SC?.... Charlotte is 3-4 hours from the coast and it's in NC. Both are nice places to visit but way too crowded for me.

You might investigate the Shallotte, (Calabash, Ocean Isle) North Carolina area. That's where I like to go fishin'. It's about 45 minutes from my parents farm which is in Columbus County NC....
http://www.townofcalabashnc.com/pages/1/index.htm

Boy am I spaced out. Don't know where I want to go anymore. You're right.
Charleston, S.C. area.

[skiracer]

Lye,
sell MIND please and buy DRRX long

[IIC]

Put in CLZR long...IIC

[IIC]

Put me in CLZR long...IIC

[mimo_100]

Lye,

long PENN please

Tim

[RL]

Ski, Lye Is right on, Shallotte very nice brother In law had a place on the golf course there. Have friends In Top Sail getting very crowded In that area.

[Rob]

If you want to receive email alerts whenever there's news about your favorite stock, or anything else under the sun for that matter, you can go to Google Alerts (BETA) (http://www.google.com/alerts) enter your search term(s), select News from the first drop-down box, as-it-happens from the second drop-down box, and enter your email address in the last box.

Be careful which terms you pick. For example, if you own shares of Apple, you wouldn't want to use apple as a search term, unless you want hundreds of alerts, one for each time the word apple appears in a news story, even if it's about a piece of fruit. Instead you would want to put something like AAPL or "Apple Computer" (with the quotes).

This has been a public service announcement by a Google shareholder.

p.s. Have you ever experimented with Google Earth (http://earth.google.com/)? It's awesome. In fact, it's HUUUGE!

[scifos]

Thanks Rob, thats great!

alerts.yahoo.com lets you do something similar. Push "Get started" then "stocks". But it will only alert you when the price has risen/fallen a certain amount or percent.

[Rob]

Even though I am not the scorekeeper, as a favor to Lyehopper I'm posting what I have as yesterday's results:
http://img495.imageshack.us/img495/3190/potw200602214gm.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[Rob]

Don't know whats going on but It's YMI-Long It worked like a magnet with my dartTurned out to be a great one too. As of today it looks as though you've captured the lead position. I'd say that's a good enough reason to tilt a cold one ... or two.

[RL]

Rob you no thats a great Idea think I will do just that.

[Rob]

Sorry I don't have time to wordsmith any commentary, but you can imagine it:

Blah, blah, blah, RAY!!!!! Blah, blah, blah, blah, Diogenes!!!! Blah, blah, BoSox Jon!!! (I have a theory that "BoSox Jon" is really Ernie.) Blah, blah, blah, and here are the scores:
http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/1338/potw200602228my.gif (http://imageshack.us)
:) :) :)

[Lyehopper]

I owe you a steak DUUUUDE!

[scifos]

ZOLT horrible change of luck today.

[Rob]

I owe you a steak DUUUUDE!Don't say that if you don't mean it. If you do mean it, I'll buy the first round of drinks at Frankie Rowland's. :) Heh, heh ... Lawd!

How you like them 5-day charts? Cool, huh? I wrote a little javascript chunk of code that loops through an array of tickers and grabs the charts from businessweek.com (http://www.businessweek.com).

[spikefader]

EXCELLENT ROB, thnx dude, you are HUGENESS personified :D

[Rob]

ZOLT horrible change of luck today.Scifos, yeah I noticed. ZOLT took off like a BOLT of lightning on Tuesday morning, but then it seemed people wanted to take their money off the table.

[Rob]

EXCELLENT ROB, thnx dude, you are HUGENESS personified :DThanks, Spike. In my opinion it takes a pretty huge person to be down 16.44% in two days and still keep :D-ing with a positive attitude.

[scifos]

Scifos, yeah I noticed. ZOLT took off like a BOLT of lightning on Tuesday morning, but then it seemed people wanted to take their money off the table.

Contemplating a change, will let you know later tonight maybe.

[BoSox Jon]

(I have a theory that "BoSox Jon" is really Ernie.)

Though I suppose I should feel honored you think I'm Ernie, I can assure you I'm really Jon from Wisconsin. (There are quite a few Red Sox fans around the globe.)

[scifos]

I'll take IVIS long tomorrow. Thanks.

[spikefader]

Thanks, Spike. In my opinion it takes a pretty huge person to be down 16.44% in two days and still keep :D-ing with a positive attitude.Eeer .... hrmm ....errr ....umm doh! lol yeah my entry sucked bilgewater completely. I think it only got 2 pennies in my favor before handing me my head. I was sooo tempted on Sun evening just to take the open price....and would have enjoyed the early 10% gift, but hey, no problembo...ce la vis. I actually think it's toast.....just a matter of whether 2 days is gonna be enough to get me back in the greeeeeeeen. ........ my gamblin' cross fingers are crossed anyhoo. Congrats to the leaders.

[Lyehopper]

Don't say that if you don't mean it. If you do mean it, I'll buy the first round of drinks at Frankie Rowland's. :) Heh, heh ... Lawd!

How you like them 5-day charts? Cool, huh? I wrote a little javascript chunk of code that loops through an array of tickers and grabs the charts from businessweek.com (http://www.businessweek.com).
Rockin' Rob you never cease to amaze me with your computer talents DUDE!!!! You are a genius!

No.... I DID mean it dude.... I'd never joke around about something like a steak dinner.jejeje

Frankie Rowlands has the best steak in the Valley, bar none! One night we were there with Gary and Pam and a bunch of other folks, (can't really remember who all was there). Any way, Pam ordered the (market) lobster.... Note: Pam and "Mrs Lye" were drinkin those famous pineapple martini's.... hot and heavy.... Well, Pam picks at this HUUUGE Lobster that Weighed about 2+ pounds.LOL.... So toward the end of the main course I asked her if she was gonna eat that thing. She said "nooooo I'm full" I said "well so am I" ( I had already eaten my huge filet) "but I ain't gonna let that thing go to waste!".... So I procceded to consume the whole lobster with about a half pound of melted butter....mmmmmmm....BURP!.... When Gary got his check he almost died of heart failure in his chair! That Lobster (alone) cost about $120! And to top it off.... I ate practically the whole freakin thing!!!! He still jokes around about how he fed me so good that night.LOL

Hey Rob.... You heard that the co-owner of "Frankie's" died last week didn't you? Same dude who started Corn Beef & Co and 419 West.... He also started another Frankie Rowlands down in Winston Salem NC.... His name was Al Pollard. He was a very nice dude and only 46, died in his sleep.... We supplied all the stone for "419 West" a couple of years back.

[Rob]

I actually think it's toast.....just a matter of whether 2 days is gonna be enough . . . I tend to agree, Spike. Especially now with that ghastly earnings report out tonight, a loss of $8.45 a share, on the heels of a Q3 loss of $11.17. You just might be doing the right thing to hang onto that short, but--and it goes without saying--the big question is whether the bulk of the damage has already been done. I remember watching ELN plunge to $3.00 in a short time about a year ago when they yanked Tysabri from the market. I was so tempted to buy it, but I chickened out because I didn't have enough personal knowledge of the situation, and I lost lotsa bux before trying to bottom-fish like that. In hind sight, wow, what a buy!
http://host.businessweek.com/businessweek/GR-D-ELN-22-0-1-0-520-320-160-s_104_d_d_d_d_-0D826CF7DCF6CABA0ED1C5E194BF24AAE419E974.gif (http://host.businessweek.com/businessweek/Corporate_Snapshot.html?Symbol=eln)

[IIC]

I'll take IVIS long tomorrow. Thanks.

Not bad...But 'ya know...I would not be super surprised if ZOLT comes back...Can't really tell...But even though I made fun of your Banana Boy avatar...I will admit that you come up w/ some worth checking out...Thanks, Doug(IIC)

[Rob]

Rockin' Rob you never cease to amaze me with your computer talents DUDE!!!! You are a genius!Nah, I just know a few cool tricks.

That's a funny story about the $120.00 lobster. I don't care how good it is, that price is just outrageous.

You heard that the co-owner of "Frankie's" died last week didn't you?Now that you mention it, yes I did hear that, but I had forgotten. I don't think I ever met the dude. Maybe his ticker gave out due to an overwhelming feeling of guilt for charging good people such unbelievably exorbitant prices for lobster. Probably not. I do like those pineapple martinis.

[Lyehopper]

That's a funny story about the $120.00 lobster. I don't care how good it is, that price is just outrageous.

It tasted even better since I knew Gary was payin' for it.lol

I think it's funny that they cooked her up the biggest one in the tank.... That thing was HUUUUGE!!!! Plus she always just picks at her food, I knew she wouldn't eat that thing.LOL

[mimo_100]

sell Penn

buy PRX

[New-born baby]

Buy ACI at $75.40 (10:07 EST)

[jiesen]

nice move, there, NBB!

[Rob]

Well bless its little web-searchin', perfect-10-thumbnail-creatin' heart! My GOOG is rallying today!

[Rob]

Jerry Seinfeld cracks me up. This is the closing monologue from the Seinfeld TV show, season 1, episode 4, entitled "The Stock Tip":
I’m not an investor. People always tell me, you should have your money working for you. I’ve decided I’ll do the work. I’m gonna let the money relax. You know what I mean? ‘Cause you send your money out there – working for you – a lot of times, it gets fired. You go back there, “What happened? I had my money. It was here, it was working for me.” “Yeah, I remember your money. Showing up late. Taking time off. We had to let him go.”

[IIC]

Sell CLZR...buy TRID...IIC

[Rob]

http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/8141/potw200602234jk.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[scifos]

Not bad...But 'ya know...I would not be super surprised if ZOLT comes back...Can't really tell...But even though I made fun of your Banana Boy avatar...I will admit that you come up w/ some worth checking out...Thanks, Doug(IIC)

Wow, high praise indeed. Yeah, I wasn't sure if I'd stick with ZOLT or not, but decided that IVIS was a better pick.

[Rob]

I . . . decided that IVIS was a better pick.Did you buy all fifteen hundred shares that traded today? ;)

[scifos]

Did you buy all fifteen hundred shares that traded today? ;)

Heh, yeah I know its thinly traded. If I'm right, I think that means that it doesn't take much to move the stock either way. And they posted pretty decent numbers recently.

[spikefader]

hehe @ Seinfeld; funny show that.

Good job so far this week Dio and BoSox.

Mimo, dude!!!! ...... that selloff sucks bilgewater! Me, you, and Webs are beer n pretzels tonight.

But hey! I was momentarily in 3rd place tonight (after hours drop with PXT). I like the look of THAT! hehejeje Gap down city??? :D hehehe Look out Dio, here I come!!!

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/5010/pxtdown2sy.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[jiesen]

wtg, Dio and BoSoJo... ADAM and CHINA are neck and neck. Let's see what happens tomorrow!

[diogenes]

Bring it! (just kidding)

Hopefully, everyone’s pick makes for the green tomorrow.
Sadly, I missed the boat on ADAM.
Yet, it looks like it might start to turn downward within the next few trading days, but so does CHINA.

[skiracer]

I'm looking for a strong day from DRRX tomorrow which should propel me pretty close to the lead. If I can get alittle bit of a drop from those first three the job would be easier. If I can just get DRRX to close at $6.00 or more that would do it. Coming after you Ray.

[Lyehopper]

I'm looking for a strong day from DRRX tomorrow which should propel me pretty close to the lead. If I can get alittle bit of a drop from those first three the job would be easier. If I can just get DRRX to close at $6.00 or more that would do it. Coming after you Ray.

That was a good play Ski.... Great come back dude!

[diogenes]

I'm looking for a strong day from DRRX tomorrow which should propel me pretty close to the lead. If I can get alittle bit of a drop from those first three the job would be easier. If I can just get DRRX to close at $6.00 or more that would do it. Coming after you Ray.
Looks like it could happen, but as if with ADAM and CHINA DRRX looks to me as if it toss-up between a bull or a bear tomorrow.

Good Luck Ski.

[skiracer]

That was a good play Ski.... Great come back dude!

I own it but I was just trying to sound like Websman to generate a little fire or something for the last day of the contest tomorrow. I would love to see it go over $6 and really do like my chances for tomorrow and the week.

[skiracer]

I'm looking for a strong day from DRRX tomorrow which should propel me pretty close to the lead. If I can get alittle bit of a drop from those first three the job would be easier. If I can just get DRRX to close at $6.00 or more that would do it. Coming after you Ray.

Sorry Ray. Didn't see that YMI took the el floppo today. So I'm coming after ADAM and China. Good luck you guys. LOL

[Lyehopper]

Sell ECOL.... Buy PARL

[RL]

Ski my dart didn't fall out yet. If you beat me out I may give up beer. And I don't think there Is a chance of that happing

[jiesen]

Looks to me like BoSox John is pulling out ahead of Diogenes... CHINA was a HUGE pick!

[Lyehopper]

Sell ECOL.... Buy PARL
Now that was brilliant.lol

[skiracer]

Ski my dart didn't fall out yet. If you beat me out I may give up beer. And I don't think there Is a chance of that happing

I could allmost wish I don't win. I wouldn't want to be the reason for you to stop drinking beer. At this point it don't look like that would be the case anyway with DRRX dowm alittle today.

[Rob]

IMCL's volume today is low in the extreme. At a quarter past 11:00, volume is only 4% of average. Hmmm ...

[Rob]

Now that was brilliant.lol
http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/2760/lyehopper3mn.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Rob]

My PKX pick (http://www.mrmarketishuge.com/showpost.php?p=40178&postcount=3715) on 2/6 that killed me that week would have been a pretty decent pick for this week. As of this post it's up better than 4.5% from Tuesday's open.

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/7178/pkx5tl.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[skiracer]

Sell DRRX please - 2:30 pm.

[SledDawg]

Cover TM.

Buy DCN.

[jiesen]

Looks to me like BoSox John is pulling out ahead of Diogenes... CHINA was a HUGE pick!

looks like ADAM is making a run for it. this one's gonna be close!

[spikefader]

looks like ADAM is making a run for it. this one's gonna be close!I'll say. They're 9.27% vs 9.63% with seconds remaining hehe

[spikefader]

SLED!! Had you shorted DCN instead you'd have won with 32%!! Doh.

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/7629/dcnouchy3ht.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[Rob]

Cover TM.

Buy DCN.Ouch.

(All I wanted to say was "ouch," but the system said the message was too short and wouldn't take it. Hence this meaningless text.)

[Rob]

Check it out. It was a hard-fought battle between BoSox Jon and Diogenes for the gold this week right up to the end, but ol' BoSox, looming out there like the "Green Monster," edged out a victory by 0.38%! Way to go Bo!!!!!!! Awesome pick!!!!!

Not to be slighted in the least, Diogenes' ADAM pick was so beautiful this week, it looked like something you might find in the Garden of Eden. 9.48% is a superb gain for the week!!! Super play Dio!!!!!

Pete grabs the bronze this week with an explosive pick, TNT! This baby posted a highly admirable 4.84% gain for the week! As J.J. Evans would say, Dy-No-MIIIITE!!!!!!!!

At the last minute SledDawg tried to take a short-cut and head everyone off at the pass, but he ran out there on ice that was a little too thin and took an ice-cold plunge! Oh well, Sled, that's ice-cold water under the bridge now. A new game starts Monday.

Not to be confused with Louis Rukeyser, this has been your host, Rob. Till next time ... (pause) ... (wink) goodnight.
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:) :) :)
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[sisterwin2]

OH Jeeze...... this forum just got way to big, way to fast. I just completely forgot about this potw thingy.... I am looking pretty sad.

[SledDawg]

What a hoot!! Please accept my apologies for pulling down the All Players averages. :( I confess I saw an outside chance to get the bronze after a largely uninspired performance by going for a big finish. Guess the degree of difficulty was a bit too high on this one. Saw it bump up a little bit and drop to about 2.18, but I got a little preoccupied with a RIMM short and never looked at it again.

Congrats to Jon and Diogenes and, well, everyone who finished ahead of me...

[jiesen]

Congrats BoSox! And nice pick with ADAM, Diogenes. Both of you are HUGE!

Sleddawg, what happened?!? Now that's gotta be some POTW record...

[Lyehopper]

Ouch.

(All I wanted to say was "ouch," but the system said the message was too short and wouldn't take it. Hence this meaningless text.)
LOL.... Rockin' Rob you know how to make me laugh.... I had a very stressful and all around crappy day.... but after reading the POTW commentary and your above post I feel much better.... You are the best dude!

Congrats to BoSox and Dio.... You two fellas were HUUUUGE this week!!!!

Pete, Jiesen and Ray not to shabby yourselves!

To all the fine fellas at $$MM$$ HUGE forum!!!! Have a safe and fun weekend!

[Gatorman]

Congrats BoSox, a great start! Applause also for Diogenes and Pete H for fine efforts.

[skiracer]

Nice play BoSox. Congrats.

[BoSox Jon]

It was a very exciting finish. Thought I had it but ADAM came storming back late. Have a nice weekend everyone!

Jon

[spikefader]

Congrats BoSox. Hugeness in your first entry week!! Amazing dude!

Bad luck Dio, was sooo close hehe

Good to see Pete on the podium! WTG :)

Lye, dude!!!!!!!!!!! You be huge too. Definately most improved player this year! I like that you're ahead of Mr. Consistency (only 1 red week so far) Karel too jejeje

[Websman]

Lye, dude!!!!!!!!!!! You be huge too. Definately most improved player this year! I like that you're ahead of Mr. Consistency (only 1 red week so far) Karel too jejeje

It must be the VTP...

[Websman]

Congrats to BoSox!

I was out of town for the past few days, so I decided to let my pick run. SURG didn't get me the win this week, but I may stay with it for next week. I'll make my decision tomorrow.

[Rob]

I'm going long IMCL again next week.

The FDA's decision on the Erbitux SBLA for head & neck cancer should be in by Wednesday at the latest, and from the outstanding results (http://www.asco.org/portal/site/ASCO/menuitem.34d60f5624ba07fd506fe310ee37a01d/?vgnextoid=76f8201eb61a7010VgnVCM100000ed730ad1RCR D&vmview=abst_detail_view&confID=26&abstractID=2132) that have been reported in the phase III trials, plus the European recommendation (http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060223/imclone_erbitux.html?.v=1), it looks to be a shoe-in.

I'm not sure how much of a pop to expect, if any at all. Some believe the postive ruling and subsequent boon in sales are already baked into the price. They may be right, though evidently Carl Icahn doesn't think so, or he wouldn't be controlling 9.8% of the outstanding shares. We'll see. I'm looking for something north of 40 by the end of the week.

[Rob]

OH Jeeze...... this forum just got way to big, way to fast. I just completely forgot about this potw thingy.... I am looking pretty sad.Sis, since you and I both bought the huge one's WIRE this week, if you don't see anyhting else that looks promising, you could enter WIRE into the contest. You must think it's going up or you wouldn't have bought it. Or you could just say $ to put you in cash, and at least you wouldn't be penalized 5%. :)

p.s. That goes for all you other sandbaggers out there too. NY4Ever, you played once and took the silver medal, then you disappeared? I don't get it. At least play $ (cash) if you haven't got a pick, to avoid the penalty. --FWIW

Edit: p.p.s.s. BillyJoe is the only one who is for now being automatically entered into ca$h positions at the beginning of each week until he reappears, because (1) It's his thread, and (2) when he left for medical reasons, he told Lye he expected to be gone 3 weeks and gave him 3 picks for each week. And since he hasn't returned yet, we can only assume his condition, whatever it is, is keeping him out longer than expected. Get well, BillyJoe!

[Rob]

And SPIKE! I forgot to say ... HUUUGE recovery on PXT by hanging in there! Way to go, dude! It would have been nearly impossible to have done any better by changing horses mid-stream on that one! Gutsy ... gutsy.

[Lyehopper]

It must be the VTP...
I was just about to say that Webs.jejeje .... VTP Forever!

btw.... Be sure to take advantage of the VPPP "vacation pre-pick provision" and enter a pick(s) or ca$h before you go on vacation DUDE!!!!

That goes for anyone who might miss a week (or two) due to vacation, medical leave, pregnancy, etc, etc....

BILLYJOE WHERE ARE YOU DUDE!!!!

[diogenes]

It was a very exciting finish. Thought I had it but ADAM came storming back late. Have a nice weekend everyone!

Jon


Nice pick, but the "race" to see who won was not so bad, too.

[RL]

Just got back from a little time away and that was sure a good finish. Congratulations to both BoSox and Dio the two of you blew us away great finish must be our closest.Rob what a fantastic job you do It's really super. Guess I will just have to practice more with the dart.What the heck happened to me three weeks In a row.Got a lot of work to do wish Ski would start pushing me a little that might help.

[spikefader]

Ya, I'm worried about billyjoe. :(

Webs; SURG sure looks interesting for the long side.....could pop soon?? Is the VTP still in development? When will the VTP provide a well-timed pick again? Perhaps Lye has sabotaged your software hehe.....

Hey Lye, what amount of credit should be allocated to the Goji! hehe

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/1829/surg1jc.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[scifos]

Rob, I'm out of town this weekend so I don't know if I'll get a pick set for monday's open so put me down for $$CASH$$ to start out with.

[spikefader]

And SPIKE! I forgot to say ... HUUUGE recovery on PXT by hanging in there! Way to go, dude! It would have been nearly impossible to have done any better by changing horses mid-stream on that one! Gutsy ... gutsy.Thnx dude. Was a gamble and it paid off. I'm lucky to get away with that one.... hehe

I second what RL said Rob. Thanks fer runnin' the show dude. The commentary is great.

OK, I'm gonna take WON short the open. That thing looks like it's toast!

[BoSox Jon]

I'll take ARTG long to start next week. Good luck to allll.

[Websman]

Ya, I'm worried about billyjoe. :(

Webs; SURG sure looks interesting for the long side.....could pop soon?? Is the VTP still in development? When will the VTP provide a well-timed pick again? Perhaps Lye has sabotaged your software hehe.....

Hey Lye, what amount of credit should be allocated to the Goji! hehe


The VTP is NOT a daytrading system. VTP canidates are based upon long term profit, therefore one may not expect to profit over a period of a few days.

Maybe I should expand the VTP to include daytrading?

[spikefader]

I'll take ARTG long to start next week. Good luck to allll.
Wow dude, nice pick...thnx fer the heads up...looks like it's ready to pop. I think I'll stalk it for a drop into a handle.....

[Websman]

ARTG still has plenty of potential, after it corrects some.

[Rob]

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/5102/potwcharts3jb.png (http://imageshack.us)

[New-born baby]

I am taking FRO short this week. Please :D

[jiesen]

start me in $$$CASH$$$ please

[TFred]

Greetings,

As a late entry and participant,can I get VC short at Mondays AM.

cordially Tom

[dakat69]

Hey guys/gals. I have been sitting on the sidelines long enough already. Just hope i don't tank my first week out.

INSM long

[Gary611]

Well, I sat around enough!
Mrs. Curly has had all of her honey-Do projects completed by this Stooge,
so I'm back in the workforce!!

That said, I will let it ride on ATLS, you can't teach an old Stooge new tricks, NYUK, NYUK, NYUK!!!

[Karel]

Curious: AIR already dropped out of sight. CELL is my new pick! Why didn't I pick CELL before? Lye, or Rob, CELL long, until death or the screen do us part!

Regards,

Karel

[diogenes]

Long BDOG.

[Gatorman]

Will try HMB long.

[New-born baby]

Curious: AIR already dropped out of sight. CELL is my new pick! Why didn't I pick CELL before? Lye, or Rob, CELL long, until death or the screen do us part!

Regards,

Karel

Karel,
Are you admitting that you would have done better in CA$H? :D

Glad to see you back posting again! I hope all went well with you.

[Jim Smith]

CPRT is my pick for this week.....

[Bean Stocks]

Hello. The Pizarro Fund picks for the week are: 1000 NVAX, 200 ADAM, 2000 GV and a bully board stock to be determined within a few hours.

[skiracer]

FLOW - Long

[Websman]

I'll take SURG long again...

[skiracer]

Hello. The Pizarro Fund picks for the week are: 1000 NVAX, 200 ADAM, 2000 GV and a bully board stock to be determined within a few hours.

Bean,
Are those picks all for the POTW contest this week or something else. Ask Lyehopper or Rob for the rules. Nice pick with NVAX. I'm looking for an entry tomorrow morning. What would you consider a good entry point in NVAX? Just curious.

[Bean Stocks]

What would you consider a good entry point in NVAX? Just curious.
Right around here should be fine assuming there is not a big market decline (10 cents either way). I don't pretend to understand there business. A tight stop might be advisable.

I see the POTW does not allow bully boards so here goes:

1000 NVAX
200 ADAM
1500 GV
75 ACTG

[scifos]

I see the POTW does not allow bully boards so here goes:

1000 NVAX
150 ADAM
1500 GV
75 ACTG

Lye, could you throw up the rules once again. I think we only get to be 1 position at a time, and only in 2 stocks (or in and out of 1 stock twice I guess) during the week.

[Bean Stocks]

Okelly Dokelly then. I'll go with NVAX. good luck all.

[Peter Hansen]

BJRI Long for me!

[scifos]

Rob, give me KG long on monday's open. She's ready to bust out to the upside.
http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=KG&p=D&yr=0&mn=6&dy=0&id=p72006309696

[Rob]

Lye, could you throw up the rules once again. I think we only get to be 1 position at a time, and only in 2 stocks (or in and out of 1 stock twice I guess) during the week.Scifos, as far as I know, the latest incarnation of the rules looks like this:
http://img326.imageshack.us/img326/5960/potw06rules14mv.png

[Lyehopper]

Scifos, as far as I know, the latest incarnation of the rules looks like this:
http://img326.imageshack.us/img326/5960/potw06rules14mv.png
Rob.... Please feel free to rewright or reword them any way you'd like dude....

[Lyehopper]

Okelly Dokelly then. I'll go with NVAX. good luck all.
Welcome to the POTW Jack!

Hey Rockin' Rob! Looks like we're gonna see record participation this week DUDE!!!! This contest is HUUUUGE!!!!

[IIC]

Nice going Bo!!!


Start me out in cash...Doug(IIC)

[dmk112]

One more...

I'll take TRBM long

[IIC]

Changed my mind...Start me w/ CBIZ loooooong...IIC

[Rob]

Looks like we're gonna see record participation this week DUDE!!!!We've got 20 players on the board so far this week, of which 3 are playing for the first time. There are 15 long positions, 3 short positions, and 2 cash positions (counting BillyJoe). There are 14 players who have not yet “thowed in.” :)

[mimo_100]

start me up in CA$H

Tim

[SledDawg]

I'll start in $.

[An2n33]

Hi,
Just want to see how I rate among you fellas.
May I join? If yes, I would like VCLK for this week. Earnings coming up this week and I expect to hit and make it to at least mid 19/20.

Anthony

[Karel]

Karel,
Are you admitting that you would have done better in CA$H? :D

Glad to see you back posting again! I hope all went well with you.
Nope, NBB, AIR actually made me a profit, look back at the score. My Mechanical Fund (QHOF over at www.marketocracy.com) is run along lines defined on the Mechanical investing board of the Motley Fool (www.fool.com). It uses a (for me) black box: the Valueline (www.valueline.com) Timeliness ranking. Therefore stocks may drop off the list and pop up when you least expect it.

Yes, all went well, thank you! Things are a bit chaotic still: cardboard boxes everywhere and still lots to do in the house. We'll manage.

Regards,

Karel

[alice4321us]

Put me in AVM.

[RL]

Gotta run my dart throw Is CONR-long

[Lyehopper]

Hi,
Just want to see how I rate among you fellas.
May I join? If yes, I would like VCLK for this week. Earnings coming up this week and I expect to hit and make it to at least mid 19/20.

Anthony
Welcome to the POTW Anthony....

And a HUUUGE $$MM$$'s Forum welcome to all the new players joining us this week....

[Lyehopper]

GEHL.... long

[jiesen]

AMLN long for me.

[RL]

Had a very boring weekend no football saw all the olympics I could handle.So put together a dart board with the POTW players on It going to see If I get the top five.

1st. Dio with BDOG

2nd.Dmk with TRBM

3RD.Icc with CBIZ

4th. Rl with Conr

5th. Ski with Flow

[Rob]

. . . going to see If I get the top five.Interesting, although right off the bat Gary's ATLS has taken an early and commanding lead with ±11% as I write this.

[Lyehopper]

Well, I sat around enough!
Mrs. Curly has had all of her honey-Do projects completed by this Stooge,
so I'm back in the workforce!!

That said, I will let it ride on ATLS, you can't teach an old Stooge new tricks, NYUK, NYUK, NYUK!!!
Gary.... You are HUUUUGE!!!! I gotta start buying your picks dude!

[mimo_100]

Buy INFA xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[scifos]

Rob, give me KG long on monday's open. She's ready to bust out to the upside.
http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=KG&p=D&yr=0&mn=6&dy=0&id=p72006309696

Dangit, missed the 1% move premarket.

[The Photon]

Lye long again- thanks

[Lyehopper]

GEHL.... long

CC about to start any second fellas....

http://img496.imageshack.us/img496/7971/gehl1ku.png (http://imageshack.us)

[Rob]

If you listen closely enough you can hear Lyehopper singing (not that you would want to mind you):
I've got sunshine ... on a cloudy day
When it's cold outside ... I've got the month of May
WELL, I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My GEHL, (my GEHL)
Talkin' 'bout my GEHL ... My GEHL

Heh heh :) Nice play, Lye. You were in 2nd place there for a while. I'm just wondering when you're going to sell and go long PARL.

[skiracer]

Lye,
If you really like the big Tonka toys you'd appreciate the jobsite demolition we're starting this Wednesday. 2 acre site about 50/60 ft. above crown of road at it's high point. Several large buildings, and a whole bunch of concrete and gunnite rock formations. Probably about 100 40 cu. yd. roll-off boxes worth of debris and 20,000 cu. yds. of fill to be taken out. We started removing the lights and poles today. About 20 standards 30ft. high with 6 16" dia. halogen lights per pole. Wednesday all the big toys come in and the action really starts with the big trucks, roll-offs, and excavators doing their thing. It's a decent sized one and the sidewalk supervisors will be out in full force.

[Rob]

Doug! This was the week to play CLZR, dude! Doncha just hate that (http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/1593/potw210063jp.png)?

[Lyehopper]

If you listen closely enough you can hear Lyehopper singing (not that you would want to mind you):I've got sunshine ... on a cloudy day


When it's cold outside ... I've got the month of May
WELL, I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My GEHL, (my GEHL)
Talkin' 'bout my GEHL ... My GEHL



Heh heh :) Nice play, Lye. You were in 2nd place there for a while. I'm just wondering when you're going to sell and go long PARL.

LOL.... Good conservative management team over at GEHL. I like those fellas. That CC wore me out and I was just listening!.... Imagine if I had to field all those idiotic questions....

It wouldn't do for me to be the CEO of a publicly traded company. How many different ways can these analysts ask the same freakin question?.... SHEESH! I'd just say "You already asked me that you idiot! Now either buy my companies stock or freakin sell it.... NEXT QUESTION!!!!"....lol

Rockin'Rob.... I'll wait till Thursday or Friday to buy PARL....je...je...je

[Lyehopper]

Lye,
If you really like the big Tonka toys you'd appreciate the jobsite demolition we're starting this Wednesday. 2 acre site about 50/60 ft. above crown of road at it's high point. Several large buildings, and a whole bunch of concrete and gunnite rock formations. Probably about 100 40 cu. yd. roll-off boxes worth of debris and 20,000 cu. yds. of fill to be taken out. We started removing the lights and poles today. About 20 standards 30ft. high with 6 16" dia. halogen lights per pole. Wednesday all the big toys come in and the action really starts with the big trucks, roll-offs, and excavators doing their thing. It's a decent sized one and the sidewalk supervisors will be out in full force.
Dude.... I'm gonna go up there sooner than later. I love construction.... All phases and types.

[Lyehopper]

Is it just me?.... or does Maria Bartiromo's hair look extra "fluffy" today?....lol

[Jim Smith]

let me see if I've got this right, to win this competition, you must go long stocks that rise in value....after SKS and now CPRT, I am obviously confused here.

[New-born baby]

AMLN long for me.

UGH! Trying to win this here POTW, and that mouse comes up with a big winner today: AMLN. UGH!! My short of FRO has panned out so far, and I thought I might be able to snag the lead even for a single day, but that mouse orders up a winner! UGH!

Mildred!! Where's the DCON?!!


:D That Jiesen is a pretty smart guy.

[Lyehopper]

let me see if I've got this right, to win this competition, you must go long stocks that rise in value....after SKS and now CPRT, I am obviously confused here.

OR.... Short sell stocks that are gonna fall.lol.... Ain't easy is it Jimbo?

My hat is off to you and all the POTW contestants. Now.... there are a few fellas on this HUGE forum that won't play at all.... Why?.... Because they are afraid of being wrong and having their mistakes documented.... All those who play the POTW.... win, lose or draw.... Are HUUUUGE!!!! in my book!

One thing that the POTW (and the two pick limit) has done for me is helped make me a more patient and focused investor. The VTP has also helped.

[Bean Stocks]

lucky roll on NVAX which gapped up... still 31 cents and more to come on a $5 stock and more to come... makes up for GV and ADAM which stank it up today.

[Rob]

... and guess which pick is ahead.
http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/1376/potw200602275ol.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
:) :) :)

[Lyehopper]

... and guess which pick is ahead.


http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/1376/potw200602275ol.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

:) :) :)

Cooooool Rockin'Rob!.... You're....
The best scorekeeper EVER!!!!LOL

[Bean Stocks]

the INSM could destroy everyone.

[scifos]

Rob, I love the Atlas holding up the board!

[Rob]

Rob, I love the Atlas holding up the board!Thx, Scifos. It seemed appropriate since Atlas America was such a huge pick for Gary today. That numbskull ... why I oughta ... <sounds of base drum, followed by hammer-hitting-anvil sounds, etc.>

[diogenes]

... and guess which pick is ahead.


I think some of your values might be off.
Are those values from the close of today...perhaps I have overlooked something?
Anyway, ATLS worked nicely today,

[Lyehopper]

I think some of your values might be off.
Are those values from the close of today...perhaps I have overlooked something?
Anyway, ATLS worked nicely today,

Be specific Dio.... Sometimes there are mistakes due errors within the database the values are downloaded from. All players are encouraged to double check their scores and ask questions.... Rob and I both always welcome attention directed to any discovered mistakes. Please don't be so vague dude....

[Gary611]

I'm watching that show & it is a blast!! Now, do I take the gain & go into cash.............or do I let it ride, knowing that it all could be erased in an instant. (deal or no deal?) HUM???? NO DEAL!!!!!!!!!

[Gary611]

Gary.... You are HUUUUGE!!!! I gotta start buying your picks dude!

I gotta start buyin' em too!!

[Lyehopper]

I'm watching that show & it is a blast!! Now, do I take the gain & go into cash.............or do I let it ride, knowing that it all could be erased in an instant. (deal or no deal?) HUM???? NO DEAL!!!!!!!!!
You're HUUUUGE Gary!!!!
$$MM$$ would be proud....
http://img420.imageshack.us/img420/4994/mmatls2pc.png (http://imageshack.us)

[skiracer]

I gotta start buyin' em too!!

Gary,
You've had a few great selections in the POTW over the past few months. Have you owned any of them during the contest? When they appreciate like this one today doesn't it make you sick if you don't own them? I've said this a number of times but I just don't understand the rationale behind the selections if you don't own them. If one were to think that highly of a stock to place it in the contest why wouldn't you own it. If not this one which ones do you own an are they doing as well?

[Lyehopper]

We've got 20 players on the board so far this week, of which 3 are playing for the first time. There are 15 long positions, 3 short positions, and 2 cash positions (counting BillyJoe). There are 14 players who have not yet “thowed in.” :)
Twenty Seven (27) players this week!!!! A POTW RECORD.... wow Wow WOW!!!!.... My goal when I expanded this thing was to see 25 players.... This is HUUUUGE!!!! It's like Mike Savage says "Be here.... or be NOWHERE"lol

I think Rob's hightech and entertaining scorekeeping has added us a solid 5-7 players within the past three weeks! Rock on Rockin'Rob!

[Gary611]

Gary,
You've had a few great selections in the POTW over the past few months. Have you owned any of them during the contest? When they appreciate like this one today doesn't it make you sick if you don't own them? I've said this a number of times but I just don't understand the rationale behind the selections if you don't own them. If one were to think that highly of a stock to place it in the contest why wouldn't you own it. If not this one which ones do you own an are they doing as well?
My game plan is usually buy & hold when finding a stock to put my hard earned money in, I gotta look back at what I've been playing here to let you know, but a recent one is RWC. I am in from about 6 bucks & today is earnings I think.
Good luck to you & everyone here, youse are fine people, I reckon, NYUK, NYUK!!

[Rob]

I think some of your values might be off.
Are those values from the close of today...perhaps I have overlooked something?Which values? If you're wondering why BDOG going from the open at 10.00 to the close at 10.14 registered only a 1.36% gain instead of 1.4%, which it looks like it ought to, the reason is simple: the cell holding the closing price displays only the rounded result two digits to the right of the decimal. The actual value of the last trade was 10.136.
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/8062/bigdog8yg.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

[Rob]

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/311/3s8hd.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
Meanwhile, behind closed doors at POTW Central ...

[diogenes]

Well, I do not have time to sit around on the forums today, but it was a problem with my database. So no worries.

[scifos]

Well, KG bombed. Now give me CVM long please.

[Rob]

Yesterday it was Curly and Atlas. Today it's Dakat and Virginia-based Insmed, Inc. (INSM) that is da kat's pajamas. A hefty 10.76% gain since Monday's open has propelled this little hottie to da top o' da heap!

But there Curly sits in second place just lickin' his chops and waitin' to pull the Curly Shuffle again, cos he knows how volatile them two-dollah stocks can be, and even though he and ol Atlas got a ton o' weight on their shoulders, don't you worry none. Them boys was born tote them heavy loads.

And I'll be horn-swaggled if it ain't another newbie rounding out the top 3 (and 4) this week! TFred ain't playin' no t-ball with VC! He stepped right up to the plate and smacked a slider right into the left field bleachers with Visteon Corp. Who are these Visteon guys anyway? I've heard their name but I don't know what they do! I started to read the profile: "Visteon Corporation supplies automotive systems, modules, and components to global vehicle manufacturers and the automotive aftermarket in the United States. . . ." Right about then my eyes glazed over and the rest of the description just looked like blah ... blah ... blah. But there ain't nothin' blah about a 6.24% gain in two days, I'll tell ya that!

Nice goin' all you boyzzzz. And you too Bean Stock Jack with your NVAX. The rest of us are still going to try to cream you before the week is out, but you've just made our task a bit tougher. Congrats.

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6210/potw200602284ia.gif (http://imageshack.us/)
:) :) :)




And check out Skiracer: At the end of Monday's trading FLOW was down 3.18% but the flow reversed and now it's up 1.4%!! Skiracer heaves a sigh of relief as he straps on those Solomon bindings for the next run. Now I got this tune stuck in my head. It goes like this (sung to the tune of the Speed Racer theme):FLOW Skiracer
FLOW Skiracer
FLOW Skiracer FLOOOoooow.



I won't mess with the rest of the words. It might be fun, but I don't have the time.

[Websman]

Alright, I've been letting you guys take the wins. I'm going for the win next week. VTP FOREVER!!!

[skiracer]

Yesterday it was Curly and Atlas. Today it's Dakat and Virginia-based Insmed, Inc. (INSM) that is da kat's pajamas. A hefty 10.76% gain since Monday's open has propelled this little hottie to da top o' da heap!

But there Curly sits in second place just lickin' his chops and waitin' to pull the Curly Shuffle again, cos he knows how volatile them two-dollah stocks can be, and even though he and ol Atlas got a ton o' weight on their shoulders, don't you worry none. Them boys was born tote them heavy loads.

And I'll be horn-swaggled if it ain't another newbie rounding out the top 3 (and 4) this week! TFred ain't playin' no t-ball with VC! He stepped right up to the plate and smacked a slider right into the left field bleachers with Visteon Corp. Who are these Visteon guys anyway? I've heard their name but I don't know what they do! I started to read the profile: "Visteon Corporation supplies automotive systems, modules, and components to global vehicle manufacturers and the automotive aftermarket in the United States. . . ." Right about then my eyes glazed over and the rest of the description just looked like blah ... blah ... blah. But there ain't nothin' blah about a 6.24% gain in two days, I'll tell ya that!

Nice goin' all you boyzzzz. And you too Bean Stock Jack with your NVAX. The rest of us are still going to try to cream you before the week is out, but you've just made our task a bit tougher. Congrats.

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6210/potw200602284ia.gif (http://imageshack.us/)
:) :) :)




And check out Skiracer: At the end of Monday's trading FLOW was down 3.18% but the flow reversed and now it's up 1.4%!! Skiracer heaves a sigh of relief as he straps on those Solomon bindings for the next run. Now I got this tune stuck in my head. It goes like this (sung to the tune of the Speed Racer theme):FLOW Skiracer
FLOW Skiracer
FLOW Skiracer FLOOOoooow.



I won't mess with the rest of the words. It might be fun, but I don't have the time.

As much as I enjoy Lye and his bubbling personality I have to admit that you ROB, are the king of posting conversationalism and quips. You've have made this game the most fun ever. Thanks for taking it over and all the time an effort you put into it. It's just great. Who is that guy Lyehopper anyway.
I had FLOW in my sights for triggering an exit this afternoon when it hit that intraday high of $13.61, but procrastinated a bit and never hit the trigger. The next thing I know is it's $13.20 and going down. Probably alot of momo and daytraders in there today. It made a great move from around $13.10 to $13.60 in no time but just didn't have the strength to hold it. Anyway it's always nice to be in the green and on the plus side regardless of how much. Plus just being above those VTP guys, you know who they are, makes me all tingly inside. Hope it can hold it tomorrow.

[New-born baby]

Yeah, we love the old LYE-BABY around here. Teased him quite a bit, and he always took it well. But we sure do like ROB running the POTW, too. Nice job, both of you. My thanks :D Keep up the excellent work!

[TFred]

Greetings Rob,

VC is the Ford version of GMs Delphi.Both of which are in the same group as DCN,automotive suppliers.

Huge debt,falling revenue,loss of market share to Asian co's,and union troubles.A nice recipe for a short.

cordially Tom

[IIC]

As much as I enjoy Lye and his bubbling personality I have to admit that you ROB, are the king of posting conversationalism and quips. You've have made this game the most fun ever. Thanks for taking it over and all the time an effort you put into it. It's just great. Who is that guy Lyehopper anyway.
I had FLOW in my sights for triggering an exit this afternoon when it hit that intraday high of $13.61, but procrastinated a bit and never hit the trigger. The next thing I know is it's $13.20 and going down. Probably alot of momo and daytraders in there today. It made a great move from around $13.10 to $13.60 in no time but just didn't have the strength to hold it. Anyway it's always nice to be in the green and on the plus side regardless of how much. Plus just being above those VTP guys, you know who they are, makes me all tingly inside. Hope it can hold it tomorrow.

I bot FLOW mid 12.90's trimmed 13.30's...watched it to 13.60's and then bailed mid 13 teens...not bad...IIC

[diogenes]

Nice job to the guys in green today!

[skiracer]

Nice trade Doug. I'm still holding from $12.43 and think there is still alot of gas left in the tank. Big volume days Friday, Monday, and today an all accumulation days. Guys like you ruined it for me today. Just kidding. Good show and glad you got it today. I think you'll see some of the same tomorrow.

[Gary611]

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/311/3s8hd.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

Meanwhile, behind closed doors at POTW Central ...

Now you know why I wear these rosy colored glasses!!!!

[Websman]

...Plus just being above those VTP guys, you know who they are, makes me all tingly inside. Hope it can hold it tomorrow.

You have been given the gift of the Goji. You are welcome to enter into the VTP inner circle...that is if you pass the intitiation. What do you say Ski?

[skiracer]

You have been given the gift of the Goji. You are welcome to enter into the VTP inner circle...that is if you pass the intitiation. What do you say Ski?

I feel faint, my heart is pounding, and my mind is clouding over in ecstacy. My very own ears. I must accept the offer. The inner circle at last. I have arrived.

[IIC]

You have been given the gift of the Goji. You are welcome to enter into the VTP inner circle...that is if you pass the intitiation. What do you say Ski?

BEAM ME UP WEBS

I finally found the REAL Vulcan Trading Website http://Beam.To/VulcanTrading

[Lyehopper]

As much as I enjoy Lye and his bubbling personality I have to admit that you ROB, are the king of posting conversationalism and quips. You've have made this game the most fun ever. Thanks for taking it over and all the time an effort you put into it. It's just great. Who is that guy Lyehopper anyway.

I second that.... Rob has taken the POTW to a new level.... Rock on Rob!

Ski.... Few (if any) have ever described me as "bubbling".... lol

[Bean Stocks]

No offense to the Vulcans on the board, but Nimoy and Matt Krantz sorta look like the cleancut brothers of Anton LeVay- www.churchofsatan.org

[Lyehopper]

No offense to the Vulcans on the board, but Nimoy and Matt Krantz sorta look like the cleancut brothers of Anton LeVay- www.churchofsatan.org (http://www.churchofsatan.org)
And I thought Ski was gettin' weird....

[Bean Stocks]

sell NVAX please

[diogenes]

No offense to the Vulcans on the board, but Nimoy and Matt Krantz sorta look like the cleancut brothers of Anton LeVay- www.churchofsatan.org


Hmmm...VTP ==Satanic Bible?

Hopefully today sees more green for everyone.

[Bean Stocks]

use proceeds to buy ANSR

[Rob]

Sis, since you and I both bought the huge one's WIRE this week, if you don't see anyhting else that looks promising, you could enter WIRE into the contest. You must think it's going up or you wouldn't have bought it. Or you could just say $ to put you in cash, and at least you wouldn't be penalized 5%. :)I hate to "rub it in," Sis, but had you played WIRE in the contest this week, you'd now be up better than 4%, instead of down 5%. :(

The good news is that we both bought it with real $$$, so I guess we can rejoice and revel and make merriment over that. :)

[Rob]

Well, KG bombed. Now give me CVM long please.Excellent trade, Scifos! CVM is rockin' and rollin' today!

[Rob]

IMCL put a big smile on my face so far today ...

http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/9663/imclsmile1jv.png (http://imageshack.us)

I hope I'm still smiling after the FDA decision.

[scifos]

Excellent trade, Scifos! CVM is rockin' and rollin' today!

After KG disapointed in its earnings release yesterday I need all the help I can get, so I went all out for this pick (from my do-it-or-die-tryin list).

[Rob]

It looks like OVTI is going to report their earnings after the close today. One of the stupedest things I ever did was to sell OVTI at a loss for 13.81 back in (I think it was) November. I could kick myself hard for that one. The analysts are looking for $0.45/share. If they miss, I think a well-timed short could net some serious cabbage over the following several days. We'll see. I'm scared to touch it.

[Rob]

Do you realize that at 2314 the NASDAQ is <1% from a multi-year high?

[SledDawg]

Time to get back in the game (Even a week in CA$H would have won me Most Improved...).

I'll short URI.

[Bean Stocks]

Diogenes- I like your name and also that you were in ADAM last week. Gotta love ADAM!

[Lyehopper]

Hmmm...VTP ==Satanic Bible?

Diogenes.... The VTP is not a book.... The VTP carries no religious or political affiliations.... The VTP is simply a stock trading system which is still in development.

btw... Why would Satan worshipers need a bible anyway?

[Bean Stocks]

I'm sorry that I made the referrence. There might be some devout people on board that I offended with the off color referrence.

[Rob]

DAKAT!!!! What are you trying to do to us, dude???? I mean, just how bad are you trying to make all of us look??? Freakin' 18.83% in freakin' three days??? Have mercy on us!!! What am I saying? I know cats care only about numero uno ... it's their nature. What can anyone say but, AWESOME stock pick Dakat!!!!!

Gary, I see you and Charles (Charles Atlas, of course) are giving da KAT about the best run for the money so far this week. Good grief, man. I mean you got a stock that's up 9.37 freakin' percent, and it ain't even half of what da KAT man do!!! Great going anyway there, Gary, teriffic play!!!

Well looky-here who done snuck up into 3rd place!!! It's Mel Gibson's long-lost twin, IIC!!!! I haven't yet checked out what kind o' biz CBIZ iz, but gee whiz!!! It's got a lot o' fizz, whatever it izzzzz. Sizzzzzzlin' hot pick, Doug! 5% ain't nothin' to sneeze at for 3-days work!!!

The rest o' y'all who are still ahead o' me, look out! I'm comin after you! You saw what Martha Stewart's stock did right after she got outta the pokey didn't you? Well, ImClone stock ain't been let outta the stocks yet after that insider trading scandal a few years ago ... but a major event just might trigger that little lock mechanism, and then it's Katie bar the door!!!

Well here are the standings so far this week:

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/6164/potw200603013bu.gif (http://imageshack.us)
:) :) :)

[dmk112]

Whoa, sell my TRBM in the morning and take PANL - long. This sucks!

[Lyehopper]

HUUUGE dakat HUUUGE!!!! Hot pick this week.... Now that's the way to make a splash as a new player in the POTW ain't it fellas!

http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/3536/dakat5im.png (http://imageshack.us)

btw.... Welcome to the POTW Dakat!

Gary ain't lookin' bad either....

Doug! Nice pick yourself dude....

[Websman]

I want to sell SURG and buy AMKR.

[Gary611]

Gary, I see you and Charles (Charles Atlas, of course) are giving da KAT about the best run for the money so far this week. Good grief, man. I mean you got a stock that's up 9.37 freakin' percent, and it ain't even half of what da KAT man do!!! Great going anyway there, Gary, teriffic play!!!


:) :) :)

Well, at this point, I would rather own a thousand shares of ATLS than INSM, percentage ain't all that it's cracked up to be!!

Unless your $$MM$$

[skiracer]

Webs,
Am I cleared for the inner circle of the VTP or disposed of like an old whore in an army camp.

[spikefader]

Dat Kat lol nice pick dude!

I especially like the fact that his pick was a 'c' long recently :D Mildred, we got a winner! hehe
http://www.mrmarketishuge.com/showpost.php?p=41133&postcount=224
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/5939/clongcat6mg.gif (http://imageshack.us)

(Lye; I told ya it was one to watch!)

Love those cats on the leaderboard Rob! hehe

[Websman]

Webs,
Am I cleared for the inner circle of the VTP or disposed of like an old whore in an army camp.

You are cleared. I will get with Lye and then will PM you in a few days.

[skiracer]

You are cleared. I will get with Lye and then will PM you in a few days.

I hope I don't have to do a drive-by as part of the initiation. Haven't done one of those in years.

[Websman]

I hope I don't have to do a drive-by as part of the initiation. Haven't done one of those in years.

Actually it involves a goat...but I can't discuss the details here.

[skiracer]

Actually it involves a goat...but I can't discuss the details here.

I have a funny story about goats and dairy cows but I can't tell that one here either.

[spikefader]

Cover WON, short MOVI pleeeeeeeeze.

[spikefader]

typo: sheesh, sorry dude. Meant to say short PXT, not MOVI.

[TFred]

Greetings,

Please cover my short on VC here at 4.35,at 10;51 ET,cash for now.

cordially Tom

[scifos]

Good lord, I don't know if I should just go to Cash and lick my wounds until next week or hang in there and hope.

In at .89
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=cvm

[TFred]

Greetings,

Buy ZICA,market order 12;57 ET $1.67

cordially Tom

[Lyehopper]

I have a funny story about goats and dairy cows but I can't tell that one here either.
I know a funny story about a rooster.... but I can't tell it here either.

btw.... Got an email from BillyJoe. He's alive.... Says he'll be back with us soon.

[Lyehopper]

Sell GEHL.... Buy PARL....jejeje

[Rob]

Buy ZICA,market order 12;57 ET $1.67
Tom, there were no trades at 12:57, I got you in at the first tick at 1:02, which is $1.69. That's how it works.

[New-born baby]

Sell GEHL.... Buy PARL....jejeje

LYE==selling GEHL!????!!! The world is ending!

[Lyehopper]

LYE==selling GEHL!????!!! The world is ending!
Just sellin it here in the POTW dude.... I'm still holding it in real life.... and lookin to add around $29....

[Rob]

If anyhting can be learned from the activity so far this week, it's that even those mighty titans, Colossal Karel and the Illustrious Lyehopper, are flesh and blood after all. :)

Blood in the water. Let the feeding frenzy begin! lol

[Lyehopper]

If anyhting can be learned from the activity so far this week, it's that even those mighty titans, Colossal Karel and the Illustrious Lyehopper, are flesh and blood after all. :)

Blood in the water. Let the feeding frenzy begin! lol
It ain't over till it's over Rockin'Rob.... If my VTP data is correct PARL should run about up about 25% tomorrow.

[New-born baby]

Sell GEHL.... Buy PARL....jejeje

Whatsthematter selling GEHL? Alison doesn't like the smell of manure, and is pressuring you to buy some perfume? :(
;)

[Lyehopper]

Whatsthematter selling GEHL? Alison doesn't like the smell of manure, and is pressuring you to buy some perfume?
LOL....That is about a 180 degree shift ain't it dude?....

[Rob]

It ain't over till it's over Rockin'Rob.Yes, you are correct of course. And don't count IMCL out yet either. The fat lady was gettin' up and fixin' to sing, but she was suddenly overcome by the vapors and had to set a spell.

If my VTP data is correct PARL should run about up about 25% tomorrow.Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, if that happens, I will have to take a look at this fabled VTP system.

[New-born baby]

LOL....That is about a 180 degree shift ain't it dude?....Lye baby:
I hope you read Hot Pick of the Day and bought VLO like I posted. Nice $1.75 move today.

[Lyehopper]

Lye baby:
I hope you read Hot Pick of the Day and bought VLO like I posted. Nice $1.75 move today.
I read it dude.... didn't buy it though.... nice move, looks like a good value too.

Have you fellas looked at IRIS today?.... O.U.C.H....

[spikefader]

Tom; excellent trading this week dude! :) Welcome to the POTW club, and welcome to all the other players this week too!

[Rob]

Candy is dandy and liquor is quicker
But TFred goosed us with a stock called ZICA
Ain' nobody's business but his own ...

Da Kat came down a bit from his lofty perch, but hung his claws in that bark and is still hangin' on to second place.

Gary's puttin' up a valiant effort to catch da Kat, but he's still a little better than 2 percentage points shy.

Bean Stocks is still hopin' them magic beans will grow to the sky.

NB Baby is sportin' a FRO these days. Hey, NB, can you dance like John Travolta too? Heh heh.
http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/7974/nbb8qf.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

Doug's still hangin' tough with that CBIZ, which lost a little fizz, but it iz what it iz. And what it iz is still up better than 4%.

Ray's dart managed to hit a winner this week, so far anyway. Good enough reason to have a couple more beers I reckon.

Jeisen, Alice, Spike, Skiracer, and the amazing Photon round out the rest who are still on the plus side this Thursday. And the rest of us are busy coming up with excuses why our picks didn't work out ... yet!

Here they are:
http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/1176/potw200603029ot.gif (http://imageshack.us/)
:) :) :)

[scifos]

I'm getting my ass handed to me. -24%, totally embarrasing. Although both ZOLT and CVM were up pretty good margins while I held them.

[spikefader]

lol Rob; great stuff, another excellent write up :D You bring much to comp and the board! Thnx.

Grats to everyone above me and comisserations to the bottom three who are drinkin' beer and eatin' pretzels tonight. Ouch; I've been there.... :(

[Lyehopper]

Way to play it TOM!!!! You are HUUUUGE DUDE!!!!

I had to move down here for a minute to have a conference with Webs about a little "glitch" in the VTP.... Think we've about worked it out....

[spikefader]

I'm getting my ass handed to me. -24%, totally embarrasing. Although both ZOLT and CVM were up pretty good margins while I held them.Chin up dude! Just laff it off and hope for a big bull tomorrow! hehe

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/927/kaboom3lw.gif (http://imageshack.us)
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/4603/113go.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[scifos]

Yeah, I need a 54% up day to get into first.

[diogenes]

Let me see:
Sell: BDOG

Buy: KNXA

[RL]

Rob I didn't think of that but think I will have a couple extra. I have to start playing a little different to stay near the top In this competition. So sell my CONR and put me In RAD sure hope I'm not making a mistake because CONR could make a good move.But nothing ventured nothing gained some one said?

[IIC]

Well...I'm gonna miss the market tomorrow...May catch the end if all goes well???...Have to drop my wife off at the airport pre-m...She's going to NYC...I think she thinks the Mr. M Convention is this weekend...LOL...Then off to a meeting so I will just hold CBIZ through the close I guess...I didn't ever get to buy it...But this has been a great week on the DT front since I went back to my old DT style after 5 weeks of trading signals on 1 min charts...Got whipped out too much...Was worth a shot and not really too costly...K.I.S.S....IIC

[TFred]

Greetings,

Instead of picking the ''sister'',I should have gone with the bride.DCN the mother of all shorts.If you get a chance take a peek at a 1 month chart.Id post one,but just drove 7 straight hours into Columbus Ohio for the annual Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic bodybuilding show.Im beat.

cordially Tom

[Rob]

. . . I should have gone with the bride. DCN the mother of all shorts. If you get a chance take a peek at a 1 month chart. Id post one, but . . . Im beat.
I'll help you out, TFred. Here's a 1-month DCN chart:

http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/9468/dcn2vi.png (http://imageshack.us)

[New-born baby]

Rob:
Covering FRO at $37.20 at 11:03 EST if possible :D

Taking CNQ long at $59.86 at 11:06 EST.

Out CNQ at $61.10 at 11:13 EST.

(I know I won't win the contest, but I want to pick up that $.14 FRO dropped this morning. And I got .24, so who can complain?).

[RL]

Looks like I screwed up by getting out of CONR and Into RAD.So what else Is new? But It's still early.

[spikefader]

Looks like I screwed up by getting out of CONR and Into RAD.So what else Is new? But It's still early.Yeah, anything can happen today....but RL when I saw your post I looked at both and one thing I did think was look at the overhead resistance. CONR is free and clear whereas RAD faces some (albeit it's breaking out too).

But in your favor, RAD is impulsive at the moment. You still got a chance for a pop I think.

[RL]

Thanks for the encouragement spike guess I won't take the pipe after all, I'll have a beer Instead

[spikefader]

Greetings,
Instead of picking the ''sister'',I should have gone with the bride.DCN the mother of all shorts.
cordially Tom

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/3173/dcneesh2xb.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[Lyehopper]

Looks like I screwed up by getting out of CONR and Into RAD.So what else Is new? But It's still early.
I'm with ya Ray-ol-buddy-ol-pal.... I Shoulda just stuck with my first pick GEHL too.... dOH!!!! My POTW points will suffer this week. Must find glitch in VTP must locate and repair.... Now with Ski joining "Team VTP" maybe we can fine tune this thing. $$MM$$ has now posted a Star Trek picture in the gallery... VTP FOREVER!!!!

But on the positive side.... I bought more GEHL this morning in real life.jejeje

[Rob]

Alice looked through her looking glass and discovered a winner this week:

http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/3571/alice5gv.png (http://imageshack.us)

[jiesen]

wtg, Alice! nice pick!

[TFred]

Greetings,

Sell Zica 12.42 ET

cordially Tom

[Rob]

Rob:
Covering FRO at $37.20 at 11:03 EST if possible :D

Taking CNQ long at $59.86 at 11:06 EST.

Out CNQ at $61.10 at 11:13 EST.

(I know I won't win the contest, but I want to pick up that $.14 FRO dropped this morning. And I got .24, so who can complain?).

NB Baby, dude, I'm going to let you slide on those times this time, but for future reference, please create a new message for a change in position. The reason is because I have to use the time stamp on the message itself to determine the time of the trade. It's the only fair and unimpeachable way to do it. Anyone can see that you covered at 11:03, but I'm going to have to take that last edit time (11:18, not 11:13) as the time of the sale and have to give the benefit of the doubt on the 11:06 buy time. Can you see the dilemma and the potential can o' worms?

[Rob]

Sell Zica 12.42 ET
TFred .... the sale will be logged at 1:43, the time of the message. That's the way I have to do it, dude. (See above message.) Only a few pennies difference, but still ...

[TFred]

Greetings,
My bad,that would be 1:42ET

cordially Tom

[New-born baby]

NB Baby, dude, I'm going to let you slide on those times this time, but for future reference, please create a new message for a change in position. The reason is because I have to use the time stamp on the message itself to determine the time of the trade. It's the only fair and unimpeachable way to do it. Anyone can see that you covered at 11:03, but I'm going to have to take that last edit time (11:18, not 11:13) as the time of the sale and have to give the benefit of the doubt on the 11:06 buy time. Can you see the dilemma and the potential can o' worms?

sure. Sorry dude. :( I should have held on to the stock as it just hit $60.72 . . .

[TFred]

Greetings Rob,

I mixed up my timezone change going to Ohio,took out an hour instead of adding.

Sorry about that.

cordially Tom

[Rob]

Here's watts up! Had anyone played $$$Mr. Market$$$'s WIRE from the open Monday, they would be up more than 11% current-ly as of the time of this post! It's shocking how little resistance there has been so far. Happily, I am one of those who bought some in the real world. I'm WIRED, and looking to ca$h out with a 17½% gain.

Thanks for the great pick, Ernie!

[Websman]

AMK is climbing. Look at that doggie run! <TICK>

[Rob]

I probably won't be posting the results until later this evening. I'm going out to dinner, and I'm going to have one of those super-sized, goldfish bowl margaritas, so don't hold me responsible for my commentary, as it may be a bit tainted by a mild buzz. Who knows? It might make an improvement. Heh heh.

[Websman]

I probably won't be posting the results until later this evening. I'm going out to dinner, and I'm going to have one of those super-sized, goldfish bowl margaritas, so don't hold me responsible for my commentary, as it may be a bit tainted by a mild buzz. Who knows? It might make an improvement. Heh heh.

I'm headed to the Hard rock Cafe in Destin...loud music and good food.

[spikefader]

I probably won't be posting the results until later this evening. I'm going out to dinner, and I'm going to have one of those super-sized, goldfish bowl margaritas, so don't hold me responsible for my commentary, as it may be a bit tainted by a mild buzz. Who knows? It might make an improvement. Heh heh.Have a great nite dude! You deserve it! :D

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[Rob]

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[spikefader]

lol ....all you've got is a rubber ducky with a hole it itFunny stuff.

Congrats Tom, it was a mighty performance for your first showing dude! Hugeness!

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[Bean Stocks]

Put me down for ALNY long.

[spikefader]

I'm taking ECR short please Rob.

That gets my Burnt Toast Award for next week.

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/1174/burnttoast24vm.gif (http://imageshack.us)

Good luck all.

[dakat69]

Rob, Lye, and Spike...thx for the welcome earlier this week. I was actually happy that INSM only tanked 7% on Friday. Could have been much worse. Glad it found some support. Look into INSM in about 2 months from now. Don't see much movement up until then...LONG TERM.

Rob, you really do a great job with this contest.

Well, my 1st pick in the contest was easy last week considering the only stock I own is INSM. I only entered the market 2 1/2 months ago so I am definately a new kid on the block.

This week : BGO LONG

percentage ain't all that it's cracked up to be!!
Really?? Give me a 10% gain on a 10K trade any day over a 5% gain on a 10K trade. Doesn't percentages mean everything when it comes to trading the market?? EVERYTHING.....

[Gary611]

Rob, you are an awesume dude! Thank you for the much thought out posts & in kepping this thread the best of the best!!! You must have a lot of time on your hands! On the hot sauce topic, have you ever tried "Scorned Woman"?
This is the hottest I ever tried, but then, I'm really into the baby-stuff, frank's hot sauce & Tabasco types!! You would think my head would be num, being slapped around by Moe all those years ago!! (hence the term, NUM-SCULL)
dakat, don't take this the wrong way, sometimes text replies come off as a rant. I certin-lee am not ranting at you, just trying to make my point as did you!



Really?? Give me a 10% gain on a 10K trade any day over a 5% gain on a 10K trade. Doesn't percentages mean everything when it comes to trading the market?? EVERYTHING.....

Given your example, yes, did you read mine? you left it out in quoting me.
(I thought this was a no-spin zone!)
You are absolutley correct in that % is %, but unless you have thousands of dollars (hundreds of thousands) in 1 & 2 dollar stocks & want to wait around for that great spike, God bless you, I guess I'm just a stooge!!
I'll sift thru the mid-caps & ride them as they steadily rise with less of a crap-shoot, NYUK, NYUK!!
Nothin' but love,
-Gary
" I took my girl to Miami, & now I'm going to Tampa with her!"

[Peter Hansen]

Rob your detailed analysis of POW participant's performance is truly extraordinary. Your work is deeply appreciated! Keep up the good analysis and commentary.


Thanx

Pete!

[Peter Hansen]

Rob GFX is making money , profits increasing.....good chart ..sure has the hallmarks of a Mr M winner . GFX LONG ......Thank You

[jiesen]

Congrats TFred for a fantastic debut. And Rockin' Rob- keep up the great work. These were the best POTW results EVER!

[mimo_100]

Start me up in CA$H

Tim

[mimo_100]

Hey TFred --- nice debut -- keep 'em comin'


And Rob, thanks for the great scoring and the accompanying entertainment.
Have you thought about sharing some of your technical computer learning with the board?

Have a great day.

Tim

[RL]

Hay T FRED nice win not easy with all the competition good luck next week. Rob fantastic job sure wish I could do all that stuff with the computer but how can you top the job you did? Have a few more cocktails I would think. Ten thumbs up WAY WAY UP

[IIC]

Nice job T

BTW...I think I found the Hottest Hot Sauce

http://www.pyrodiablo.com/

Looks like it comes with an eyedropper...IIC

[Lyehopper]

TFred.... You played it HUUUGE this week dude! To go short then switch long and win with 18%+ is just awesome! Congrats and welcome to the POTW!!!! You are the old
'Thomrich" right?.... You're into body building aren't you dude?....

Rockin'Rob.... HUUUGE job runnin the POTW man. You are the best!!!!

[billyjoe]

Lye,
You've got some awesome new bloodlines in the POTW. Great job. I'm actually going to submit a pick for next week.
Lye and Rob, the POTW wouldn't have survived without you. If I was Donald Trump you'd both be hired in a minute. You've both got creativity and marketing skills up the wazoo. Even if you didn't make me a dime , the entertainment value is priceless.


Lye, is it true you supply Allison Krause with Goji to keep her vocal chords smooth? Or was it to keep her fiddlin arm supple? Whatever , it's workin.

billyjoe

[Gary611]

Rob, please start me long BLKB.
That said, here are a few Stooge IQ questions, if you are a closet stooge, you will do fine. (Actually Larry is dead, so you can't do him!)

Match Game:

1) COSTA PLENTE ------------------- A) A hospital patient
2) STINKOLA -------------------------B) A leader in the Foreign Legion
3) LINK, PINK, AND MINK --------------C) A ritzy hotel
4) ANNA CONDA ----------------------D) A city in Moronica
5) CAPTIAN GORGONZOLA -------------E) Sausage makers

Ya gotta use your wits on dese, wize guyz! Try to figure out the gag name & where it belongs!!
(easy ones)
Answers next week!!!

[Lyehopper]

Lye,
You've got some awesome new bloodlines in the POTW. Great job. I'm actually going to submit a pick for next week.
Lye and Rob, the POTW wouldn't have survived without you. If I was Donald Trump you'd both be hired in a minute. You've both got creativity and marketing skills up the wazoo. Even if you didn't make me a dime , the entertainment value is priceless.


Lye, is it true you supply Allison Krause with Goji to keep her vocal chords smooth? Or was it to keep her fiddlin arm supple? Whatever , it's workin.

billyjoe
Welcome back BillyJoe!!!! Hope your leg heals and you're runnin' and jumpin' soon....

Rob has been great for the POTW. His organizational skills are HUUUGE! His scorekeeping program is awesome too. I always say that "continuous improvement" is essential for any organization to flourish. The POTW experienced a record 27 players this week.... That's about a 400% increase over the average participation last summer. HUUUGE!!!!

btw.... Alison really loves "the GoJi"...lol

[spikefader]

Match Game:

1) COSTA PLENTE ------------------- A) A hospital patient
2) STINKOLA -------------------------B) A leader in the Foreign Legion
3) LINK, PINK, AND MINK --------------C) A ritzy hotel
4) ANNA CONDA ----------------------D) A city in Moronica
5) CAPTIAN GORGONZOLA -------------E) Sausage makers
Funny stuff Gary.
My guesses:
1C
2A
3E
4D
5B

[skiracer]

Congrats on the win TFred whoever you are or were. Rob you're doing a great job with this. You make it that much more fun.

[IIC]

Rob, please start me long BLKB.
That said, here are a few Stooge IQ questions, if you are a closet stooge, you will do fine. (Actually Larry is dead, so you can't do him!)

Match Game:

1) COSTA PLENTE ------------------- A) A hospital patient
2) STINKOLA -------------------------B) A leader in the Foreign Legion
3) LINK, PINK, AND MINK --------------C) A ritzy hotel
4) ANNA CONDA ----------------------D) A city in Moronica
5) CAPTIAN GORGONZOLA -------------E) Sausage makers

Ya gotta use your wits on dese, wize guyz! Try to figure out the gag name & where it belongs!!
(easy ones)
Answers next week!!!


My Answers:

1C
2D
3E
4A
5B

What do I win???...Doug(IIC)

[skiracer]

Have to agree with the order Spike matched them. Give me AITX - long to start this week please Rob.

[Rob]

First off, thank you Spike, Dakat, Gary, Pete, Jiesen, Mimo, Ray, Lye, BillyJoe, Skiracer (any anyone I missed) for the kind words regarding my scorekeeping this week.

You must have a lot of time on your hands!That's just it, Gary, I know it looks that way, but the fact is I don't. I'm spending more time doing this than I really should. Though I like having fun with it, seriously, I'm probably going to have to just start throwing up the scores with little or no comment if at all.

On the hot sauce topic, have you ever tried "Scorned Woman"?No, but what a great name! Hell hath no fury like ...

Have you thought about sharing some of your technical computer learning with the board?I thought I already was. :) Regarding that font I used to create the comments this time, I was disappointed in the way it looked in the finished product. It looked much better than that while I was editing it, but somewhow it got distorted-looking in the process of reducing the number of colors in the palette from 64k to 256, which I had to do in order to set a transparent background. I wanted to fix it up to make it nicer-looking and easier to read, but I had already spent too much time on it as it is. It wasn't a lot of intense time, mind you. I was sitting there with my laptop watching TV while I was doing it. (I have to watch Monk on Friday nights. I love that show.)


Doug, re Pyro Diablo, according to this page (http://www.chez-williams.com/Hot%20Sauce/hothome.htm), Dave's Ultimate Insanity Sauce (the one I just used last night) rates 250,000 scoville units, whereas the Tabasco Sauce that everyone's familiar with measures 2,140. Your Pyro Diablo is there too, with a whopping 1,500,000 scoville unit rating. I'm telling you, the Dave's is so incredibly hot, I can't even imagine anything being that much hotter. Would you believe they have one on that page that rates at 16 million scoville units? It's called Blair's 16 Million Reserve. Here's what it says about it: "That's it. The race is over. It's chemically impossible to get any hotter! Not really a sauce, but worthy of inclusion. What you will find inside the Famous Reserve bottle is amazing, a 1ml pharmaceutical grade vial filled with this Pure Capsaicin Crystal.--No more than 999 Bottles will be offered."

BillyJoe, welcome back, dude!!! I hope you're doing okay. Thanks for starting this thread.

Gary,
I think my (independently-arrived-at) answers agree with Doug's:
Costa Plente ---> A ritzy hotel
Stinkola ---> A city in Moronica
Link, Pink, and Mink ---> Sausage makers
Anna Conda ---> A hospital patient
Captain Gorgonzola ---> A leader in the Foreign Legion
I'm probably going to play IMCL again next week. It didn't get the pop it deserved this week after their huge news. On the other hand, the sell-on-the-news event was very weak and very shallow. I expect to see institutional buying moving in shortly. Recently there were as many as 11 million shares shorted on this one. I think when she finally moves, she's going to move big. Until then it looks like 37 is a new floor with maybe a few spikes below that level.

So unless I change my mind, my official declaration is: IMCL long Monday morning.

This is what I have so far for the beginning of next week:
Bean Stocks: ALNY long
Spikefader: ECR short
Pete H.: GFX long
Mimo: $$$
Gary: BLKB long
Skiracer: AITX long
Rob: IMCL long

Did I miss anyone?

[spikefader]

Rob!!!!!!!!!!

You gonna like this one :D

http://spikefader.wordpress.com/2006/03/04/imcl-shes-gettin-ready-to-launch/

[TFred]

Greetings,

Man am I worn out after this weekend in Columbus.The Govonator sure brings them in.

I'll take VC again short at the open,since Dana filed for chapter 11,VC is the last domino to fall.I think 3.60 is possible this week.

Thanks to you Rob for your time and effort,top shelf.

cordially Tom (formerly Thomrich)

[dakat69]

Rob, I had BGO LONG

[scifos]

$Cash$ this week.

[BoSox Jon]

I'll take DIET - LONG this week.

Gracias,

Juan

[jiesen]

$$Cash$$ for me!

[alice4321us]

Start me with FNSR.

[Karel]

Thanks Rob, for finding something positive to say after a negative score! While I don't mind epithets like Colossal, I fully expect to lose my 3+%, but I hope to stay clearly in the green. You won't be surprised when I say you do a marvellous job. Watch out for overcommitment, though. Every day a ranking, even without a commentary, can be taxing enough.

And after one week, I'm still married to CELL for the POTW! (CMCO was 9 weeks!)

Regards,

Karel

[Rob]

Rob, I had BGO LONGOkay, Kat-man, thanks for bringing it to my attention.

Here's the list so far for the start of the week. Again, if I've missed anyone, give me a shout here.

Bean Stocks: ALNY long
BoSox Jon: DIET long
Dakat: BGO long
Gary: BLKB long
Jiesen: $
Karel: CELL
Mimo: $
Pete H.: GFX long
Rob: IMCL long
Scifos: $
Skiracer: AITX long
Spikefader: ECR short
TFred: VC short

Watch out for overcommitment, though. Every day a ranking, even without a commentary, can be taxing enough.Thanks for the words of wisdom, Karel.

I don't mind epithets like Colossal . . . Thanks for showing me a new way to understand the word "epithet" too. I always thought it only meant calling someone a derogatory name. But I looked it up and discovered it has additional meanings as well (... he said, waxing somewhat philological).

[New-born baby]

Rob,
Please start me out in CA$$$$H money.

[Rob]

Rob!!!!!!!!!!

You gonna like this one :D

http://spikefader.wordpress.com/2006/03/04/imcl-shes-gettin-ready-to-launch/ You're right, Spike, I do like it! I like that you seem to see good technical reasons to like IMCL's possibilities, although I must admit I don't understand the "falling wedge" pattern or why it might be perceived as bullish. Of the few technical indicators I do understand, I like the fact the 50-day EMA recently crossed above the 200-day EMA to perhaps signal an imminent end to this year-long base. I primarily like the stock for fundamental reasons though, including the fact that the company appears to be entertaining buy-out prospects. I also see Erbitux taking some of Avastin's market share in first-line colorectal cancer treatment in the near future, in addition to the fact that Erbitux has just been approved for use in cancers of the head & neck, for which sales of $400 million per year are projected. They've also got numerous phase three trials in other important indications, some for which the results are due out the second half of this year.

These are some of the reasons I like it.

[RL]

Rob I usually post my pick later after I had a couple of cold ones, that way not being able to aim as straight I'm not Imfluenced to throw at certain symbols but I'll be gone untill Mon. morning and like to help you get set up. Billy Joe Is back so we should be at 28 or more players.Good to see you back you can keep Lye and Webs under control.Think I'm next with a knee thing?

AKS-[long]

[billyjoe]

Rob,
EGY long.

Ray,
If you have any "knee" questions you can private message me. Unfortunately I have 45 years of experience in that area.

billyjoe

[skiracer]

Rob,
EGY long.

Ray,
If you have any "knee" questions you can private message me. Unfortunately I have 45 years of experience in that area.

billyjoe


Billyjoe,
Good to see you posting again. Hope everything turned out ok and looks good for the long term. Great to have you back.

[Jim Smith]

there should be some lower price limit on stock selections.....Picking AITX doesn't seem right to me.....

[Karel]

Jim, you are not the only one. But some of the technical crowd maintain that TA works just as well for the penny stocks. Could be, but with a stock that hardly trades $100,000 a day, anything can happen. I would prefer a $1M minimum daily dollar volume or something like that.

Regards,

Karel

[Jim Smith]

put me down for AAPL short

[skiracer]

Jim
I couldn't agree with you more. I've stated on a number of occassions that we should have some limit on the price of our picks. $5 or maybe even $10 as the bottom line. If you go back over the past several weeks you'll see an increasing amount of picks that are substantially under $5 an some under $2/3 range. This past weeks winner was under $2. Now I really don't care one way or another but if a $2 dollar stock moves .10 there's no way you can compare that to a $40 stock moving $2. I think that people want to win an it is much easier to get a very low priced stock to move a few cents to get that bigger percentage. I threw AITX in there this week just for that reason. If you go back and look at my picks over the past several weeks most of them are all over $10. But it's a game and that's all it amounts to. If you would llike me to select another higher priced stock just request that I do that an I will. Maybe others will follow suit.
It's a coincidence but I was just getting ready to post a suggestion that some weeks we try running the game with a $10 or $20 dollar limit as the bottom just to see how it goes. I really do hate to see those real cheap picks because I don't think it is the same as picking a $20 or $30 dollar stock and getting a $3.00 move out of it. Check last weeks final scores and see how many picks were under $5 or $3.

Rob, delete AITX and put me down for FLOW - long

[Websman]

I've made most of my huge profits on low volume stocks under $10. I even like OTC's.

[IIC]

Rob...I think you missed Alice's FNSR

Please start me in cash...thx...Doug(IIC)

[Karel]

I've made most of my huge profits on low volume stocks under $10. I even like OTC's.
No problem there, but the problem is the competition. To win, you need an extraordinary gain. If you pick a penny stock, you get the extraordinariness ipso facto, not because of excellent timing or whatever. This point has been made before. I don't care very much myself, as I am playing this with my fingers up my nose, but every time I see a low priced stock slide 20% or more, I know I can chalk up another winner for the Mechanical Fund, now 13-3 vs the POTW.

Regards,

Karel

[skiracer]

What's the big deal with playing a week or two or occassionally with all picks having to be above $10 or $15. It would be interesting to see the results. Probably 90 % of everyone playing doesn't own their picks anyway.

[New-born baby]

What's the big deal with playing a week or two or occassionally with all picks having to be above $10 or $15. It would be interesting to see the results. Probably 90 % of everyone playing doesn't own their picks anyway.

Ski,
I agree. Take a $2 stock, get a .05 move, and viola!, you won POTW. But the commision, via IB, would take .02 of that away in real life. I would like POTW to be as realistic as possible. I really think that the winner ought to be based not on percentage gained, but on total dollars gained. After all, isn't it all about dead presidents anyway?

[Websman]

What's the big deal with playing a week or two or occassionally with all picks having to be above $10 or $15. It would be interesting to see the results. Probably 90 % of everyone playing doesn't own their picks anyway.

Sounds good to me. This could give me the chance to prove that my VTP is superior, regardless of the type of stock I chose.

[spikefader]

You're right, Spike, I do like it! I like that you seem to see good technical reasons to like IMCL's possibilities, although I must admit I don't understand the "falling wedge" pattern or why it might be perceived as bullish. Of the few technical indicators I do understand, I like the fact the 50-day EMA recently crossed above the 200-day EMA to perhaps signal an imminent end to this year-long base. I primarily like the stock for fundamental reasons though, including the fact that the company appears to be entertaining buy-out prospects. I also see Erbitux taking some of Avastin's market share in first-line colorectal cancer treatment in the near future, in addition to the fact that Erbitux has just been approved for use in cancers of the head & neck, for which sales of $400 million per year are projected. They've also got numerous phase three trials in other important indications, some for which the results are due out the second half of this year.

These are some of the reasons I like it.Thnx for the info. Falling (http://chart-patterns.netfirms.com/pic/rev/declining_wedge.png) wedges (http://www.stockstoshop.com/wedges.htm) are traditionally considered a reversal pattern (http://www.stockcharts.com/education/ChartAnalysis/fallingWedge.html). I know that's only a 4 day wedge, and not particularly obvious at first glance, but many times intraday or multiday moves show a pattern that the daily doesn't, and they can be really effective patterns. I really liked the fact that it's forming that wedge near channel/trendline support, where there is really solid volume that is apparently moneyflow going into it. I like the weekly volume by price under it and the way it recently held gap support from June '03. Definately worth supporting that lower wedge line with a tight stop tomorrow I think. In my view, I would become neutral/bearish long-term if 28.26 fails. I know that's a good 23% lower than current prices, but there's the line in the sand for me. If 28.26 fails I think it's at risk of falling to 8.00. But for now, stalk 'em long! :D

Good luck.

[The Photon]

JDSU long -

[skiracer]

Thnx for the info. Falling (http://chart-patterns.netfirms.com/pic/rev/declining_wedge.png) wedges (http://www.stockstoshop.com/wedges.htm) are traditionally considered a reversal pattern (http://www.stockcharts.com/education/ChartAnalysis/fallingWedge.html). I know that's only a 4 day wedge, and not particularly obvious at first glance, but many times intraday or multiday moves show a pattern that the daily doesn't, and they can be really effective patterns. I really liked the fact that it's forming that wedge near channel/trendline support, where there is really solid volume that is apparently moneyflow going into it. I like the weekly volume by price under it and the way it recently held gap support from June '03. Definately worth supporting that lower wedge line with a tight stop tomorrow I think. In my view, I would become neutral/bearish long-term if 28.26 fails. I know that's a good 23% lower than current prices, but there's the line in the sand for me. If 28.26 fails I think it's at risk of falling to 8.00. But for now, stalk 'em long! :D

Good luck.

Bit of a stretch on that falling wedge. Bulkowski states that they should be in that continuation pattern for a minimum of 3 weeks. That throws a whole different slant on the play as far short term outlook is concerned.

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/7687/fallingwedge1tt.png (http://imageshack.us)

[alice4321us]

Rob...I think you missed Alice's FNSR

Please start me in cash...thx...Doug(IIC)

ROB please make a note of my pick.

Thanks

[Websman]

Rob, I've changed my mind. I don't want to go with AMKR afterall.

This week, I want to take ELN long. This should be an exciting week for this stock. I will either lose or win big. Trading will be halted on Tues and Wed.

ELN...Watch this little monkey go. jejejejejejejejeje

[SledDawg]

I'll stay with URI short this week.

Congrats to TFred for hitting it out of the park!

[spikefader]

Bit of a stretch on that falling wedge. Bulkowski states that they should be in that continuation pattern for a minimum of 3 weeks. That throws a whole different slant on the play as far short term outlook is concerned.

Ski, fair nuf ...... I'll let you call it a pennant then lol But check the chart below which is clearer.

But I'll point out that Bulkowski is clearly talking about daily falling wedges, and he says if it's not over 3 weeks in his opinion it's a pennant...and that's fair enough.

But I'd really think that pattern in IMCL is more wedge-like over a pennant, because I like my pennants to have a more impressive pole and to stay higher and tighter than IMCL is doing. So in my book it's a declining wedge on a hourly chart over 4 days....which I did kind of talk about in that post.

But anyway, everyone can give it the weight they like. Frankly I don't reference wedges very often cuz I like other things for my stalking, and I guess when I read Rob's pick I wanted to give it a chance to show me what bullishness it had about it so I can pump it up for him and give him some joy since he's spoiling us all so much with his fantastic coverage of POTW. Frankly, if it weren't for that I probably wouldn't even have looked at IMCL as a serious long. But ya have to respect the fact that IMCL gave a solid bounce a that major gap support, and it's got a brilliant chance to pop.

I still like really like that 2.65% risk setup I posted on my blog, long 36.16 at the lower wedge line to target best medium term (by year end perhaps??) prospect of 80 or +120%, which makes the r/r 46 and that's just crazy good numbers. Is it realistic? Sure, why not. I think it's a valid setup and if it does pop with a vengence, it could run to that target. So yep, it's ambitious, but heck ya gotta aim high!! hehe :D

And if if fails, it's just another no joy great r/r setup, and then it's clear for all that the wedge call was a stretch hehe

Here's an hourly that shows it better....

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/812/imcl20day3pz.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[spikefader]

Rob, I've changed my mind. I don't want to go with AMKR afterall.

This week, I want to take ELN long. This should be an exciting week for this stock. I will either lose or win big. Trading will be halted on Tues and Wed.

ELN...Watch this little monkey go. jejejejejejejejejeWebs, may I recommend this to you: You don't go long ELN tomorrow, but you keep the bullet for when it opens after the halt, and you bid with a limit order at 10.25 for when it reopens. That way you're a bidder at wonderful support and will be a buyer after the good news gets sold and defies logic lol

Besides, I think you're wasting 2 good days to make some profits and gambling on something that could bite you very hard and really mess up your numbers.

Best to ya dude.

[skiracer]

I thought it was a stretch to even call it a wedge on the 10 or 15 min. chart. The farther away from the true definitions makes it that much harder to use the interpretation of the pattern as reliable. Definitely not a wedge on either the daily or weekly as per Bulkowski's definition. Calling it a wedge gives it the impression of being bullish which I didn't see on either of the 10 min. or daily charts. I don't like the formation for trading and could never really understand why it is bullish when it is heading down. I guess they figure it has to turn up sooner or later eventually. I did like the weekly though. Seems to be finishing up the bottom of it's cup and turning up that right side.

[Rob]

The whole thing about the sell off over the past two days is that it is the immediate after-effect of a hugely significant and positive news event. Usually a sell-the-news event like this one would take it down much harder and faster than it did. This was a mere ±5% hit on piddly low volume, and personally I find that most encouraging. I could be wrong, but I think this baby's fixin' to move big. At the very least I see very little downside risk.

p.s. I got you covered, Alice.

[spikefader]

I thought it was a stretch to even call it a wedge on the 10 or 15 min. chart. The farther away from the true definitions makes it that much harder to use the interpretation of the pattern as reliable. Definitely not a wedge on either the daily or weekly as per Bulkowski's definition. Calling it a wedge gives it the impression of being bullish which I didn't see on either of the 10 min. or daily charts. I don't like the formation for trading and could never really understand why it is bullish when it is heading down. I guess they figure it has to turn up sooner or later eventually. I did like the weekly though. Seems to be finishing up the bottom of it's cup and turning up that right side.
Ski,

With respect dude, it's a no-brainer wedge on the 60 minute dude. Clearly qualifies because:
* meets the "both lines sloping down" rule
* meets the converging lines requirement (i.e. coming to an apex)
* meets the diminishing volume requirement (since Thursday anyway)
* meets the price up/down fluctuation decisiveness requirement (check out the wick at the tops of the up and tails at the bottom of the wicks)
* meets 5 touchpoints requirement
* I think an hourly charts need only 3 to 5 days to develop as distinct for 3 to 5 weeks for a daily chart, which is a condition it's met. Ya gotta creatively consider price fluctuation of an hourly chart on a relative basis to a daily chart, and it's clear there is plenty of price action in that chart to show there are decisive price moves that is converging into a point and wedging down......

So in reality ski, I don't think my call is far away from the true definition at all.

And while on the topic of wedges..........for anyone interested in patterns and support/resistance, channels and trendlines, and gap theory, I would highly recommend the summary posted by denpup over at ttrader.com of Edwards & Magee's book "Tech Analysis of Stock Trends".
http://www.ttrader.com/dirttime.php#wedge

It's a very good summary worth a read.
" Wedge Formations (Chapter 10 Technical Analysis of Stock Trends, Edwards and Magee)

Definition: Pattern somewhat similar to triangles in which frequent price fluctuations are confined by nearly straight converging lines, but different in that both lines slant either up or down. Volume, as in triangles, tends to diminish gradually within wedge. Both lines slope up on a rising wedge, down on a falling wedge. Pattern of rising wedge denotes weakening of price structure.
* Unless pattern is quite compact with frequent fluctuations, nicely bounded by converging lines, and unless up or down orientation is decisive, wedge designation is doubtful. If one line is nearly horizontal, safer assumption is a right triangle. Experience helps - this is the part where interpretation is more art than science, perhaps, or more intuition than following a hard and fast rule.
* Normally takes about 3 to 5 weeks to complete (shorter patterns called pennants). Seldom more than 3 months.

Rising Wedge
* Unlike generally bullish right triangles, rising wedge has no barrier of supply to overcome (usually followed by price surge) but instead indicates a gradual petering out of interest. When demand fails, trend reverses. The converging lines focus on a point near where a reversal may be expected. Decline usually rapid once prices break out to downside.
* Develops as a topping-out pattern of uptrend or forms at bottom of downtrend. Prices most always stay within wedge boundaries for at least 2/3 of distance from base (beginning) to apex. May rise all the way to apex or even push out at top in last-gasp rally before collapse.
* Rising wedge is characteristic of bear market rallies. (This fact may be especially notable now when, after extensive decline, traders and investors question whether a new bull trend is forming. The appearance of wedges would indicate that the primary trend is still down.) "When a major bear swing ends in a head-and-shoulders bottom, the last rising wedge will often appear as prices rally from the left shoulder to the neckline, and just before they break down to the head (final low). " Rising wedge on arithmetic weekly chart is a bear market phenomenon-indicates slackening of enthusiasm that normally accompanies reactions against prevailing primary trend.
Projection: Drop usually retraces all ground gained within wedge and sometimes more.

Falling Wedge
Price breakout, unlike the swift decline from a rising wedge, tends to drift sideways or in dull "saucering-around" move before a rise. Trader can take his time to commit at breakout from a falling wedge.


Best to all and good luck this week.

[Websman]

Webs, may I recommend this to you: You don't go long ELN tomorrow, but you keep the bullet for when it opens after the halt, and you bid with a limit order at 10.25 for when it reopens. That way you're a bidder at wonderful support and will be a buyer after the good news gets sold and defies logic lol

Besides, I think you're wasting 2 good days to make some profits and gambling on something that could bite you very hard and really mess up your numbers.

Best to ya dude.

My numbers will improve. ELN will go into orbit...

[spikefader]

My numbers will improve. ELN will go into orbit...Well my emotions do hope for you bro, and for everyone long ELN....and I hope my target of 10.00 is just straight out wrong!! May your power of positivity have a marked affect on the uncertainty of reality and you are convincingly proven correct ... instead of humbled by disaster. Good luck my friend, good luck!

[Websman]

Well my emotions do hope for you bro, and for everyone long ELN....and I hope my target of 10.00 is just straight out wrong!! May your power of positivity have a marked affect on the uncertainty of reality and you are convincingly proven correct ... instead of humbled by disaster. Good luck my friend, good luck!

Emotions have nothing to do with my decision... I am a Vulcan.

[Bean Stocks]

Emotions have nothing to do with my decision... I am a Vulcan.
Is Data a Vulcan also?

[skiracer]

You'll have to do better than that for me Spike. Show me the falling wedge on the daily or the weekly. If you want to trade the hourly that's your business and you can quote or state anyone you want or twist it any way you want but there's no falling wedge on either one of those. The hourly is definitely not the chart I would want to be trading in this case. But we're talking about what the true definition of a falling wedge is here aren't we.

[spikefader]

Well I can't help ya then ski. You can dismiss the hourly if you like but it's a mistake to do that; sure it doesn't have the weight of a weekly or daily, but it still has weight. ....It's a valid pattern alright; shoot, I even listed all the criteria. Show me the criteria I'm missing then buddy. And I take a little offence at your insinuation I'm twisting the truth or perception. It is what it is brother; until it isn't. Just cuz you don't like hourly charts, don't dismiss the fact that I or other do or might. That's plain unreasonable in my view. And it sure ain't searching for truth. You're just stating a blinkered opinion and minimizing something of worth.

[Runner]

I like IMCL as long as the bottom trend channel holds. Here is my 3 cents with daily chart. Stock looks like it’s still in a up trend to me. Not that it means anything but notice the 50dma getting close to the lower channel. Would be nice to see a 50dma bounce on it. Not sure it will make it though. Heck who knows what it will do next. Bear task is to drop price below the tweezer bottom and Bull task to take out highs.
http://img464.imageshack.us/img464/9218/imcl8mo.png (http://imageshack.us)

[dmk112]

...dismiss the hourly if you like but it's a mistake to do that; sure it doesn't have the weight of a weekly or daily, but it still has weight. ...

I think hourly charts are very important, especially for swing traders... and that pattern does look like a wedge to me, maybe not on the daily but definetly on the hourly.

[Lyehopper]

there should be some lower price limit on stock selections.....Picking AITX doesn't seem right to me.....
AITX.OB.... Current rules do not limit a stocks price.... but OTC BB stocks are not allowed in the contest. I see that Ski changed his pick but I'm sure this will come up again.

Now that is unless Rob has changed the rules.... Which he has every right to do... Rob, you might look into revising the rules anyway to better suit you as scorekeeper.

[dmk112]

I'll take ARBA - long.

[Lyehopper]

Well I can't help ya then ski. You can dismiss the hourly if you like but it's a mistake to do that; sure it doesn't have the weight of a weekly or daily, but it still has weight. ....It's a valid pattern alright; shoot, I even listed all the criteria. Show me the criteria I'm missing then buddy. And I take a little offence at your insinuation I'm twisting the truth or perception. It is what it is brother; until it isn't. Just cuz you don't like hourly charts, don't dismiss the fact that I or other do or might. That's plain unreasonable in my view. And it sure ain't searching for truth. You're just stating a blinkered opinion and minimizing something of worth.
Hey Spike.... Your new avatar has got you all "spunky"..... jejeje

[spikefader]

Hey Spike.... Your new avatar has got you all "spunky"..... jejeje:)
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/1846/brieyawn7pd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

lolol

ski, apology if I've was overly harsh back there...I'm on Atkins diet and my head hurts. I'll blame it on that. I don't wanna fight over a stinkin' wedge. If anything it oughta be somethin' worthwhile! hehehe

[TFred]

Greetings,

Hey Spike,Ive never seen anyone as helpful as you get so much flack over their analysis.I'm glad you started your own blog,maybe folks who appreciate your talent can correspond with you there.

I myself have learned more from you than any book or service,books are written ''post mortem'',and services charge whether you win or lose.

I didn't mean to get in the middle of this thread,but really don't want to see Spike lose his interest here.

cordially Tom

[An2n33]

Rob,
Give me the same dog, VCLK long this week, to get my money back.

Thanks,
Anthony

[Websman]

:)

lolol

ski, apology if I've was overly harsh back there...I'm on Atkins diet and my head hurts. I'll blame it on that. I don't wanna fight over a stinkin' wedge. If anything it oughta be somethin' worthwhile! hehehe

I lost on the Atkins before...but I gained the stinkin' 15 pounds back. Now, I'm just working out and exercising a lot...and staying away from sugar.

[skiracer]

Well I can't help ya then ski. You can dismiss the hourly if you like but it's a mistake to do that; sure it doesn't have the weight of a weekly or daily, but it still has weight. ....It's a valid pattern alright; shoot, I even listed all the criteria. Show me the criteria I'm missing then buddy. And I take a little offence at your insinuation I'm twisting the truth or perception. It is what it is brother; until it isn't. Just cuz you don't like hourly charts, don't dismiss the fact that I or other do or might. That's plain unreasonable in my view. And it sure ain't searching for truth. You're just stating a blinkered opinion and minimizing something of worth.

Spike,

It's no problemo with me at all. I was just speaking of the true definition of what a falling wedge is by Bulkowski in his book. To take a bullish stance on the falling wedge which is what it speaks of then I would think it should be as close to the definition as possible to get the best read if you're thinking bullish. Whatever works for you is great and I wasn't inferring anything derrogatory myself. Perhaps I should have used the word, "spin". Different connotatation. No big.

DMK,
I always look at all the information including the hourly charts. but as you well know the hourly chart will differ substantially from a daily or weekly. Since Bulkowski specifically spells out a minimum of 3 weeks duration to begin calling it a falling wedge the hourly hardly reaches that time frame. But whatever works for you is what you should use. When advising or commenting to others who are relying on you or anyone's take I think it is better to go with what is specifically written on the subject rather than one's own interpretation. But it's no big deal one way or another.
I

[Gatorman]

I'll take EXFO long.
It ain't got no stinking wedges but it looks good to me.

[mimo_100]

<snip>..

I thought I already was. :) Regarding that font I used to create the comments this time, I was disappointed in the way it looked in the finished product. It looked much better than that while I was editing it, but somewhow it got distorted-looking in the process of reducing the number of colors in the palette from 64k to 256, which I had to do in order to set a transparent background. I wanted to fix it up to make it nicer-looking and easier to read, but I had already spent too much time on it as it is. It wasn't a lot of intense time, mind you. I was sitting there with my laptop watching TV while I was doing it. (I have to watch Monk on Friday nights. I love that show.) <snip>

Rob,

I assumed you were using some VB code inside of Excel -- I have fooled around with it a bit but I would love to see what you or anyone else is
doing -- I have watched Monk ever since the series began -- you remember Sharona, right? -- I usually catch the rerun on Sunday -- the latest on how the astronaut committed the crime while in outer space was interesting --

Tim

[diogenes]

Long: AFOP

[mimo_100]

Rob,


Long FMCN

[jiesen]

CRDN long for me!

[Karel]

Doh! CELL gapped up 4.4% at the open. Right now I am looking at a 3.8% plus for the day in Real Money, and a small loss in the POTW. Well, the other way around *would* have been worse. Go CELL!

Regards,

Karel

[spikefader]

@TFred thnx for the comments and feedback dude. :) I must be an aquired taste or somethin. lol

But no probs, ski is fully entitled to his opinion, despite what I think of it. I sure don't expect everyone to think like I do; it would be a boring world if it were so. And the fact that ski has challenged the pattern has been a good thing; cuz I posted those formal rules and the link for that TA stuff (ski, do you know these authors and what do you think of their work?). And I'm sure readers have enough information to decided whether it's an hourly wedge, a daily pennant, a shameless pump of an issue that's destined for failure, or an accurate and well timed setup that offers good risk reward. All I can do is lay what I see out there and hope people benefit from it. Yep, a lot of what I do is creative and breaks rules....but for this wedge I'm not. It's in complete harmony with those rules. But anyway when I do bend/break rules, it often works to my favor and stays within sensible r/r; eg. 'c' longs. And I'm sure there's plenty of people that can attest to the general accuracy of observations I've made of issues. I've many times done reviews and seen how my TA reads have turned out. I don't get 'em all, but when I don't I'm not wrong for long cuz I keep my bias within strict limits.

And I pray everyone gets that kind of trading mentality into their heads. Whether it's random entries with great r/r and money management, or TA or FA, or prayer driven, or Astrology or trade only when the dog farts, the bottom line is every entry deserves only so much risk. Unless of course you are properly diversified and stops don't matter. But your average person in the market isn't properly diversified, and stops do matter, even if they don't realize it. There are some here who endure huge drawdowns. Some are profitable despite it, and I'm certain many aren't because of it.

Anyway, this is off topic to the POTW thread; sorry dudes, I shut up now by saying, it's all good, I'm not taking it personally; it's just a pattern debate with some spice hehe (nice teeth by the way Tom - is that out of 007?) But I'll be hangin' around here, if only to post my POTW picks! ......and to offer help and uninvited opinions at least until the place gets so infected by trolls (Lord protect us please hehe) that I elect to lurk for a good while.

@ ski, thnx for the clarification; yep saying spin or interpretion maybe hehe I guess I just got the feeling you were accusing me of trying to sell rotten fruit as fresh. But no prob.

But may I ask you whether the so-called "true definition" you've posted the page of considers intraday charts, and whether Bulkowski considers his patterns worthy in intraday charts. I don't know cuz I've not bough his books. Anyone??. Please post the infor for us so we all know whether ski is correct that only a daily can show a wedge. My question is can that definition be modified to fit intraday charts? I hope you're not suggesting an hourly chart should show a wedge formation over 3 weeks before the pattern is valid. That's impossible dude lol But seriously, many patterns that Bulkowski discusses relative to daily charts SURELY work in shorter time frames...even down to a tic chart, so I think it's erroneous to suggest that one must lop the head off anyone creatively trying to apply good pattern rules on a daily to shorter time frames. As long as the modification is done is realistic good faith to keep the intent of the broader pattern pricinple intended by the respected author or theory.

Best to all.

[Websman]

Sell ELN and go to $$$CASH$$$. I'll take my profit and make another pick later.

Those who questione my pick are suely hanging their heads in shame. The VTP is superior. JEEEEEEEEJEEEJEJEJEJEJE!!!

[spikefader]

Sell ELN and go to $$$CASH$$$. I'll take my profit and make another pick later.

Those who questione my pick are suely hanging their heads in shame. The VTP is superior. JEEEEEEEEJEEEJEJEJEJEJE!!!Yes, that 0.47% profit you just nailed is truly worthy of headhanging for those critiques of your picks lol And I particularly like your r/r numbers there. Let's see ... you felt -4.56% pain to get that 0.47% profit lol

That's an amazingly huge r/r of 0.1! lol wonderful r/r numbers there dude! hehe I'm just messin with ya webs!

[New-born baby]

Rob,
I am taking SU long here at $75.56 (12 noon)

[Bean Stocks]

I want to sell the ALNY and go long EONC

[Rob]

Yes, that 0.47% profit you just nailed . . . I'm showing an open of 12.68 and an opening price at 12:38 of 12.73.

(12.73-12.68)/12.68 = 0.39%.

[spikefader]

I'm showing an open of 12.68 and an opening price at 12:38 of 12.73.

(12.73-12.68)/12.68 = 0.39%.Yup, you're right. Fat fingers.

[Lyehopper]

Rockin'Rob.... Start me out in Ca$h please sir....

[Lyehopper]

Sell ELN and go to $$$CASH$$$. I'll take my profit and make another pick later.

Those who questione my pick are suely hanging their heads in shame. The VTP is superior. JEEEEEEEEJEEEJEJEJEJEJE!!!

HUUUGE!!!! play Webs.... Spike is just jealous.... It's because of superior stock trading instincts like yours that down at "VC" (Vulcan Central) we refer to you as the "HMFV"....je....je....je

VTC FOREVER!!!!

[alice4321us]

Sell FNSR. Cash for now.

[Rob]

Anybody that hasn't taken a position yet this week, even if it's only ca$h, you have 20 minutes left, or else it's -5%.

[spikefader]

HUUUGE!!!! play Webs.... Spike is just jealous.... It's because of superior stock trading instincts like yours that down at "VC" (Vulcan Central) we refer to you as the "HMFV"....je....je....je

VTC FOREVER!!!!
lol funny stuff.

Hey, what's VTC bro.......is that a spin-off!!! hehe

[Lyehopper]

lol funny stuff.

Hey, what's VTC bro.......is that a spin-off!!! hehe

It's a division of the VTP.lol.... Our organization is getting very complicated.

[Rob]

http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/5249/potw200603067lx.png (http://imageshack.us)
:) :) :)

[alice4321us]

TWTC long for me.

[Websman]

I have a new pick that is looking bad on the VTP scale. This one is doomed to go down for the next few days...hahaha


I'll take GES short in the morning.

[IIC]

Greetings,

Hey Spike,Ive never seen anyone as helpful as you get so much flack over their analysis.I'm glad you started your own blog,maybe folks who appreciate your talent can correspond with you there.

I myself have learned more from you than any book or service,books are written ''post mortem'',and services charge whether you win or lose.

I didn't mean to get in the middle of this thread,but really don't want to see Spike lose his interest here.

cordially Tom

'Ya know Tom...The more you know..the more people question you...It's true...Doug(IIC)

[IIC]

I think I have come up with the magic formula for the contest...Stay in cash until the last hour on Friday...Then buy whatever's running...IIC

[RL]

I think a better Idea Is to find out what Alice Is drinking

[IIC]

I think a better Idea Is to find out what Alice Is drinking

Guess we'll find out if she comes to the convention...Doug
http://bestsmileys.com/drinking/7.gif

[alice4321us]

Guess we'll find out if she comes to the convention...Doug
http://bestsmileys.com/drinking/7.gif

Doug: This "she" is a "He"
There is a story behind this screen name. When I was in high school I heard a song. It was something like this

i don't know why she's leaving or where she's gonna go
i guess she's got her reasons, but i just don't wanna know
'cuz for twenty-four years i've been living next door to alice
Alice, who the fu$% is Alice?

[Karel]

This rings a bell! From my beloved wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gompie

More info, but in Dutch, on:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gompie

The original is a Smokie song from 1977
http://d21c.com/Alyaska/Alice.html (warning: midi file starts playing!)

This song used to be played in the cafe Gompie in Nijmegen, the place where I live for almost 25 years now. (Nijmegen, not the cafe, I have never been there.) When Gompie's DJ played "Living next door to Alice", he dropped the volume after the name Alice was sung; for the regulars the signal to sing/shout at the top of their voices: "Alice, who the f**k is Alice". You get the idea.

In 1995 the producer of a small label witnessed this local phenomenon and heard the sound of money. He approached an artist he knew, Peter Koelewijn, and in a few days the song was produced, with regulars from the cafe as background "choir". It became a roaring succes in our country and even across the border. Well, not too far across, but anyway. A special version for the chaste ears of our American friends was made with the title "Who the <bleep> is Alice", which for some reason did not have as much succes. But even there they left some traces, as we hear now! Wonderful!

Regards,

Karel

[Rob]

There is a story behind this screen name.There's a story behind my name too. My father, a dyed-in-the-wool conservative politically, named me after one of his political heroes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Taft). Imagine that.

You're only the second dude I've ever heard of who took the name, Alice. The other one is of course ...

http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Music/AliceCooper/Images/AC-Snake.jpg

[RL]

Rob please take me out of AKS put me In cash untill I pick another.

[jiesen]

Rob, take me out of CRDN now, please...

Stop the pain!

Put me in PRX long instead. That should help.

[RL]

Rob put me In NRO LONG Don't ask me why just hit It with the dart. My first throw hit PRX when I came on the I see that jiesen beat me to It must be hot

[Lyehopper]

Rockin'Rob.... ESLR.... Short please.

[SledDawg]

Cover URI. I'll stay in $ for now.

[Lyehopper]

Huge play there Jack!!!! EONC is kickin some butt ain't it?!!!! HUUUGE Pick DUDE!!!!
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/5325/eonc9fw.png (http://imageshack.us/)

[Websman]

I have a new pick that is looking bad on the VTP scale. This one is doomed to go down for the next few days...hahaha


I'll take GES short in the morning.

I have fine tuned the VTP for short term trading...Looks like it's working as expected. Watch my latest short pick tank. je,je,je.

[jiesen]

Rob, take me out of CRDN now, please...

Stop the pain!

Put me in PRX long instead. That should help.

Oh, boy, am I going down in flames this week!

[Lyehopper]

Oh, boy, am I going down in flames this week!
Thus my Avatar change.... I'm a bear dude!

Edit: Well.... I'm not actually "the bear".... I'm the one ridin' the bear.lol

[Lyehopper]

Cover ESLR.... Buy PARL....

lol.... couldn't resist picking it up here on the weekly MA 10....jejeje

[mimo_100]

I wandered up here to buy some PARL before Lye did ... and sure enough he
beat be to the punch... I missed you by a couple of minutes Lye...LOL

Tim

[Lyehopper]

I wandered up here to buy some PARL before Lye did ... and sure enough he
beat be to the punch... I missed you by a couple of minutes Lye...LOL

Tim
hehehe.... Sorry Tim! I was buying it in real life so I couldn't help but play it long here in the POTW dude.

btw.... I trade this stock a lot.

[Rob]

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/8205/potw200603074rs.gif (http://imageshack.us/)
:) :) :)
Yesterday (http://www.mrmarketishuge.com/showthread.php?p=43888#post43888)

[Gary611]

1C
2D
3E
4A
5B


Doug, you are the SOTW!

Stooge of the week, NYUK. NYUK!!!!