Rules for Pick of The Year (PoTY) 2021

[BlueWolf]

The market will be closed tomorrow so I’m posting the standings a day early this week. One week! That’s all that’s left folk. The standings remain pretty much unchanged this week from last. Blind Squirrel’s KNSL remains in the lead followed by Mr. Market’s TRUP. These remain our only two green positions, but Paco’s ETSY, in third, and Louetta’s SAN are close. If ever there was time for good news for your stock, next week is it. In the meantime, I sincerely hope that everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

	PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, December 24, 2021
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start Date	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss with Penalty
Remembering Last Year’s Winner 💔Riverbabe 💔And Our Terrific Admin 💔Karel💔
1	S&P	SPY	Long	2/8/2021	$387.71	$‎ 470.60		21.38%
2	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	2/8/2021	$331.36	$‎ 396.92		19.79%
3	Blind Squirrel	KNSL	Long	2/8/2021	$189.82	$‎ 224.37		18.20%
4	Dow	DIA	Long	2/8/2021	$311.54	$‎ 359.36		15.35%
5	Mr. Market	TRUP	Long	2/8/2021	$119.22	$‎ 133.60		12.06%
6	Paco	ETSY	Long	2/8/2021	$231.12	$‎ 228.09		-1.31%
7	Louetta	SAN	Long	2/8/2021	$3.35	$‎ 3.26		-2.69%
8	Vixtt	ABNB	Long	2/8/2021	$195.31	$‎ 171.31		-12.29%
9	Antioch	PGR	Long	5/3/2021	$101.79	$‎ 101.25	20.00%	-17.11%
10	Antioch’s Dad	AMZN	Long	5/3/2021	$3,484.73	$‎ 3421.37	20.00%	-18.18%
11	Karel	MED	Long	2/8/2021	$251.01	$‎ 204.20		-18.65%
12	Jiesen	TSLA	Short	2/8/2021	$852.23	$‎ 1067.00		-25.20%
13	Minni17	TKC	Long	2/8/2021	$5.83	$‎ 3.90		-33.10%
14	Massimo	IPA	Long	2/8/2021	$15.06	$‎ 5.36		-64.41%
15	BlueWolf	TDOC	Long	2/8/2021	$285.03	$‎ 95.09		-66.64%
16	John Henry	AYRO	Long	2/8/2021	$7.17	$‎ 1.71		-76.15%
17	Peanuts	EBON	Long	2/8/2021	$5.83	$‎ 1.19		-79.59%
18	Billy Joe	ROOT	Long	2/8/2021	$21.77	$‎ 3.24		-85.12%

[billyjoe]

Is it over yet?

----------billy

[jiesen]

Is it over yet?

----------billy

Yes, Billyjoe, this phrase about sums up 2021. And yes, thankfully today it will all be over. (for stock trading, anyhow)

[mrmarket]

Yes, Billyjoe, this phrase about sums up 2021. And yes, thankfully today it will all be over. (for stock trading, anyhow)

Not so fast...market is open on Dec 31

[blindsquirrel]

And it is a Friday. We could have a sell off.

[billyjoe]

And it is a Friday. We could have a sell off.

Oh, Crap !

-------------billy

[billyjoe]

Oh, Crap !

-------------billy

Wait, all is not lost. I have 4 stocks in a DRIP retirement account that reinvest divs. Dec. 31. Lower prices mean more shares! Yeah, a silver lining.

--------------billy

[jiesen]

Well, the fat lady is finally a-singing now... adios to 2021, and helllooooo 2022! Hope it's a better one than this year was, that's for sure!

[BlueWolf]

Well, it’s finally hear. The last day of the contest and the year have come and gone, and we have an unofficial winner. Congratulations Blind Squirrel! Not only did you win, but your pick, KNSL, is the only pick both in the green and beating all three indices. That is quite an accomplishment in a year in which most of our picks didn’t fare too well. Soon, you will be receiving your first place prize, an all expenses paid trip to your own living room where you will have front row seats for the Alabama/Georgia FBS college football game on your very own television! Congratulations also to our second and third place finishers, Mr. Market and Louetta respectively. You both did very well in this difficult market. Of course, these are unofficial results and will need to be blessed by contest admin John Henry. Let me end this last contest summary with this:

Happy New Year!

May it be a good year for all of us.

	PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, December 31, 2021
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start Date	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss with Penalty
Remembering Last Year’s Winner 💔Riverbabe 💔And Our Terrific Admin 💔Karel💔
1	Blind Squirrel	KNSL	Long	2/8/2021	$189.82	$‎ 237.89		25.32%
2	S&P	SPY	Long	2/8/2021	$387.71	$‎ 474.96		22.50%
3	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	2/8/2021	$331.36	$‎ 397.85		20.07%
4	Dow	DIA	Long	2/8/2021	$311.54	$‎ 363.32		16.62%
5	Mr. Market	TRUP	Long	2/8/2021	$119.22	$‎ 132.03		10.74%
6	Louetta	SAN	Long	2/8/2021	$3.35	$‎ 3.29		-1.79%
7	Paco	ETSY	Long	2/8/2021	$231.12	$‎ 218.94		-5.27%
8	Vixtt	ABNB	Long	2/8/2021	$195.31	$‎ 166.49		-14.76%
9	Antioch	PGR	Long	5/3/2021	$101.79	$‎ 102.65	20.00%	-15.96%
10	Karel	MED	Long	2/8/2021	$251.01	$‎ 209.43		-16.57%
11	Antioch’s Dad	AMZN	Long	5/3/2021	$3,484.73	$‎ 3334.34	20.00%	-20.26%
12	Jiesen	TSLA	Short	2/8/2021	$852.23	$‎ 1056.78		-24.00%
13	Minni17	TKC	Long	2/8/2021	$5.83	$‎ 3.59		-38.42%
14	Massimo	IPA	Long	2/8/2021	$15.06	$‎ 5.36		-64.41%
15	BlueWolf	TDOC	Long	2/8/2021	$285.03	$‎ 91.82		-67.79%
16	John Henry	AYRO	Long	2/8/2021	$7.17	$‎ 1.61		-77.55%
17	Peanuts	EBON	Long	2/8/2021	$5.83	$‎ 1.03		-82.33%
18	Billy Joe	ROOT	Long	2/8/2021	$21.77	$‎ 3.10		-85.76%

[Louetta]

Congratulations to Blind Squirrel and Ernie. Thanks to Blue Wolf and John Henry for administering the contest.