Rules for Pick of The Year (PoTY) 2021

[BlueWolf]

Well, here it is, contestants. Our very first standings for the 2021 Pick of the Year contest! Congrats John Henry on bursting to an early lead. Keep up the good work everyone, and get ready for a long and fruitful year.

Oh, and BTW, I started a mock portfolio in which I created positions for each stock as close to $2,000 as possible. I will track this portfolio over the course of the year to see how good we are at picking stocks as a group. Last year was pretty amazing, as our collective portfolio returned an amazing 68% on the initial (hypothetical) investment.

	PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Feb 12, 2021
	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start Date	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss with Penalty
Remembering Last Year’s Winner 💔 Riverbabe 💔
1	John Henry	AYRO	Long	2/8/2021	$7.17	$‎ 9.91		38.21%
2	Peanuts	EBON	Long	2/8/2021	$5.83	$‎ 6.69		14.75%
3	Karel	MED	Long	2/8/2021	$251.01	$‎ 274.30		9.28%
4	Vixtt	ABNB	Long	2/8/2021	$195.31	$‎ 212.68		8.89%
5	Jiesen	TSLA	Short	2/8/2021	$852.23	$‎ 816.12		4.24%
6	Blind Squirrel	KNSL	Long	2/8/2021	$189.82	$‎ 197.83		4.22%
7	BlueWolf	TDOC	Long	2/8/2021	$285.03	$‎ 293.66		3.03%
8	Louetta	SAN	Long	2/8/2021	$3.35	$‎ 3.41		1.79%
9	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	2/8/2021	$331.36	$‎ 336.45		1.54%
10	Minni17	TKC	Long	2/8/2021	$5.83	$‎ 5.91		1.37%
11	S&P	SPY	Long	2/8/2021	$387.71	$‎ 392.64		1.27%
12	Paco	ETSY	Long	2/8/2021	$231.12	$‎ 233.86		1.19%
13	Dow	DIA	Long	2/8/2021	$311.54	$‎ 315.04		1.12%
14	Massimo	IPA	Long	2/8/2021	$15.06	$‎ 14.38		-4.52%
15	Billy Joe	ROOT	Long	2/8/2021	$21.77	$‎ 20.34		-6.57%
16	Mr. Market	TRUP	Long	2/8/2021	$119.22	$‎ 107.86		-9.53%

[peanuts]

China gonna pump up the crypto.

pump up the crypto
pump up the crypto



I have brought one of my choicest and finest cuts of meat to this contest. EBang EBON provides the machines to people who want to mine cryptocurrency. They use the machines they make as well as sell them. They produce machines for several algorithms. They have been established for 3+ years as a trusted supplier of miners and was one of the early real threats to Antminer's dominance in the marketplace for speed and efficiency. They should have a large cash position and a large crypto position.

EBON I win, but you're welcome

[BlueWolf]

China gonna pump up the crypto.

pump up the crypto
pump up the crypto



I have brought one of my choicest and finest cuts of meat to this contest. EBang EBON provides the machines to people who want to mine cryptocurrency. They use the machines they make as well as sell them. They produce machines for several algorithms. They have been established for 3+ years as a trusted supplier of miners and was one of the early real threats to Antminer's dominance in the marketplace for speed and efficiency. They should have a large cash position and a large crypto position.

EBON I win, but you're welcome

EBON is an interesting pick, Peanuts. I like it, and it’s off to a great start. The way crypto currencies have been blowing up portends good things for crypto mining gear companies like EBON.

[mrmarket]

Nice graphics BlueWolf

[JohnHenry]

	PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Feb 12, 2021
	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start Date	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss with Penalty
Remembering Last Year’s Winner  Riverbabe 
1	John Henry	AYRO	Long	2/8/2021	$7.17	$‎ 9.91		38.21%
2	Peanuts	EBON	Long	2/8/2021	$5.83	$‎ 6.69		14.75%
3	Karel	MED	Long	2/8/2021	$251.01	$‎ 274.30		9.28%
4	Vixtt	ABNB	Long	2/8/2021	$195.31	$‎ 212.68		8.89%
5	Jiesen	TSLA	Short	2/8/2021	$852.23	$‎ 816.12		4.24%
6	Blind Squirrel	KNSL	Long	2/8/2021	$189.82	$‎ 197.83		4.22%
7	BlueWolf	TDOC	Long	2/8/2021	$285.03	$‎ 293.66		3.03%
8	Louetta	SAN	Long	2/8/2021	$3.35	$‎ 3.41		1.79%
9	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	2/8/2021	$331.36	$‎ 336.45		1.54%
10	Minni17	TKC	Long	2/8/2021	$5.83	$‎ 5.91		1.37%
11	S&P	SPY	Long	2/8/2021	$387.71	$‎ 392.64		1.27%
12	Paco	ETSY	Long	2/8/2021	$231.12	$‎ 233.86		1.19%
13	Dow	DIA	Long	2/8/2021	$311.54	$‎ 315.04		1.12%
14	Massimo	IPA	Long	2/8/2021	$15.06	$‎ 14.38		-4.52%
15	Billy Joe	ROOT	Long	2/8/2021	$21.77	$‎ 20.34		-6.57%
16	Mr. Market	TRUP	Long	2/8/2021	$119.22	$‎ 107.86		-9.53%

I like the “Riverbabe”. Looks good.

[JohnHenry]

EBON is an interesting pick, Peanuts. I like it, and it’s off to a great start. The way crypto currencies have been blowing up portends good things for crypto mining gear companies like EBON.

WoW! That's three days now up into blue skies.

[BlueWolf]

Big week this week for Peanuts’ EBON, which vaulted it into a huge early lead. I’m sure there are going to be a lot more big weeks for a lot more stocks to come. Might even be some big down weeks too, so strap in. Such is the market.

	PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Feb 19, 2021
	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start Date	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss with Penalty
Remembering Last Year’s Winner 💔Riverbabe 💔
1	Peanuts	EBON	Long	2/8/2021	$5.83	$‎ 11.06		89.71%
2	John Henry	AYRO	Long	2/8/2021	$7.17	$‎ 8.08		12.69%
3	Louetta	SAN	Long	2/8/2021	$3.35	$‎ 3.64		8.66%
4	Jiesen	TSLA	Short	2/8/2021	$852.23	$‎ 781.30		8.32%
5	Karel	MED	Long	2/8/2021	$251.01	$‎ 268.23		6.86%
6	Massimo	IPA	Long	2/8/2021	$15.06	$‎ 16.07		6.71%
7	Vixtt	ABNB	Long	2/8/2021	$195.31	$‎ 201.07		2.95%
8	Minni17	TKC	Long	2/8/2021	$5.83	$‎ 6.00		2.92%
9	BlueWolf	TDOC	Long	2/8/2021	$285.03	$‎ 292.51		2.62%
10	Dow	DIA	Long	2/8/2021	$311.54	$‎ 314.92		1.08%
11	S&P	SPY	Long	2/8/2021	$387.71	$‎ 390.03		0.60%
12	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	2/8/2021	$331.36	$‎ 331.02		-0.10%
13	Paco	ETSY	Long	2/8/2021	$231.12	$‎ 227.27		-1.67%
14	Blind Squirrel	KNSL	Long	2/8/2021	$189.82	$‎ 179.82		-5.27%
15	Mr. Market	TRUP	Long	2/8/2021	$119.22	$‎ 106.68		-10.52%
16	Billy Joe	ROOT	Long	2/8/2021	$21.77	$‎ 17.81		-18.19%

[billyjoe]

Lookin' good, Jiesen.

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

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[BlueWolf]

And there will be blood! Most of the long positions took it on the chinthis week, some more than others. Can you say ouch? It’s a long year, though. We’ll just have to let it play out.

	PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Feb 26, 2021
	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start Date	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss with Penalty
Remembering Last Year’s Winner 💔Riverbabe 💔
1	Jiesen	TSLA	Short	2/8/2021	$852.23	$‎ 675.50		20.74%
2	Peanuts	EBON	Long	2/8/2021	$5.83	$‎ 6.90		18.35%
3	Vixtt	ABNB	Long	2/8/2021	$195.31	$‎ 206.35		5.65%
4	Louetta	SAN	Long	2/8/2021	$3.35	$‎ 3.51		4.78%
5	Karel	MED	Long	2/8/2021	$251.01	$‎ 252.99		0.79%
6	John Henry	AYRO	Long	2/8/2021	$7.17	$‎ 7.17		0.00%
7	Dow	DIA	Long	2/8/2021	$311.54	$‎ 309.45		-0.67%
8	S&P	SPY	Long	2/8/2021	$387.71	$‎ 380.36		-1.90%
9	Paco	ETSY	Long	2/8/2021	$231.12	$‎ 220.27		-4.69%
10	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	2/8/2021	$331.36	$‎ 314.14		-5.20%
11	Minni17	TKC	Long	2/8/2021	$5.83	$‎ 5.44		-6.69%
12	Blind Squirrel	KNSL	Long	2/8/2021	$189.82	$‎ 176.06		-7.25%
13	Massimo	IPA	Long	2/8/2021	$15.06	$‎ 13.44		-10.76%
14	Mr. Market	TRUP	Long	2/8/2021	$119.22	$‎ 96.76		-18.84%
15	BlueWolf	TDOC	Long	2/8/2021	$285.03	$‎ 221.09		-22.43%
16	Billy Joe	ROOT	Long	2/8/2021	$21.77	$‎ 13.49		-38.03%

[BlueWolf]

Oops. I almost forgot to post an update this week. Well, there was a continued river of blood in the market as the correction continued. It pushed a lot of people into negative territory, and propelled our only short into first place. The year is young, however, and there’s a lot of change left.

	PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, March 5, 2021
	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start Date	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss with Penalty
Remembering Last Year’s Winner 💔Riverbabe 💔
1	Jiesen	TSLA	Short	2/8/2021	$852.23	$‎ 597.95		29.84%
2	Louetta	SAN	Long	2/8/2021	$3.35	$‎ 3.68		9.85%
3	Peanuts	EBON	Long	2/8/2021	$5.83	$‎ 6.16		5.66%
4	Dow	DIA	Long	2/8/2021	$311.54	$‎ 315.24		1.19%
5	S&P	SPY	Long	2/8/2021	$387.71	$‎ 383.63		-1.05%
6	Karel	MED	Long	2/8/2021	$251.01	$‎ 243.16		-3.13%
7	Minni17	TKC	Long	2/8/2021	$5.83	$‎ 5.50		-5.66%
8	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	2/8/2021	$331.36	$‎ 308.68		-6.84%
9	Vixtt	ABNB	Long	2/8/2021	$195.31	$‎ 179.81		-7.94%
10	Paco	ETSY	Long	2/8/2021	$231.12	$‎ 200.30		-13.34%
11	Blind Squirrel	KNSL	Long	2/8/2021	$189.82	$‎ 162.57		-14.36%
12	Massimo	IPA	Long	2/8/2021	$15.06	$‎ 11.70		-22.31%
13	John Henry	AYRO	Long	2/8/2021	$7.17	$‎ 5.45		-23.99%
14	Mr. Market	TRUP	Long	2/8/2021	$119.22	$‎ 85.88		-27.97%
15	BlueWolf	TDOC	Long	2/8/2021	$285.03	$‎ 189.69		-33.45%
16	Billy Joe	ROOT	Long	2/8/2021	$21.77	$‎ 12.95		-40.51%