Rules for Pick of The Year (PoTY) 2022

[BlueWolf]

Good news. Every pick is generating more than a 100% return and beating all three of the major indices!!

… Come on, now … April Fools!

Nope the market is still a little iffy, but it’s not all bad. We have four picks in the green and beating the major indices. Louetta’s GBTC is doing very well and is in first place by a comfortable margin. Jiesen’s QDEL and Minni17’s OGN are neck-in-neck for 2nd and 3rd place with my DOCN a little father back, but still green. Let’s see if this market has some legs in the coming weeks.

	PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, April 1, 2022
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
Remembering 💔Riverbabe And Karel💔
1	Louetta	GBTC	Long	2/1/2022	$26.24	$‎ 32.05		22.14%
2	Jiesen	QDEL	Long	2/1/2022	$103.36	$‎ 113.93		10.23%
3	Minni17	OGN	Long	2/1/2022	$31.91	$‎ 35.15		10.15%
4	BlueWolf	DOCN	Long	2/1/2022	$57.34	$‎ 59.57		3.89%
5	S&P	SPY	Long	2/1/2022	$449.91	$‎ 452.92		0.67%
6	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	2/1/2022	$363.05	$‎ 361.85		-0.33%
7	Dow	DIA	Long	2/1/2022	$351.08	$‎ 348.01		-0.87%
8	Vixtt’s	SFT	Long	2/1/2022	$2.29	$‎ 2.10		-8.30%
9	BillyJoe	UTHR	Long	2/1/2022	$201.87	$‎ 184.65		-8.53%
10	Massimo	IPA	Long	2/1/2022	$6.18	$‎ 5.19		-16.02%
11	Blind Squirrel	HZO	Long	2/1/2022	$47.06	$‎ 38.90		-17.34%
12	Tiedyed1	AUPH	Long	2/1/2022	$16.66	$‎ 12.59		-24.43%
13	JohnHenry	RBLX	Long	2/1/2022	$65.86	$‎ 46.02		-30.12%
14	Mr. Market	TLPPF	Long	2/1/2022	$4.90	$‎ 3.30		-32.65%
15	Peanuts	OZON	Long	2/1/2022	$20.67	$‎ 11.60		-43.88%

[jiesen]

Oh goodie, I'm winning.

Still winning!

[Louetta]

Still winning!

Completely missed this recent upswing in real life.

[BlueWolf]

It was an interesting week, down overall, but good for a number of our picks. The leaderboard tightened up considerably with only 1.23% separating our top three picks: Louetta’s GBTC, Jiesen’s QDEL, and Minni17’s OGN. All three of these so far excellent picks are in the green and beating the indices. BillyJoe’s UTHR and Massimo’s IPA, in fourth and fifth places respectively, also made nice moves this week and could be headed for green territory if the market cooperates a little. I won’t hold my breath on that, though. There is still a lot of downward pressure on the market right now including an imminent raising of interest rates by the Fed, inflation, shortages, and the Ukrainian war. I even read an article this week that says we may even be headed into a major recession in 2023. Of course these brilliant prognosticators have been wrong as much as they have been right, but just the mention of the big R tends to put negative pressure on the market. All I can say is keep your powder dry and your fingers crossed.

	PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, April 8, 2022
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
Remembering 💔Riverbabe And Karel💔
1	Louetta	GBTC	Long	2/1/2022	$26.24	$‎ 29.82		13.64%
2	Jiesen	QDEL	Long	2/1/2022	$103.36	$‎ 116.20		12.42%
3	Minni17	OGN	Long	2/1/2022	$31.91	$‎ 35.87		12.41%
4	S&P	SPY	Long	2/1/2022	$449.91	$‎ 447.57		-0.52%
5	Dow	DIA	Long	2/1/2022	$351.08	$‎ 347.37		-1.06%
6	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	2/1/2022	$363.05	$‎ 349.15		-3.83%
7	BillyJoe	UTHR	Long	2/1/2022	$201.87	$‎ 189.27		-6.24%
8	Massimo	IPA	Long	2/1/2022	$6.18	$‎ 5.71		-7.61%
9	BlueWolf	DOCN	Long	2/1/2022	$57.34	$‎ 52.11		-9.12%
10	Vixtt’s	SFT	Long	2/1/2022	$2.29	$‎ 2.02		-11.79%
11	Blind Squirrel	HZO	Long	2/1/2022	$47.06	$‎ 39.04		-17.04%
12	Tiedyed1	AUPH	Long	2/1/2022	$16.66	$‎ 11.98		-28.09%
13	Mr. Market	TLPPF	Long	2/1/2022	$4.90	$‎ 3.24		-33.88%
14	JohnHenry	RBLX	Long	2/1/2022	$65.86	$‎ 43.10		-34.56%
15	Peanuts	OZON	Long	2/1/2022	$20.67	$‎ 11.60		-43.88%

[billyjoe]

In reference to my longstanding short pick of SHLD in this contest, as of March 2022 there are 23 remaining Sears stores. As of today, April 11, 2022, there are 3 remaining K-mart stores.

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

[BlueWolf]

I was tied up for Easter weekend and didn’t get a chance to do an update, but I’ll catch up this week.

[BlueWolf]

Oh brother, do I have to say it? This market stinks! The last two weeks have been pretty nasty, but what amazes me is that we still have three picks in the green. Congrats to our first three placeholders, Louetta’s GBTC, Jiesen’s QDEL, and Minni17’s OGN. We have a couple of more picks beating at least one of the indices, but they are still in the red. If this was a real money bet, I would have sold a long time ago. And here’s the thing. I think it’s going to get worse. Ugh. Hang in there folks.

	PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, April 22, 2022
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
Remembering 💔Riverbabe And Karel💔
1	Louetta	GBTC	Long	2/1/2022	$26.24	$‎ 28.04		6.86%
2	Jiesen	QDEL	Long	2/1/2022	$103.36	$‎ 105.92		2.48%
3	Minni17	OGN	Long	2/1/2022	$31.91	$‎ 32.26		1.10%
4	Dow	DIA	Long	2/1/2022	$351.08	$‎ 338.27		-3.65%
5	Massimo	IPA	Long	2/1/2022	$6.18	$‎ 5.86		-5.18%
6	S&P	SPY	Long	2/1/2022	$449.91	$‎ 426.04		-5.31%
7	BillyJoe	UTHR	Long	2/1/2022	$201.87	$‎ 187.63		-7.05%
8	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	2/1/2022	$363.05	$‎ 325.40		-10.37%
9	Blind Squirrel	HZO	Long	2/1/2022	$47.06	$‎ 38.57		-18.04%
10	BlueWolf	DOCN	Long	2/1/2022	$57.34	$‎ 42.90		-25.18%
11	Mr. Market	TLPPF	Long	2/1/2022	$4.90	$‎ 3.50		-28.57%
12	Vixtt’s	SFT	Long	2/1/2022	$2.29	$‎ 1.54		-32.75%
13	Tiedyed1	AUPH	Long	2/1/2022	$16.66	$‎ 10.82		-35.05%
14	Peanuts	OZON	Long	2/1/2022	$20.67	$‎ 11.60		-43.88%
15	JohnHenry	RBLX	Long	2/1/2022	$65.86	$‎ 34.35		-47.84%

[BlueWolf]

Sorry I missed an update again, but my house is in shambles from a re-pipe. I’m knee deep in painting and re-organizing. Bare with me.

[BlueWolf]

Well, here’s an update, painful as it is to post. We still have three picks beating the indices, but only one pick in the green. Congrats to Minni17 for successful pick OGN. Louetta’s GBTC and Jiesen’s QDEL hold down second and third place respectively. All we can do is wait and see how this all plays out.

	PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, May 6, 2022
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
Remembering 💔Riverbabe And Karel💔
1	Minni17	OGN	Long	2/1/2022	$31.91	$‎ 34.77		8.96%
2	Louetta	GBTC	Long	2/1/2022	$26.24	$‎ 25.02		-4.65%
3	Jiesen	QDEL	Long	2/1/2022	$103.36	$‎ 98.29		-4.91%
4	Dow	DIA	Long	2/1/2022	$351.08	$‎ 329.07		-6.27%
5	Blind Squirrel	HZO	Long	2/1/2022	$47.06	$‎ 43.59		-7.37%
6	S&P	SPY	Long	2/1/2022	$449.91	$‎ 411.34		-8.57%
7	BillyJoe	UTHR	Long	2/1/2022	$201.87	$‎ 184.09		-8.81%
8	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	2/1/2022	$363.05	$‎ 309.25		-14.82%
9	Massimo	IPA	Long	2/1/2022	$6.18	$‎ 5.04		-18.45%
10	BlueWolf	DOCN	Long	2/1/2022	$57.34	$‎ 35.82		-37.53%
11	Tiedyed1	AUPH	Long	2/1/2022	$16.66	$‎ 10.16		-39.02%
12	Mr. Market	TLPPF	Long	2/1/2022	$4.90	$‎ 2.91		-40.61%
13	Peanuts	OZON	Long	2/1/2022	$20.67	$‎ 11.60		-43.88%
14	Vixtt’s	SFT	Long	2/1/2022	$2.29	$‎ 1.18		-48.47%
15	JohnHenry	RBLX	Long	2/1/2022	$65.86	$‎ 27.81		-57.77%

[Louetta]

GBTC lost 16.5% today. Hard to do when it's not an earnings day.