Rules for Pick of The Year (PoTY) 2022

[BlueWolf]

Well another week and another round of market bloodletting. At least we still have three picks beating the indices, although we have a new leader this week. BillyJoe’s UTHR moved into first place by holding its own against the sinking tide. Our previous leader for the past several weeks, Minni17’s OGN, is still in the green in second place. In third place is Jiesen’s surging QDEL, which actually had a pretty decent week. Keep up the good work, leaders. See you next week. Same firesign, same fire station.

	PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, June 17, 2022
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
Remembering 💔Riverbabe And Karel💔
1	BillyJoe	UTHR	Long	2/1/2022	$201.87	$‎ 219.38		8.67%
2	Minni17	OGN	Long	2/1/2022	$31.91	$‎ 33.17		3.95%
3	Jiesen	QDEL	Long	2/1/2022	$103.36	$‎ 101.06		-2.23%
4	Dow	DIA	Long	2/1/2022	$351.08	$‎ 298.72		-14.91%
5	S&P	SPY	Long	2/1/2022	$449.91	$‎ 365.86		-18.68%
6	Blind Squirrel	HZO	Long	2/1/2022	$47.06	$‎ 37.09		-21.19%
7	Antioch’s Dad	AAPL	Long	5/25/2022	$140.81	$‎ 131.56	20.00%	-22.14%
8	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	2/1/2022	$363.05	$‎ 274.69		-24.34%
9	BlueWolf	DOCN	Long	2/1/2022	$57.34	$‎ 41.96		-26.82%
10	Massimo	IPA	Long	2/1/2022	$6.18	$‎ 4.45		-27.99%
11	Antioch	GRBK	Long	5/25/2022	$21.93	$‎ 17.65	20.00%	-32.93%
12	Tiedyed1	AUPH	Long	2/1/2022	$16.66	$‎ 10.63		-36.19%
13	Mr. Market	TLPPF	Long	2/1/2022	$4.90	$‎ 2.75		-43.88%
14	Peanuts	OZON	Long	2/1/2022	$20.67	$‎ 11.60		-43.88%
15	Louetta	GBTC	Long	2/1/2022	$26.24	$‎ 12.47		-52.48%
16	JohnHenry	RBLX	Long	2/1/2022	$65.86	$‎ 26.87		-59.20%
17	Vixtt’s	SFT	Long	2/1/2022	$2.29	$‎ 0.64		-72.17%

[jiesen]

Well another week and another round of market bloodletting. At least we still have three picks beating the indices, although we have a new leader this week. BillyJoe’s UTHR moved into first place by holding its own against the sinking tide. Our previous leader for the past several weeks, Minni17’s OGN, is still in the green in second place. In third place is Jiesen’s surging QDEL, which actually had a pretty decent week. Keep up the good work, leaders. See you next week. Same firesign, same fire station.

	PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, June 17, 2022
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
Remembering 💔Riverbabe And Karel💔
1	BillyJoe	UTHR	Long	2/1/2022	$201.87	$‎ 219.38		8.67%
2	Minni17	OGN	Long	2/1/2022	$31.91	$‎ 33.17		3.95%
3	Jiesen	QDEL	Long	2/1/2022	$103.36	$‎ 101.06		-2.23%
4	Dow	DIA	Long	2/1/2022	$351.08	$‎ 298.72		-14.91%
5	S&P	SPY	Long	2/1/2022	$449.91	$‎ 365.86		-18.68%
6	Blind Squirrel	HZO	Long	2/1/2022	$47.06	$‎ 37.09		-21.19%
7	Antioch’s Dad	AAPL	Long	5/25/2022	$140.81	$‎ 131.56	20.00%	-22.14%
8	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	2/1/2022	$363.05	$‎ 274.69		-24.34%
9	BlueWolf	DOCN	Long	2/1/2022	$57.34	$‎ 41.96		-26.82%
10	Massimo	IPA	Long	2/1/2022	$6.18	$‎ 4.45		-27.99%
11	Antioch	GRBK	Long	5/25/2022	$21.93	$‎ 17.65	20.00%	-32.93%
12	Tiedyed1	AUPH	Long	2/1/2022	$16.66	$‎ 10.63		-36.19%
13	Mr. Market	TLPPF	Long	2/1/2022	$4.90	$‎ 2.75		-43.88%
14	Peanuts	OZON	Long	2/1/2022	$20.67	$‎ 11.60		-43.88%
15	Louetta	GBTC	Long	2/1/2022	$26.24	$‎ 12.47		-52.48%
16	JohnHenry	RBLX	Long	2/1/2022	$65.86	$‎ 26.87		-59.20%
17	Vixtt’s	SFT	Long	2/1/2022	$2.29	$‎ 0.64		-72.17%

I think the big story here is the indices... all 3 down between 15 and 25%! What a brutal first half of the year!!! Let's hope we see a turnaround at least sometime in the second half!

[Louetta]

Well another week and another round of market bloodletting. At least we still have three picks beating the indices, although we have a new leader this week. BillyJoe’s UTHR moved into first place by holding its own against the sinking tide. Our previous leader for the past several weeks, Minni17’s OGN, is still in the green in second place. In third place is Jiesen’s surging QDEL, which actually had a pretty decent week. Keep up the good work, leaders. See you next week. Same firesign, same fire station.

	PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, June 17, 2022
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
Remembering Riverbabe And Karel
1	BillyJoe	UTHR	Long	2/1/2022	$201.87	$‎ 219.38		8.67%
2	Minni17	OGN	Long	2/1/2022	$31.91	$‎ 33.17		3.95%
3	Jiesen	QDEL	Long	2/1/2022	$103.36	$‎ 101.06		-2.23%
4	Dow	DIA	Long	2/1/2022	$351.08	$‎ 298.72		-14.91%
5	S&P	SPY	Long	2/1/2022	$449.91	$‎ 365.86		-18.68%
6	Blind Squirrel	HZO	Long	2/1/2022	$47.06	$‎ 37.09		-21.19%
7	Antioch’s Dad	AAPL	Long	5/25/2022	$140.81	$‎ 131.56	20.00%	-22.14%
8	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	2/1/2022	$363.05	$‎ 274.69		-24.34%
9	BlueWolf	DOCN	Long	2/1/2022	$57.34	$‎ 41.96		-26.82%
10	Massimo	IPA	Long	2/1/2022	$6.18	$‎ 4.45		-27.99%
11	Antioch	GRBK	Long	5/25/2022	$21.93	$‎ 17.65	20.00%	-32.93%
12	Tiedyed1	AUPH	Long	2/1/2022	$16.66	$‎ 10.63		-36.19%
13	Mr. Market	TLPPF	Long	2/1/2022	$4.90	$‎ 2.75		-43.88%
14	Peanuts	OZON	Long	2/1/2022	$20.67	$‎ 11.60		-43.88%
15	Louetta	GBTC	Long	2/1/2022	$26.24	$‎ 12.47		-52.48%
16	JohnHenry	RBLX	Long	2/1/2022	$65.86	$‎ 26.87		-59.20%
17	Vixtt’s	SFT	Long	2/1/2022	$2.29	$‎ 0.64		-72.17%

JohnHenry and Vixtt are making it tough for me to complete my first to last run.

[BlueWolf]

As Gomer Pyle used to say, surprise, surprise, surprise! The market actually had an up week, and a pretty strong one at that. It wasn’t enough to break any indice downtrends, but it felt good for the longs all the same. As for the contest, the order remains the same as last week: BillyJoe’s UTHR is in first place followed by Minni17’s OGN and Jiesen’s QDEL. UTHR and OGN remain the only two picks in the green, but QDEL is getting close. The top three picks are the only ones that are beating all three indices. Here’s hoping that the market continues it’s upward trend next week so that a few more picks can approach break even.

	PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, June 24, 2022
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
Remembering 💔Riverbabe And Karel💔
1	BillyJoe	UTHR	Long	2/1/2022	$201.87	$‎ 238.95		18.37%
2	Minni17	OGN	Long	2/1/2022	$31.91	$‎ 35.86		12.38%
3	Jiesen	QDEL	Long	2/1/2022	$103.36	$‎ 100.18		-3.08%
4	Dow	DIA	Long	2/1/2022	$351.08	$‎ 315.02		-10.27%
5	S&P	SPY	Long	2/1/2022	$449.91	$‎ 390.08		-13.30%
6	Antioch’s Dad	AAPL	Long	5/25/2022	$140.81	$‎ 141.66	20.00%	-16.16%
7	BlueWolf	DOCN	Long	2/1/2022	$57.34	$‎ 47.75		-16.72%
8	Blind Squirrel	HZO	Long	2/1/2022	$47.06	$‎ 38.43		-18.34%
9	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	2/1/2022	$363.05	$‎ 294.61		-18.85%
10	Antioch	GRBK	Long	5/25/2022	$21.93	$‎ 19.52	20.00%	-25.82%
11	Tiedyed1	AUPH	Long	2/1/2022	$16.66	$‎ 11.20		-32.77%
12	Massimo	IPA	Long	2/1/2022	$6.18	$‎ 4.15		-32.93%
13	Mr. Market	TLPPF	Long	2/1/2022	$4.90	$‎ 2.88		-41.22%
14	Peanuts	OZON	Long	2/1/2022	$20.67	$‎ 11.60		-43.88%
15	JohnHenry	RBLX	Long	2/1/2022	$65.86	$‎ 36.42		-44.70%
16	Louetta	GBTC	Long	2/1/2022	$26.24	$‎ 13.85		-47.22%
17	Vixtt’s	SFT	Long	2/1/2022	$2.29	$‎ 0.91		-60.23%

[mrmarket]

Wolfie...thanks for keeping this going. As one might gather, this market has been less than interesting. I need to see where the inflation and interest rate levers end up, and what it does to earnings, before any stocks clear the hurdles of my momentum model. Right now the dumps are pretty skinny.

[BlueWolf]

Wolfie...thanks for keeping this going. As one might gather, this market has been less than interesting. I need to see where the inflation and interest rate levers end up, and what it does to earnings, before any stocks clear the hurdles of my momentum model. Right now the dumps are pretty skinny.

My pleasure, huge one. As for the market, the trend is your friend and right now all three indices are screaming stay away. There are going to be some incredible buys eventually, but the way things stand right now, I’m afraid eventually could be pretty far down the road.