Weekly Stock Challenge 6/2/2006 - Win Free Trading Book

[Thierry Martin]

Stock Picking Challenge (started by jacobnbr1)

Winner gets a free hardcover copy of Conquer the Crash!

Pick a stock with an entry price between $2.00 - $5.00 that trades no less than 100k shares daily volume that you think will go up (or down if you want to short it) in the next five days.

Your entry price can be a limit or market at open order.

Your entry price must be within the trading range of that stock during the next 5 days for your pick to be activated.

Rules

1. your stock must have closed between 2.00 - 5.00 AS OF THE FRIDAY CLOSE BEFORE THE CONTEST

2. volume of no less than 100k average daily volume (per Yahoo! Finance) AS OF THE FRIDAY CLOSE BEFORE THE CONTEST.

3. entry price must be achieved during daily market 9:30 - 4:00 times (no pre market or after hour prices allowed)

5. one ticker per forum member

6. a ticker can be used once per challenge - if you want to use the same ticker for next week you must be the first to call it after Friday's market close (4:00 est)

7. once an entry and ticker is selected and posted, there is no changing the entry or ticker.

8. entries for following week's challenge opens at Friday's market close - 4:00 pm EST - and closes at 9:00 am EST Monday

[Thierry Martin]

Picks for this week from the end of last week's thread

Of course the contest starts on Tuesday this week, with the deadline for entries Tuesday morning at 9:00 a.m.

NATHAN LLOYD
I'll short EZM @ 2.40. Someone else can still pick this long. It would be fun to be on both sides of the same stock. Who will go against me?

chinaman711
I'll try TMM at the open please

aiki14
AMCS @ open

[reef]

I'll take SUNW @ 4.35

[mhertz]

kry at open.

[Pinguin]

I'll take TGC tengasco at open

[bahroor]

THLD at open please

[$$$cramers stim$$$]

ill take --HIST-- open market ^ ^

[rds91]

Booya everyone! I will take NXG at opening market.
Is anyone keeping track of MSFT? When should we sell?:confused:

[tekbubble]

BRLC @ open.

And I'm calling my shot. This is a guaranteed winner.

[wallnut]

I will try DYN once more.
open please..

[englishman26]

I'll take GSS at the open.

[Hanger]

DVW @ open thank you!

[BigDawg291]

Cmos @ 4.56

[Svenwulf]

PCYC at 4.12 please.

[mlegha1]

I'll short SIRI @ open

[MoMoney4Me]

I'll take Peru Copper Inc (CUP) at the open.

[computeraces]

lvlt at 4.95

[clavocat]

dphiq- delphi at open

[clavocat]

shoot, is 1.51 too low?? i want this if i can real bad...if i cant ill take NT at open.

[ChronicDDL]

EBOF.OB @ open

[Thierry Martin]

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[clavocat]

wheres the chart??

[reef]

Wow I didnt expect my pick to go down to my entry price in one day! LOL!!

[Thierry Martin]

wheres the chart??

You can't see it?

[NATHAN LLOYD]

I'll take SIRI @ open (long for 6/9) just so you don't assume short. ;)

[Thierry Martin]

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[englishman26]

Quite amazing to win with CUP in a week when trading in copper was halted because the price was dropping so fast! The bounce today was great though and it just shows that sometimes a stock has to go down before it can go up and don't panic sell too early! Good pick Mo!

[MoMoney4Me]

Quite amazing to win with CUP in a week when trading in copper was halted because the price was dropping so fast! The bounce today was great though and it just shows that sometimes a stock has to go down before it can go up and don't panic sell too early! Good pick Mo!

Thanks englishman.
Even dead cats will take a bounce !
:D

[clavocat]

thierry i cant see your charts...i wonder whats up with that, seems like everyone else can...

[Thierry Martin]

thierry i cant see your charts...i wonder whats up with that, seems like everyone else can...

What kind of platform are you running - browser, OS, internet connection?