WEEK OF 5 MARCH THRU 10 MARCH 2017

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POST TIME RIDERS UP

Rider	Horse	Open	Latest	G/L	%	stop		Rank
1        Tiarra	UNP short	108.85				111
2            Ira	GNTX	21.31
Spiderman	NLNK	20.31
4     SD	TSLAshort	251.57
5  RealDeal	RS DFLT	83.42
6   Blygh	ALK	98.47
Market	SPY	237.50
8	QQQ	130.59

Apologies - my server - Time Warner did not show me updates. I will correct the tot board- with entries were listed before 9 PM 

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Monday March 6 

Rider	Horse	Open	Latest	G/L	%	Stop		Rank
1        Tiarra	UNP short	108.85	109.43	+0.58	-0.53%	111		5
2            Ira	GTNX	21.31	21.09	-0.22	-1.03%			6
Spiderman	NLNK	20.31	20.73	+0.42	+2.07%			1
4     SD	TSLAshort	251.57	251.21	-0.36	+0.14%			2
5  RealDeal	RS DFLT	83.42	83.82	+0.40	+0.12%			3
6   Blygh	ALK	98.47	96.63	-1.84	-1.87%			7
Market	SPY	237.50	237.71	+0.21	0.09%			4
8	QQQ	130.59	130.73	+0.14	0.11%

Spiderman first out of the gate 

Updated - - when I checked at 10PM - on Sunday Tiarra's and Ira's entries were not displayed although the time stamp showed that they are received before 9PM when I checked today thanks to SDs observation - sorry about that 

[sd]

I think both Tiarra and Ira posted picks prior to the 9 pm deadline- ?
Assuming that is accurate, here's the chart with their Sunday pm selections

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Tues March 7 - into the far turn

Rider	Horse	Open	Latest	G/L	%	stop		Rank
1        Tiarra	UNP short	108.85	108.36	-0.49	+0.45%	111		2
2            Ira	GNTX	21.31	21.19	-0.12	-0.56%			4
Spiderman	NLNK	20.31	19.65	-0.66	-3.25%			6
4     SD	TSLAshort	251.57	248.59	-2.98	+1.19%			1
5  RealDeal	RS DFLT	83.42	81.74	-2.68	-3.21%			5
6   Blygh	ALK	98.47	95.12	-3.35	-3.40%			7
Market	SPY	237.50	237.00	-0.50	-0.21%			3
8	QQQ	130.59	130.51	-0.08	-0.061%

SD takes the lead 

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Wed March 8  Out of the back stretch

Rider	Horse	Open	Latest	G/L	%	stop		Rank
1        Tiarra	UNP short	108.85	106.71	-2.14	+2%	111		1
2            Ira	GNTX	21.31	21.37	+0.06	+0.28%			3
Spiderman	NLNK	20.31	20.17	-0.14	-0.7%			5
4     SD	TSLAshort	251.57	246.87	-4.70	+1.87%			2
5  RealDeal	RS DFLT	83.42	81.20	-2.22	-2.67%			6
6   Blygh	ALK	98.47	95.20	-3.27	-3.32%			7
Market	SPY	237.50	236.56	-0.94	-0.4%			4
8	QQQ	130.59	130.24	-0.35	-0.27%

Lead change - Tiarra now leads with SD chasing 

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Into the home stretch

Rider	Horse	Open	Latest	G/L	%	stop		Rank
1        Tiarra	UNP short	108.85	106.18	-2.67	+2.45%	111		2
2            Ira	GNTX	21.31	21.29	-0.02	-0.094%			4
Spiderman	NLNK	20.31	21.01	+0.70	+3.45%			1
4     SD	TSLAshort	251.57	246.90	-4.67	+1.86%			3
5  RealDeal	RS DFLT	83.42	80.55	-2.87	-3.44%			6
6   Blygh	ALK	98.47	94.78	-3.69	-3.75%			7
Market	SPY	237.50	236.86	-0.64	-0.27%			5
8	QQQ	130.59	130.84	+0.25	+0.19%

SPIDERMAN resurges to take the lead back - Tiarra and SD making a race of it 

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EDU AT THE CLOSE LONG FOR NEXT WEEK

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At the finish

Rider	Horse	Open	Latest	G/L	%	stop		Rank
1        Tiarra	UNP short	108.85	106.28	-2.57	+2.36%	111		3
2            Ira	GNTX	21.31	21.52	+0.21	+0.99%			4
Spiderman	NLNK	20.31	21.40	+1.09	+5.36%			1
4     SD	TSLAshort	251.57	243.69	-7.88	+3.13%			2
5  RealDeal	RS DFLT	83.42	80.26	-3.16	-3.78%			7
6   Blygh	ALK	98.47	96.61	-1.86	-1.89%			6
Market	SPY	237.50	237.69	+0.19	+0.08%			5
8	QQQ	130.59	131.29	+0.70	0.54%

Spiderman for the going away win !!!

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Total Return in 2017 as of 3/10/2017

Rider	Win	Place	Show	Total Return	Default pick
Tiarra	3		2	+2.667%	ETSY
Ira		2	1	-10.111%	VIXY short
Spiderman	2	1	1	-17.146%	EXAS
Real Deal		2		-12.513%	RS
SD	1	3	1	+11.139%	CURE
Blygh	4			+0.779%	ISRG
Market (SPY)		2	5	+5.744%

SD continues to lead in YTD return 

Shall I continue to run Real Deal's default pick ?  

[sd]

I think having a "default " pick is a good option- Lie can get hectic for all of us-
But perhaps there should be a limited # of weeks that allow a default without at least a log-in from the player.
I would assume 4 weeks entering the default -would be reasonable, without a log in to show some participation .
Should a player-choose to Run his Default pick as his weekly horse, as long as they log in once in a while during that duration, The default would stay "renewed" for another 4 week period after a single log-in ? Sound reasonable? Any other thoughts?

[sd]

Congratulations to Spiderman on the Win!
I will continue with TSlA as a short pick- I will include a stop-loss just above the recent range high at $256.00
I think it likely could break lower from this recent consolidation, which should take it into a lower area off prior buying -support.
I would set a limit sell at $215.

[sd]

HERE'S HOW THEY LOOKED AT THE END OF THE WEEK

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The reason I raise the question of scratching RD's default pick is that it is ruining his YTD return which may discourage him from getting back into the competition.  As your above chart shows, RS is on a downward path.  Can you drop him an email asking if he wants to continue playing?  
Blygh

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I was looking at our default picks and wondered how we would have done if we just bought and held our default picks - getting them at the closing Friday price each week.  The results show that buy and hold beats actively trading for almost all of us

Rider	YTD return	Default pick	Buy and hold return
Tiarra	2.667%	ESTY	-18.29%
Ira	-10.111%	VIXY short	+28.17%
Spiderman	-17.146%	EXAS	+59.4%
SD	+11.139	CURE	+27.6%
Real Deal	-12.13%	RS	-0.187%
Blygh	+0.779%	ISRG	+ 14.4%

[Spiderman]

Thanks.
I'll ride EPZM long this week.
On a weekly basis I try to find the most volatile stock for that week. I'm not looking my YTD results.
As you can see I'm down over 17% for the year but my goal is to win for the week.
We select a default pick because life gets in the way. I think we should let RD ride his default pick unless it's
stated in the rules he must login at least once a month.
By the way SD you're having a great year.
Spiderman