Week 51 26 Dec thru 29 Dec 2017

[blygh]

YTD for 2017 as of 12/29/2017 Week 51

Rider	Wins	Place	Show	YTD	Default	pts
Tiarra	6-7	5	8	+25.622%	ETSY	39
Ira	10	12	7	+5.119%	VIXY short	61
Spiderman	10	10	7	-22.356%	EXAS	55
SD	7	4	10->11	+6.20%	XBI	39
Real Deal	5	10->11	4	-11.837%	CREESINCE 3/28	43
Blygh	11->12	4	3	-1.285%	ISRG	47
Market		6	13	+17.279%		25

These results reflect disallowing 4 GBTC takes.  Only Tiarra beat the market while SD and Ira finished 2 and 3 respectively
Alternative scoring
Scoring 3 points for a win, 2 for a place and 1 pt for show, Ira is first, Spiderman 2nd and Blygh 3rd 

[sd]

Congrats on a win Blygh in a tough week- Didn't care for it ending today on a sour note-
RD's picks were called early - several weeks back, and I'm skimming back through- to find them. So far, without success.
I'll get my picks together - For next week's Race, I want to Short RIOT Blockchain! - The Ceo Dumped a large % of his shares - guess all the hot air was already Pumped into this Hyped up
fabrication.

THE YTD results perhaps simply confirm that we have better odds using shorter term swing trading!

RD Posted in the Year Long Thread-
Dec 17, 2017 at 11:25am QuoteEditlikePost Options Post by realdeal on Dec 17, 2017 at 11:25am
I'll play this time in the coming year... my 5 are listed below

AAPL
OSTK
WPM
CELG
MRK

If explanation is needed on why let me know

-rd

[blygh]

YTD for 2017 as of 12/29/2017 Week 51

Rider	Wins	Place	Show	YTD	Default	pts
Tiarra	7	5	8	+25.622%	ETSY
Ira	9	12	7	+5.119%	VIXY short
Spiderman	9	10	6	-50.87%	EXAS
SD	8	4	10	+22.177%	XBI
Real Deal	6	10	4	+15.952%	CREESINCE 3/28
Blygh	12	4	3	-1.285%	ISRG
Market		6	13	+17.279%

If we allow GBTC trades to go through Spiderman takes a big hit Real Deal's YTD goes up by 32% and SDs YTD rises by 16%
Tiarra still wins but SD and Real Deal make it a closer race.
 

[sd]

Thanks or the extra effort Blygh in doing the recalculations- on GBTC- I'm sorry this ever came up as an issue so long down the road with multiple persons trading around it.
I don't want to argue in favor of it as I would benefit -so- i would do the Jeff Sessions approach and 'recuse' myself-and negate my win- Also- since I think i was the initial entry into this- I should have done more diligence by simply noting that it was not qualified. but then would say that since it was an "honest' entry later for the other players, and the riders knew it was a high Risk and high reward- but they took the bet regardless- Allow the GBTC results to stand- up for the other players-
Now that it is known to be a disqualified- OTC- players can seek out other qualified entries should they choose to trade the long or short side of the bitcoin mania.
OSTK, SQ, NVDA, RIOT, Coinbase, - Likely there are numerous other ways to play exposure to the bitcoin phenomenon....And to lose your Ass or win Large-
I think you Lose your Ass in the near term- if you go long-

[blygh]

Default pick performance vs markets 

  

RIDER	DEFAULT PICK	OPEN Date of selection	Last Price	Gain/Loss
Tiarra	ETSY	11.88	20.45	+72.14%
Ira	VIXY short	73.48	23.15	+68.50%
Spiderman	EXAS	13.61	52.54	+268.04%
SD	XBI	59.93	84.87	+41.62%
Real Deal	CREE since 3/28	27.06	37.15	+37.29%
Bligh	ISRG	211.98	364.94	+72.16%
SPY	SPY	225.04	266.94	+18.62%
QQQ	QQQ	119.27	155.76	+30.59%

Average of all riders only= 93.29%

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[sd]

NOT BAD! Even if Spiderman's big gainer EXAS was excluded- average is over +50% ! Can the NEW Default pick portfolio do as well in 2018?
Since ALL of the Default picks beat the market by at least 100% -would the active trader in those funds been able to beat Buying and Holding These?
I've included the Default pick weekly charts for 2017 in the chart list
stockcharts.com/public/1675108

[blygh]

Just in case anyone checks here first, Spiderman won the year long contest with a 24.68% gain - more than doubling the second place rider TIARRA. 



Blygh 

[Spiderman]

Congrats Blygh,
I'll ride NLNK long this week.
My year long pick is ESIO long.
Spiderman

[ira85]

QQQ short next week

Congrats bligh and Spidey

I expect some profit taking in January. ira