March 2025 Stock Competition Entries!

[Dona Ferentes]

Look at you go, from position #19 mid last week to vying for a prize-winning place by Monday morning. With a full week remaining who knows what could happen? My lofty perch is feeling precarious.

teetering, then toppled



as at noon, Tuesday, BRX has vaulted from #26 last night to #1

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and pleasingly ....There are 19 positive tips, 10 negative tips and 2 break-even tips. 61.29% of all entries are currently returning a profit

 

[Sdajii]

teetering, then toppled

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as at noon, Tuesday, BRX has vaulted from #26 last night to #1
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and pleasingly ....There are 19 positive tips, 10 negative tips and 2 break-even tips. 61.29% of all entries are currently returning a profit

Wow! Very decisively, and from someone who wasn't at all on the radar until three seconds ago!

Well done, Craig! I hope you're holding a big chunk of BRX!

 

[craigj]

Wow! Very decisively, and from someone who wasn't at all on the radar until three seconds ago!

Well done, Craig! I hope you're holding a big chunk of BRX!

Thanks Sdajii

Yes I do hold. Copper in Argentina near many big deposits in Chile.

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

Great move today @craigj Such a push is rarely seen.

gg

 

[Dona Ferentes]

Great move today @craigj Such a push is rarely seen.

gg

and reaching for the stars. at 5pm with three days to go. ....

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

Ok, you six in the frame.

The money is out, time to make your move mates.






gg

 

[Dona Ferentes]

Ok, you six in the frame.

The money is out, time to make your move mates.

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that's a bit over the top?

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

and reaching for the stars. at 5pm with three days to go. ....
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Let's hope nobody loses their Marbles trying to catch up on @craigj

gg

 

[divs4ever]

Let's hope nobody loses their Marbles trying to catch up on @craigj

gg

given where i am currently , i probably would ( lose them ) if i DID catch him ( and i might not be the only one if i did )

 

[Sdajii]

Let's hope nobody loses their Marbles trying to catch up on @craigj

gg

I doubt anyone has much hope of catching him at this stage! His tip tripled in price within a couple of sessions! Given such an extreme lead so close to the end, I'd bet on him winning.

And I'm not even placing now! Exciting last few days!

 

[Dona Ferentes]

I'm not even placing now! Exciting last few days!

#1and #2 look pretty secure, but any one of 5 could take 3rd

11am. Friday;

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

I believe I am one day out on getting a place in the top 3 unfortunately. My pick CRS is in a trading halt pending an announcement on Tuesday April 1st or earlier.

So unless there is an announcement on Monday it is curtains for me this month.

I wish all contestants the very best of luck in the remaining day of the Comp. ( said through gritted teeth ).



gg

 

[Dona Ferentes]

#1and #2 look pretty secure, but any one of 5 could take 3rd

11am. Friday;

and at close of business, Friday, the lead looks like this

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a few nibbling away at 2nd, though @Garpal Gumnut has gone into a trading halt, as gas @mullokintyre , and unlikely to open until 01 April.

....so @houtman can give GG a run for third as may others, and was coming 3rd at 3pm

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Best of luck, and don't forget the chubby signora in the wings

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

and at close of business, Friday, the lead looks like this
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a few nibbling away at 2nd, though @Garpal Gumnut has gone into a trading halt, as gas @mullokintyre , and unlikely to open until 01 April.

....so @houtman can give GG a run for third as may others, and was coming 3rd at 3pm
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Best of luck, and don't forget the chubby signora in the wings

So what you are saying is that if Donald Trump is found dead in a cupboard in the Oval Office due to having tried to root Tulsi Gabbard, found alive and dishevelled in same cupboard, causing a fall in markets, I have a chance of coming third, or second, or even first.

It is back to prayer for me on Sunday. ( Is it allowed to pray for an adulterous act leading to death ).

gg

 

[Dona Ferentes]

So what you are saying is that if Donald Trump is found dead in a cupboard in the Oval Office due to having tried to root Tulsi Gabbard, found alive and dishevelled in same cupboard, causing a fall in markets, I have a chance of coming third, or second, or even first.

It is back to prayer for me on Sunday. ( Is it allowed to pray for an adulterous act leading to death ).

gg

you can pray any day, gg. (just not 5 times, each day, facing a certain direction).

sometimes it works:

Options Trading Brings Mountainous Man to His Knees​

Back in 1997 or 1998, my market-making firm on the Pacific Options Exchange was in search of a trader to run the LMM (Lead Market Maker, or specialist post) on the floor of the exchange.

The firm settled on Alex, who was a veteran trader from Chicago and spent most of his career trading options on old-economy stocks such as Procter and Gamble (PG) and American Express (AXP). This was about the time that the internet bubble was starting to inflate, and our man Alex was wholly unprepared to be trading internet stocks.

Alex was a former professional football player—he traded for the Chicago Bears. A deeply religious mountain of a man, he began every day by doing 500 push-ups and 500 sit-ups and praying for 15 minutes. The dude was ripped.

The LMM was responsible for making markets in options on 52 different stocks; one of them was Yahoo. So, Alex settles into his role as the LMM, and before long, customers are lifting him out of his shoes on options. They’re buying straddles and strangles, and Alex just keeps on selling them because his years of trading PG and AXP taught him that options don’t typically go into exercise. He’s short gamma out the wazoo.

Yahoo earnings end up being the day before expiration. Yahoo is trading at $40. The numbers are released, and the stock goes to $140. Up a hundred bucks. Alex looks at the screen—he’s down tens of millions of dollars. This is catastrophic. This will blow up the firm. This will blow up the clearing firm.

Alex drops to his knees in the middle of the crowd on the trading floor and begins to pray. Right in front of everyone.

The stock holds at $140 for a minute, then begins dropping. $130. $120. $110. Alex continues to pray.

The stock goes all the way back to $40. Alex quits his job the next day.

Trading Options Is No Joke​

 

[Kyngdom]

I believe I am one day out on getting a place in the top 3 unfortunately. My pick CRS is in a trading halt pending an announcement on Tuesday April 1st or earlier.

So unless there is an announcement on Monday it is curtains for me this month.

I wish all contestants the very best of luck in the remaining day of the Comp. ( said through gritted teeth ).

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gg

I believe I am one day out on getting a place in the top 3 unfortunately. My pick CRS is in a trading halt pending an announcement on Tuesday April 1st or earlier.

So unless there is an announcement on Monday it is curtains for me this month.

I wish all contestants the very best of luck in the remaining day of the Comp. ( said through gritted teeth ).

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gg

Yep looks like you will be pipped at the post...
Both S2R and KNB both Au stocks and both closing with big gains from the day before so no reason that will not continue Monday for at least one of them so 4th or 5th for CRS - Could always ring the company explain the situation and see if they can come out of halt a day early LOL.

 

[divs4ever]

I believe I am one day out on getting a place in the top 3 unfortunately. My pick CRS is in a trading halt pending an announcement on Tuesday April 1st or earlier.

So unless there is an announcement on Monday it is curtains for me this month.

I wish all contestants the very best of luck in the remaining day of the Comp. ( said through gritted teeth ).

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gg

not necessarily

a nasty lead from Wall Street overnight

stuck in a halt MIGHT be a good thing

 

[Dona Ferentes]

So what you are saying is that if Donald Trump is found dead in a cupboard in the Oval Office due to having tried to root Tulsi Gabbard, found alive and dishevelled in same cupboard, causing a fall in markets, I have a chance of coming third, or second, or even first.

It is back to prayer for me on Sunday. ( Is it allowed to pray for an adulterous act leading to death ).

gg

I suspect, that it would be easier for you to "do a Bradbury" than the above to play out . Get your skates on .

 

[divs4ever]

So what you are saying is that if Donald Trump is found dead in a cupboard in the Oval Office due to having tried to root Tulsi Gabbard, found alive and dishevelled in same cupboard, causing a fall in markets, I have a chance of coming third, or second, or even first.

It is back to prayer for me on Sunday. ( Is it allowed to pray for an adulterous act leading to death ).

gg

depends on who you pray to

Zeus is out of fashion , but he allegedly did that now and again ( possessed bodies for acts of infidelity )

and then you have to 'other guy' who seems to be growing in influence and he gets the credit for all sorts of horrible events

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

I suspect, that it would be easier for you to "do a Bradbury" than the above to play out . Get your skates on .

And so it came to pass that my pick is in a trading halt and cannot fall this calendar month unless an announcement is made today. While all about me there is mayhem and pullbacks.

I'll settle for 3rd, or 2nd. Then again ...






gg