Trading Matters Challenge

[floppys_mum]

it goes to channel 9 aca

her name is alicia and she is the producer for this story

 

[blind freddie]

does somebody know anybody who has actually won a weekly prize?

 

[Mouse]

The games not perfect.

But I'd rather have it than not have it

cheers
Mouse
P.s. Wysiwyg ... I overtook you again dear.

 

[blind freddie]

who does wsywig trade as?

 

[Mouse]

Hey freddie,

I'll let wysiwyg tell you that in case it's his real name or something. The only reason I know it is because he said how much money he had one time, and I've assumed that the username next to that amount is him

Of course, I could be completely wrong and be watching a completely innocent person

cheers
Mouse

 

[blind freddie]

Hokie Dokie. Hope ACA & co don't ruin this game for the rest of us. Have enjoyed the challenge, even though I'm not doing that well. Started out at about 4,000th, have clawed my way up to about 900th so far, and hope that a few more drop out, wouldn't mind cracking the 500 barrier before the end of the game.

 

[Mouse]

Hokie Dokie. Hope ACA & co don't ruin this game for the rest of us. Have enjoyed the challenge, even though I'm not doing that well. Started out at about 4,000th, have clawed my way up to about 900th so far, and hope that a few more drop out, wouldn't mind cracking the 500 barrier before the end of the game.

Same here. I can understand how the people who have a chance at winning could feel gypped, but I'm learning heaps and having fun seeing how I do against other people. It looks like the people running the game have been listening to people with complaints, they stopped the unlimited referalls and such, maybe they are on as much of a learning curve as we are.

cheers
Mouse

 

[Wysiwyg]

Hey freddie,

I'll let wysiwyg tell you that in case it's his real name or something. The only reason I know it is because he said how much money he had one time, and I've assumed that the username next to that amount is him

Of course, I could be completely wrong and be watching a completely innocent person

cheers
Mouse

Well well well mousee, too close for comfort now.(positions below)You would have to be working hard just to stay within range.

Nay, tis not my real name, simply ficticious.I`m off next week and might go for a quick trade or two and aim for the top 100.So I suppose this will be bye bye mousee, i`m goin` up.

Todays answer is ALL.

 

[Mouse]

Ha,

So we have an alien and a peter coming between us now!

Taking time off to try and beat me? It wont work. I was looking back at the start of this thread (10 pages ago) and you were in the top 20 while I was in position 1958. You got no chance against me buddy ... lets let the best woman win

cheers
Mouse

 

[mikat]

im not accusing any one of cheating, and i emailed the cnbc suuport to get some answers myself, because if its something that someone is doing by error, i dont want to do the same thing.

i assume that floppy, rampage etc didnt get any email explaining why they were dropped?

i agree also that the competition has been hard work, and i wouldnt like it to come to a premeture end this close to the finish, but there has to be some reason why some of the leaders are being wiped off the game.....

mikat

 

[RamPage]

Hi mikat,

There is no way I was cheating.
CNBC Trading Matters will not respond to EMails, when you phone FoxTel they have no way of phoning CNBC Trading Matters.
There is absolutly no way of redress other than a legal avenue.
I feel so duped, all of that work, it sucks

RamPage.

 

[floppys_mum]

I am still waiting on a reply too I cant believe they can be so rude as to not respond back to us

if they feel we are cheating why don't they explain themselves to us.

or do they have too many glitches in there program!

maybe they think if they sweep us under the carpet we will go away

well i for one am not

and i think we should notify the lotteries office and complain too

 

[floppys_mum]

The following email has been sent off hopefully someone will help our situation!

I have copied in ACA, Today Tonight and Australian Commercial Disputes Centre.


To whom it may concern,

Until yesterday I was in a competition with CNBC to win a Maserati.

I came into the competition late because my husband was doing well in it so I didn’t focus too heavily on it,

then one day they stopped his account from trading.

We tried to get answers from the show but they ignored us, so my husband Peter got in touch with

A Current Affair to see if they could get some answers. That is when I decided

to get on to my account and try to get to the finals on percentages.

I slowly built up my virtual dollars and up to yesterday I was

coming second on percentages.



By the end of trading my account was closed and I along with 2 others was taken off the leader

board like we never existed.



I have sent an email to the support team at trading matters challenge but they have not responded



So I thought I would Google to see if there is a forum of others that have complained



I was happy to find http://www.aussiestockforums.com which was based on this challenge alone.



A lot of hours and effort has gone into this competition, it was fun and there looked like there was light at the end

of the tunnel, the challenge was fun.



However they have taken the fun out of it and it looks like anyone that comes close to winning is getting pulled out.



Can someone help???

 

[blind freddie]

Cheating, Scamming, taking advantage of loopholes in the software, just a play on words. I play a fair bit of golf (badly) and sail. both do not have umpires, and I watch people take advantage of rules and situations, and generally force the point to their advantage. In the end the only people that they are fooling is themselves.

The rules state that the owners of this game have the right to scruitinise those who win the weekly prize, it is obvious that this is happening. A 100,000 improvement in one day is a big ask, especially when the market is falling, and the biggest improver only moved approximately 4% to 5% upward. That improver was not even one of the stocks that we are able to use.

I am not pointing fingers, laying blame or making accusations, but somehow advantage was being taken.

 

[blind freddie]

Oh Yes Go Mikat, obviously you and those you are racing are all playing by the rules. Hopefully there will be a winner in this game, and hopefully we will be able to watch the end game in a little more detail than we have now, like a review of trades made by each of the final players the previous day or something like that!

 

[Mouse]

Oh Yes Go Mikat, obviously you and those you are racing are all playing by the rules. Hopefully there will be a winner in this game, and hopefully we will be able to watch the end game in a little more detail than we have now, like a review of trades made by each of the final players the previous day or something like that!

I second that, I'd like to see sort of strategies the people in the lead have. And go mikat!!!

Hey, if the tv people are coming does that mean we have to start acting like we are intelligent and put on makeup (for us gals)?

cheers
Mouse

 

[blind freddie]

Hoo Boy we all get to frock up! Plunging Vee's just like the current affair front ladies! Any excuse for a bit of glam in our otherwise dull and dreary lives!

 

[Mouse]

I wanna see you in a frock freddie!

Hang on, if you are blind how do you know that they have plunging neckli .... oh never mind, maybe I shouldn't go there. :

cheers
Mouse

 

[blind freddie]

I look Ssssimply SSStunning in a frock! Just have to deal with my body hair issues first - nothing like as bit of pain just to look pretty! What do you do for a living? Oh I just rip out people's body hair - a real conversation starter!

 

[RamPage]

Cheating, Scamming, taking advantage of loopholes in the software, just a play on words. I play a fair bit of golf (badly) and sail. both do not have umpires, and I watch people take advantage of rules and situations, and generally force the point to their advantage. In the end the only people that they are fooling is themselves.

The rules state that the owners of this game have the right to scruitinise those who win the weekly prize, it is obvious that this is happening. A 100,000 improvement in one day is a big ask, especially when the market is falling, and the biggest improver only moved approximately 4% to 5% upward. That improver was not even one of the stocks that we are able to use.

I am not pointing fingers, laying blame or making accusations, but somehow advantage was being taken.

Nobody made $100,000.00 in a day, I pasted the Rankings page to a spreadsheet 3 times a day and there is absolutly no edidence of that.
As far as determing how much a play can make in one day is not relevant. Are you beating some other player. If so they could easily say you are cheating, but just because a player is in front does not equate to they are cheating, that is just stupid.
If a player picks the right stock and trade it constantly it is possible to make gains of 30-40%. It takes a lot of research and play the game fast I mean realy fast, now how can that be against the rules. I would trade over 300 trades in a day, how many do you do. And yes I did paste the trading history page daily so I am able to prove what I say.
Your inference is insulting.

RamPage.