NOW, YOU TOO CAN BE A MARKET GURU!!!
Everyone is invited (no platypuses, aardvarks or sloths please) to participate in a market guru contest each and every month! This should be lots of fun and give you something to think about every day while watching your investments and trades...
The Legal Stuff (my boring lawyers insists on these clauses):
1) Post to me here on the open thread, no PM's please, whether you think the SP cash index (the symbol is SPX not SPY) will close the next day higher or lower... when you predict higher or lower, then you will also be either long or short from the previous close for your prediction day and a dollar profit or loss will be assigned to you for that day... there will be two leader boards, one just for predictions up or down and one for dollar winners... these are only make believe contest dollars, no real money is involved in this contest, sorry...
2) If the Index closes exactly unchanged that day, then no points or dollars are earned for that day.
3) All daily entries for the following day must be posted to me no later than midnight as time stamped by SI in your post...
4) Please post only directly to me, I don't want to hunt around for your daily entries, if your post is not directly to me it will not be counted for that day...
5) Begin each prediction post with the word PREDICTION in caps, and then say higher or up, lower or down, or unchanged... your prediction post might look like this: PREDICTION up, or PREDICTION down... just two words, nothing more, there is no need to explain, it makes no difference why... keep it simple...
6) You can change your prediction as often as you wish, just be sure your final prediction is posted BEFORE midnight that day...
7) For example, there were 22 market open days in September, you earn one point for each correct daily guess, so a perfect score would be a 22...
8) You must make your own predictions, you cannot just tailgate and say, "For tomorrow, I'll do whatever (another guru) does"...
9) It's difficult for me to follow GTC prediction to the next month and whether players are still in the game or have thrown in the towel or taking a break, therefore I require that all predictions expire at the end of the previous month, however a player that missed informing me has until the day before the last trading day of the subsequent month to remind me of a GTC prediction.
10) The creator of this board, Ground Zero (TM) is 1x up GTC forever and ever and ever unless he notifies the current Emcee (Wayners) of a change to that. GZ must still abide by the 0000 am deadline for predictions.
Sorry, there are no cash prizes, but at the end of the month the winner will be awarded the esteemed title of "MARKET GURU OF THE MONTH," now isn't that something to aspire to...<g>
Good luck, I will also participate, but don't be swayed, my next day predictions are really terrible... I will tally the score each day and will post the leader board every morning so everyone can see where they are...
Remember, post your predictions no later than midnight each day before a market open day.
3X predictions:
You have available to you a choice of 3X predictions. You are allowed five of these 3X type predictions for the entire month so use them wisely. You can use them any time throughout the entire month, there are no restrictions on when they can be used.
A correct 3X prediction would move your ranking up by three points. A wrong 3X prediction would lower your ranking by two points.
If you make a 3X prediction and are correct, then your account would receive double or triple the credit for that day’s price move. If your prediction is wrong, then your account would be debited double or triple the price move for that day.
Good luck!!!
Thanks for your valuable participation, this should be lots of fun, and may the best guru win!!!
THE MARKET GURU HALL OF FAME TROPHY WINNERS
2010
Month of July - - Paul Kern
Month of August - - aka Jim, Andrew, and BlueSpruce
Month of September - - ggersh
Month of October - - deeno, ggersh, Honey bee, kidl, and Paul Kern
Month of November -- Paxb2u
Month of December -- Kidl
2011
Month of January - - Wayners
Month of February - - Paul Kern
Month of March - - Dave S.
Month of April - - Gary105
Month of May - - Entitlement
Month of June - - Oblivious
Month of July - - Oblivious
Month of August - - yard man
Month of September - - Honey Bee and Wayners
Month of October - - Honey Bee
Month of November - - Hawkii
Month of December - - yard man
2012
Month of January - - Oblivious
Month of February - - Gary105
Month of March - - Oblivious
Month of April - - Oblivious
Month of May - - Wayners
Month of June - - Oblivious
Month of July - - Gary105 and Follies
Month of August - - Follies
Month of September - - GROUND ZERO
Month of October - - yard man
Month of November - - Eva
Month of December - - Follies and Oblivious
2013
Month of January - - Honey bee and Gary105
Month of February - - Eva
Month of March - - Debt Free
Month of April - - Oblivious
Month of May - - KinghHgh
Month of June - - Hawkii
Month of July - - hawkeyefan
Month of August - - penthouse mike
Month of September - - KingHigh
Month of October - - no contest held
Month of November - - Hawkii and Oblivious
Month of December - - Gary105
2014
Month of January - - Eva
Month of February - - KingHigh
Month of March - - GROUND ZERO, Honey bee, jimcav, trending trader c
Month of April - - Oblivious
Month of May - - KingHigh
Month of June - - GROUND ZERO
Month of July - - KingHigh
Month of August - - investor2, Oblivious, trending trader c
Month of September - -Wayners
Month of October --Oblivious
Month of November -- KingHigh
Month of December --Oblivious
HONORABLE MENTION FOR THE BIGGEST TRADING ACCOUNTS AT THE END OF THE MONTH
2010
Month of September - - deeno
Month of October - - Gary105
Month of November -- Gary 105
Month of December -- Mr. Bull, GROUND ZERO, Eva
2011
Month of January - - Wayners
Month of February - - Paul Kern
Month of March - - Dave S.
Month of April - - Entitlement
Month of May - - Entitlement
Month of June - - Entitlement
Month of July - - Gary105
Month of August - - Honey Bee
Month of September - - Honey Bee
Month of October - - Honey Bee
Month of November - - Hawkii and Honey Bee
Month of December - - yard man
2012
Month of January - - Oblivious
Month of February - - Gary105
Month of March - - Oblivious
Month of April - - Oblivious
Month of May - - dave s
Month of June - - Oblivious
Month of July - - Eva
Month of August - - Chartseer
Month of September - - Gary105
Month of October - - NakedGremlin
Month of November - - Eva
Month of December - - Follies, Obvlivious
2013
Month of January - - Honey bee and Gary105
Month of February - - Entitlement
Month of March - - gao
Month of April - - gao
Month of May - - KingHigh
Month of June - - Hawkii
Month of July - - Eva
Month of August - - Oblivious
Month of September - - Eva
Month of October - - no contest held
Month of November - - flip a coin
Month of December - - Gary105
2014
Month of January - - Eva
Month of February - - GROUND ZERO
Month of March - - GROUND ZERO
Month of April - - cycleupcycledown
Month of May - - KingHigh
Month of June - - Oblivious
Month of July - - Wayners
Month of August - - investor2, novice trader 81, permabull, SP Cash Index
Month of September - - ????
Month of October -- Oblivious
Month of November -- KingHigh
Month of December -- Hawkii
BOOBY PRIZE FOR THE WORST PREDICTION SCORE OF THE MONTH
2011
Month of January - - Copeland
Month of February - - Oblivious
Month of March - - yard man and Wayners
Month of April - - ggersh
Month of May - - ggersh
Month of June - - gastrodoc
Month of July - - Debt Free
Month of August - - Wayners
Month of September - - Gersh Avery, patio guy, and gao
Month of October - - ggersh
Month of November - - Wayners
Month of December - - ggersh
2012
Month of January - - yard man
Month of February - - Follies
Month of March - - Honey bee
Month of April - - Davy Crockett
Month of May - - JP**
Month of June - - ggersh
Month of July - - Hawkii
Month of August - - novice trader 81
Month of September - - KingHigh
Month of October - - Honey bee
Month of November - - Wayners
Month of December - - Honey bee
2013
Month of January - - ggersh
Month of February - - Debt Free, Dumb as Dirt, FCom777, gao, ggersh, GROUND ZERO, Hawkii, NakenGremlin, penthouse mike, permabear, Wayners, yard man
Month of March - - chartseer
Month of April - - yard man
Month of May - - Blather
Month of June - - Gary105
Month of July - - Follies
Month of August - - Follies
Month of September - - ggersh
Month of October - - no contest held
Month of November - - hawkeyefan
Month of December - - GROUND ZERO and KingHigh
2014
Month of January - - Honey bee
Month of February - - trending trader c
Month of March - - Hawkii
Month of April - - Gary105
Month of May - - cycleupcycledown and GROUND ZERO
Month of June - - cycleupcycledown
Month of July - - yard man
Month of August - - Wayners
Month of September - - ????
Month of October -- Wayners
Month of November -- Hawkii
Month of December -- Ground Zero
As always, many thanks to Wayners for picking up the reigns during my two month absence in November and December 2010, and in 2014 as well and taking over the thread for the forseen future as I'm too busy with my business activities, many thanks, and great job!!! |
