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Related: About this forumPaper Trade Contest for April 22 thru 25th
Just for fun -- I invite you to paper trade $10,000 each on 4 stocks or ETFs.
The winner will be the picks with the most total gain at the bell on Friday. Just list your four picks with the current prices:
GLDM (gold) $68.82
BEARX $5.24
SQQQ $40.45
MO $57.87
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Paper Trade Contest for April 22 thru 25th (Original Post)
GreatGazoo
Tuesday
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Bernardo de La Paz
(54,850 posts)1. Thanks, these can be good fun, but I'm not a day trader
I'm wanting to get into trading individual stocks, but not ready yet. With my current outlook I'd be shorting or doing put stategies more than buying.
Have fun.
GreatGazoo
(4,135 posts)2. SQQQ and BearX are both shorts
and GLD (gold) is a bet that Trump makes things even worse this week.
Long term I love dividends. Sold my favorites (QYLD and ET) in February. Waiting for the bottom then I will buy them back.
GreatGazoo
(4,135 posts)3. I'm down thousands of $$ -- Still time to make some picks and beat me
Thursday at open:
GLDM (gold) $68.82 -- now $65.26 = loss of $518
BEARX was $5.24 - now $5.04 = loss of $382
SQQQ $40.45 - now $35.76 = loss of $1160
MO $57.87 -- now $58.59 = gain $124
Overall loss $1936 about 5%