Thread: Chartgame...

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Well THAT blew chunks.

I tried the game, and bought at EXACTLY the wrong time twice, and ended up at the end down below what I started with-

You have:
$9,388.35 in cash
$0.00 in shares
Your position is worth:
$9,388.35 (-6.12%)
Buy and hold would be:
$7,075.39 (-29.25%)


The good thing i guess is I was better than the buy and hold. The bad thing is I was not as well off as if I had never seen it.



Thanks for pointing that out Jayhawker- that was cool.

Wow, what a cool exercise. Mostly paid attention to 50 day ema and volume. I exited shorts too early, also bought too early and held too long. I am an optimist, what can i say? I got a little frustrated there about 2/3 of the way through, finally just gritted my teeth and held a long position until it came around then took the profit off the table.

Most valuable lesson: it's OK to be in cash. That idea rarely occurs to me. If i guess wrong and get out that's one thing, but if i guess wrong and go 100% the other way that's twice as bad. light bulb just came on.

You have:
$11,869.11in cash
$0.00in shares
Your position is worth:
$11,869.11 (+18.69%)

Buy and hold would be:
$7,581.90 (-24.18%)

This stock was Fiserv Inc. (FISV) from May 29, 1998 to May 30, 2003

Been thinking lately about bringing this back up front. Cool that someone else found it on their own.....

http://www.tsptalk.com/mb/showthread...ame#post180319

You have:
$15,943.71in cash
$0.00in shares
Your position is worth:
$15,943.71 (+59.44%)

Buy and hold would be:
$8,751.52 (-12.48%)

This stock was ConocoPhillips (COP) from Jun 08, 1998 to May 30, 2003



So where is my money?