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12/10/11 9:59 AM

Post #239

Re: #238: @Stock - Best finishing portfolio: Occupy UltraBazooka Lane

Total Portfolio Value 12/02/2011 at 04:00PM EST

Rank Name City, State / Province Portfolio Value (USD)

1 Gary Lewis Dieterich, ILLINOIS $2,244,668.47
2 Scott Cole Redwood City, CALIFORNIA $2,221,314.86
3 Jonathan GriffinBrickell, FLORIDA $2,132,348.54
4 morris myers kokomo, INDIANA $1,957,271.19
5 Michael Mondville leominster, MASSACHUSETTS $1,947,971.43
6 Simon Sommerfeld New Zealand, CALIFORNIA $1,931,044.44
7 Greg van de Sande Toms River, NEW JERSEY $1,913,775.21
8 Jane chamblee pontotoc, MISSISSIPPI $1,888,762.56
9 Deanna Aho gardner, MASSACHUSETTS $1,848,559.79
10 Seung Kim New York City, NEW YORK $1,846,454.88
11 Bryan Gunter Oxford, MISSISSIPPI $1,840,019.95
12 John W Grosvenor Sydney, NSW $1,814,789.72
13 Khaled Helmi baltimore, MARYLAND $1,806,432.91
14 Florentina Hartley bluffton, SOUTH CAROLINA $1,806,074.97
15 Peter Stacy Redbourn, Herts $1,791,232.37
16 Ronnie Hart Bells, TENNESSEE $1,773,991.84
17 Todd Pavlik St Louis Park, MINNESOTA $1,773,449.81
18 Karim Bharwani Houston, TEXAS $1,766,188.78
19 Nicola Craig Newrybar, NSW $1,765,802.96
20 Khaled Helmi baltimore, MARYLAND $1,764,879.65

http://milliondollar.cnbc.com/Leaderboard/OverAll/TopPlayers?

Winner Video:

http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000061109

time to announce the winner of our cnbc million-dollar portfolio challenge. joining us now, we've got gary lewis and scott cole. gary's here. scott's here. they have both won something big. one is going to take home a million bucks. that is the grand prize. one gets this brand new maserati convertible. let's get right to it. the winner of the maserati is, scott cole. which means the winner of the million bucks is illinois's own, gary lewis. congratulations. thank you. thank you. thank you. scott is from redwood city, california. it's a hot car. i got to drive it earlier. believe me. it's already used. it's a used car now. no it's not. he gets to select his own in california by the way. congratulations for that. quickly, gary, i know you can't shake my hand. i appreciate it. quick on your strategy. all right. hundreds of thousands of portfolios out there. you guys came in first and second. truly incredible. what was your strategy? well, we want to capitalize as much as we could on market volatility. so i as well as scott i believe here chose a basket of etfs that would allow us to go either short or long in the market. apparently a lot of good luck from the good lord. the market swinging my way when i was long or short enabled me to do this. well, i know you used leveraged etfs as well. you know our boy herb greenberg hates leveraged etfs. what message do you have for herb since he's not here? i agree with herb totally. i wouldn't do that for my own portfolio. for the game you have to find the most extreme risk you can. that's not something i would recommend. throw this over to -- are you going to be all right? yeah. it's like 6 degrees out here. is your wife here? is that correct? bring. she's here somewhere. congratulations, madame. it's going to be really hard to take this to a bank. i'm not sure they'll take this one. we also want to say thank you to all of the contest participants as well as the sponsors, fcxm and also the very generous folks from maserati. thank you to all of them. congratulations once again. thank you.

Stock

12/10/11 9:52 AM

Post #238

Best finishing portfolio: Occupy UltraBazooka Lane

Strategy: Buy and hold UltraBull ETFs

Game Rank Position: 11690
Game Rank Percentile: 98.27%

Generic von iHub
Doofus, TEXAS

$1,146,075.85

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Bonus Bucks Earned: $138,000

Highest Portfolio Value 1,146,075.85 USD
Lowest Portfolio Value 912,351.69 USD

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Terrible.

Stock

12/07/11 11:15 AM

Post #237

Re: #236: @Theo - After today's rally I had to look at

I think the winners are supposed to be announced today

My account with AMR in it is up a lot -- on paper lol

Theo

11/30/11 7:14 PM

Post #236

Re: #235: @Stock - you can't make me look lol

After today's rally I had to look at my portfolios... still wound up in the 96% lol! Haven't made a trade in two weeks!

Stock

11/28/11 4:02 PM

Post #235

Re: #234: @Theo - It's up 2+% today ;-)

you can't make me look lol

Theo

11/28/11 3:57 PM

Post #234

Re: #233: @Stock - I still have EK in one account I

It's up 2+% today wink

Stock

11/28/11 3:39 PM

Post #233

Re: #232: @Theo - I should go look and see where I'm

I still have EK in one account I refuse to look

Theo

11/28/11 3:10 PM

Post #232

Re: #231: @Stock - I think it ends this Friday

I should go look and see where I'm at but I lost interest several days ago.

Stock

11/28/11 2:21 PM

Post #231

Re: #230: @Theo - Same here... quit looking Friday pm...

I think it ends this Friday

I just looked at short EURUSD trades I had on from a few weeks ago and somehow, they are upside down

Theo

11/21/11 1:00 PM

Post #230

Re: #229: @Stock - I was in FAS, TNA, QLD and SSO

Same here... quit looking Friday pm...

Stock

11/21/11 11:29 AM

Post #229

I was in FAS, TNA, QLD and SSO over the weekend in all five portfolios...

so...

today I logged out of the challenge and won't be paper trading any more.

Maybe go back and look after it's over.

oh well.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/bitedaily/nyan-turkey-18op

Stock

11/16/11 7:00 PM

Post #228

Re: #219: @Stock - Occupy UltraBazooka Lane

UltraBazooka 6885th - up a few
UltraBaloney 669th - down a hundred++ spots

end of day Wednesday was leaning long at 2 pm, left computer, came back and saw the mess, tried again, got killed.

was up really big early in the day, late day murdered me

best rank any day so far was 562

Stock

11/15/11 6:37 PM

Post #227

Re: #226: @Theo - Wow, maybe see you with the Fast Money

Mental midgets like me are only on E!

Theo

11/15/11 6:29 PM

Post #226

Re: #223: @Stock - LOL - Imagine if I had been trying:

Wow, maybe see you with the Fast Money crew some night on TV big smile

Stock

11/15/11 6:26 PM

Post #225

Re: #224: @Theo - Yeah I wish they'd just send me a

Yes, for sure!

Theo

11/15/11 6:24 PM

Post #224

Re: #222: @Stock - Bah! They are such screw-ups.

Yeah I wish they'd just send me a prize of some sort and call it good.

Stock

11/15/11 6:24 PM

Post #223

Re: #221: @Theo - CNBC email to me says everyone will get

LOL - Imagine if I had been trying:

Occupy UltraBaloney Street
as of U.S. Market Close on 11/15/2011
PLAYERCARD STATS
99.92% Game Rank Percentile
539th Game Rank Position

Stock

11/15/11 6:22 PM

Post #222

Re: #221: @Theo - CNBC email to me says everyone will get

Bah! They are such screw-ups.

Theo

11/15/11 6:19 PM

Post #221

Re: #216: @Stock - no trivia questions today so far, wonder why

CNBC email to me says everyone will get an additional 6K tonite...

Theo

11/15/11 3:09 PM

Post #220

Re: #219: @Stock - Occupy UltraBazooka Lane

LOL Good for you! Yep, the ETFs are the only thing(s) I've been trading myself wink

Stock

11/15/11 2:12 PM

Post #219

Re: #217: @Theo - Back in the 92 percentile.... what a grind

Occupy UltraBazooka Lane

8266th
Game Rank Position

(only trading the 4 ultralong etfs)

Stock

11/15/11 2:10 PM

Post #218

Re: #217: @Theo - Back in the 92 percentile.... what a grind

Occupy UltraBaloney Street

1392nd
Game Rank Position

Theo

11/15/11 12:58 PM

Post #217

Re: #188: @Theo - Yeah but I didn't make back even close

Back in the 92 percentile.... what a grind out for me. Pisses me off that I had to start over after having been at the 98 percentile and then to wind up so far behind on the re-start wink At least I proved to myself that I could do it again and it wasn't a fluke.

Stock

11/15/11 10:01 AM

Post #216

Re: #213: @eastunder - Ya think? LOL

no trivia questions today so far, wonder why

Stock

11/10/11 2:50 PM

Post #215

Re: #172: @Stock - OK, In, Out, In, Out, In...

FAS, TNA, QLD, SSO

Stock

11/09/11 4:38 PM

Post #214

Re: #213: @eastunder - Ya think? LOL

TZA chart, then (not available in CONtest)

eastunder

11/09/11 3:56 PM

Post #213

Re: #212: @Stock - just a big selloff

Ya think? LOL

I got hosed today. If I was a drinking woman - I would be popping the lid off a cold one right now. ;)

I gotta learn to short stocks cuz This long thing is losing it's luster.

Stock

11/09/11 3:52 PM

Post #212

Re: #211: @eastunder - So is that indicative of a bear market? ;)

just a big selloff

eastunder

11/09/11 3:49 PM

Post #211

Re: #210: @Stock - TNA chart

So is that indicative of a bear market? ;)

Stock

11/09/11 2:31 PM

Post #210

Re: #172: @Stock - OK, In, Out, In, Out, In...

TNA chart

Stock

11/09/11 1:31 PM

Post #209

EURGBP Long, only because the short term chart looks oversold here.

Stock

11/09/11 1:28 PM

Post #208

Oakland U Rock MI - tricky
Golden Slacks
DBS - Douche Bag Sucker bank

Stock

11/08/11 11:00 AM

Post #207

Re: #206: @eastunder - NO, BEST BUY, JOHNNIE WALKER

yes! thank you

eastunder

11/08/11 10:57 AM

Post #206

Re: #204: @Stock - Too many women telling me other things to

NO, BEST BUY, JOHNNIE WALKER

eastunder

11/07/11 9:02 AM

Post #205

Re: #204: @Stock - Too many women telling me other things to

That's us women - always bossing the men around. ;)

Stock

11/07/11 9:01 AM

Post #204

Re: #203: @eastunder - Win one week and you are off to

Too many women telling me other things to spend my time on, that's why.

lol

eastunder

11/07/11 8:47 AM

Post #203

Re: #202: @Stock - I'd like to win one week, that might

Win one week and you are off to a warm place. Why not take the time just for the fun of it?

Go for it. Life is short.

Stock

11/07/11 8:40 AM

Post #202

Re: #201: @eastunder - Wow! I'm very impressed. :)

I'd like to win one week, that might be nice

but it's unlikely I will have the time to commit

eastunder

11/07/11 8:36 AM

Post #201

Re: #200: @Stock - I was above 600 for a while, lol

Wow! I'm very impressed. :)

That isn't easy to do.

Stock

11/07/11 8:28 AM

Post #200

Re: #199: @eastunder - That's EXCELLENT, Generic!

I was above 600 for a while, lol

eastunder

11/07/11 8:26 AM

Post #199

Re: #198: @Stock - LOL

That's EXCELLENT, Generic!

KUDOS!

Stock

11/07/11 8:18 AM

Post #198

Re: #197: @eastunder - Thank you!

LOL

1583rd

Game Rank Position

eastunder

11/07/11 8:16 AM

Post #197

Re: #196: @Stock - DeBeers

Thank you!

Stock

11/07/11 8:05 AM

Post #196

DeBeers
Venezuela
Babies in adult bodies

SpewHefner Free

11/03/11 6:15 PM

Post #195

I'm up 24% on BGC.... $54K up.

If I could've just not destroyed my portfolios, i'd have been in a good spot.

Going to have to stick to my original strategy of playing biggest decliners during first hour of trading.