TA vs. FA ..... a contest

[New-born baby]

Btu

Spike,

BTU had a stop at $82.

[New-born baby]

Here's the page

My stop is $82.01 (For BTU)

Here's the page for my stop on BTU.

[Lyehopper]

keep an eye and that BMD Jiesen....

It really wants to slide here....

[spikefader]

ABAX: well, what I didn't really want to see; an intraday double top at hod resistance. One thing is for sure; if it cracks it it really should fly. I probably should run the numbers and see where we stand relative to our respected FAers, for I fear their antics have them in the red on average and handed us the lead. In the spirit of sportsmanship, and in the belief that the broadening pattern intraday and all the rest of the bullish stuff in those charts justfies holding, I'm going to let this ride, and see if the Lord above will smile on us unworthy TA souls.

[jiesen]

It really wants to slide here....

hmmm, I see that. I guess we really should have just sat on the cash for the win... but this is only making it interesting. Let's see how it plays out in the next 2 hours, and whether mimo's GIL has what it takes to drive us home.

[Lyehopper]

I just bought BMD in the POTW....

hmmm, I see that. I guess we really should have just sat on the cash for the win... but this is only making it interesting. Let's see how it plays out in the next 2 hours, and whether mimo's GIL has what it takes to drive us home.

If you want to make it interesting Jiesen.... Double down on BMD right now.

[jiesen]

Ok, I'm doubling the stake from 20% to 40% BMD with the remaining cash here at 5.01.

Good luck!

[spikefader]

Ok, I'm doubling the stake from 20% to 40% BMD with the remaining cash here at 5.01.

Good luck!

I note your post time there, and the fill at market ask is 5.13. Or are you bidding 5.01 with limit?

[jiesen]

outstanding call, Lye! This may be just what we needed to take back the lead.

[jiesen]

yeah, spike it was a market order, and no I didn't have my L2 quotes open at the time, so I went by the Yahoo! RTQ which was 5.01 at the time. if you say it's 5.13 I guess we'll accept that.

[spikefader]

yeah, spike it was a market order, and no I didn't have my L2 quotes open at the time, so I went by the Yahoo! RTQ which was 5.01 at the time. if you say it's 5.13 I guess we'll accept that.

this is mine. prophet.net confirms that too.

[jiesen]

ok

well, I'll blame Yahoo! for their shoddy RTQ. but still, 5.13 is a good entry imo.

[jiesen]

well, I'm off to lunch- so no more trading today for the FA team. we'll see how it turns out. Just in case there's any lucky spiking going on I'll set some limit sells here:

GIL 38.89
BMD 5.49

all or none!

[spikefader]

well, it's a pretty tight competition right now. After that disappointing breakout failure of ABAX the TA team here is average total -2.7% for the comp while the FA picks have bitten the dust today, after being +2.5% earlier today, have fallen to total average of -1.76% or so. They still have the lead, but they are in a very vulnerable position indeed. It is coming down to the wire, and if there ARE any interested watchers of this, the last 20 minutes direction will be the decider. Our ABAX looks ready to rally off an afternoon intraday double bottom, and BMD is struggling to find itself a solid bottom. Both teams need those 2 picks to perform well to take the crown. As I type BMD is rallying well off a potential V bottom with 13 mins to go.

[jiesen]

yuk, this contest has truly degenerated on day 2. it went from a contest of well-thought out plans, to a second day of one-upmanship just trying to see which team could lose the least. I must applaud my team, though for the perfect 100% participation.

I'll say it's definitely been educational, as well as entertaining, and I can't wait to see how it turns out in the next 10 minutes.