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1,000 Post Contest- Guess the Market- WE HAVE A WINNER

sightunseensightunseen Posts: 2,130 ✭✭
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1,000 posts sure can pass by quickly and it's been an awesome journey thus far. To celebrate, I am hosting a contest.

The contest is whoever makes the closest guess of where the Dow Jones Industrial Average is at on the day I reach my 1,000th post wins.

But wait, there's more! The winner gets the chance to win some bonus prizes by guessing the following correctly: The closing price of Amazon.com (AMZN), BP (BP), and exchange rate of the USD to the Hong Kong Dollar. Why these things? I like buying stuff from Amazon, I have a desire to see BP's share price plummet even more, and Hong Kong is where I'm from.

Rules:
Edit: Deadline for guesses is Friday, 06/25.

Open to anyone on the Good Trader List.

All numbers will be verified on Google Finance.

All numbers are as of the closing price on the day of my 1,000th post. Exception is the exchange rate, which will be the last quoted rate by Google Finance on that calendar day.

Edit: Please include answers to the bonus question on your post.

Only the winner is eligible to play the bonus game. Each correct bonus answer results in one bonus prize. Answers don't have to be correct sequentially.


Good luck.
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    Joeyjoe21_8Joeyjoe21_8 Posts: 2,048
    Ill guess the number of the Dow Jones when ur 100th post comes up....i got this..lol.. my guess is 10,302
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    Renaissance_ManRenaissance_Man Posts: 973 ✭✭
    Oh boy ;) - u r talking to a former FOREX trader here ;).. I love stats and the markets! I'm up for this - just gotta polish my charting software this weekend... Until then - slow down on the posting...
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    GoldyGoldy Posts: 1,638 ✭✭
    now THIS will be fun!
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    sightunseensightunseen Posts: 2,130 ✭✭
    Joeyjoe21_8:
    Ill guess the number of the Dow Jones when ur 100th post comes up....i got this..lol.. my guess is 10,302
    Good point. I'll have to cut the game off around my 1,000th post or something. In the meantime, you have some answers for the bonus questions?
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    FourtotheflushFourtotheflush Posts: 2,555 ✭
    10556 dow; 126.25 Amazon; 1 HKD - 0.15 USD
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    wwhwangwwhwang Posts: 2,878 ✭✭✭
    Dow 10178 Amazon 121 and 1 HKD will be 0.13 USD
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    Joeyjoe21_8Joeyjoe21_8 Posts: 2,048
    yeah my bonus gueses are going to be 138.50 for Amazon...and HKD will be 0.17 USD
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    sightunseensightunseen Posts: 2,130 ✭✭
    Bumping this. No one wants to play?
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    zeebrazeebra Posts: 3,174 ✭✭✭
    sightunseen:
    Bumping this. No one wants to play?
    I think you should have a cut off of when we can post our guesses. Cause we will all wait to see the market closer to your post count and we will have a better advantage of the numbers to pick. So when you hit like 995 post count, I'll be posting my answers...

    Trust me Tony.....everyone loves free cigars! = )

    I'm waiting like the others bro! (until you put a date)
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    sightunseensightunseen Posts: 2,130 ✭✭
    zeebra:
    sightunseen:
    Bumping this. No one wants to play?
    I think you should have a cut off of when we can post our guesses. Cause we will all wait to see the market closer to your post count and we will have a better advantage of the numbers to pick. So when you hit like 995 post count, I'll be posting my answers...

    Trust me Tony.....everyone loves free cigars! = )

    I'm waiting like the others bro! (until you put a date)
    Great point. Ok, deadline for guesses is this Friday. Very naive of me to underestimate the power of free cigars.
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    GadwinDuilGadwinDuil Posts: 474
    You shoulda also made a contest out of something simple... Not something I'd have to spend all night googling in order to come up with a decent guess! :-P
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    GoldyGoldy Posts: 1,638 ✭✭
    GadwinDuil:
    You shoulda also made a contest out of something simple... Not something I'd have to spend all night googling in order to come up with a decent guess! :-P

    But this is simple. Well its a lot simpler than people listing 15 asceroteric tidbits about themselves you are supposed to guess.
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    sightunseensightunseen Posts: 2,130 ✭✭
    Just a reminder that I have modified the rules: Deadline for entries is this Friday 06/25, so get them in while you can.
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    sirfoster83sirfoster83 Posts: 783 ✭
    Dow 10,138; Amazon 121.89; and .12 USD - 1 HKD
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    GoldyGoldy Posts: 1,638 ✭✭
    Dow 10350, Amazon @ 123.23 BP @ 29.01 and 1 HK = .13 USD
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    Joeyjoe21_8Joeyjoe21_8 Posts: 2,048
    I have to admit...i think Sirfost will have this in the bag depending on how the market does tommorrow..cuz i mean....dam...if it ended today he would be hella close on all them
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    surfingzeekosurfingzeeko Posts: 628
    BP=27.95, AMZN=116.35, DOW=10050.7, and the conversion rate from Hong Kong to US dollar is going to be....0.12855 to 1. good luck everyone!
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    bige1371bige1371 Posts: 196 ✭
    Dow 10,273.62 Amzn 119.18 Bp 27.05 hkd to usd 0.13
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    sirfoster83sirfoster83 Posts: 783 ✭
    Joeyjoe21_8:
    I have to admit...i think Sirfost will have this in the bag depending on how the market does tommorrow..cuz i mean....dam...if it ended today he would be hella close on all them
    Why ya gotta go and jinx me Joe! ; )
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    Renaissance_ManRenaissance_Man Posts: 973 ✭✭
    Dow - 10165 closing... Amazon Price - $118, BP price - $26.80, and exchange rate will be USD/HKD = 7.77, which means 7.77HKD for $1... Cheers! I like this game...
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    cholmes8310cholmes8310 Posts: 1,585
    dow = 10073 amazon = $121 BP = $27.01 exchange = 7.78
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    GoldyGoldy Posts: 1,638 ✭✭
    I hope you dont hit 1000 till Monday. :)
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    Joeyjoe21_8Joeyjoe21_8 Posts: 2,048
    Can I change my DOW guess please lol jk. Dang i certainly have no hopes of winning this
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    cholmes8310cholmes8310 Posts: 1,585
    Goldy:
    I hope you dont hit 1000 till Monday. :)
    instructions said guesses were closed today????
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    sightunseensightunseen Posts: 2,130 ✭✭
    cholmes8310:
    Goldy:
    I hope you dont hit 1000 till Monday. :)
    instructions said guesses were closed today????
    Yes, I should clarify that you have until the end of today to submit guesses- I apologize if my original instructions were confusing. I'll generous and say that I will take guesses until midnight PST.

    The winner will be determined based on how the market does on the day I hit my 1,000th post.
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    t_evan50t_evan50 Posts: 1,725 ✭
    Dow: 10,163; Amazon: 125.30; BP: 22.53; USD/HKD: 7.79
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    GoldyGoldy Posts: 1,638 ✭✭
    cholmes8310:
    Goldy:
    I hope you dont hit 1000 till Monday. :)
    instructions said guesses were closed today????

    Ya, i am just thinking there are a lot of people hoping Mr. Sight posts 5 more times on this weekend which would make Fridays DOW the number to guess. Its alot easier to guess todays close when there are only a few hours left compared to the guys who guessed last week. I'm hoping for a huge monday rally and for Sight to lose internet connection for the weekend. :) Goodluck to all!
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    Joeyjoe21_8Joeyjoe21_8 Posts: 2,048
    wow....dam the market took a dump lol...i so re change my has please lol...jk..
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    FourtotheflushFourtotheflush Posts: 2,555 ✭
    still sitting on 999
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    surfingzeekosurfingzeeko Posts: 628
    Fourtotheflush:
    still sitting on 999
    seriously lol I don't have a chance anymore
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