NASDAQ Contest Final Results, $150 Cash Prize?!
38 contestants came together last week across multiple finance blogs for a stock contest with a $100 cash prize at stake. To claim the prize contestants had to simply guess one week in advance what the NASDAQ composite index would close at, to the penny! And, with last Friday the 23rd of April being the last day of this 4th bi-weekly contest, a winner has been found. But was the $100 cash prize claimed? Read on to find out…
Participating Communities
The community here of Stock Trading 101 (ST101), the community of MillionDollarJourney (MDJ), and the community of CleverDude (CD).
FINAL Leader Board (As of market close April 27th, 2557.21)
(Format = Contestant, Community, Original Guess, Difference)
- Bull Trader - ST101 - 2556.91 - off by only .30 (NEW RECORD)!!
- Mike - MDJ - 2554.46 - off by only 5.32!
- Carl - ST101 - 2551 - off by only 6.21!
- Patrick Szalapski - CD - 2550.87 - off by only 6.34!
- Yeason Fang - ST101 - 2550 - off by only 7.21!
The best overall community average was Cleverdude.com (CD) with an average difference of only 24.56 off the close!
Bull Trader Takes 1st
Congratulations to The Bull Trader who has set a new record for our bi-weekly contests here at ST101!! His guess of 2556.91 a full week in advance was off the close by only .30 cents! This beats out our last record by Brandon of being off by only .94. Bull Trader will go down in the hall of fame and be forever featured on the sidebar here on the blog.
Also congratulations to the community of Clever Dude who amongst all guesses had a mean difference of only 24.56 off Friday’s close. This beats MDJ’s mean of 41.18 and our community mean here on ST101 of 45.92.
$150 Cash Prize?
So what about the $100 cash prize? Well, since Bull Trader was not exact to the penny, this cash goes unclaimed. BUT, what fun would it be to not include it in the next contest? To turn things up a notch, I will be carrying 50% of the $100 over to next round which will launch at the end of this upcoming week. This means that there will be $150 CASH ($100 + $50) to anyone who can guess the NASDAQ close to the penny next time around!
The longer this cash prize goes unclaimed, the bigger the pot will continue to grow! The next contest will open to you this upcoming Friday, May the 2nd! So, subscribe to the feed to keep up to date for your chance to win $150 cash!
(You can view other contests and giveaways in the archives of this blog. Participation is completely free and open to everyone. Subscribe to the feed for your chance to win)
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woohoo!! #1!! nice competition blain!
Thanks man! Congrats!
The next one which kicks off this Friday is going to have a goal of 50 contestants, and some more prizes
GET READY TO GET CRAZY
2nd place isn’t too bad I guess.
FT
Not 2 bad MDJ, not 2 bad at all
Blain, great contest man! Next one I am going to win that $150 cash! So what happens if no one gets the prize next time?
no one really knows Matt, it’s as if the prize is only an illusion that reveals itself at the moment of victory or defeat.
Matt, I’ll let you know how much I won when the next contest ends
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