Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge: Trades of the Day
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Nearly 1.8 billion shares and $26 billion traded yesterday in CNBC's Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge. The top currency trader has more than doubled his money making over $174 thousand since currency trading opened and has held his lead for six straight days. Check out Sue Herrera's currency tips here and for daily currency updates, go to http://www.cnbc.com/id/22618039.
Contest Widely Helds and Actives:
Advanced Micro Devices moved back into the Widely Helds with 158M shares held, displacing National City (NCC).
Industrials took the lead from Financials and maintain their 30% of the top widely helds while Financials dropped to 25% with the loss of National City.
Sample of Top Trades in the Leaderboard:Coal and Energy Stocks
Energy Conversion Devices if you bought on Friday before 4pET and held/sold on Monday, you made 14.73%
Western Refining , long a darling of the contest, if you bought on Friday before 4pET and held/sold on Monday, you made 6.43%
Continental Resources if you bought on Friday before 4pET and held/sold on Monday, you made 5.03%
James River Coal if you bought on Friday before 4pET and held/sold on Monday, you made 5.26%
Sample of Losing Trades from the Leaderboard:
North American Energy Partners if you bought on Friday before 4pET and held/sold on Monday, you lost -2.98%
Alon USA Energy if you bought on Friday before 4pET and held/sold on Monday, you lost -2.43%
Bets for today (June 17):
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
Petrohawk Energy
Ivanhoe Energy
Best Buy
FactSet Research
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