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Nearly 1.2 billion shares and $16 billion traded yesterday in CNBC's Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge. The top currency trader has more than doubled his money making over $222,000 since currency trading began. 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:
Currency Traders have profited the most from trades in the EUR/USD [$$EURUSD Loading... ()
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*Euro gains were fueled by a higher than expected increase in German retail sales for May, and a slightly better unemployment rate at 7.8% for June from a previous 7.9%.
**As of late Tuesday, the euro has appreciated about 1.54% against the USD for the past week.Other top currency trades are in AUD/JPY [$$AUDJPY Loading... ()
]pairs as contestants are shorting a low-yielding currency such as the Japenese yen for a more high-yielding Australian dollar. This has remained a profitable strategy due to decisions made by the Federal Reserve Bank of Australia to keep rates unchanged at 7.25%, denoting a more stable Australian economy. Rite Aid [RAD Loading... ()
] edged up as it traded over 89 million shares,beating out Sirius Satellite Radio
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] continues to hold the top spot in the Widely Helds with almost 2.5 billion held shares, and Washington Mutual
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] moved up two spots with about 331 million held shares.
- Industrials continue to represent 30% of the top widely helds followed by Financials at 25%.
Sample of Top Trades in the Leaderboard:
- Clayton Williams Energy
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] if you bought on Monday before 4pET and held/sold on Tuesday, you made 6.48%
- SandRidge Energy
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] if you bought on Monday before 4pET and held/sold on Tuesday, you made 4.77%
Sample of Losing Trades from the Leaderboard:
- UAL Corp.
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] if you bought on Monday before 4pET and held/sold on Tuesday, you lost -11.88%
Olympics Steel [ZEUS Loading... ()
] if you bought on Monday before 4pET and held/sold on Tuesday, you lost -7.18% - Bets for today (July 2nd): Dominated by financials:
- MGIC Investment Corp [MTG Loading... ()
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- MGIC Investment Corp [MTG Loading... ()
XL Capital [XL Loading... ()
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Team Inc. [TISI Loading... ()
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Alliance Resource Partners [ARLP Loading... ()
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