Over 1.4 billion shares and $16.5 billion traded yesterday in CNBC's Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge. The top currency trader has more than doubled his money making over $560,000 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:
The Contest Actives were dominated by Financials and Airlines taking 7 of the top 10 spots.
Sirius continues to lead in the Widely Helds, followed by Raid Aid
Industrials represent 35% of the top Widely Helds, with Financials at 30%
Sample of Top Trades in the Leaderboard:
UAL Corp if you bought on Tuesday before 4pET and held/sold on Wednesday, you made 41.53%
Continental Airlines if you bought on Tuesday before 4pET and held/sold on Wednesday, you made 38.20%
Delta Airlines if you bought on Tuesday before 4pET and held/sold on Wednesday, you made 26.55%
Washington Mutual if you bought on Tuesday before 4pET and held/sold on Wednesday, you made 25.48%
Altera if you bought on Tuesday before 4pET and held/sold on Wednesday, you made 12.13%
SunPower if you bought on Tuesday before 4pET and held/sold on Wednesday, you made 6.13%
Nordson if you bought on Tuesday before 4pET and held/sold on Wednesday, you made 5.11%
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals if you bought on Tuesday before 4pET and held/sold on Wednesday, you made 4.90%
Sample of Losing Trades from the Leaderboard: Note - The losing trades were the leaders that sold out of their positions on Tuesday and missed Wednesday's big rally. A few of them were knocked from Top 5 leaderboard positions out of the top 10. You gotta be in it to win it.
Bets for today (July 17th): Some have expectations of a continued rally in Financials while others are reducing their risk by betting on Blue Chips as they coast to the finish line.
Fannie Mae
Freddie Mac
MBIA
Ambak
Trueblue Inc
Johnson Controls
Smith AO
JP Morgan
General Electric
IBM
Disney
United Tech
Google
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