Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge:  Trades of the Day

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Nearly 1.4 billion shares and $18 billion traded yesterday in CNBC's Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge. The top currency trader has more than doubled his money making over $220,000 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 , the EUR/JPY , and the GBP/JPY .

  • One of our top currency traders moved back up the list by making 88 trades on the EUR/USD in a single day, netting him almost $61,000.

  • Another one of our leaders is very focused on the AUD/NZD , which has made him over $160,000 in profits since the start of the contest. The AUD/NZD pair had been in a relentless uptrend since late March as the Australian economy continues to outpace New Zealand's.

  • Yahoo climbed back into the Most Widely Helds pushing 3Com out of the top 20.

  • Sirius Satellite Radio continues its stranglehold on the contest Widely Helds and Actives.

  • Industrials continue to represent 30% of the top widely helds followed by Financials at 25%.

Sample of Top Trades in the Leaderboard:

  • Encore Acquisition if you bought on Wednesday before 4pET and held/sold on Thursday, you made 3.54%
  • GMX Resources if you bought on Wednesday before 4pET and held/sold on Thursday, you made 2.83%

Sample of Losing Trades from the Leaderboard:

  • Research in Motion if you bought on Wednesday before 4pET and held/sold on Thursday, you lost -13.26%

  • Park Electrochemical if you bought on Wednesday before 4pET and held/sold on Thursday, you lost -6.42%

  • Gorman Rupp if you bought on Wednesday before 4pET and held/sold on Thursday, you lost -6.45%

Bets for today (June 27th): Dominated by Earnings

  • Applied Materials

  • Worthington Industries

  • Goldcorp

  • Elan Corp.

It's not too late to get started. You can still get in the game to win the grand prize or one of these great weekly prizes.
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