Boy, Am I Getting Killed!

I discovered this fantasy stock market game called The UpDown and I joined in late November.

You start with a million dollars and you invest in various stocks (e.g. Wal-Mart (WMT) or International Paper (IP)) and you see how it goes. You might want to buy or sell when you need too, because losses will affect your buying power!

I have already figured that out the hard way. I originally bought Casey’s General Stores (CASY) when it was on the rise and after two months, it was declining and really fast. This recent Wednesday, I sold out all of my stock on CASY and a telecommunications stock that went bad.

Here is how I did today:

Stock Last Price Day’s Change Day’s Gain Shares Price Paid Total Gain Market Value Action ADM $45.85 $0.12 0.26% $153.00 1,275 $36.00 <a href=”javascript: showTip();” onmouseover=”Tip(’ $12,558.75 (Capital gain) -$100.00 (Commission paid) $12,458.75 (Total) ‘)”> $12,458.75 27.14% $58,458.75 Buy / Sell CHTR $1.06 -$0.06 -5.36% -$7,697.88 128,298 $1.37 <a href=”javascript: showTip();” onmouseover=”Tip(’ -$39,772.38 (Capital gain) -$100.00 (Commission paid) -$39,872.38 (Total) ‘)”> -$39,872.38 -22.68% $135,995.88 Buy / Sell DELL $22.09 -$1.62 -6.83% -$4,050.00 2,500 $27.73 <a href=”javascript: showTip();” onmouseover=”Tip(’ -$14,100.00 (Capital gain) -$100.00 (Commission paid) -$14,200.00 (Total) ‘)”> -$14,200.00 -20.48% $55,225.00 Buy / Sell FCL $51.84 -$1.38 -2.59% -$4,504.32 3,264 $54.50 <a href=”javascript: showTip();” onmouseover=”Tip(’ -$8,682.24 (Capital gain) -$100.00 (Commission paid) -$8,782.24 (Total) ‘)”> -$8,782.24 -4.94% $169,205.76 Buy / Sell GDI $31.83 -$0.65 -2.00% -$357.50 550 $32.56 <a href=”javascript: showTip();” onmouseover=”Tip(’ -$401.50 (Capital gain) -$100.00 (Commission paid) -$501.50 (Total) ‘)”> -$501.50 -2.80% $17,506.50 Buy / Sell GOOG $657.00 -$28.33 -4.13% -$8,244.03 291 $686.84 <a href=”javascript: showTip();” onmouseover=”Tip(’ -$8,683.44 (Capital gain) -$100.00 (Commission paid) -$8,783.44 (Total) ‘)”> -$8,783.44 -4.39% $191,187.00 Buy / Sell IDN $3.18 $0.07 2.25% $83.72 1,196 $3.48 <a href=”javascript: showTip();” onmouseover=”Tip(’ -$358.80 (Capital gain) -$100.00 (Commission paid) -$458.80 (Total) ‘)”> -$458.80 -11.02% $3,803.28 Buy / Sell NWS $20.11 -$0.54 -2.62% -$1,890.00 3,500 $21.76 <a href=”javascript: showTip();” onmouseover=”Tip(’ -$5,775.00 (Capital gain) -$100.00 (Commission paid) -$5,875.00 (Total) ‘)”> -$5,875.00 -7.71% $70,385.00 Buy / Sell WMT $45.66 -$0.72 -1.55% -$2,960.64 4,112 $48.29 <a href=”javascript: showTip();” onmouseover=”Tip(’ -$10,800.82 (Capital gain) -$200.00 (Commission paid) $904.64 (Dividends received) -$10,096.18 (Total) ‘)”> -$10,096.18 -5.08% $187,753.92 Buy / Sell Market Value $889,521.09 Cash $3,936.51 Portfolio Value -3.66% -$33,974.57   $893,457.60 Total Positions $889,521.09 <a href=”javascript: showTip()” class=”tipText” onmouseover=”Tip(’Buying Power equals your Portfolio Value minus your Total Positions and Cash Reserved for Pending Trades. If you have no short positions, Buying Power equals your cash.’)”>Buying Power $3,936.51

I have to admit I didn’t do too well. If you are curious about what the NYSE/NASDAQ/S&P 500 abbreviations are, so I’ll help you on the stocks I have: ADM – Archer Daniels Midland, Co.; CHTR – Charter Communications; DELL – Dell Computers; FCL – Foundation Coal Holdings; GDI – Gardner Denver, Inc.; GOOG – Google; IDN – Intelli Check Inc.; NWS – News Corp DE Class B; WMT – Wal-Mart.

If you want to check out my daily portfolio, go to http://www.theupdown.com/userPortfolio.do?id=28633.