CONTEST 2008 TRADES

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15$ fees i whish i had that in my account

paying 25$ with scotiamcload
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bought 200 shares of AAPL @ 134.10 = $US 29,502
Exchange rate 1.0123 = $CAN 29,143.53
Plus commission $15 = $CAN 29,158.53

Is that the calculation for US trades?
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Is that the calculation for US trades?
Yes.
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$97930 for me in January.

Fortunately, the buys at the recent bottom for MFC and BMO help considerably.
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Jan. 30. I bought 200 shares of POT- T for 27085.00 including trading of 15.00
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KasperFX "benchmark" Trades for week ending Feb 1, 2008:

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Stock - $ Amt - price - shares - Mkt Value

AGU 33326 - 73.26 - 454.9 - 29363.82

CWB 33326 - 31.45 - 1059.65 - 31990.84

PBG 33326 - 59.80 - 557.29 - 30651.00

Total Market value 92005.66

Transaction fees 3X $7= $ 21.00
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N. Vestor wrote:Transaction fees 3X $7= $ 21.00
Hey! You didn't give the imaginary broker his well-deserved $15/trade. :)
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New purchase order.

100 of IGM.TO at 41.77 + 15
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Bought 100 shares of McGraw Hill Co.
100 @ $41.48= $4148
Forex 0.9939x $4148=$4122.70
$15 transaction fee

$73310 still cash
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Kasper FX "benchmark" trades for week ending feb 8, 2008:

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Still in cash: $90,000.00
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:43 am Post subject:
Stock - $ Amt - price - shares - Mkt Value

AGU 33326 - 73.26 - 454.9 - 29363.82

CWB 33326 - 31.45 - 1059.65 - 31990.84

PBG 33326 - 59.80 - 557.29 - 30651.00

Total Market value $ 92005.66

Transaction fees 3X $7= $ 21.00

Gummy, please add my entry.
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Cash balance from last post was: $74,393.86.

2008-02-08 Complete following 3 trades:

CGS-T CanWest BUY 1,000.00x$5.53 = 5,545.00 inc. 15.00 fee
POW-T Power BUY 200.00x$35.00 = 7,015.00 inc. 15.00 fee

S-T Sherritt SELL 500.00x$14.55 = 7,260.00 inc. 15.00 fee

Reduce cash balance $5300

New Cash balance : $69,093.86
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Bought 7000 shares of 5N PLUS INC (VNP.TO) at 8.35 = 58450.
First transaction, the rest is cash.
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Sold 1000 MGO 8515.00 incl. 15.00
sold 200 MFC 7423.00 "
Buy 1000 HF 12195.00 "
Buy 500 OIL 7225.00 "
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TrueMrP wrote:Bought 7000 shares of 5N PLUS INC (VNP.TO) at 8.35 = 58450.
First transaction, the rest is cash.
:lol: talking about timing - up 18% today, I wish that was real money.
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TrueMrP wrote:
TrueMrP wrote:Bought 7000 shares of 5N PLUS INC (VNP.TO) at 8.35 = 58450.
First transaction, the rest is cash.
:lol: talking about timing - up 18% today, I wish that was real money.
If it was real money your late-night trade would have executed at this morning's open... unless my forum clock settings are wrong, I'm seeing more and more of those on this thread. :(
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If it was real money I would have picked it up durring the trading hours. I've been watching it for a while and after reading the earnings call transcript I decided to pick it up.
Any rules as to when to post the trades? I hope I hadn't breached them by accident.
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Bought 200 JNJ-N @1:05 P.M. Current price $62.76
Forex 0.992x$62.76=$62.26 U.S.
$62.26x200=$12452.00
Trading fee $15.00

$60843 still cash
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Bought 100 shares of Well Care Health Plans WCG-N at 12:30 EST
Forex$0.98585x$53.19=$52.44 Cdn
$5244.00
Fee $15.00

$55117.00 Cash balance
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I'm still trying to scrounge up some cash for BCE, BMO, and TRZ.B, but ORV has been purchased for realsies.
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If you were to look at the turnover in my real portfolio these last few days you'd think I was a complete noob at investing (not to say that I'm not..). :roll:
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Mo' CM.
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Cash balance on last post: $69,093.86

2 transactions change cash portion....

IIC-T ING 2008-02-28 SELL 250.00x41.00 $10,235.00 (inc. $15 fee)
RSI.UN-T Rogers Sugar 2008-02-28 DIVIDEND $38.33

New cash balance: $79,367.19.


In response to comments about posting trades after hours, I cannot post comments on this site during the trading day. My employer forbids it.

Therefore, after work or weekends, I use the last quote by globeinvestor. It would seem unfair if I took the highest (to sell) or lowest (to buy) using end of day stats and so I chose the last quote.
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Post by glennchan »

Seeling 18,852 shares of UVE @ 5.96 = USD$112357.92

converting all that cash to CAD = $111166.92
exchange rate 1 USD = 0.9894 Can$
Minus $15 commission = 111151.92
Balance (with $54 original cash balance) = 111205.92

Buying as many shares of Jemtec Inc. (CVE:JTC) as possible @ $1.25
88964 shares of Jemtec @ $1.25 = 111205

Holdings:
88964 shares of JTC
0.92 cents CAD
glennchan wrote:Buying 18,852 shares of UVE @ 5.25 = USD$98,973
USD$98,973 * 1.00967 = $99,931 (xe.com; I'm rounding up for a nicer number)

CAD$15 commission

Holdings:
Cash: CAD$54
18,852 shares of UVE.
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