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November 2008 $3,000 Monthly Performance Contest

November 2008 $3,000 Monthly Performance Contest
  • Start date: 11/3/2008
  • End date: 11/28/2008

UpDown's Official $3,000 Monthly Performance Contest. All members of the site on or before the 7th of each month are automatically entered. To earn money, you must:

  • Perform better than the S&P 500 over the contest period
  • Have at least one stock in your portfolio during the contest period
  • Log into your portfolio once during the last month before the end of the contest
  • Have an account with a verified e-mail address
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Posted 12/4/2008, 7:45 pm

I beat the guy in first place and have gotten nothing. I also have not had my email returned...

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Pat Obrien

12/5/2008, 5:20 pm

wah wah wah

Posted 12/4/2008, 7:42 pm

What happen to my prize? The contest ended on Nov 28 and I reset ted my portfolio on Nov 30. :(

Posted 12/4/2008, 3:58 pm

I won a buck,,,,,, Where to i collect??? :)

Posted 12/1/2008, 5:22 pm

Don't worry, everyone, we are in the process of making sure that everyone here won their money legitimately. You will no doubt see changes over the next couple of days as we complete the auditing

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Boris Gintchanski

12/2/2008, 10:57 am

so when will the money post on our accounts and how do we recieve it

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Lucas Stokesberry

12/2/2008, 5:02 pm

I am hoping that means I will get back on this leader board and get my money since i was +164% in Nov...

Posted 12/1/2008, 4:21 pm

oh yeah, and i forgot to mention, Yayarg started nov at -3.69% and finished at -10.68%. how did he win the NOV. contest? comeon updown.com, do you really want to highlight the bad investors?

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Dan Witt

12/1/2008, 4:39 pm

Can somone explain HOW Yayarg won this? Looking at his stats page it looks like he underperformed vs. the S&P500. Not that I am anywhere close to the top, but it is annoying to see somone who I

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Contest Rules

Awards:

  • Compete to win $3,000 in prizes for the highest portfolio returns.
  • Performance is calculated as your relative return since beginning of each month, or when you joined UpDown.com, whichever is first.

Timeline:

  • The first day of trading will be November 3,2008.
  • Contest will end as of market close on November 28,2008.
  • You are automatically enrolled!

Awards Breakdown:

  • 1st Place winner: $500.00
  • 2 - 10 place winners: $100.00
  • 11 - 20 place winners: $10.00
  • 21 - 100 place winners: $1.00
  • 101 - 1,000 place winners: $0.50
  • 1,001 - 5,000 place winners: $0.10
  • All others who beat the S&P 500: $0.01
  • Total Earnings Each Month: $3,000.00



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