Richdad III

We now have a brand new blog for the whole FIO (Falkin Investing Organization)! Since we have three competitions now (solo, team, and never ending), new help programs (5 Step Program to teach trading from scratch), and a much bigger community, we need to move to a more organization based blog!! Furthermore, as some of you may know, all of our competitions fall under the “Falkin” name. Please bookmark our new blog page, www.falkininvesting.com, and check us out today! If you haven’t signed up yet for the FIO community, please do so here! Or, if you would like to browse us first, go here!! Thanks and have a great day!!

-The Falkin Team

After a week of hard work and a lot of time, the new site is finally completed. We have received so much excitement towards the contest in the past few months, registration over tripled for our current contest!! Worldwide is no longer a goal, it’s a reality with contestants representing almost ever continent of the world. How about a community where contestants can interact and learn from one another? Got that too! The Portal is the perfect place for contestants to learn with one another, and share the overall excitement of the contest. It has been a long journey from our first ever contest, and we are proud to have accomplished so much in such a short period of time. Don’t wait any longer, join us as we continue to take Falkin Trading contests to all new heights, www.falkininvesting.com!!

Bookmark this page, www.falkininvesting.com!!

Have a great weekend,

Thank you to all of those who responded to my email asking where you are from! I compiled the responses and am very impressed with the results. Richdad III is officially world wide! If you don’t see your location, email me so I can add it!! (as of November 1st, 2005)

In the USA

Ft Lauderdale, Florida - USA
Miami, Florida - USA
East Lansing, Michigan - USA
Freeland, Michigan - USA
Grand Rapids, Michigan - USA
Kalamazoo, Michigan - USA
Marne, Michigan - USA
Burnsville, Minnesota - USA
Pasadena, Maryland - USA
Kearny, New Jersey - USA
New York, New York - USA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - USA
Provo, Utah - USA
Laramie, Wyoming - USA

Out of the USA

Shanghai – China
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
Singapore
Ecuador - South America
Gefle - Sweden
Perth - Western Australia


To the future,

What a big day today. The market came storming back on heavy volume and I am happy to say, accumulation day!! Whether this is the bottom or not is still to be determined, but with such a big change of events, our leader board has some new faces. As of now our top five are:

1. Fundamental Technician – Ailun Zhan (China)


2. Efex 77 – Fernando Moncayo (Ecuador, South America)


3. MDZ – Mark Zimmer (MI, USA)


4. Stocktrading 101 – Myself (MI, USA)


5. Dtucker – Dan Tucker (USA)

Two huge moves today came from Ailun Zhan and Fernando Moncayo. Ailun has bet heavily against oil, and though Wilma is brewing up in the Pacific, his bet has paid huge so far. Ailun controls a very sizable amount of XLE puts that expire in December. Our other major mover today, Fernando, pushed his portfolio nearly 27% higher after his calls gained some major ground. Companies Fernando holds calls in are Home Depot, Whirlpool, and Amazon.com. Lastly, on the consistent rise is Dan Tucker, a veteran to our contests, who is trading very well thus far showing a 4%+ portfolio gain overall. Congratulations to these leaders!

With the market in its current condition, you never know what to expect, and I would also like to congratulate all of our contestants who have taken the initiative to trade thus far. The contest is only getting more exciting, and with so much movement going on in the leader board, it will continue to grow. I have gotten the chance to hear some feedback from contestants, and it is great to see so much excitement towards trading.

If you have anything you would like to comment on about the contest, good or bad, email me this week and I will post it up on the blog. Please keep them as short as possible, so that we may fit them all in. Other than that, thank you to all of our contestants who have traded thus far, and happy hunting.

To the future,

With the contest now up and running, we have found a few issues that have been resolved or should be resolved:

1. Complications logging in and joining – This for the most part has been taken care of, but if you find that the contest, Richdad III, is not listed under “My Games”, then you have not actually joined yet. Go to search for contests, and search Richdad III (iii), and join this way. Make sure to that your trades are done under the game you desire, as it can get confusing managing a couple different contests at once.

1. People joining who have not registered – I made the error of creating the contest password free, and as a result there have been extra contestants in the contest that are unregistered. I will post up the list I have here, and if you find that your id is under this list and you registered, please notify me so we can update the database. All contestants that joined without registering are NOT eligible for prize money, and know that we will check all prize winners at the contest end with our database for registration verification. Here is the list of non-registered contestants:

• bailey1982


• siewping


• cnjsr


• FIN4CASH


• cromx101


• kettler


• dadalewis


• sled654


• Pfeiffer101


• Totalhome


• Nishantnehru


• Duffrey


• Marmaid


• Evidence


• Lapis


• Mpetro14
• Irishrbetter (From here down Added 10-19-05)
• btonar
• guats04
• blsh
• hdicdz
• andrewtraud
• calvinma
• jackbennett
• anton87
• wolf1000wolf
• iceberg1955

If you know who one of these IDs belongs to, please email me so we can get them on file. Please also note that creating a 2nd Id and re-entering the contest is prohibited. Prizes will only be credited to the winners with valid matching Investopedia IDs in our database. Thank you!

Regards,

Here are the prizes that are up for grabs in our latest contest "Richdad 3" There are 43 of us participating, so I wanted to be the first to wish everyone the best of luck. With a total of $150.00 raised for the contest, the disbursement is as follows.

1st=$62.31
2nd=$41.54
3rd=$27.69
4th=$18.46

These prizes were based on percentages that stay for all contests.

To Successful Learning,

Mark Zimmer

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Win a $15 Gift Certificate to Barnes and Nobles!!
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From October 1st to October 7th simply post up why you will win Richdad III on The Portal (under Richdad 3, 1st thread) or a good luck message (ex: "good luck from Michigan USA!") and you will be automatically entered to win a $15 gift certificate to Barnes and Nobles courtesy of me, Blain Reinkensmeyer, Richad III head coordinator!!

There is no purchase necessary, but you must be registered for Richdad III to be eligble to win. The thread will only be open during opening week of the contest (October 1st - 7th), and any late posts will not be accepted. The drawing will commence the weekend of October 8th and the winner will be announced on Monday, October 10th.

If you are not a member of The Portal, you do not have to register to post. You can post as a guest, but please make sure to include either your investopedia.com username or your full name so that I can identify you. You can get to the actual thread by clicking here, http://stocktrading101.proboards61.com/index.cgi?board=talk&action=display&thread=1127071640.

Any questions feel free to email me or post up a comment, otherwise remember opening week and have a great day! Thanks and always

To the future,

Here is how money will be disbursed for this and all future Richdad contests. Contestants must join prior to the contest start date (October 3rd) to be considered for cash prizes. People joining AFTER this date will still be allowed to take place in the contest, but they will not be considered for cash prizes.

-The top 10% will win cash prizes in each contest.

-Each “prize winner” will receive 50% more than the “prize winner” directly below them in the rankings.

Here is an example…

-Lets assume there are 50 contestants so 5 "winners" (50 X 10%)
1=5.0625
2=3.375
3=2.25
4=1.5
5=1
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13.1875

I got these numbers by assigning a number one for the last place (in our example that’s 5th place) and then by multiplying by %150 for the next place (or 1.5) each time.

(1 X 1.5=1.5 1.5 X 1.5=2.25 2.25 X 1.5=3.375 and finally 3.375 X 1.5=5.0625)

I then take all these number and add them together for a total of *13.1875*

Here we assume that we raised $500.00. We take 500 and divide by 13.1875 to get *37.91* (500/13.1875 = $37.91)

And finally we take the key number of $37.91 and multiply it by the number behind each place to see how much money they win.

1st =$191.92 (5.0625 X 37.91)
2nd = $127.95 (3.375 X 37.91)
3rd = $85.30 (2.25 X 37.91)
4th = $56.87 (1.5 X 37.91)
5th = $37.91 (1 X 37.91)
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$499.95 (due to rounding, so give them each and extra cent)

The advantage to this formula is that it can be applied to all contests, no matter how many people take place or how much money is raised.

If you are confused, don’t feel bad. Read though it a few times, and if you still have questions please email me at markdzimmer@yahoo.com

Good Luck With Everything!
MDZ

Registration for Richdad III is nearing the half way marker!! Though contestants can still register late, getting registered early insures you are trading in the contest opening day on (October 3rd, 2005). I am very proud to report that we already have 23 registered contestants and we are on way to break past 30!!! This is a huge accomplishment for the contest as it continues to grow in popularity. I want to say thank you to all those who added our contest blog in your forum signature and have kept our threads active in the Richdad forums. Look for a post later this week from Mark giving some information on how the prize money may be distributed. As always,

To the future,

As we are waiting for the contest to start, I thought it be a good idea to have some reading material for the people who want it. Feel free to recommend books that you think would help out in our learning experience. I will start out the list. Please try to keep these to books that deal with stock trading, since that is our main focus here.

"The Intelligent Investor"
By: Benjamin Graham

Good Luck With Everything!

Mark