I find value in the contest. No contest is perfect. I think SSKILLZ1 moved to a contest with some limited trading because that is how many on the board invest and maybe they wouldn't participate if they couldn't trade, or maybe it's just the way he invests. And since he does all the work I'm happy with whatever contest he comes up with (thank you SSKILLZ1).
I see names in the contest that I rarely see on the board, and they are complete with entry and exit times (which you don't get on the board most of the time)
And in that light here is some contest meta-analysis I will share that I did a few contests back (ending with contest 16). There is no one way to do ordinal ranking so take it with a grain of salt. You can also see I didn't fix all the duplicates in the data. I may have made some other errors. I think I did an average placement.
Valuemind - you score near the top of the list because you did well in the 2 contests you participated in, so I take a good look at your names (and I'm glad I had some overlap with you on this contest).
I see you also came in near the top on contest 19, so you would still be near the top if I updated it - to me that's quite a feat. The more contests one participates in, the harder it is to stay at the top.
KiK is the uber rockstar.
name contest_count rank/rank_max_avg
NOVICETRADER 2 0.06
KNOWLEDGE IS KING 1 0.12
UNEZ2 1 0.16
ABH3VT 1 0.16
KNOWLEDGEISKING 15 0.21
BLADERUNNER1717 3 0.22
VALUEMIND 2 0.23
AVANDALAY05 2 0.26
MR SHEEP 1 0.26
JDC 7 0.31
SWICK984 11 0.31
MR SHEEP (W/O CASH) 2 0.32
HWEB2 16 0.33
TEOMAX 3 0.34
TEOMAX 1 0.35
MUDTURTLE 1 0.36
ZENVESTING 13 0.36
ST TRADER 2 0.37
HITEX 13 0.37
SSKILLZ1 16 0.38
DR. AIRTIME 8 0.39
ROSTERMAN 5 0.40
ECOBLOT 9 0.41
MR. SHEEP (W/O Cash) 2 0.41
CPTMATT 9 0.41
LISG 1 0.42
OTCBARGAINS 12 0.43
WADEGARRET 15 0.43
CLIFFVB 8 0.44
GHMM 4 0.45
BULLNBEAR52 16 0.45
MASTERBLASTR 13 0.46
CLEVERROX 2 0.46
NORTH40000 12 0.47
BOBWINS 1 0.47
DMMM 5 0.47
RESEARCHER59 16 0.47
HARDCORE 10 0.48
TIKA1 10 0.48
GREENACCOUNTINGBEEN 3 0.48
LINUSPOP 14 0.48
E-ORE 15 0.50
CHECKMATE28 9 0.50
BOBKUBECCA 7 0.50
3XBUBU 8 0.50
NATSTOCKS 5 0.50
BEIGLEDOG 4 0.51
BOBKUBECKA 2 0.51
URANIUM 11 0.52
GISTHEMAN 10 0.52
MR SHEEP 1 0.53
ROCKETEER357 16 0.53
NSOMNIYAK 16 0.53
EZ2 12 0.54
RRAT02 1 0.54
OBRIEN 5 0.54
WORTHYLION 14 0.54
MR. SHEEP 14 0.54
INSIDERBR 5 0.54
MR. SHEEP (W/O CASH) 9 0.54
CARTONET 7 0.54
RADO 7 0.55
WYOBUFORD 8 0.55
BOBWINS 15 0.55
MIKEO56 3 0.55
BBOTCS 15 0.55
YIELDDUDE 8 0.56
STARKD748 2 0.56
GILEAD23 1 0.56
BRUINSFAN4EVER 1 0.56
STEVENRISK 12 0.56
STEVESCHIETS 12 0.56
STOCKS4JOHN 5 0.57
WADEGAARET 1 0.57
DIGITECH 14 0.57
JASONAK 4 0.58
RAWNOC 2 0.58
BLACKCAT 15 0.58
MICK 2 0.58
VALUE1008 15 0.59
LARRYBAZ 3 0.59
2MORROWSGAINS 10 0.59
STEVE SCHIETS 3 0.59
SEMINOLE RED 16 0.59
NORWEGER1979 4 0.60
TWTYBRD 2 0.60
GOLD80302 12 0.61
SWANLINBAR 4 0.61
RONPOPEIL 1 0.62
HOMERROMER 2 0.63
MICHAM2012 6 0.63
AUGUSTAFRIENDS 4 0.63
DEADJIM 5 0.65
SQUINTZ76 1 0.65
WILDBILLY 3 0.65
MIKEDDKING 1 0.68
MRFENCE 1 0.68
ECON STUDENT 3 0.69
NELSON1234 1 0.70
JB3729 7 0.71
THEFASTONE 5 0.72
STOCKPEEKER 1 0.72
ROCKETRED 1 0.74
STOCK_OBSERVER_77 2 0.75
HAWKEYE_TT 12 0.77
10BAGGER 2 0.78
TRENT BLAIR 2 0.78
HAWKEYE_ TT 1 0.79
STEVECHIETS 1 0.79
KIPP440 1 0.81
STOCKMASTERJGV 1 0.83
ROGUEDOLPHIN 1 0.86
STEELEDGE 5 0.86
SWAMPBOOTS 3 0.90
BRUINFAN4EVER 1 0.92
RNSIDERSBUYING 1 0.92
MALC STONE 3 0.93
FADE 1 0.94
BOB STOCKS 1 0.96
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