Short Term Trading XMAS Weekend Lounge: 22 -26 Dec, page-102

Wonderful family day yesterday - who were all those distant relatives that all looked a bit older? Definitely ate far too much.

Just completed my second anniversary back in the market (I survived) .... I hope that was my apprenticeship served.

The last two years are best described as a trip to the bright lights of Las Vegas with ants in my pants.​

Couple of special thank yous. First to Minoil for running the 5 Grander.  The skill to sit on a stock and let it play out was definitely a skill I did not have. I bought AGY early on in the 5 Grander, and I'm still in it. I think fear of making myself look stupid on the forum is the only reason I never sold.

Second thank you is to Freehold for running the STT Tipping Competition. To have gone on a little hot streak and picked a couple of winners has done wonders for my self belief, and I thank you for the opportunity.

For those of you sitting on the sidelines, make a New Year's resolution to participate a little bit on the STT. There's a great bunch of posters here and we're all trying to learn and improve. You might be surprised at the benefits you'll get out of it.

I've now finished a four month process of trolling through the ASX codes and beating some of Las Vegas out of my system. I think it worked. I feel like crap. I have so little adrenalin or excitement now. So many stupid stocks, so many people on forums sitting on 90% losses waiting for a hail mary, so much smoke and mirrors and hype, so many stunning mind blowing Investor Presentations. The speccie end of the mining sector especially gives me the pips. So much BS. How some of the more experienced tipsters here sort through that minefield and pick the winners they do is quite extraordinary.

So after all that, I'm running with AGY, AVZ and FZO, and I've come up with a short list that I intend to focus on in 2018:

AGY, AVZ, ARE / AIS, AL8, AUZ, BSM, FCT, FZO, LTR, SYT, TAW

Hope you all had a great christmas, and wish you all the best for 2018.