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February 22, 2010 – Comments (5) | RELATED TICKERS: TRLG , IQNT , KEQU

Just a quick update on my real money positions (some big changes since my last post).

MIDD

SPTN

AMSG

MDF

MIR

DRC

ENDP

JCOM

QCOR

CVH

KEQU

TRLG

TNDM

AIRT

AMED

GME

IPHS

ISNS

KTII (Planning on selling soon)

POWL

SIGM

TSRA

DCP

Thats 23 positions which is pretty much right where I want it. As always, these picks are based off of the anticitrade stock analysis model (still free) and an additional 10 minutes of research.

My Motley Fool account is 100% based on the antictrade website with zero personal research. Historically I have been pretty slow to update my Motley Fool picks, but I am going to try a new method which will entail updating the portfolio about once a week. Unfortunately, it's possible that a few active picks will not be currently recommended by my model, this is done to account for the significant impact that accuracy makes in the rankings (essentially, I won't be ending picks that are only slightly negative). However, as always, I will not end picks prematurely simply to bank accuracy.

Overall, I believe my system is still working. This gives me almost a year of positive results both for my Motley Fool portfolio and my real money invested using this methodology.

In related news, I improved the efficiency of my analysis (previously it took my computer 72 hours to complete, and now only 8) so I will begin experimenting more with foreign stock exchanges... First up will be the Germans.

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#1) On February 22, 2010 at 3:23 PM, portefeuille (99.74) wrote:

First up will be the Germans.

great. sorry for not having been of any help with those yet. i think i promised to help you in some way. feel free to ask me for translations or whatever you need for those. maybe i will be of some help after all ...

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#2) On February 22, 2010 at 3:45 PM, anticitrade (99.58) wrote:

Thanks,

I will probably get to this tonight. I suspect it won't be much more work than finding German stock exchanges and lists of ticker symbols. For some reason, finding accurate lists of ticker symbols is not a trivial task. Any suggestions?

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#3) On February 22, 2010 at 4:32 PM, portefeuille (99.74) wrote:

yes, that might be a problem as they are often referenced using the WKN (Wertpapierkennummer). A good site is this.

a list with ticker symbols.

the main indices are DAX(1,2,3), MDAX(1,2,3), TECDAX(1,2,3), SDAX(1,2,3).

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#4) On February 22, 2010 at 10:47 PM, anticitrade (99.58) wrote:

Thanks port. The code is written, but it is pretty ugly. The central problem is accurately identifying these companies when they come from various exchanges and various countries.

I am processing about 2,000 stocks (all from the "interactive broker" link that port provided). My first run through is for companies listed on German exchanges. I should have something by tomorrow night.

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#5) On February 23, 2010 at 10:16 PM, anticitrade (99.58) wrote: