• The All Ordinaries (XAO) was up 1.32%
• The best performing sector was health care up 12.85% followed by energy up 9.87%
• The worst performing sector was telecommunications down -16.30%  
• The top stock was WTC - WiseTech Global up 48.3% followed closely by SHV - Select Harvests up 48.15%
• The worst performing stock was RFG - Retail Food Group down -66.5% followed by AGI - Ainsworth Game Tech. down -44.17%
• 57% of players finished in profit with the average portfolio value being $50,481.
   

NATIONAL 1ST

1. Have you played the Game before? Yes, 2 times in 2007 and 2008 (it didn’t end well).
2. How many hours a day did you spend on the Game? Around 2 hours, but I always tried to check the market prior to the opening bell, and watch the Game during the first 30 minutes of each trading day.
3. How did you select your companies? I used top down analysis and tried to focus on buying good companies to minimise the risk of a surprise negative market update/announcement
4. What was your strategy / plan? Know thyself & believe in yourself - Buy good stocks in the trough - Have a stop loss in place - Let the winner runs – I would sell if I no longer believed in the stock, or if I thought there was a bigger opportunity to buy.
5. Did you stick to your plan? Mostly yes, as long as the strategy and market conditions didn’t change and the strategy continued to work. 
6. What if any charting Software did you use? Mostly just ASX Game charts and software from the stock broker I use.
7. How did you handle the market volatility? Because I understand the correlation (eg: beta) between my stocks and the ASX market – this helped. I felt I had selected stocks that would do well in all market conditions. 
8. What was the biggest lesson you have learnt? I learnt about day trading by observing those that seemed to almost never lose money, e.g. Kingcc’s portfolio. Can I hire you to invest my money? ;)
9. Anything else you think would help other players?There are many winners in this Game. If you have beaten the average market return during the same period, then congratulations you are a winner too. The winning formula consists of both skills and luck. Big shout to those who were once leaders. There are no losers in this Game if you don’t give up. Regardless of the market condition, there is always opportunity to be seized and someone will be making a profit. Be inspired, be inquisitive and never give up…

NATIONAL 2ND

1.  Have you played the Game before? This is my 5th year
2. How many hours a day did you spend on the Game? Research about 5 hours in total
3. How did you select your companies? Through Stock Doctor
4. What was your strategy / plan? Buy and hold
5. Did you stick to your plan? Yes
6. What if any charting Software did you use? Stock Doctor
7. How did you handle the market volatility? Never budged from my plan
8. Were you tempted to deviate from your plan? Never, I was actually waiting for the other players to panic.
9. What was the biggest lesson you have learnt? Good research through Stock Doctor is a Must.
10. And anything else you think would help other players? Never stop learning

NATIONAL 3RD

• Don’t be in a hurry to buy stocks.
• Put buy orders in at…prices based on the historical graph low points.
• Put sell orders in at a price you are comfortable with, e.g. work out what your appetite for risk is.
• Don’t buy stocks in the top 5 performing stocks for the day as by the time you buy, you have already missed the opportunity to purchase at a cheap price.
• If buying and selling for profit, ensure you are making sufficient gains to clearly cover the brokerage fees...
• Have fun with the Game, work out a strategy you are happy with and don’t be afraid to take risks.

League Winners

Under10 League Winner - Alcon

Are you ready for this?

Now that the ASX Sharemarket Game is over, it’s time to make your decision; are you ready to invest in the ASX using your hard-earned cash? 

It’s such a rewarding assets class, we hope you’re ready.

During the Game you may have learnt how to select fundamentally healthy stocks and the importance of having a strategy. 

Right now, the cycle is favouring quality growth and small cap stocks - the heartland of our Star Growth Stocks. To the end of May they have returned 27.96%^ over the past 12 months. Which is terrific. But, we know the market moves in cycles, and we’re in it for the long-term. Which means we’re delighted with our Star Growth Stocks p.a. returns of 18.61%^ over the past 22 years. This compares to the ASX All Ords which has delivered 9.07% p.a.
At Lincoln Stock Doctor, we know how to identify quality stocks and use strategies that work. It’s something we’d love to share with you.

So, if you’ve made the decision to invest in the ASX using real dollars, check out our Stock Doctor offers before 30 June. It has everything a DIY investor needs for long-term share market success.

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All figures, information and illustrations are as at 13 June 2018 unless stated otherwise.

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