13.45%...pfft...
They were in stock sims but senior year of high school I turned $100,000 into $231,000 I think it was in 10 weeks with a 100 trade maximum. I took first in state and got an all expense paid trip to NYC and also got to tour the floor of the NYSE during the opening hour of trading and had breakfast with several guys that trade on the floor. Also met Bob Pasani from CNBC.
I was the PMG (portfolio management group) stock sim here at college last year. Turned 50k into 121k (i think it was) during about a 3 month time span. 2nd place had like 55k.
Only real life stock trades were with the dangerous penny stocks. First 5 months trading I went from $3,000 to $6,000. GZFX from .0334 to .175 high, QBID in at .0019 out at .0167, TALL (not ATVE) in at .014 out at .033. Those were some of my biggest winners. However, my 5 month double quickly went down and my portfolio is now basically worthless. If/when I get back into trading stocks it will be when I have more capital and can invest $2,000-$5,000 minimum in a stock and it won't be the penny stocks.
Some stocks my friend has been doing well in (and has real money in)....CNXT in at 2.46 average, GW in at 7.70 out at 8.50, I think he bougth PPHM a couple days ago at 1.07. Couple stocks I had in last semesters PMG simulation were CNXT, JDSU, and SONS which all went up quite a bit after the simulation ended.
As long as eBay keeps going strong for me, I don't need to participate in the real life leagalized gambling that is the stock market. I'm sure I'll get back into the game sooner or later though!