Comments on: A Review of Recent Picks

By: Peter Kowalczyk

Peter Kowalczyk — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 18:38:29 +0000

Still a few good picks though in there. Definitely money to have been made. I would wait on obliteror though its in m25. Probably towards the end of the draft window. Without modern support it wont ever get back to 10, but if you can find the basement price, I suspect you could probably get 2 tix increase off of it.

By: Peter Kowalczyk

Peter Kowalczyk — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 18:35:13 +0000

To matts point, Liliana has a very high spread. So while 15-20 tix sounds sexy, its probably closer to 10-15. Makes it an alright spec, but not a home run since its requires a lot of capital and you lose a lot to the spread. Also goatsbot have been selling Lili a few tickts lower than MTGOtraders which has been a problem for me.

By: David Schumann

David Schumann — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 15:20:33 +0000

I don’t do much speculation online, but you did seem to have good picks..I would point out that had any been included in A25..they surely would have been losses..it’s important to remember that there is always risk with speculation and it’s just as easy to get burned as it is to make a profit.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 05:37:46 +0000

Your math on the Daybreak Coronet spec is a little off. First, while the price may make it look like a double up, you are probably not a bot or a major store, and therefore will only be able to sell for the best buy price, which is actually 1.45. But that is only the buy price for the first 4 you sell, since most bots drop their buy price quite a bit for any cards after the first playset. So now just to get your 50% gain (0.9 to 1.45) you have to find 25 different bots to sell the 100 Coronets you bought. And not all of them are going to match that buy price of the highest buyer. The reality is that the price on cards like this has to triple or quadruple for you to get a true double up, and the work involved to sell off a bunch of these penny stocks makes it less attractive. Additionally, lower priced cards tend to have a much higher percentage spread between the buy and sell prices. The 1.45 buy price is 27% lower than the 2 ticket sell price, while cards that sell for 10 tix will usually have buy prices around 8.5 to 9 tix, which is only a 10-15% difference. This means the lower priced cards have to increase more for you see the same rate of return.