Over the past month the StockTwits Top 10 portfolio recovered strongly and is now ahead of the S&P 500 Index (SPX) for the year. The portfolio is up 4.3% while SPX is up 2.8% from the first Friday of the year.
It’s the first Friday of the month so it’s time for new picks. Here is a chart of the stocks that have the most support from the StockTwits community over the past month. The portfolio holds the top 10 each month.
Below is a performance chart and details of the April holdings. Note: I’ll update the exact prices sometime over the weekend.
| Start Date | Symbol | Shares | Start Price | Start Total | End Price | End Total | % Gain / Loss |
| 4/4/2014 | $AMD | 2712 | 4.01 | 10875.12 | 4.12 | 11173.44 | 2.74% |
| $MSFT | 237 | 39.87 | 9449.19 | 39.69 | 9406.53 | -0.45% | |
| $MU | 419 | 22.58 | 9461.02 | 26.31 | 11023.89 | 16.52% | |
| $AA | 881 | 12.63 | 11127.03 | 13.72 | 12087.32 | 8.63% | |
| $F | 587 | 16.13 | 9468.31 | 15.9 | 9333.30 | -1.43% | |
| $Z | 104 | 91.00 | 9464.00 | 106.86 | 11113.44 | 17.43% | |
| $T | 282 | 33.55 | 9461.10 | 35.63 | 10047.66 | 6.20% | |
| $JPM | 158 | 59.81 | 9449.98 | 55.58 | 8781.64 | -7.07% | |
| $GE | 410 | 26.13 | 10713.30 | 26.68 | 10938.80 | 2.10% | |
| $SPWR | 296 | 31.93 | 9451.28 | 33.98 | 10058.08 | 6.42% | |
| Cash | 56.56 | 56.56 | |||||
| Totals | 98976.89 | 104020.66 | 5.10% |
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Volatility Hedged Portfolio
