Lesson from Kenny Rogers song: know when to hold and when to fold. Don't count your money while your sittin' at the table. Beside that, you should choose your positions better. How to do that? Read, study and learn how the market works and what sector the pros are moving money to. Will they continue to do that for a while (long enough to win this game)? Gotta watch the index. Invest like the pros from T. Rowe Price. You can find what they invest in by looking at their prospectus. They specialize in mutual funds, but they have a history of being good pickers. Look at the Yahoo! winners and losers site. Google and IPL financial sites to get some ideas. Find a good sector map on the Web. Study the colors to see which direction the money is flowing. Finally, I'd be real careful about following my advice. I ain't won this contest, ya know? 2ble finally, find out what the insiders at some hedge funds are doing with their money, if you can. And read the posts about this being a game, a learning game. Tomorrow you might be running your own hedge fund, if the gov't doesn't outlaw them in the future. 3ple finally, this site calls you a survivor. Be glad you have money to work with.