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Fantasy Earnings Trader results -- week 4

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- It's the fourth and final week of the third quarter's Fantasy Earnings Trader contest, and as you might expect at this stage of the game, the rankings for both the week, and the overall competition, are similar. So much so, in fact, that the top three in both cases are the same players in the same order.

The overall winner for the third-quarter game, as well as the number one player for week four, was Lawrence-lugar, who parlayed a sizeable short in Rosetta Stone(RST) , along with a not-insignificant bet to the downside in Office Depot(ODP) , to a $23,000-plus gain for the week. This move helped Lawrence-lugar attain a robust $543,157 net worth after four weeks, and the top overall spot for the quarter.

Our number two finisher for both the week and quarter was also a major bettor to the downside in RST. Ohlrich saw a nearly 17% gain in RST, which, combined with a smaller move in Changyou.com(CYOU) , helped the player to a $21,756 gain for the week, and a $541,756 net worth for the quarter.

Notable moves in both Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI) and JCPenney (JCP) were a big help in bringing parcod into third place for both the fourth week and the overall third-quarter standings. JCPenney and Sirius Satellite Radio both saw 10%-plus moves for the week, bringing in nearly $20,000 for the five days and boosting parcod into third place overall by a mere six dollars over Jims1314, our fourth-place finisher for the quarter.

That wraps up the results for the third-quarter Fantasy Earnings Trader. Thanks to everyone who participated, and remember that there's still one more quarter in 2012 for you to show your trading prowess at Fantasy Earnings Trader, so be sure to sign up!