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TIMradio #3: Tom Sosnoff, Founder of Online Broker Thinkorswim
2008-05-09 20:21:00
As I sit here waiting for the near-inevitable crack in VRML’s stock price, I thought I’d offer up a podcast for your listening and learning pleasure: You’ve all heard me talk about how much I love and recommend Thinkorswim as a broker–not only do they have the best customer service/software, but they have solid borrows through Penson and most importantly, the people at the company actually try to help customers instead of ripping them off. Maybe that’s why there’s a Chicago-based firm, not NYC. So for TIMradio podcast #3, I was fortunate to have a fine little chat with the man behind the curtain, Thinkorswim’s founder himself, Tom Sosnoff. Besides being a legendary options trader and frequent industry speaker, he’s one hell of a laidback / good guy…one of the few out there…so I hope I can still be like him when I’m that rich! Somehow I think all that power and money will go to my head…we’ll see. Interv...
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10 Hot Stocks & Other Cynical Views On The Trashy World Of Penny Stocks
2008-05-09 13:44:00
VRML Still 1,300 Shares short @ $3.75 LGDI Both are supernovas, LGDI near its highs, but VRML still up waaay more %-wise???both have fading volume, both can still squeeze shorts even though they???ll probly fail. I???m short VRML cuz it???s up on stock promoters, ill-researched media story and best of all the company is a truly failing biotech microcrap in the same vein as REED, VION, DARA and PSTI???each of which also jumped 200%+ and have now retraced ALL of their gains (PSTI is only halfway, but give its also the newest) VRML coulda woulda shoulda gone negative on the day, cracking the key $3.40 yesterday, but they smartly issued a fluffy PR I won???t dignify linking to (they formed a committee)(you think they don’t know that would squeeze some shorts c’mon, this is the beauty of pumping–they don’t have actual business to tie them down, their business is getting the stock up!???still, after an initial spike, very nice gradual downtrending all day, great si...
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My 20 All-Time Favorite Finance Books (Part 1)
2008-05-08 22:10:00
These are my favs, ranked in order of how much of a fav they are–whether enjoyment or education-wise. You can see my whole 300 business library HERE (or at least what we’ve put up so far) Notice there are few ???How To??? books???I believe success is more about understanding the variables and players behind the scenes so you can adapt to the inevitable changes. So, I prefer autobiographies???experiences full of lessons told through the eyes of the experienced who???ve learned those lessons the hard way so you don???t have. Throw in a few financial history classics and some trading psychology gems and you???ve got yourself one hell of a financial education. Just order the whole lot of ???em, the cost of these books are a small price to pay for the money they???re gonna save you in the markets. Reminiscences of a Stock Operator - My all-time favorite book, not just because it???s quick, entertaining, meaningful, practical, inspirational and timeless???okay well, yeah bec...
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Why PennyStocking Is Not An Optional Course, It’s Required
2008-05-08 18:29:00
You know why I???m always promoting my 6-hour PennyStocking instructional DVD package? (See the first independent thorough review HERE) It???s definitely not about the money???not yet anyway???it???s to help teach you guys the rules of trading penny stocks that I???ve learned the hard way over the past 9 years. I???m giving you my battle-tested rules of engagement that I wish someone had given me when I first started or even now cuz anyone with a decade of market dominating success is someone worth listening to and learning from. Don???t say you???re gonna dip your toe in penny stocks and make some amateur error, writing it off as ???why penny stocks are like gambling??? or how it???s ???part of your penny stock education???. My DVD is your tuition???I should probly get it accredited or something???not the more expensive stupid trading losses! You want some examples? Fine, I???ve got plenty of them (people, I???m gonna use your comments not to be mean but to make examples out of yo...

A Short Seller’s Dozen: What Stocks Get Pumped, Must Come Down, Usual
2008-05-08 13:26:00
VRML Short 1,300 @$3.75 LGDI SUNV Getting up bright and early, I reserved shares in all three of these stocks to possibly short today, not knowing which I???d actually short. LGDI didn???t even trade for 5 minutes and when it did, it moved slower than an under-cooked lobster. SUNV didn???t breach the key $1.20 level until the afternoon (when I had no trades left), so it was all about VRML. I wanted to short into strength cuz it was a classic short covering rally from yesterday???s $1.75 pullback off the highs???given the magnitude of the declines and that it???s still up 300+% in a few days???on an ill-researched story thinking this near bankrupt company will do anything but go under???meant short sellers would be aggressive. Afraid I???d miss the probable pullback, I jumped the gun too early, shorting 1,300 shares at $3.75???as I watched it hang around $3.90 x $4 for another 30 min, I wasn???t very worried as the big buyer blocks were only on the bids???the wall of sellers at $4 ne...
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The Timothy Sykes / A Sponsor To Be Named Later College Tour 2008/2009
2008-05-07 21:18:00
After testing out my out my public speaking skills at University of Arizona, Rutgers University, University of Minnesota, Baruch College and Options University???s Online Trading Expo and receiving loud rounds of applause, more than one standing ovation and some great feedback (which you can see below), I???m ready to plan a national speaking tour! Students from the University of Maryland and University of Florida have already contacted me, but I wanna make one massive list right here so I can show sponsors and be all organized???somewhat. So, if you???re a college student, frat brother, president of college/high school organization, basically whoever is part of some big community whose minds I can warp, leave a comment below so we can put this thing together, either gonna be in Fall 208 or Spring 2009! Here’s just a sampling of the many testimonials: ???Attracting a diverse crowd of students from the University of Minnesota with varying levels of interest in Finance, Tim???s...
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Hey, Randall Lane, You Sick Twisted Son Of A Bitch, Remember Me?
2008-05-07 17:42:00
Photo Of Randall Lane By Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times Note: Aside from the last paragraph this post is written following the journalistic style of Randall Lane???treating assumptions and circumstantial evidence as fact. It???s cruel, amateurish and immature???oh yes, I know???but that basically sums this guy up so in order to help him grow up, he must be given a taste of his own medicine. To those who don???t care and just want stock picks???this is also a great lesson on how to pounce when your enemy is wounded, no different than the vultures who took out Bear or LTCM. Last time Randall Lane, editor-in-chief of Traitor Monthly was in Page Six, he was attacking a small-time trader (me) because his magazine staff fumbled, disinviting me from their little party at the last minute after we???d been discussing my covering the event for MSN Money for days. Clearly in the wrong, this balding bastard was forced to go on the offensive, charging my hedge fund???s losses were the ...
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Timmayyy???s 20 Totally Tubular Tickers To Trade Through Thinkorswim Today
2008-05-07 14:31:00
LGDI Still on watch for a break under $4, gonna be tough to do from here, today at least, actually consolidated well until the last 5 minutes???still wouldn???t be surprised to see a big 50 cent-$1 upwards spike or at least that’s what I be praying for, oh yah man! VRML Mistake of the millennium yesterday, still gonna be volatile ASIA Now that???s a breakout???PennyStocking DVD student and upcoming grandmaster Tony Ellis kindly alerted everyone to this and then proceeded to make a quick $1,200 in 3 minutes…That???s right, the DVD preaches that you should these pieces of junk on breakouts, too???just as I did with COIN back a few months ago during a live radio interview CSIQ Trying to do the same kind of breakout???doesn???t interest me in the least, would require waaaaay too much precious buying power SUNV Finally a stock that doesn???t require much buying power???but it does waste a precious trade, a double jewww yahhhh f$%# you to my friends over at the SEC for th...
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Controlling A Stupid Trading Mistake Means An Opportunity Lost
2008-05-07 02:47:00
Despite my rather long list of potential plays I posted this morning, I had two clear favorites???LGDI and VRML???two sketchy and failing, respectively, penny stocks that were up in excess of 100% over the past few days on fluffy news, a contract and a poorly researched NBC video claiming this near bankrupt company was gonna cure Ovarian Cancer (seriously, I can???t make this junk up), respectively again. So, at 7am (early bird gets the worm), I dutifully reserved 2,000 shares of each stock to short???as both were hard-to-borrow???putting my limit orders waaaaay above (or as high as my buying power would let me) their current price, LGDI at $5.49 and VRML at $3.99, intent on ratcheting the down if and when I wanted to short. Fearful of a large VRML price surge, I commented on my blog post at 9:36am ???cancelled my VRML order, not enough buying power to worry about it executing??? and focused on LGDI???as it was weak the day before. Tried shorting my 2,000 shares right near its weak...
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My Huffington Post Interview & Why My Readers Will Soon Be Richer Than
2008-05-06 20:50:00
Check it out HERE–it’s definitely a solid interview and it’s great when a reporter actually takes the time to make sure the facts are correct (yeah suck on that Randall Lane, I’ve got an article coming about you tomorrow!) PS Even though I screwed up today’s perfect PennyStocking plays rather royally–although controlled losses well–my analysis was dead on, so I’m pretty damn proud and happy that many of you readers banked. Here’s a quick and dirty rundown: PennyStocking student Davey and Mark shorted VRML around $4.60, Davey covering conservatively at $4.33, Mark still waiting to cover (as of the last comment saw). Ryan shorted some at $4.65 and $5, covering all at $3.70, posting a great comment ???With more than $3500 made in a single day today, I am up 72.86% up in 4 months. All this credit goes to our number one Tim!!??? But the gains weren???t limited to VRML alone. Tony Ellis banked $1,200 on COIN, Shthappns banked on UFPT...
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Stock Puppets: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Cutting Through Industr
2008-05-06 17:51:00
When I created this book-blog-DVD publishing business model that is BullShip Press, LLC, I figured I???d repeat my feat, become the top ranked / most popular guy on Covestor, show everyone exactly how to turn thousands into millions trading fantastically predictable penny stocks without using any leverage whatsoever, cut through all the industry corruption and ego, teach a few people and many former suckers how to profit from it, and piss a few others off by promoting my book An American Hedge Fund and instructional DVD PennyStock ing in EVERY blog post (cuz they???re that important / helpful / necessary and help cut down too many questions / emails I get). Everything???s been going well???and then, a few weeks ago, I discovered some bastard using a variation of my name, ???timsykus1??? on the animalistic Yahoo! message boards. I did some research and discovered the term for this kind of deceit is a ???sock puppet???. I thought, okay, that was bound to happen, ignore it. Flash forwa...
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15 Low Priced Stocks: Buy & Short Sell Some, Avoid Most, Despise Them A
2008-05-06 14:59:00
First, let???s get the fun / useless guessing game contest over with???with YHOO???s $24.37 closing price, there were 2 winners: Ann-Nan Lo $24.50 and DarkMatter $24.24???congrats guys! (UPDATE: Ann-Nan Lo has been disqualified cuz her winning guess was her second…wow, my readers are on top of things!) Now to business, stocks with predictable charts???doubt any of these topics will get 200+ comments, but gimme a few years to set you straight. Tons of plays, gonna be handicapped yet again by the SEC pattern day trading rule???all that handicapping inspired me to write one hell of a post, which I gotta vet with a lawyer??? VNDA Yes its bounced, but its a ton off its highs and it???s an earnings play, still watching it, doubt I???ll have the buying power to touch it, f$#@ you SEC! LGDI My top play for today, made $350 ayer, look to make more if and when it cracks $4.40 to the downside, could / should move fast when it cracks as that???ll put it slightly down on the day, potenti...
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Shorting Into Penny Stock Manipulation Works Wonders But The SEC Still Owes
2008-05-05 23:31:00
Going into today, as I posted pre-market, I thoroughly expected to short LGDI because it had all the right elements???junky company, big run-up, toxic SEC filings and new today no less than 12 paid-for stock promotion pieces! (somebody???s paying biiiig $ for those) So, I reserved 1,000 shares to short for the day. Been working myself dizzy lately so I looked forward to taking an early morning nap, but when this thing shot up from $4 to $4.75 before 9:45am???or a $140 million increase n top of its already thoroughly ridiculous $700 million marketcap???I couldn???t help but want to bet against it, excitably shorting 1,000 shares just off its highs at $4.62. I know, I know, in my PennyStock ing DVD, I preach again and again how important it is to wait until the afternoon to fade these suckers, but I am a trading addict so there???s really little hope for me. The good news is I???m an experienced addict so I never overdose???as undisciplined as this short was, it was a small position. J...
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Stop Trading So Much And Enjoy TIMpics, Talking Photos!
2008-05-05 20:07:00
Since incredible trading opportunities like LGDI today (see my reasoning / the play-by-play of my imperfect yet supremely profitable trade in THIS post /comments section) don???t come about every day, I decided this newly redesigned website would not only feature hardcore market / trading content, but also funny stuff, meant to occupy your time during market hours so you???re not tempted to trade the random crap, while also sending you subliminal messages to get you to buy my instructional DVD PennyStocking and book An American Hedge Fund…just kidding???or am I? Without further bloated introduction, I give you TIMpics! Forget about just regular photos???those are so 1990???these pictures have cool software that allows me to add audio bubbles so you can hear those pictured express their innermost feelings. Get ready cuz these are just the first batch…and soon you’ll be able to upload your own, winning TIMbucks / prizes for the funniest ones… The Peak???this...
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10 Hot Stocks: Hanging Out With All The Liars, Cheats And Frauds In Penny S
2008-05-05 14:40:00
Seeing all the soulless scumbags around me, I can???t help but feel like this guy???name the movie! LGDI.OB agri is so hot right now, great fluffy PR this morning, this is a solid pump???probly created by those who got cheap shares as disclosed in THIS toxic SEC filing just a few days ago???chart reminds me of NCEN from a few weeks ago???which dropped 40% off its highs, but patterns evolve (that???s right, you can???t just memorize patterns and then trade???you???ll get your ass handed to you, you actually gotta understand the variables that align to create them so you can ADAPT to change, as detailed in my instructional DVD Penny Stocking) (welcome to why this niche is different from all others aka my publishing business model) SUNV.OB Not enough time in the day to explain everything wrong with this company, its all just exemplified by this blatantly misleading press release, an interview for which they paid, no different from the half dozen mentions HERE for which the pumpers pai...
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Trading The Latest Hot Beverage Stock: Skinny Nutritional (SKNY.OB)
2008-05-05 02:11:00
Skinny Nutritional (SKNY.OB) (oxymoronic?) just launched the latest zero calorie water brand, Skinny Water, lured in some third-tier Coca Cola executive to serve on their board, basically entirely for his title (giving him 2mil shares–and many others many millions more–while unsuccessfully / humorously / amateurishly trying to ticker spam that announcement to get included in the Yahoo! news of Coca-Cola bottling (COKE), Pepsi (PEP) and of course Coca Cola (KO) (silly pumpers, for some strange reason, you guys haven???t read my book An American Hedge Fund, if you had, you???d know ticker spam is for kids???back in 1999-2000!), all the while trying to pitch themselves as the next Vitamin Water. Too bad this is the 3rd name for this turd of a shell company and it???s being promoted hardcore by all the usual suspects???think about how many girls with low self-confidence / who are worried about their weight will drink this, I can see the commercials now ???all you need is 1...
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The World’s First Billion Dollar Home Sucks! How Would You Spend It?
2008-05-04 20:21:00
Just saw THIS pathetically un-embeddable video coverage of the world???s first billion dollar home???which is actually gonna cost $2 billion???and I felt pretty sick to my stomach. Sure, it???s just a small fraction of the guy, Mukesh Ambani???s, India???s richest person, $43 billion net worth and he has every right to what he wants with his hard earned money, but I couldn???t help but wonder how $2 billion might be better spent. For instance, for just about the same price Mukesh coulda woulda shouldla bought Wendy???s, whose 6,000+ stores bring in just over $500 mil in revenue each year. Or maybe take on a new industry by buying hot hot hot company Nanosolar. Then again, I guess a badass house is better than just throwing $2 billion away as Merrill Lynch chose to do Me: luxury goods and I don???t see to get along too well???I always lose or break them all???so I???d probly spend the money expand on my Tulane scholarship, building a worldwide financial education program???start youn...
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Guess Yahoo’s Monday Closing Price, Win A Free Autographed Book!
2008-05-04 16:41:00
Since this YHOO/MSFT thing is such an absolute joke, little different from the Ashley Dupre affair and thanks to some solid brainstorming with my friends at TheLion.com, I was inspired to make it into a somewhat useful waste of time by doing a similarly themed giveaway: one free autographed copy of my book, An American Hedge Fund, to whoever guessed YHOO???s opening price Monday morning. But since great minds think alike, and the greater the mind, the quicker it thinks, Lindzon beat me to it, offering up some cool free yoga gear. The blogosphere ain???t about copying so to be unique / make it infinitely more difficult / random / annoying, to win an autographed copy of my book, leave a comment on this post guessing YHOO???s CLOSING price on Monday!
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Breaking News: Microsoft (MSFT) Withdraws Offer To Acquire Yahoo (YHOO)&hel
2008-05-04 02:29:00
I tried very hard not to cover this breaking news of Microsoft withdrawing their offer to acquire Yahoo ! as I believe it to be utterly useless for trading purposes, especially since we all know there’s gonna be 5,000 articles in the next 24 hours written about it, but the official press release contains some pretty funny stuff towards the end–at least for corporate speak–so it’d be rude of me not to share: I still believe even today that our offer remains the only alternative put forward that provides your stockholders full and fair value for their shares. By failing to reach an agreement with us, you and your stockholders have left significant value on the table. But clearly a deal is not to be. Thank you again for the time we have spent together discussing this. Sincerely yours, /s/ Steven A. Ballmer Yah, that’s just the end of the PR, but the rest of it basically just says you YHOO pricks shoulda taken our money and not been so greed...
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Sykes’ Saturday Seven: Watch Some Crazy Indians & Warren Buffett
2008-05-03 17:58:00
Berkshire Hathaway is gonna get taken apart next week as they missed on revenue estimates by $3 billion and took a $1.6 billion loss on derivatives???I like and respect Warren Buffett , but I do look forward to the pain this will cause his sissy value investor cult This video is tailor made for the narrow-minded value investors out there???while this looks pretty crazy to us, it???s a multi-century tradition older than our entire egotistical culture: Perruna???s got a cool stock screen Yahoo! message boards are where the financial plebs gather???I just post there to get hits, to entertain myself and cut through all the BS pumping, see what I mean HERE Uh oh, little Timmayyy???s got some pretty cool sponsors now: Speedtrader (better than Speedracer) GFT (aka great for trading) Optimus Prime (Yup, the Transformer) Thinkorswim (broker I use and recommend) and Thousand Dollar Profits…If you wanna be on this list, all you gotta do is SAY PLEASE! Iron Man is getting some great re...
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How I Screwed Up These Two Near-Perfect Calls To Sell Short
2008-05-03 00:22:00
Take a look at my latest two trades???shorting 1,200 shares of probable-fraud spam-happy BSHF into a morning dip at $2.55 and 1,000 shares of failing business-so-let???s-float-a-takeover-rumo r VM into a nasty slightly negative close yesterday at $4.01???both of which tanked 15%+ within a few hours of market action of my shorting. Great calls to be sure, but I somehow managed to screwed both up–and judging from the comments, I’m glad many of you guys did better! Unfortunately, the BSHF pattern appeared the day before this new website went live and since it didn???t tank in the early morning EXACTLY like I wanted, I covered for a $75 loss since I had a million things to do to make the launch. Didn’t feel guilty about it until later in the day when it tanked 50 cents/share in a perfect representation of a spam stock falling apart! Sad sad sad, but one of those rare unavoidable situations. I have no excuse for taking quick 5 cents/share profits on VM–just my fer...
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TIMradio #2: Cameron Fous, TheTechnicaltrader.net, Another Successful Micro
2008-05-02 21:33:00
All right, stop, collaborate and listen, TIMradio is back with a brand new edition…everybody give a warm round of page views to Cameron Fous of TheTechnicalTrader.net who not only plays microcap stocks from the opposite side as me–meaning he buys them on the way up–he’s in Idaho or some weird place like that, he’s younger and a better trader than me (except the last 2 weeks, haha suck on that Fous!)–with his account up 450%+ in 2 years. Interview with Cameron Fous of TheTechnicalTrader.net
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Is Dennis Gartman A Classy Pump And Dumper? You Be The Judge
2008-05-02 17:34:00
Let???s see what you guys think: after I labeled him a ???classy pump and dumper??? in THIS post, Dennis Gartman, the man himself, was kind/brave/classy enough to post this comment under that post: Tim, I take rather strong exception to your comment referring to me as a ???Pump and Dumper.??? That is simply not true. I know of no one in the industry who puts forth his positions in the funds managed or the personal trading accounts run that are as transparent and as clear as are mine. Rather than ???pump and dump??? COIN last time, I bought it and ended up losing a goodly sum of money??? Indeed, that was the largest loss I???ve had this year, although I remain up 7% for the year-to-date, and was up a bit more than 22% last year, and nearly that same amount the year before that, and the year before that. Oh, and the fund I manage in Canada is up 29% from its inception last April, so clearly I have some modest abilities in the arena of investing/trading. At any rate, I have indeed boug...
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10 Hot Stocks And Why It Might Be Fun To Short Sell Them
2008-05-02 15:10:00
VM After missing out on perfect 10%+ afternoon fades both Wednesday and yesterday (dan you publishing business model!), I shorted 1,000 shares at $4.01 into the market close yesterday???while I???d have preferred to short into some kind of bounce???as it might bounce a bit early today???this thing had too many things going for it: first down day, filling the gap perfectly, after a multi-day runup smack into resistance, a strong long-term downtrend, a history of rolling over after spikes, a failing business, upcoming earnings (where they???ll probly fail some more, as is their tendency)???there are buyout rumors so it???s not an ideal play, but I???ve learned to trust chart patterns much more than humans. It???s really gotta crack $4???if it does, stop losses and the chart pattern should bring it down to $3.6-$3.75 eassssy???not as much downside potential as I like here though and given the tough environment lately, I???ll play this one somewhat safe MESA Nice gradual intraday and...
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TIM 6 Month Review: Earn 47% While The Markets Drop 10%
2008-05-01 08:57:00
Yup, that???s right, tiny, loud mouthed, mistake-celebrating TIM just busted a cap in the ass of the joke that is the financial industry by implementing my own brand of PennyStocking, or short selling penny stocks, a niche that???s supposedly random/akin to gambling and according to Forbes??? oh so popular Investopedia, in their definition of short selling, impossible to short sell! Screw them, the graph below says it all: Maybe in the future more attention will be paid to this accurate definition of short selling???written by somebody who???s made millions from this strategy instead of some wannabe who???s just the latest journalist joker???you guys remember Sri, the theater major over at CNBC (fired yet?) and TheStreet.com guy who wrote about a product the company had already sold (fired yet?)! How could we forget???after all, their jokes have been very profitable for me and my readers. Sorry, I digress???my blood is boiling from the amount of misinformation out there???this is a...
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Trading Means Never Having To Say You’re Sorry
2008-04-29 23:34:00
It’s trades like MXC that really make my blood boil. While PDO was a near perfect trade—even though I profited 30 cents/share, it’s now down $1.25ish just 1 day later (gotta love not being willing to risk it while traveling!)—as I posted, I never meant to enter MXC at all so this morning I just played it safe—as usual, lately—covering at the open at $10.50. Sure, now it’s already dropped down to $9.25 and this could be the ultimate top, but also at the open, somebody bought 10k at $10.80 and there was no telling if a big squeeze would be on or not and since it’s definitely not an ideal trade, I wasn’t about to double up. Neither my poor exit—in hindsight—nor the $260ish loss pain me—it’s the fact that I was even in this in the first place that’s gonna sting for a while (even though by now I’ve learned stupid mistakes will happen). Cuz as you guys know, my niche strategy is always under the microscope so I take pride in reaching in-your-face-suckas-...
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Nominations Due This Thursday For The Timothy Sykes Award For Students Who
2008-04-29 18:47:00
That’s right, it’s that time of year again…my annual award is open to ALL Tulane students, faculty AND alumni–it’s not academic or athletic–there are waaaay too many of those–this is for anybody who’s even the least bit talented or passionate about ANYTHING. Past winners include a girl who builds big ass boats from scratch, a karate champion, a guy who created a successful magazine, a sculptor and a special effects artist. So if you’re connected to Tulane any way, you’re eligible and if you get the campus emails, you probly already know…this is just your last chance to apply…or you’ll have to wait a whole nother year to get any of my $! See the official award description/details below: We are happy to announce 2008 is the fifth year for this very different award at Tulane University – The Timothy Sykes Daytrading Award for the Talented.  Open to any member of the Tulane community – student, faculty...
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A Speech, A Mistake And A Bunch Of Stocks Breaking Out
2008-04-29 15:14:00
Speech at U of M went well last night, 100 or so in attendance, pics and maybe even some video to come shortly—some Dealbreaker loser live blogged it in the comments section of THIS post (although misquoting / drawing the wrong conclusions aka guy has a bright future as an ANALyst!) God, I love speaking, don’t be shy, contact me, cost is only $1k + travel and book me…workin’ on getting a national college tour going in the fall or next spring… Unfortunately, no time to pretend to be back in school and party with everyone afterward, waaaay behind on the new site that goes live on Thursday…lots of potential plays just to rub in that I’m traveling back to NYC later today, the market has a funny sense of humor. Now as one of the first PennyStocking students and the leading contender to become a millionaire using my strategies (giving me all the marketing ammo I’ll ever need wooo hahahahaha) Tony Ellis, posted first in the comments section of THIS post yesterday (pre-marke...
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A Decent Profit From The Airport Lounge, Now I’m Up 50% In 6 Months, Jeww
2008-04-28 22:35:00
First time around shorting sketchy-100-year-old-oil-company-that’s -watched-the-world-go-by PDO, I barely made anything before it spiked hardcore and proved itself to be a full fledged Supernova, squeezing those stubborn short sellers who didn’t purchase my instructional DVD PennyStocking (or else they’d have cut their losses quickly) and putting the stock on my back burner as a potential short. So why today—when I knew I’d be hopping all over the place on planes, trains and automobiles during market hours—would I look to trade this sucker? Simple: cuz I’ve got years of experience trading while traveling and considering this is the 3rd day short-squeeze-induced runup inside of a larger 8-day commodity-related runup, the odds favored an intraday breakdown of some kind—large or small would be determined by stop losses, fear, commodity prices and volume. … [visit site to read more]
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A Decent Profit From The Airport Lounge, Now I’m Up 50% In 6 Months,
2008-04-28 22:35:00
First time around shorting sketchy-100-year-old-oil-company-that???s -watched-the-world-go-by PDO, I barely made anything before it spiked hardcore and proved itself to be a full fledged Supernova, squeezing those stubborn short sellers who didn???t purchase my instructional DVD PennyStocking (or else they???d have cut their losses quickly) and putting the stock on my back burner as a potential short. So why today???when I knew I???d be hopping all over the place on planes, trains and automobiles during market hours???would I look to trade this sucker? Simple: cuz I???ve got years of experience trading while traveling and considering this is the 3rd day short-squeeze-induced runup inside of a larger 8-day commodity-related runup, the odds favored an intraday breakdown of some kind???large or small would be determined by stop losses, fear, commodity prices and volume. Mind you I was also watching fellow 8-day speculative AMEX oil runner MXC for a possible short???reserving 500 shares ...
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