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4 New Plays…Definitely No COINs…Not Yet Anyway

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Now that COIN and COINW have tanked a remarkable 26% and 40%, respectively, in 2 days, making me sick to my stomach for taking my wimpy little 8% profit, it’s time to move on to new microcrap winners (COIN is donezo for me right now, I don’t try to guess big rebounds, once the bottom falls out, bounces are met by constant bitter naive sellers who bought higher…once COIN settles down though, it’s a prime candidate for a slow multi-day/week bleed back to the single digits, aka destiny, sorry pumpers, you did your jobs well, lemme know what stock you soulless bastards move onto next, gratzie!)

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There are thousands of microcraps and smallcraps out there, so how do I narrow my watchlist down each day? I just look for the most volatile stocks—namely those big daily % gainers—out there, ideally, those up on fluff news. Here are four that caught my eye over the weekend

Orbitz Worldwide (OWW)—reported pathetic earnings last Thursday morning, helping the stock lose 20%, cracking a 6-week base at $6. Summary: Business stinks. Their marketing stinks. Expedia is crushing them. Friday saw a little rebound helped by a typical Friday afternoon short squeeze into the market close. This one isn’t as volatile as I normally like, but if I can get a short off into any further spike, a 50 cent, or 10% drop seems likely.

SMF Energy (FUEL)—now that’s the chart of a failing company! Last ditch effort at financing announced last week aside, given these guys’ track record, it’s only a matter of time before they get back to their usual failing and the stock reacts in kind. A few years back, I shorted them after a big spike, now I’ll look to again, but keep in mind it’s not up enough yet and the marketcap is only $13mil. Lots of resistance at $1.25.

Fox Petroleum (FXPE)—another tiny oil and gas play, up solely on sketchy research reports. Read the latest report HERE. The disclaimer is too funny:

“SISM Research is being paid $1,750 per month by the company over a two-year period solely to ensure independent coverage.”

Welcome to the joke that is microcrap research and the reason why I’ll probly get killed one day.

Searchlight Minerals (SRCH)—sketchy startup metals microcrapper now with a $373 million marketcap and only 6 employees! They just did some financing back in January and February under $2, you can bet those investors are doing something to get the price up. When in doubt, expect the worst—that way you’ll never be let down! Judging by past spikes, it’s always been good to short into them, but be verrrrrrry verrrrrry careful, only $1 downside now, c’mon you private placement pinheads, get your stock up more so you can sell!

Since none of these look exceptional…yet…I won’t even waste your time or mine with their charts. Bad pumpers, do your jobs better and I’ll reward you by showcasing your work in my chart gallery! 3,000 daily visitors, and growing, trust me, get your stock up enough and I’ll make sure you the world hears about you!

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  • timsykes

    God, even though I’m not directly profiting, I am thoroughly enjoying this financial route, even lil trash talking ole me underestimated how screwed these companies are.

  • Tony Ellis

    Might close single digits!

  • Stan

    hey tim – after seeing the first few minutes of trading today you knew this thing was going to tank? why not get back into it and short again? why are u just giving up on coin so early?

  • Joey

    Tim, what do you think of shorting ABK? Wait for a bounce or hang in now?

  • timsykes

    i don’t short stocks 30% off their highs in 2 days, too much risk of spiking

    ABK is in finance, see my forum post as to how i will play any and all financial firms

  • be-the-ball

    tim,

    unsolicited advice here.. your forums are too cumbersome. I personally don’t have time to sort through 50 to 75 different threads looking for interesting nuggets.

    Look around at other blogs. Remember the shark tank. All had only one place for a continuous stream of posts. So much easier to keep up to date.

    Personally, I would shut down the forums and encourage this comments section to flourish. Or maybe leave one or two forums open for newbie questions and the like

  • Aaron

    Gotta hand it to the COIN pumpers. Inflating a penny company with no earnings and four employees to $17 deserves a trophy.

    Their MB is a great study in crowd behavior too. When the next COIN comes around and posters talk about mortgaging the house and farm to buy more it’s a good clue for shorts.

  • 5holeSAVE

    TIM -
    Loving the content recently it is ROCKIN – LOTS of good stuff for a newbie.

    I read BTB on some other sites too, and respectfully seek to modify his comment above…

    I agree there are a HUGE # of Forum divisions that might be consolidated, but for an anal(yst)-retentive info gatherer like myself, please don’t go to just one thread. I kinda see where you might be headed w/ it as is, so maybe it’s a case of 2much 2soon…

  • timsykes

    thanks for the suggestions guys, as u can see, we’re rolling out tons of new stuff, the forums are definitely not in their final state

  • be-the-ball

    5hole,

    you are probably right, but there should definitely, IMO, be only one place for trading ideas, having a different forum for each stock is very cumbersome…

  • Brian D

    Still holding my 500 short shares of STEN that I bought at 5.25.

  • Joe

    Hi Tim. What do you think of OWW now?

  • timsykes

    brian tell me you’re short sten, not long. if short, great job holding. if long, have u not been reading this blog?

    oww tanked perfectly, opportunity lost, too much crap goin on in my life, sux

  • Ryan

    What about CRDN?

  • Eric T

    Does anyone know why Gold prices are going higher while the US dollar slides even more?

  • Eric T

    oh shoot…I mean why gold prices are NOT going higher while the US dollar goes down even more.

  • Matt

    Declines in larger mining firms “have to do with a sell-off in the broader market. People are being forced to liquidate positions,” said Sean Brodrick, a natural resources analyst at Weiss Research. Hedge funds, forced to unwind position in convulsing credit markets, “sell what they can, not what they want to sell.”
    source:http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/gold-miners-steel-producers-copper/story.aspx?guid=%7B17E0D0AE%2DA7AB%2D48E3%2DB899%2D2E27077BE5F3%7D&dist=hplatest

  • Brian D

    I’m short STEN, played it on both sides. Wish I would of held on to DARA as well. Many of the big plays you mention on here I short then hold for a few days because they seem to do the same thing everytime. DARA and IDMI had been my big ones, but the STEN play just totally blew them out (can you say position oversizing?)

  • Brian D

    Wish I had oversize on DARA when it came to the long side I only managed to squeeze 10% out of my position on STEN whilst being long.

  • Eric T

    Matt – yea I read that article. However on bloomberg I read gold rises around the world. And they say gold is going to go higher.
    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aQHxPhODrJQg

  • Mavrick

    Tim should have been a little bit patient to keep his COINW short position to cover at close today!!! But that is coulda, shoulda, woulda…..at least he can be little patient probably covering half or 2/3 of the position next time.

  • Lisa

    Timmy!!! your entry price for shorting COIN was good!!!!
    just need to work on exit a little, and maybe add to winning position.
    coin closed 10.79, coinw 6.4, coinz 5.9.
    you would have made so much!!

    I know you’re busy, so i understand that you can’t trade that frequent.
    nevertheless, keep up the good work!!

  • http://www.brianlaesch.com Trott Felipe

    Best performance of Ben Affleck’s career.

  • timsykes

    yeah best entry of my life, worst exit, i’ll get it right eventually. for now, i’ll just pick em for u readers and u can choose to do with them what u like!

  • http://smallcapslingshot.blogspot.com/2008/03/taking-my-losses-and-moving-on.html SmallCapSlingshot

    I think FXPE is up because of the run up in crude prices, not the research report. It doesn’t matter to me why it keeps going up, I jumped in last week.

  • http://SRCH Golden Bull

    Be very careful shorting SRCH, unless you like getting a hot poker stick in the ass. Do some DD, see who put the money in and try going out to the site, the neighbor area sold for 1.8 billion by RTP to ABX, I always love the guys who skim the top of the water doing Due Diligence, 10MM ounces + will be in the works and please leave your comment without deleting it piker

  • timsykes

    i love these people that drink the kool aid and actually believe DD matters to microcraps! keep drinkin, don’t read my blog, pleaseeeeeeeeeeee, we need you to profit from!

  • Eliot Maker

    Whoever you idiot Eliot Trader are, you snob even don’t have guts to have your own website, haven’t even been able to prove you made money or you can make money (that anyone knows of)!! I don’t know Tim personally, but his trading strategy is excellent (perhaps the trades are not that great simply because of he is little impatient as his exit point on several trades). You snob can never ever be like Tim, no matter what you wrote here above. BTW, Tim, you could have covered COINW much lower, perhaps using trailing stop or OCO and partial covering rather than being impatient.

  • 5holeSAVE

    Couldn’t agree w/u more BTB – it’s hard for us newbies to understand where to put their questions about a specific pick / trade and not have it appear like a thread start on a real goer…
    I think it’s going to pan out in the near future tho
    Cheers

  • 5holeSAVE

    HAHAHA just read ET-the-hater’s post….

    Let’s see the color of your cabbage dude… back up your smack or get lost. If we wanted to read detractors there’s a million places we could look. OTOH – How many readers can say they’ve stacked some chedda because of stuff they’ve learned here?

  • http://www.livingoffdividends.com/2008/03/04/monthly-passive-income-crosses-2000-mark/ Living Off Dividends & Passive Income

    what do you think about GENC and SPG?

  • timsykes

    i think neither chart is clean/predictable, avoid

  • Joseph

    Eliot, stop hating! He posts his trades even before he executes them.

  • http://www.goodevalue.com Reaper

    nice. In 1k at 6.475

  • traderjoe7

    in 2k at 6.55

  • be the ball

    nice work triggering the breakout. you move markets now Tim!

    missed it as my phone always gets the text messages late for some reason….

  • AdamN

    Didn’t get the alert till it was at $6.70, but trying 1k at $6.75

  • Ostifari

    In @ 6.45, out @ 6.87 five minutes later

  • HopeSolo

    Got alert at 2:30 @ 6.40, tried to buy at 2:31 already at 6.80.

    Reaper getting the alerts the same time as us?

  • ehrof

    In at 6.60

  • http://www.goodevalue.com Reaper

    out at 6.85 for a quick $375. Would stay in but I have to find a place to live and work … gonna be moving in under a month now.

  • bill

    in at 6.44, 500 hundred shares.

  • http://www.goodevalue.com Reaper

    haha yes Hopesolo, some people get emails quicker than others sometimes. When you have a large email list that happens. I’m also very quick to buy it–if I like the play, I don’t even read the alert and just buy as long as it hasn’t moved too far from the alert.

  • t.pak

    damn i missed the reapalerts!!

  • bill

    is there a reaper alert?

  • Grant_Nowell

    Sat this one out was already 6.70 when I got the alert

  • HopeSolo

    Reaper, I’m not talking about emails, talking about text messages. It just seems funny, not even 30 seconds after the alert is sent, you’ve posted that you’ve bought it already, seems like you’re tipped off ahead of the alert.

  • t.pak

    yeah i have it, you dont bill??

  • ShadySam2

    HopeSolo – maybe your email is slow…I got the email alert at 2:28

  • traderjoe7

    Out + 370 in 20 minutes of work HAHA .Tim is there another entry point into it that you suggest

  • AdamN

    Reaper wasn’t the only one who got in quickly, check out the posts.

  • HopeSolo

    ShadySam2: My previous message said I was talking about text message.

  • Whistler2010

    bought 200 shs at 6.77 …as i was brushing my teeth and didnt read the email/alert until now..
    brushing my teeth cost me 30 cents :P

  • Ostifari

    Reaper also probably has his whole platform open and ready to trade the moment he gets the alert. I put my order in 12 seconds after I got the email.. in @ 6.45

  • http://www.goodevalue.com Reaper

    hopesolo – I got the email maybe 40 seconds before the text message. Texts from Tim have been slow the last month or so.

  • HopeSolo

    Must be my text messages that are late, my email came through at 2:28, text not until 2:30. damn it!

  • HopeSolo

    Reaper: Thanks. I was used to the texts being quicker so haven’t paid attention to the emails, I didn’t know the order reversed in the past month, lol, now I know.

  • Jay-Z

    In 625 shares at 6.80.

  • Scott W

    I would have got in around 6.50 but I had to re-login to my broker since I wasn’t using it. Ended up getting in at 6.74.

  • be the ball

    yeah, texts suck, email is inconsistent, such is life until the promised for 6 months real time TimAlerts rolls out, if ever….

    as tim would say, learn the patterns…lmao

  • http://www.kabam.com tbohen

    Whooo heres a testimonial Timmy!! I was with a customer when the alert came, so I was way late, scalped $35 fucking bucks before chickening out on the pullback!!! That will get you some subscribers I bet ;)

  • parabol64

    Bought 1000 @6.70 , sold at @6.90 for $180 profit.
    Couldn’t hold on longer as going out to dinner, and too afraid to hold overnight.
    If it breaks 7 I might get in again tomorrow.

    With this trade, and my first ever short (JVA) I’m up $250 on the day.
    More importantly, I’m learning the game.
    Thanks Tim!

  • ehrof

    sold at 6.82 gives me about 140 after commissions.

  • marcus87

    Short squeeze coming…. 1/2 day to cover…
    http://shortsqueeze.com/?symbol=cbou&submit=Short+Quote%99

  • be the ball

    what are you smoking marcus, that is a miniscule short interest…

  • marcus87

    what is a decent short interest? 5%?

  • be the ball

    pull up FEED marcus, for example, or GM or C or WFMI or CROX etc…

    need to see 15% to 20%

  • be the ball

    though it is really stock specific and where the price is on the chart matters a lot. I’d say the short interest in CBOU is a nonfactor. its a beautiful chart though

  • marcus87

    o I see. I’m still learning about shorting… only on the first DVD :( Is there a way to predict the amount of upside with a short percent of 20%? for example if short interest is 20% and the squeeze comes does the stock go up about 20%?

  • be the ball

    no, not at all marcus, no correlation at all.

    short interest in my opinion should only be used to :

    1) keep you out of shorting a stock you might be interested in that could squeeze against you

    2) as a secondary reason to get into a stock that is breaking out on a recognizable chart pattern

    Tim can chime in here as well, I am just one trader

  • be the ball

    CBOU odd action

  • SysFin

    CBOU has retraced to $6.60.

    Is that an opportunity to get in before the breakout?
    Or maybe an indicator that the breakout won’t happen?

  • bassman52

    im getting nervous on CBOU i only got 200 shares but have to hold overnight.

    serves me right if it really tanks lol

  • bp

    CBOU, still a buy? Looks like it is out of gas…

  • be the ball

    CBOU is prolly fine if it holds 6.4 to 6.5 but that pullback was rather sharp

  • http://www.test.timothysykes.com timothysykes

    CBOU looking fine, still above breakout point of 6.50, thats all that matters, the 20k sell at 6.70 scared out a ton of buyers, would be great if we can take that out by days end, but not crucial

  • avoigt_2000

    CISG breaking out

  • Tahoedreamer

    Worth buying at 6.50 still?

  • darkseraph

    yes

  • wallie123

    haha Tim i was thinking the same thing. I have yet to buy this stock because I missed the alert then i saw it fade and wanted to see if it was going to go below 6.5. I will probably buy right before the close as long as it can hold support.

  • Jay-Z

    Picked up another 575 shares at 6.62.

  • BuckeyeTrader82

    in CBOU for 250 shares

  • Jeff Moates

    CBOU is looking very good, bounced off support and looks to go into the close well above 6.50

  • http://www.kabam.com tbohen

    Fuck it, I’m back in for an overnight ride, I need something to keep me up all night worrying about..

  • Getshorty

    MAPP SHOOTING STAR ????

    O/N Short 500 MAPP at 12.95
    LONG 300 CBOU at crappy 6.81 entry

  • jeffryg21

    don’t feel bad. i got in at 6.75 when i got the very late text. im sure we will be alright:)

  • Getshorty

    AWESOME CBOU INTO THE CLOSE !!!

    HUGE GAP UP TOMOROW BABY !!!

  • Getshorty

    MAPP out of shorts to squeeze

  • http://www.kabam.com tbohen

    You jinxed it Shorty!!

  • jeffryg21

    Good job Jay-Z on those extra 575 shares

  • Jeff Moates

    Yeah, why;d you have to say anything Shorty?!?!? …idiot…

  • wallie123

    i got a shit ass entry into CBOU at 6.8. I am with you Tb i need something to keep me worrying all night.

  • Jay-Z

    Thanks jeffryg21.

  • dannb

    Im right with you guys @ 6.78….. sweet dreams

  • MikeNYC

    73 shares at $6.68 @3.20 PM, EST.

    What can I say? I’m a poor bastard. That’s 500 bucks I need for gruel and my dogfood dinners, so I hope this works out…..

    (Alert arrived at 2.28)

  • traderjoe7

    in 2k again at 6.77 Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck What did I do What did I do

  • comptalk

    Tim, need some more buy alerts over shorts. Shorts have been hard to get into in the last few days with T.O.S.

  • bassman52

    Comptalk Tim has alerted a ton of buys lately, more than he used to and on the blog most peeps post some great buys and breakouts… Like OCLS at 2.00 that was huge my friend and CBOU and MAPP and COT and AINV all really sweet buys

  • theladder

    Also bought 500 CBOU at a horrible entry of 6.81$ The chart is just beautiful.

  • http://www.kabam.com tbohen

    not applicable to CBOU at all but here is my recap on FEED, not worth doing a video over really but I just HAD to show off my new super cool intro video!! :)

    http://www.kabam.com/?p=2144

  • Tahoedreamer

    CNBC noted EXEL at the recap today…trading down (5.34) at the close but higher than yesterday (4.51 or so). Had a small spike today (to 5.70) on news of a partnership with Sanofi on cancer drugs. Sleeper pick?

  • comptalk

    Might of been before I got my sub. Hope more to come. 1500 @ 6.66 / 6.67.

  • DScottvb10

    TIM… or anyone…. exit points for CBOU….besides if volume fades…. etc..

  • TerranFirebat

    Got bored and shorted OGXI again.. Bought in at 20.24 thoguht it was a good deal cuz bats was selling 1000 shares at 12.25 on the level 2 LoL. Then the stock jumped to 20.60 and I was like WTF. I saw what looked like a double top which made me hold on. Sure enough it dropped back down and just when I was about to change my cover limit from 19.85 to 19.91 I saw the last order at 19.90 LoL. Refreshed my browser 5 sec later and my limit order was closed. Made a days pay in 1.5 hours.

  • TerranFirebat

    I’m with you guys on the short side when this stock tanks…

  • MikeNYC

    Anybody notice our old friend TEN has pretty much formed a perfect flag pattern on the daily’s?