As I detailed in THIS post my reasoning for shorting APII, the odds caught up with them–them being an incompetent poorly run company, as evidenced by too many “earnings statements” & that nasty long-term stock chart–as they reported their latest shitty/bankruptcy-esque earnings.
Stock up 700% in 1 month + shitty earnings = inevitable bigtime tank
I knew entering my short ahead of earnings was risky, as I wrote in this TIMalert sent to subscribers when the stock was at $3.30:
yes the volume has faded, yes its finally red on the day, yes, it just took out the day low, but this is dangerous with earnings coming out tomorrow. i prefer to live dangerously. but that’s just me. no idea how long i’ll hold, could be 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week, i am aiming for a crack ofyesterday’s lows as that would make me feel very comfortable holding overnight, but we’ll see…the key is to judge these plays by price action, enter when you’re comfortable, exit when you’re not, always try to minimize losses.
…but that risk paid off
…which is the definition of a good trade: understanding one’s risk…Personally, I didn’t think it would collapse so quickly–most don’t, but my last 2 TIMalert shorts on USS and MKTY (see how they fared HERE) prove the current market environment loves punishing these turds–so when I covered into the morning panic at $2.66 for a $1,200 gain (5 minutes later stock was at $2.20ish…right now it’s sitting at $1.80…blehhhhh $1,500 profits left on the table) but I just wanted to get over $25k) pushing my tiny TIM account over the key–at least according to Osama bin SEC (see explanation HERE)–$25,000 threshold to $25,716, up 9% on the month, 107% since I started this quest back in November 2007. Which I do have to mention crushes ANY return of ANY newsletter writer/gruru/expert–percent-wise–especially considering all my trades are verified by Covestor, all trades are detailed HERE and I’ve made plenty of mistakes along the way aka haters got nothinnnnnnn!
PS Haters, learn to attack you’re opponent when he’s down, not when he’s just made his single greatest call to-date and has these ridiculously amazing TIMalert testimonials (see all the rest from previous alerts HERE) below to back him up and drown out the small losses–think average loss of $100–when he was too early with his short the first time around:
I’ve got other things I need to do. I closed my last APII shorts. Total profit: $3267.55.
-Reaper
This profit was cost of 3.35 average, buy back at 2.03, so $1304 plus the $934 I’ve already made, so total of $2238 thus far. Still holding 2K short.
-David H.
Thanks Tim on APII. I made 1500 from this trade
-Sundar
This was my first TIMalert and so far I’m up $1,800 (1500 short at avg. 3.35).
-MB
I covered mine at around $2.45. Made enough to pay for Tim’s PennyStocking DVD that I ordered a couple of weeks ago plus now I made enough to also pay for TIMalerts for a year!
-NG
a nice profit off $241.50. Thanks for helping a college student with a poor paying internship out….you tought me more in a few weeks than Merrill Lynch has in a few months!
-M
Short 300 shares at 3.147 covered at 2.254 for a profit of $247.90 after fees… To date I am up $469.80 since joining TIMalerts starting with a $2k account.
-YG
just covered 500 APII $427 profit on my first TIM trade. You’re the man Tim!
-JP
Covered 800 shares @ 2.37 $664 profit on my first TIM trade. Thank you
-Todd
I shorted in afterhours (500 shares at $3.00). I covered at 2.27 within minutes of market open. Awesome gain!
-patel
Tim you made $1000 in roughly 45 minutes of the market open!
-Plombardo
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