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How My Blog Income Was $43,683 In January While My Trading Gains Amounted To $6, Yes $6

Posted by Timothy Sykes on Mon 23rd of Feb, 2009 03:20:00 PM

A big drop from my record $83k month in December and $70,000 in August 2008 and below I’ll tell you why…

January 2009: $43,683

$17,851 TIMalerts

$21,367 Instructional DVDs

$3,388 Advertising & Affiliates

$1,077 An American Hedge Fund

$6 Trading Profits

Notes:

The big drop wasn’t due so much to sales, sure, they were down a bit, but when you go on a monthlong European vacation, not to mention make some not-so-great trades, not to mention the economy is collapsing and several TIMalert subscribers just got laid off, that’s to be expected.

No, the big drop was due to affiliate/advertising, dropping from $29k to $3k, because we’ve gotten some big ass lump sum payments and last month aka the $80k and $70k months are totally due to those lump payments, otherwise my biz is yielding $40-50k/month, even less so far in February as I’m down 2.6% in my trading and some people think that means my strategy no longer works (we’ll see over time, just gotta beat Cramer/failing fund managers/value investors down 40-70% LOL)

After expenses, we’re talking about $35k in personal income for me, meaning my trip was all paid for as I was taking it…not that I’ll be taking any more trips anytime soon as we’ve got a bunch of new websites/tools and projects we’re working on to help the little people do better in the fraud-filled stock market.

You might laugh at my $6 in trading profits, but understand I was up over $2,000 in the first half of the month before I took on some rather dumb trades…it happens…unfortunately. If I was the manipulative marketing machine Motley Fool, I’d congratulate myself on beating the overall market which tanked nearly 10%, but I’m not so I won’t. This was a sad month for me and I will work harder on not screwing up like so many in this joke of an industry.

Ask any questions below and I will answer each and every one…I might do it grumpily, but I do it proudly too. Transparency first!

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  • Me, show me someone losing on my strategy and i'll post and detail it...kinda hard to lose $ when i say cut losses immediately, dont ya think?
  • Me
    Someone complaining about losing on penny stocks is pretty funny.

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  • Alex
    Lol, did "Francois" actually say he would "wait with BAITED breath"? What was he trying to catch? A trout? A Lion? God damned illiterates.
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    SEC doesn't care for you!
    SEC pick manipulations in a bag to see who they will sue, there are so many manipulations out there, so why they will care to baby Francois?
    Tim, do you think big stocks are manipulated too?
  • Francois, i never claimed to be a pro--in my book, dvds, blog, i always say i'm not a great trader & use message boards as research. i suggest u research a bit better next time, u make it too easy to see what kind of doofs invest in penny stocks
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    Stop blaming Tim for your losses, it's your fault for buying a piece of shit. There's no way his comment is what caused the stock to tank.
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    Francois is sucha crybaby

    to think the SEC is gona care about Francois's complaint after they gave all those executives/banks the go-ahead for basically causing this whole economic disaster. And this is considering that he actually brings anything to the SEC (which probably a fake lie lol)

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    Whow...What a pro you are! Can't believe it! I saw these links you've identified but thought, this can't be right...this guy calls himself a pro investor...has training videos...purport to make some money....seem to have smarts some of the time...so this is it? you published idiot rumors on your news letter based on what you found on the yahoo board??! no further research!??? This is your source? You're a pathetic moron...yea, you're right...you can't argue with these posts...you're absolved! Thanks for sending the exact links you based your "research" on, I needed it for my complaint to the SEC. I will also send a complete report to Converted Organics, if they have any money left I pray they sue your ass off for defamation. http://messages.finance.yahoo.com/Stocks_%28A_t...

    You've also erased my last email and deleted from your newsletter you well researched "rumor" on Converted Organics...way to go Tim!
  • Francois, go ahead and complain, cant argue with these posts:

    http://messages.finance.yahoo.com/Stocks_%28A_t...

    http://messages.finance.yahoo.com/Stocks_%28A_t...

    u are a terrible researcher, as evidenced by your continued denial of messages already posted before i retweeted. class dismissed
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    Re; Your post "$COIN crushed, rumor of $HD contract cancellation, hype only lasts so long, even Jim Blackman powerless, reality bites for sketchy companies” You can't find it anymore?!! been deleted? The yahoo board got it taken off? I tell you what, I read the Yahoo board on COIN everyday and the first time I saw this "rumor" was someone from the COIN yahoo board reporting you were spreading rumors... here's the link
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  • Francois
    just send me the link from which you based your comments on the rumor...the only one I've found is yours! I do have poor search abilities and I'm an idiot...maybe your Google is better then mine...anyways I'm waiting for your reply.
  • Francois, i didnt trade COIN, just reported what i read on message boards, hence me saying its a rumor...dont blame me for your miserable research abilities, anybody with the slightest bit of intelligence could spot the sketchiness a mile way...wake up and smell the BS man
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    I've asked you before to post me the link where you saw that Home Depot had canceled a contract with Converted Organics...searched twitter where you told me you found it...I can't find the info...can you send me the link "$COIN crushed, rumor of $HD contract cancellation, hype only lasts so long, even Jim Blackman powerless, reality bites for sketchy companies" by the way, I wrote a small post about you on the COIN's yahoo site, but it's not a "rumor" and I'll tell you up front, it's from me! Here it goes;

    Can a case be made for calling TimSkyke a profiteering lying psychopath!? Trying to gain by destroying the delicate fabric of starting companies up in their eyeballs in this economic mess but nevertheless, trying their best to produce a earth friendly fertilizer bent on doing something constructive...CO and all involved in COIN are doing honest work working long hours being productive member of the American industrial community. On the other hand we have these blood sucking profiteering morons praying on the weak and struggling companies, or unsophisticated investors, stabbing them in the back at the worst opportunities when they are down in order to provide short term financial reward to their own inflated egotistical greed...Skyke belongs to the soulless egotistical ever growing club of the Madoff, the Enron traders with their "burn baby burn" and others such as Ryder and all the assholes involved in the mortgage mess, the primary cause of this world crisis...unbridled greed only a psychopathic persona can perform and strive in...will Skyke become wealthy by destroying, lying and cheating, oblivious to the damage he causes to serious investors and indirectly, the US economy? Be interesting to see how he manages his personal life... Truly pathetic...the guy thinks he's a financial genius and provides training to a narrow breed of feeble minded followers! There is no hope!
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  • Phillip WTF are you talking about? when someone pays me for a monthly or annual subscription,t hats revenue for my month, seriously stop wasting my time, its people like u who are to blame for our economic problems, time to change buddy
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    Your reply basically admits what you claim to make is full of crap. The sad thing is you don't even realize you're a hipocrite. You rant and rave about transparency but you're just as shady as all the people you complain about. I have a suspicion you're charade won't last too much longer. You can't keep scamming people to buy your DVDs and Timalerts (where the vast majority of your money comes from) with the recent returns you've been making. Don't bother replying little Timmy. I made my point.
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    Man, I should have guess on this one. I would have been close. Nice to see you being so upbeat with all these nay sayers.

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