Take one part failing company (VION), one part 100%+ surge within a few days ($1.25 to $2.50 in 2 days), add in a bushel of bitter shareholders (stock’s down from $28 in 3 years, ouch!), apply an overnight short position … Continue reading
Category Archives: Analogies
Sykes’ Saturday Seven: March 22nd, 2008 Edition
March 22, 2008 at 3:16 pm
by timothysykes
Techcrunch might be right about Inspectd.com being fun and addicting, but it sets a very very very very very very very bad example. The problem lay in the fact that pattern recognition is only part of the game, you also … Continue reading
Sykes' Saturday Seven: March 22nd, 2008 Edition
March 22, 2008 at 3:16 pm
by Timothy Sykes
Techcrunch might be right about Inspectd.com being fun and addicting, but it sets a very very very very very very very bad example. The problem lay in the fact that pattern recognition is only part of the game, you also … Continue reading
Why Bear Stearns And Every Other Brokerage Are Nothing More Than Scummy Peddlers
March 15, 2008 at 8:48 pm
by timothysykes
Normally I shy away from writing about all the “established” stocks out there, companies like Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC), especially when they’re covered by the WWF of financial media—CNBC (c’mon guys have me back on, I’ve been working on my … Continue reading
test.timothysykes.com Just The Latest POS Hype Play, aka Why PennyStocking Works
March 14, 2008 at 2:50 pm
by timothysykes
Publicly and privately, I’ve been getting asked by lots of people why I devoted so much blog/time to featuring Spitzer’s call girl when I’m really supposed to be teaching stock trading…more specifically, PennyStocking. The end result being a deluge of … Continue reading
TimothySykes.com Just The Latest POS Hype Play, aka Why PennyStocking Works
March 14, 2008 at 2:50 pm
by Timothy Sykes
Publicly and privately, I’ve been getting asked by lots of people why I devoted so much blog/time to featuring Spitzer’s call girl when I’m really supposed to be teaching stock trading…more specifically, PennyStocking. The end result being a deluge of … Continue reading
Oops, I Did It Again, I Got Scared Out Of My Trade Too Quickly
March 12, 2008 at 6:29 pm
by timothysykes
Oops!.. I Did It Again! Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah I think I did it again I got scared out of my trade too quickly Oh baby It might seem like I’m a … Continue reading
To Trust The Charts Or Not To Trust The Charts, That Is The Question
March 3, 2008 at 10:58 am
by timothysykes
“You can never step into the same river; for new waters are always flowing on to you.” –Heraclitis But back then, StockCharts.com wasn’t around so he couldn’t compare these 100-day charts of equally sketchy alternative energy plays Solarfun (SOLF) and … Continue reading
Hey, I May Be Stupid, But I’ve Got A Great Strategy, aka Anyone Can Do This!
February 28, 2008 at 1:26 pm
by timothysykes
TIM $16,006, Up $318, Bad Entry, Pathetic Exit, Decent Profit, Welcome To My Life How can anyone want to buy a crap stock—with thousands of bitter shareholders who bought in at much higher prices now looking to sell on any … Continue reading
The 1st Annual test.timothysykes.com Crap Company Chart Pattern Awards
February 19, 2008 at 2:31 pm
by timothysykes
Or for short, the TCCCP Awards…these awards are brought to you by the belief that all low priced stocks are complete crap. I can generalize every stock under $20 that way because out of the thousands that are out there, … Continue reading