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My Latest AOL Article: As Brocccoli Is To Your Health, Short Selling Is To Your Wealth
Posted by timothysykes on Mon 23rd of Jun, 2008 11:16:16 AM
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With the overall markets crumbling, the Dow trying desperately to keep from breaking its 2008 lows, I’m getting more and more emails from people getting all worked up trying to find a good stock in which to park their money. Considering I’m an opportunistic short seller who chastises investors for naively thinking they’re smart/lucky enough to pick one or more of the 50% of stocks that move higher each year (yup, 50% drop each and every year, your odds suck you friggin addicts), you regular readers know how amusing this is to me.
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My Latest AOL Finance Article: True Religion Apparel, Inc. (TRLG)
Posted by timothysykes on Tue 27th of May, 2008 11:51:17 AM Sponsor Offer:
I’m a short seller so I’m lookin’ and lookin’ for stuff to short and other than KYUS, which had no shares available…anywhere…today at least, all I seem to find lately are perfect breakout plays of real companies! Charts like Third Wave Technologies, Inc. (TWTI), which I mentioned in this morning’s post, and now True Religion Apparel, Inc. (TRLG), which I just detailed in THIS AOL Finance post.
While neither are right for PennyStocking or any short term trading for me, they both have a lot going for them and probly wouldn’t make such bad investments. (Uhhhh I can’t believe I just used the word “investents”. I feel dirty. Blehhhh.) But seriously TWTI is a pure play for testing HPV, an STD that’s infected 20 million Americans and 6 million new ones each year. Good business to be in, even if their losses are substantial…especially if it can truly confirm this breakout by cracking its 2001 $11 IPO price…
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My Latest AOL Finance Article, Some Seriously Good Advice
Posted by timothysykes on Mon 19th of May, 2008 02:47:53 PM Sponsor Offer:
You Can check it out right HERE
This was written last night and I basically nailed all the top percentage gainers today….too bad AOL didn’t publish it until 1pm, but that’s what I get for submitting a 2am article on a Monday as it’s there busiest day…
Best/most useful quote form the article:
For now, let these kids play-some are even good to play form the long side, if you’re willing to take on that kind of risk (not me!). Call them in from recess-or short sell them-only when it begins to get dark outside
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Coulda Woulda Shoulda: When Life Makes You Miss Multi-Day Breakouts & Some Other Stocks To Watch
Posted by timothysykes on Thu 3rd of Apr, 2008 08:38:40 AM Sponsor Offer:
Fess Up Time: Don’t ya hate when you put a stock on your watchlist, tell yourself you’ll trade it if it acts a certain way, but when that special price action occurs, for some reason, you’re not watching it? I’m sure there are those out there who don’t make such bush league mistakes, but I’m not one of them.
Thanks to the popularity of my latest AOL article—about how Amazon has tried blackmailing small publishers like me–I’ve been talking to a couple of reporters—surprise—and much of that talk happens during the trading day, causing me to miss more than a few potential trades. Oh yeah and incessant blogging doesn’t help.
Now, I hate buying breakouts—they move too slowly, happen to stocks that are too expensive or retrace/fakeout too often, so out of all the stocks below I really only regret missing out on NCEN, because that my friends is the f&^$en Mona Lisa of technical breakouts
NCEN–probly going to $3+, easy easy easy easy easy easy easy easy easy 30-50 cents/share, or 10-20%, buy on the intraday break of $2.50, predictable predictable predictable predictable predictable gain. An infinitely better trader than me, Fous, nailed it again. (I’m not only an affiliate, I’m even considering signing up for his stock picking service!) As did some of my DVD students…those who can’t do, teach!
SOLF—nice multi-day breakout, but where to now? Solid resistance in the high $15s
Check Out My Recent AOL Articles
Posted by timothysykes on Mon 24th of Mar, 2008 10:38:49 AM Sponsor Offer:
Been so ridiculously busy, forgot to link some of my recent articles…good news is I try to generalize the lessons so they don’t get old:
What the charts of these 7 tech stocks tell us (okay, this one will be dated soon but it’s from today)
Don’t invest in what you know, a dozen disaster blue chips
My take on VISA (V)
A $30k per month blogger shares his secrets
Why any financial collapse changes nothing for this trader
The trend is your friend, 20 stocks to watch
Spitzer is our latest letdown, but it’s actually good!
Why big-time CEOs deserve more, much more!
Sykes’ Saturday Seventeen: March 8th, 2008 Edition
Posted by timothysykes on Sat 8th of Mar, 2008 02:06:30 PM Sponsor Offer:
Why some bloggers, especially those who are billionaires, hold back
I now have a fan club, join so you can stay on top of all the upcoming goodness!
Even though I despise market guessing games, since I nailed this market back on January 4th, I gotta show it off
Finance bloggers/website operators, sign up to TIMlinks, it’s free!
Wanna bid $40k to meet I-need-a-script-and-a-director-or-else-you’ll-discover-how-awkward-I-am-on-camera Scarlett Johnansson (watch the video on the link to see what I mean)
No idea how I found him, but this guy is pretty funny:
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Sykes’ Saturday Seventeen: March 1st, 2008 Edition
Posted by timothysykes on Sat 1st of Mar, 2008 12:52:56 PM Sponsor Offer:
UBS now sees financial industry losses at $600 billion, now we’re talkin’, c’mon $800 billion, do I have a bid at $800 billion, okay, you sir with the Arab head-dress, $800 billion it is, do I hear $1 trillion, can I hear $1 trillion, anybody, anybody, anybody?
One of my now 2,500+ Facebook friends painted a portrait of Gordon Gekko, check it out!
One of the many advertising options on this new site, a link in that little “Are You In My Top Spots?” box can be yours for $20, only a couple left, get ‘em while they’re hot
Too bad Motley Fool doesn’t allow their readers to rate companies with marketcaps of under $100 million, besides the majority of their “writers”, there’s a whole bunch of idiot investors there, wish they’d come down to our neck of the woods so we could take their money!
Hey, check this out, finally got a video clip of my DVD I keep blabbing about up on Youtube, do I hear a $297, anybody, anybody, anybody, you sir in the Arab head-dress?
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Sykes’ Saturday Seven: March 22nd, 2008 Edition
Posted by timothysykes on Sat 23rd of Feb, 2008 03:02:46 PM Sponsor Offer:
Great free tool for technical screens, I use it every day, graphs in bulk baby, graphs in beautiful bulk
A phenomenal new finance book, I give it two thumbs up
Solid post debating investing vs. trading
My latest AOL article, me hating on CROX
Gotta love the prizes at Wall Street Survivor
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7 Lessons Super Bowl XLII Teaches Investors
Posted by Timothy Sykes on Mon 4th of Feb, 2008 12:12:08 PM Sponsor Offer:
1. Expect the unexpected: Neither the Giants winning or the low 17-14 final score was expected in the least (Bull markets can’t last forever, stocks DO NOT always trend higher over time)
2. Never trust “experts:” Ex-Giant and “football expert” Tiki Barber was dead wrong when he retired one season too soon while trashing his former teammates and coaches in order to get attention (Don’t listen to “market experts” when they make predictions like Apple (AAPL) $300 and Google (GOOG) $1,000 to get attention)
3. The acknowledged best are not always the best performers: Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, the league MVP, got outplayed by oft-criticized Eli Manning (just because hugely successful companies like Microsoft (MSFT), General Electric (GE) and Goldman Sachs (GS) are leaders in their fields does not mean their stocks will outperform lesser quality rivals)
Why Thinkorswim Is The Best Broker & Tonight I’m Gonna Celebrate Today’s Trading Gains In Style
Posted by Timothy Sykes on Fri 1st of Feb, 2008 04:23:31 AM Sponsor Offer:
TIM $13,928, Up $20, Gonna Splurge Tonight, Maybe Olive Garden!
Potential Supernovas: None, unfortunately
See which stocks I think you should buy ahead of earnings!
FRPT another Lionmaster pick, spiked mid-afternoon on TradeTheNews.com big contract rumor, rumors are usually wrong, too tough to chase, continuation of this move possible, but not overly likely, avoid until after the fact because if true, this can really go up big and that is predictable.
APWR, Superman on TheLion.com’s call of the day, called it around $15ish after contract news (unfortunately not signed, just LOIs, could be fluff, but it’s hypeable fluff!), great, great, great chart breakout of 3 month base between $12 and $14. Now that is a breakout, none of that possible breakout crap, click this chart:
