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2 New Articles: AOL Finance & Le Nouvel Observateur (The New Observer)
Posted by Timothy Sykes on Thu 25th of Sep, 2008 01:33:54 PM
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Ahhh yes–the $70k I made from this blog last month has peaked the interest of several people, as in “wait, low traffic blogs can actually make that much?”
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2 Dealbreaker Features In 1 Day? Methinks I Must Comment…
Posted by Timothy Sykes on Sun 7th of Sep, 2008 12:08:15 PM Sponsor Offer:
So the new Traitor Monthly 30 under 30 list is out and Dealbreaker.com is of course covering it, somehow always circling around back to me…thanks guys!
In THIS first article entitled “Dethroning Tim Sykes”, DB by way of TM features a 14 year-old trader named Christopher Davis:
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Another Interview On…
Posted by Timothy Sykes on Sun 31st of Aug, 2008 08:44:15 PM Sponsor Offer:
If you thought THESE 2 interviews were the last you’d hear about how to make money from blogging, you’d be wrong.
Here comes another interview I did on that very subject with DailyBlogTips.com…you can check out the full blog post HERE and some excerpts are below:
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How To Build A Successful Personal Brand On The Internet: 2 Podcast Interviews
Posted by timothysykes on Wed 20th of Aug, 2008 12:22:32 PM Sponsor Offer:
Rule #1: dedication…I’m doing this post on a layover in the Toronto Airport!
Building a successful blog/internet brand ain’t easy. Nine months into this game, ‘m still workin’ 16-18 hour days…and lovin’ every second of it. Check out THIS awesome near-hourlong podcast interview I did with Mixergy.com, a site that interviews “web visionaries” as we discussed what’s worked (PennyStocking, TIMalerts), what hasn’t (TIMbucks, TIMaffiliates) and what you need to do to create your own successful personal brand, if you’re into that kind of thing. Mixergy’s founder Andrew Warner even did THIS snazzy video intro.
You like that? Yeah you did. Here’s the 2nd interview:
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10 Questions With BuySellShort.com
Posted by timothysykes on Sat 16th of Aug, 2008 12:24:25 PM Sponsor Offer:
In my continuing effort to provide you with a view of the landscape of this low priced stock market niche–remember THIS interview I did with Greenbackers.com–here’s 10 questions with another low priced stock newsletter provider, Ciaran, founder of BuySellShort.com, who apparently is also a chef:
Ciaran is better known as “TheMagician” on TheLion.com and the guy is cool enough to offer you guys a special 50% off his newsletter right HERE.
Here’s the questions I posed to him:
1. what’s your background, let’s hear al the sordid details!
2. trading style? what variables do you care most about?
3. how have you done this year, summary time!
4. give us a brief overview of your website and all its features
5. best trade
6. worst trade
7. let’s hear some crazy story of some crookedness–feel free to omit
the names and people involved–or not :)
8. where do you stash your winnings?
9. what do you think the most comon trading mistake is?
10. let’s hear advice for somebody just starting to trade
His answers:
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Check Out This Fun Little Interview With POP17
Posted by timothysykes on Tue 12th of Aug, 2008 07:04:31 PM Sponsor Offer:
Forget my little “internet brand”, this past week I got a chance to sit down and talk with a real internet celebrity, Sarah Austin, and we had THIS great little interview in the park:
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My WallSt.net/Fox Biz Interview
Posted by Timothy Sykes on Sun 27th of Jul, 2008 09:11:18 AM Sponsor Offer:
Still not sure exactly when this aired, but nonetheless, I gotta thank a reader named Richard, who apparently is a fund manager who can’t comment publicly–thanks SEC idiots!–for getting it for us online…turned out to be a pretty good interview:
10 Questions With Greenbackers.com
Posted by timothysykes on Sat 19th of Jul, 2008 01:44:26 PM Sponsor Offer:
TIMalerts isn’t the only newsletter that focuses on low priced stocks…I’ve been following Greenbackers.com on and off for several years…check out this interview I did with their founder, Mark Chacon:
Greenbackers has been around for 9 years, but became somewhat dormant from
2004 to 2007 due in part to owning/managing a retail outlet and land. During that period we still managed the newsletter, but it became secondary. Late 2007, it became apparent in my heart in needed to get full blown again with my website, and my passion for the stock mkt.
1. What’s your background?
after getting a bs degree in finance from University of Southern Colorado, i went on to develop banking software…….actually participated in one of the first development teams to create/implement the first ATM / minibank ……spent the next 15yrs developing acctg software for banks/related……Made the switch in 1999 after running up to 100,000 during the internet bubble, and founded Greenbackers.com.
2. What’s your trading style?
Tend to favor 2-5 day swing trades with quality stocks under 5 on the long side. Tracking solid trending patterns. Especially like tracking recent debacle stocks for pivoting. Track first day movers on very strong earnings for developing into ongoing strength…….Relay about half and half with fundamental/technical analysis…becoming more and more up to speed with technical charting in 2008.
Also like buy/holding for a month or so on anticipation plays……..pay particular attention to stocks who get upgrades ahead of earnings.
Recently, I read your ‘An American Hedge Fund‘ and was inspired to make my first short trades. Finally after all these years.. Even though the concept is rather simple, it takes some getting use to.
3. What’s you best trade?
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My Soon-To-Be Legendary-Cuz-It’s-Dead-On AMEX Black Card Interview
Posted by timothysykes on Fri 18th of Jul, 2008 12:35:04 PM Sponsor Offer:
I’ve teased my recent interview about the AMEX Black Card in a few blog posts, but due to overwhelming demand and critical acclaim, I gotta post some of it below so that those who are too lazy to click links can see what all the hype is about…
These are just a few select questions-and-answers, see the full article HERE:
So Tim, what are your thoughts on the black card?
I think it’s got some great benefits and features and it’s definitely bragworthy, but I doubt it’s right for anybody who doesn’t own their own biz, is worth less than a few mil or for any cheap Jews. In fact, I think the Torah specifically states in Cheapjewonomy 3:23-7:11: “Thou shalt not
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TIMradio #7: John Forman, Author Of The Essentials Of Trading
Posted by Pallian (Moderator) on Sun 6th of Jul, 2008 11:14:44 AM Sponsor Offer:
Oh yes, the podcast interviews just keep coming…this latest installment is with John Forman, author of the outstanding trader psychology book The Essentials of Trading, which is REQUIRED READING. He’s even got an entire blog, coincidentally named TheEssentialsOfTrading.com, dedicated to teaching the same principles!
In both his book & site, he’s got time tested examples and exercises for novice and veteran traders alike…really gotta understand the emotions/psychology that play into trading if you’re gonna master it. For the 4938483rd time, successful trading is not just about making the right picks, it’s more about finding what strategies work best for you and then refining your skills through practice and discipline…
Sorry the volume is so weak on this one, it was my bad…just turn it up when John speaks cuz he’s really got a lot of good stuff to say!
Click the link below to listen to the interview!
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Celebrating July 4th With My 2 Millionth Page View & FOX Biz Interview (This Sunday Night 5:30PM EST!)
Posted by timothysykes on Fri 4th of Jul, 2008 11:10:10 AM Sponsor Offer:
Happy July 4th everybody!
I would love to celebrate our independence, but that’s impossible since the US government-backed Osama bin SEC continues terrorizing small traders! So, I will not go to any firework celebrations, I will not watch the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest (okay, maybe I will do that) and I will work all day and night today…because I’m too determined to change this joke of an industry for the better.
And that’s why I’m proud to announce that just 80 days after we hit our one millionth page view, this blog has just reached our two millionth page view!
If you remember, it took 6 months to hit the first million, as we were averaging 9k views/day…in the past 2.5 months, we’ve doubled daily page views to 20k+ (See booming Sitemeter chart
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PennyStocking Profile: Mike The Machinist Up $300,000 Over The Past 5 Months!
Posted by timothysykes on Tue 24th of Jun, 2008 11:08:21 AM Sponsor Offer:
While I have no way to confirm or deny whether or not Mike actually has gone from $50,000 to $350,000 as he says HERE (and I had to really beg him to put a dollar figure on his gains), I, along with many others, have been in his chatroom several times when he’s made too many incredible calls to recount here…okay, maybe a little, stuff like THIS $14k day, and posts like THIS where he takes snippets from his chatlog to prove his abilities. A great deal of his success stems from buying stocks making intraday highs, taught to him by Muddy, but he freely admits he learned short selling from me so his accomplishments make me damn proud!
Add Mike’s remarkable success to that of grad student Tony Ellis who’s now up over $80,000 in the last few months and you might begin to understand why I have such determination to spread this strategy far and wide. Especially since students of my DVD PennyStocking know that I close my presentation by saying you can do better than me…might as well just call me Archie Manning…well maybe only in a few months when one of my students surpasses $1 million in earnings.
(And I feel perfectly comfortable saying that cuz these are real people making real money…not fake testimonials from fraudsters. Don’t believe us? Gooood. You shouldn’t trust anybody in this game, but be sure to stick around cuz this is just the beginning and you can see everyone posting their picks and plays day in and day out…viva la revolucion!)
Mike’s kind of a shy guy so we have no pic of him…the photo below is just what I imagine he looks like:
1. What’s your background?
I’m 48, worked as a machinist for the last 14 years, got laid off before
the start of 2008. When I got laid off from my job, I contacted my old
friend Muddy
whom I had kept in contact with over the years after meeting him in a
bookstore in the investing section of that store.
I told him I was finally going to try and get serious with his approach.
Up until then I used the same old same old stuff most everyone uses
and I basically stunk at trading that way.
So I asked for a huge favor in that after reading through his blog a
few times and trying to get the gist of it, would he mentor me for a
few weeks since we live so close.
He said he’d be glad to and his stuff absolutely turned my trading
around to where I am today. He also turned me on to you Tim, and
shorting the low priced ones.
2. Inspire us all with the story of your journey over the past 5 months!
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SS7: Beer Is Pricey, Abnormal Returns Rocks, Spam Mailers & More!
Posted by atulkumar on Sun 22nd of Jun, 2008 11:03:44 AM Sponsor Offer:
SS7 now means Sykes’, basically just when I have too much crap to do…as in the last few weeks….1862 unread emails, c’mon guys that’s just crazy!
Lots of added goodies when you follow me on Twitter
Major League Beer Pricing Chart
Shout out to my sponsors GFT Forex, SpeedTrader (yes, they do allow shorts on OTCBBs and Pink Sheet stocks), Optimum and Thinkorswim
A better list of links than I could ever create
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PennyStocking Profile: Tony Ellis, Grad Student Up $50,000 In 6 Months!
Posted by timothysykes on Tue 17th of Jun, 2008 02:43:34 PM Sponsor Offer:
Tony Ellis, a graduate student, who says “ I traded before Tim’s book & instructional DVD, but my inspiration came from seeing Tim on WSW. I used O’Neil’s method before and while I made money it was too slow and inconsistent. I had virtually no experience in PennyStocking. Before trading I was a broker at Merrill.”, “Tim’s strategy is like free money. I’ve made tens of thousands of dollars shorting these stocks.” and “I’ve made over 10X DVD cost on NCEN the last week!” has quickly become the greatest student/master of Tim’s strategies, even while going to school!!!!, earning profits like $19,000 on COIN!!!,
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Interview With Lionmaster, Founder Of TheLion.com, And Exclusive Pics Of His Lionness & Cubs!
Posted by timothysykes on Sun 15th of Jun, 2008 06:05:09 PM Sponsor Offer:
You guys probly know this, but my favorite message board for microcrap stocks in play, TheLion.com, has been totally redone…before it was just a message board, but superhuman Lionmaster & his robot army (paid for with trading profits) have now launched features like a place to import your own blog and/or setup a portfolio to win…and now even a vastly improved all-in-one message board search feature!
I’m not getting paid to promote him or his site, I’m just a huge fan as Lionmaster’s trading profits blow me and everyone on my site out of the water…I was fortunate enough to interview him so you best listen when da Lion roars (and you gotta respect a fellow trader who writes in partial sentences, yeahhh no formalities here, this is the real sh#@!)…check out the exclusive pic of Lionmaster and family (I don’t think he’s ever shared it before!)
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TIMradio #5: Chris Lahiji, Founder Of LDMicro.com
Posted by timothysykes on Sun 8th of Jun, 2008 12:18:12 PM Sponsor Offer:
Before I started going ballistic with all my press, there was a younger, more press-hungry microcap stock guy named Chris Lahiji. His claim to fame was reading something like 12,000 annual reports and he also managed to become the youngest mutual fund manager in history! While there was another young microcap guy who also got a ton of attention, Jonathan Lebed, who famously got sued by the SEC for manipulating stocks when he was just a wee little teenager, Lahiji’s fame, like mine, was due to legal financial activities, which, call me crazy, is a little more deserving of respect (even if our society sadly prefers crap like Scarface and Blow to the biographies of the true greats JP Morgan and Bernard Baruch).
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One Great Interview & One Scary Scary Stock Chart, You Can See How They’re Related
Posted by timothysykes on Fri 6th of Jun, 2008 11:37:47 AM Sponsor Offer:
The Daily Options Report features a great two-part interview with yours truly, which you can read HERE and HERE. It’s cool, trust me. And maybe more importantly, this is what he had to say about my book An American Hedge Fund:
I have to say, I enjoyed the book way more than I expected.
Short and sweet!
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TIMradio #4: Michael Covel, Best-Selling Author Of Trend Following & The Complete TurtleTrader
Posted by Pallian (Moderator) on Sun 18th of May, 2008 05:04:48 PM Sponsor Offer:
There are finance writers and then there are finance writers. Sadly, most fall under the category “author only because it’s a great way to get exposure for fee-based businesses thus increasing income streams”. Yup, all you sugarcoating scumsuckers know EXACTLY who you are–enjoy your hedonist meaningless lives you soulless bastards–for too long you’ve helped nobody but yourselves, sullying the reputation of this once great industry!
Sorry I digress, some people just piss me off.
The good news is there are authors out there who write because they wish to share useful information, helping to teach you news ways of making money. I was fortunate enough to sit down and talk with one of the greats, the ever bustling best-selling author of two books that are required reading, Trend Following And The Complete TurtleTrader, Michael Covel. Forget buy and hold, these books are about those who have created fortunes from trend trading–and there’s quite a few of them…(remember Ed Seykota’s music video?) no wonder why he’s sold hundreds of thousands of copies. Click the interview button below and then go out and buy his books–you’ll be amazed at how well this strategy has fared, I know I was.
Listen to the Michael Covel Interview.
Sorry the quality isn’t perfect, but I’m still new at this so I can’t compete with podcast pioneer Disciplined Investor just yet
If you want to learn more about MC and the Turtle Traders , definitely check out his websites, MichaelCovel.com and his many cool Youtube videos. Stay tuned, he’s got a documentary film project in the works, guess who makes an appearance?
Two Interviews: One Video, One Written, Both Edu-tainment To The Max!
Posted by timothysykes on Thu 15th of May, 2008 12:51:59 PM Sponsor Offer:
While we’re waiting for the next CNEX-like worthy trading opportunity to emerge, check out these two interviews of mine that just came out today.
First StockTickr asks me some really great questions and allows me to set the record straight on a lot of the BS that’s out there. Thanks Dave! PS The guy’s also got a pretty cool product for keeping track of your trading journals…
A few dozen of you participated in the live interview I did on ChuckTV the other day, HERE is the edited version. Clocking in at just over 1 hour, we talk about everything from trading pump and dumps, Saturday Night Live castmembers and drug use on Wall Street to web 2.0, online video and the future of the internet…really interesting convo—thanks again Chuck!
Lessons Of A Publisher/Video Blogger/Trader (In That Order)
Posted by timothysykes on Mon 12th of May, 2008 06:44:44 PM Sponsor Offer:
Looks like I should’ve scheduled my video interview for after hours because I got back after the market close to find myself down 40 cents/share on CNEX—which practically guarantees a higher opening tomorrow (even if the bid is pretty much where I shorted), I missed on NNVC’s perfect afternoon 25 cent/share fade (any of you guys get in on that?), which shoulda woulda coulda been a solid profit on my 2,000 shares (reserved earlier).
And just to rub it in, I missed out on PDO squeezing the stubborn shorts (who obviously haven’t watched PennyStocking or else they’d be out looooong ago, as I was) into the market close (I saw the morning spike above previous high of $9, but I don’t like buying, let alone buying morning spikes), which coulda woulda shoulda been bought for a probable gap-up/possible big-time morning spike tomorrow.
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