Archive for the ‘Podcasts’ Category
How To Build A Successful Personal Brand On The Internet: 2 Podcast Interviews
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.
TIMradio #7: John Forman, Author Of The Essentials Of Trading
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!
TIMradio #4: Michael Covel, Best-Selling Author Of Trend Following & The Complete TurtleTrader
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?
TIMradio #3: Tom Sosnoff, Founder of Online Broker Thinkorswim
As I sit here waiting for the near-inevitable crack in VRML’s stock price, I thought I’d offer up a podcast for your listening and learning pleasure: You’ve all heard me talk about how much I love and recommend Thinkorswim as a broker–not only do they have the best customer service/software, but they have solid borrows through Penson and most importantly, the people at the company actually try to help customers instead of ripping them off. Maybe that’s why there’s a Chicago-based firm, not NYC.
So for TIMradio podcast #3, I was fortunate to have a fine little chat with the man behind the curtain, Thinkorswim’s founder himself, Tom Sosnoff. Besides being a legendary options trader and frequent industry speaker, he’s one hell of a laidback / good guy…one of the few out there…so I hope I can still be like him when I’m that rich! Somehow I think all that power and money will go to my head…we’ll see.
Interview with ThinkorSwim Founder Tom Sosnoff
PS You’ll hear me say this is the first TIMradio, well, it turned out to be #3, but it’s still #1 in my heart :)
TIMradio #2: Cameron Fous, TheTechnicaltrader.net, Another Successful Microcap Trader Whaaaaat
All right, stop, collaborate and listen, TIMradio is back with a brand new edition…everybody give a warm round of page views to Cameron Fous of TheTechnicalTrader.net who not only plays microcap stocks from the opposite side as me–meaning he buys them on the way up–he’s in Idaho or some weird place like that, he’s younger and a better trader than me (except the last 2 weeks, haha suck on that Fous!)–with his account up 450%+ in 2 years.
TIMRadio #1: Eddy Elfenbein, Mr. CrossingWallStreet.com
Financial blogging has only been around for
CrossingWallStreet.com Click here to listen to the interview
Sykes’ Saturday Seven: March 22nd, 2008 Edition
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 have to understand the variables that align to CREATE those patterns. Comparing a 100% one-week stock price jump based on a positive earnings report—meaningful, further strength likely—is very very very very very very very different from the same kind of jump based on two ANALyst upgrades and a newsletter mention—hype, reversal probable. Exemplified by the pic below:
Check out THIS sweet 20 minute podcast talking to some other traders
Also check out THIS interview I did, chastising those pathetic people who can’t pay their debts
Be sure to visit some TIMlinks, I visit the top 5 regularly cuz they’re actually good
Have you seen the new JPMorgan/Bear logo? IT ROCKS! (gratzie Lindzon)
Zecco and FOX Biz Interviews And Some More Glowing Book Reviews
Andrew Horowitz, wealth manager, the godfather of financial podcasting, aka “El Podrino” and author of beginners-must-read-or-else-you’ll-stay-stupid-forever book The Disciplined Investor and I will be talking about our different strategies for this bear market in a Zecco/BlogTalkRadio sponsored podcast fiesta next Thursday, March 20th, 5PM EST. It’s free to listeners—you can even ask us questions live—but there’s also gonna be a televised Pay-Per-View event, check with your local cable company. Tim Sykes bomaye!
Listen to the promo and register below so we can send you annoying reminders the day or two before the event and then harvest your emails FOREVA. (I’m kidding, there will be no harvesting… just reminding)
A Solid Trade Executed During A Live Radio Interview
TIM $16,140, Up $134
I didn’t expect any trades today, but when COIN appeared in Barrons recommended by some “guru”, PennyStocking was on (crap company + fluff news + predictable chart pattern = my kind of play)!
If you’ve read this blog over the past few weeks, you know this stock and I don’t get along at all—I’ve had nothing but losses (which I cut quickly) trying to pick its ultimate top. I think it’s a horrible company, but the pumpers are deep and knowledgeable and when they managed to break the stock above a multi-week base between $9 and $12, no matter the hardcore research and anticipation of a double-top at $14, smart were the traders who switched off their emotions and adopted a long bias.
We Have A Winner And Another Interview
AJ Deadlock of StreetSignal.com is the winner of the first official TimothySykes.com giveaway. Thanks to everybody who entered the contest, don’t worry, we’ll have plenty more contests, especially when the new site launches in mid-January 2008.
And, if you want to listen to me preach the benefits of financial speculation to one of Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad’s Advisors, check out
dio.cfm/shows/Success-DNAs-Wealth-Talk-America/archives/topics/category/Wealth-Building.html”>my latest interview ! It’s pretty funny.
A Day Of Near Misses, Welcome to Stock Trading 101
TIM $14,152 (down $291 on the day)
Lots of Near Misses, Long 1,200 Shares of ZVUE @ $2.25 Overnight
What a mess. No other way to put it. After getting screwed over by that old guy’s over
Thank You Solar Fun For Exemplifying the Pattern that’s Made Me Millions just as Oprah’s Watching!
TIM $14,301 (up $161 on the day)
Short 100 Shares Solar Fun (Nasdaq: SOLF) at $24.70
This morning, I surprisingly awoke before the market opened, mainly because the University of Arizona was not the party school I expected it to be—at least not during finals week. Oh well, college parties don’t compare to fun stocks like these anyway:
On Gold Diggers and Transparency in the Finance Industry
The Disciplined Investor has a great 30 minute-ish podcast with yours truly, mainly about the lack of transparency in the finance industry. The site is run by a financial planner, Andrew Horowitz, who has also just released a new book by the same name. I’m only about halfway through
=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1196610420&sr=1-1″>The Disciplined Investor (along with nearly a dozen other books, including some particularly good ones like Grace Cheng’s Forex book and a really, really, really long one), but I’ll be adding it to my library of recommended books since it gives a great overview of all the financial planning basics and is unusually understandable.
And, if you want to see my take on gold diggers, def. check out this new Timeout New York article. This important, yet rarely detailed subject, is incredibly relevant in today’s society, especially for those who earn over $200,000 annually. Perhaps even more important than the credit crisis and the housing industry. OK, maybe not more important than housing, but it’s close.
Latest Interview & Book Review
John Forman, author of an excellent trading book, The Essentials of Trading, interviewed me last night for nearly an hour, describing me as “..an engaging young man with a great story to tell - one that provides a great many lessons for those getting started in the markets.”
Interview on TraderInterviews.com
Soon I’ll be writing with much more regularity, but for now I’m extremely busy promoting my new book so here’s my latest interview . Clocking in around 20 minutes, it’s one of the best interviews I’
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| Date | Stock | Buy | Sell | Net |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 4 | COIN | $5.70 | $6.21 | $745 |
| Sept 3 | COIN | $6.49 | $6.30 | $305 |
| Sept 3 | COINW | $2.75 | $2.85 | $180 |
| Sept 2 | TAYD | $7.51 | $8.13 | $545 |
| Aug 18 | FOUR | $2.80 | $2.66 | $342 |
| Aug 14 | APII | $2.66 | $3.30 | $1261 |
| Aug 12 | APII | $3.25 | $3.40 | $285 |
| Aug 7 | NOBL | $5.02 | $5.49 | $680 |
Total: $26,508 (
114%)
