As I posted early this morning, there were lots of potential shorts today, but I had to be extra-choosy due to the SEC’s reign of terror over accounts under $25k (explanation down below). Awoke early and reserves shares of my … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Analogies
Short Selling Stocks: Plays Galore Limited By Absurd Pattern Day Trading Rule aka SEC Reign Of Terror
March 31, 2008 at 6:13 pm
by timothysykes
13 Stocks To Short: “Don’t Fire Until You See The Whites Of Their Eyes”
March 31, 2008 at 8:09 am
by timothysykes
For you idiots out there–don’t be shy–that was the command given at the Battle of Bunker Hill, meant to get the patriots not to fire their weapons until the enemy was right up close to preserve their minimal ammo. It’s … Continue reading
13 Stocks To Short: "Don't Fire Until You See The Whites Of Their Eyes"
March 31, 2008 at 8:09 am
by Timothy Sykes
For you idiots out there–don’t be shy–that was the command given at the Battle of Bunker Hill, meant to get the patriots not to fire their weapons until the enemy was right up close to preserve their minimal ammo. It’s … Continue reading
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
Ashley Dupre Girls Gone Wild Pics, aka It Never Ends!
March 18, 2008 at 11:58 pm
by timothysykes
Forget about at least one of her $1 million offers, now it turns out all around “classy” girl AA Dupre has already filmed weeks worth of “classy” videos for Girls Gone Wild, owned by all around “classy” guy Joe Francis. … 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
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