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To My 1500+ Covestor Followers & 500+ TIMalert Subscribers: Let’s Get A Few Things Straight
Posted by Timothy Sykes on Mon 1st of Sep, 2008 09:01:54 AM
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The past few days I’ve gotten a few emails from TIMalert subscribers (learn more HERE) & Covestor followers (see them HERE) ragging on me for going on a little Japanese vacation and some other stuff which I’ve already posted about. Somewhere along the line the definition of what exactly TIMalerts is got lost so it’s about time I explain it again:
1. TIMalerts is not a financial advisory newsletter, it’s just me talking about MY trades. For entertainment and informational purposes only. Read the whole disclaimer on the bottom of the subscribers-only TIMalerts.com website HERE.
2. I don’t know who you are and I don’t know how you trade–all I can do is
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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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The Answer To The Question I Get Asked Most Frequently
Posted by timothysykes on Sat 30th of Aug, 2008 03:44:46 PM Sponsor Offer:
Blowing away every other question/topic I get emailed about is this one simple question. I get asked about all sorts of companies–largecaps (with people saying “I know you don’t play largecaps, but what about IBM?”), biotechs (”blah blah blah drug looks very promising”), stocks that have gotten wrecked (” down 99% off its highs, think it can comeback, even a litle?”), companies with new technologies (”I know you don’t believe companies, but this blah blah blah technology is revolutionary”), stocks with MACD/RSI/Fibnoacci breakouts, blah blah blah….
Guys, when’s it gonna sink into your little heads that I don’t give a flying f%^& about ANY of the conventional viewpoints out there–fundamentally, technically, short-term, long-term–I don’t care…
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A Note To All You New TIMalert Subscribers & Beginner PennyStockers
Posted by timothysykes on Fri 22nd of Aug, 2008 02:27:11 PM Sponsor Offer:
The combo effect of my now 104% return over the past 9 months (see all trades HERE) and a ridiculous amount of self-promotion/blogging/emailing/effort has gotten more than a few newbies involved in this wonderful sport.
Be warned:
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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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A Solid Guide To Various Penny Stock Brokers
Posted by Timothy Sykes on Wed 30th of Jul, 2008 11:50:30 AM Sponsor Offer:
Everyone always asks what brokers allow shorting Penny Stocks, who I use, who they should use, who’s the cheapest, who’s the worst with customer service–until now I’ve basically just endorsed Thinkorswim (cuz I’m an affiliate, I love em, use em and that’s how I shorts penny stocks) and SpeedTrader (cuz they’re my sponsor and their specialty is shorting OTCBB & Pink Sheets), but thanks to THIS great post (copied with permission below) by all-around good guy penny stock maven Peter Leeds (whose PennyStocks.com domain I will eventually own, wait til I’m rich enough to buy it Leeds!) (or PennyStock.com cuz those guys don’t deserve it, they just suck), here’s a great rundown of all your options when trading penny stocks:
(I do have to interject how much Scottrade sucks for PennyStocking–they’re fine for buying penny stocks (and Mikity mIke’s scrolling HOD list (you don’t know what HOD means, you shouldn’t be trading, go back and friggin research you dumb lazy fat Americans!), but understand you get what you pay for, I hated their service, their ability to short sale is pathetic and stock promoters love them (sketchyyyyyy)–that’s why I rip on them in videos like THIS…and even though it’s not in my sponsorship best interest to rip em, somebody has to tell the truth to you guys)
PS Other than Thinkorswim & SpeedTrader, I have no affiliations with any of these companies, although I have used Noble Trading (solid) and Ameritrade (not bad) & firmly believe you should treat your broker like the whores that they are, use em, pay em & leave em…never even heard of some these so I consider them junkie whores, very very dangerous/sketchy
The Penny Stock Broker report includes:
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The Answer To The Most FAQ I Get: Where Do I Find Stocks To Trade?
Posted by Timothy Sykes on Mon 28th of Jul, 2008 08:10:36 PM Sponsor Offer:
I get emailed this question at least a dozen times/day and thanks to the combo power punch of my laptop crashing and an amazing new girl in my life, I’m about 3 weeks behind now on answering emails (not even gonna apologize anymore, that’s what you get for good info for free—peeps who’ve bought something from the TIMstore obviously get infinitely faster response time), lemme just answer it here for everyone…again. After all, I wrote a blog post nearly 9 months ago, HERE it is.
So, stop asking. That’s how I get all my trading ideas and the results you see every day in my TIMalerts morning watchlist (emailed and posted on subscribers-only website at 8am) so everyone is prepared to trade those stocks that day. Free blog readers again miss out as they’re unprepared a the market open…
Once you know what variables to look for (which are all detailed in
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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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TIMalerts: 10 Of Your Questions Answered Here!
Posted by timothysykes on Wed 9th of Jul, 2008 12:53:25 PM Sponsor Offer:
What is TIMalerts?
All the info can be found at TIMalerts.com, a subscribers-only website–basically for $1/day, monthly ($30) or annual ($297) subscription, you get a daily pre-market watchlist emailed to you/posted on the TIMalerts website, real-time trading alerts throughout the day and access to the discussion threads at TIMalerts.com
Will you be closing down TimothySykes.com in favor of TIMalerts.com?
Hello no! I still want to teach this game to everyone, so I’ll respond and post on both sites. I have a feeling all the hardcore traders will post on the TIMalerts site because the $30/month is near-meaningless to them, but it helps to weed out total newbies/poor people.
Is the morning watchlist the same on both sites?
YES! The difference is TIMalert subscribers get it emailed and see it posted on the TIMalerts.com website at 8am, instead of 9:30am, which is hugely important for shorting because TIMalert subscribers can reserve shares of hard-to-borrow stocks early in the morning and by the time non-paying people try to find shares, often times there won’t be any more shares available to short aka advantage TIMalert subscribers!
What is “reserving shares to short”, how do you do it?
See THIS blog post
How often will trading alerts be emailed/posted?
I have no idea, this isn’t a “one stock pick per day/week” BS scam–whenever I send out an alert, there is a worthy setup that has interested me enough to trade that stock, either long or short and those of you who have my PennyStocking instructional DVD package know it’s best to wait for those ideal setups. Sometimes, like yesterday, I’ll send out 4 alerts, sometimes none. The pre-market watchlist will be sent/posted each morning, but trades and worthy setups are unpredictable. One month in, I’ve sent out 12 trade alerts.
What’s the average trade duration & how many of the alerts will be shorts vs. longs?
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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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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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Submit Your Questions Now To Be Answered Tomorrow On LiveStock!
Posted by timothysykes on Thu 5th of Jun, 2008 12:45:59 PM Sponsor Offer:
LiveStock returns at its regular time tomorrow 1-2PM EST so get excited! The one complaint I got was that last time I missed some of your questions in the chatroom–so this tim tim Timminaay got smart and decided to ask you for questions and tickers ahead of time!
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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!
Join TimTV On ChuckTV Live Here Tomorrow, Monday May 12th, 2008, 2PM EST
Posted by timothysykes on Sun 11th of May, 2008 02:45:43 PM Sponsor Offer:
Check this post tomorrow, Monday, May 12th at 2pm EST cuz the coolest Chuck I know, Chuck Boyce of ChuckTV, will be interviewing me and thanks to this snazzy video player you see above, you’ll be able to watch, chat and interact with us all in real-time. We’ll be talking about everything from digital media to why there are so many financial scumbags and most importantly, taking a few questions from you guys. This thing is gonna last anywhere from 30 min to 1 hour, but I have a feeling it’s gonna get wild. Definitely comment away if you have any questions you’d like answered tomorrow!
My Huffington Post Interview & Why My Readers Will Soon Be Richer Than Me
Posted by timothysykes on Tue 6th of May, 2008 02:50:57 PM Sponsor Offer:
Check it out HERE–it’s definitely a solid interview and it’s great when a reporter actually takes the time to make sure the facts are correct (yeah suck on that Randall Lane, I’ve got an article coming about you tomorrow!)
PS Even though I screwed up today’s perfect PennyStocking plays rather royally–although controlled losses well–my analysis was dead on, so I’m pretty damn proud and happy that many of you readers banked. Here’s a quick and dirty rundown:
PennyStocking student Davey and Mark shorted VRML around $4.60, Davey covering conservatively at $4.33, Mark still waiting to cover (as of the last comment saw). Ryan shorted some at $4.65 and $5, covering all at $3.70, posting a great comment “With more than $3500 made in a single day today, I am up 72.86% up in 4 months. All this credit goes to our number one Tim!!”
But the gains weren’t limited to VRML alone. Tony Ellis banked $1,200 on COIN, Shthappns banked on UFPT…any others, I can’t even keep track of all the comments today—so please comment about your winners–and losers–in this post so we can see how everyone’s doing! Last one to $1 million is a dirty Jew!
Just Who The Hell Do I Think I Am And Why Should You Care?
Posted by timothysykes on Mon 21st of Apr, 2008 01:50:08 PM Sponsor Offer:
It’s astounding how many lazy people refuse to click the ABOUT tab on this site when they want to know more about me. Instead I get anywhere from one to three dozen daily emails asking me—since I have an answer every email policy, I’m beyond tired of this. Guys, chicos, if you want to know how I got started, what kinds of stocks I trade, how I made so much $ so quickly, my life is an open book—literally–An American Hedge Fund. Hopefully this post can save me a few emails so here’s a quick rundown of my journey and how I’m gonna help you:
-My obsession to become the best tennis player led to a career-ending injury senior year of high school in 1999. Since I’d already gotten in to college early and the doctors orders were to rest, I had nothing to do so my parents gave me control of my $12,415 in Bar Mitzvah gift money to play around with and I opened a discount online brokerage account.
-My parents thought I’d lose everything, but after concluding all the most popular stocks were too expensive / random for me, I became a penny stock day trader and turned my little account into $2 million by the end of 2004 (no leverage used). The first $1 million was pretty much all buying breakouts (I focused on chart patterns, little did I know why the charts were so perfect), the second $1 million was pretty much all short selling (when I discovered their charts were perfect for a reason, manipulation!). (Trades, strategies used and lessons learned are all detailed in my instructional DVD PennyStocking)
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