It’s Official, PennyStockers Are Taking Over Covestor
Posted by timothysykes on Fri 15th of Aug, 2008 02:52:48 PM
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I bet the Covestor people are like WTF? Previously, I wrote about how there were 3 PennyStockers in the top 20 on Covestor (see blog post HERE), which taps into people’s brokerage accounts to verify all trades hence making ALL other fantasy leagues totally useless, but my latest checkup reveals the PennyStocking virus (click HERE to get your immunization) has spread so there’s now 4 of us in the top 7 when you click on the sort by annualized return tab on THESE rankings. (still not so by Sharpe Ratio as PennyStocking is “riskier” at least according to that useful-in-the-hedge-fund-industry-but-nowhere-else statistic)
You can see the rankings HERE. Understand that PCola is gonna have to stop trading due to absurd regulations, so he might drop out soon, but we’ve got literally a dozen others moving up the rankings as I write this so my goal is to have taught the majority of the people in the top 20 by year end. Eventually I want to dominate the top 100.
When our Covestor domination is complete, NOBODY will be able to ignore me when I say penny stock trading is easier than other niches as I’ll not only have proved it with my own superior returns, but with the superior returns of so many of you, which is far more important to me taking this mainstream which, I’m thinking will make these plays even more volatile/liquid. After all, we’re all basically using the variables and strategies I detail in my PennyStocking DVD Package, although many prefer to go long only, which is probly easier although I’ve never been good at it.
So congrats, we still have a lot of work to do, no more blogging, time to go research some more shitty companies to trade!
Now you can Twitter any questions/comments to TIMhelp and obviously you can follow TIM on twitter too!
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TIM Alerts
View All| Date | Stock | Position | Ideal Exit | % Gain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24 | KVHI | Short | $3.70 | 18% |
| Nov 20 | STSX | Short | $3.10 | 11% |
| Nov 18 | PERY | Short | $3.75 | 25% |
| Nov 11 | IIJI | Short | $2.80 | 5% |
| Nov 6 | CVI | Short | $4 | 15% |
| Nov 5 | MECA | Short | $1.95 | 51% |
| Nov 4 | CVI | Short | $4.81 | 4% |
| Nov 3 | NAK | Short | $3.20 | 5% |
| Oct 29 | EVC | Short | $2 | 26% |
| Oct 28 | HSNI | Short | $6.80 | 7% |
| Oct 28 | HSNI | Short | $5.75 | 4% |
November: 9 alerts, 15% avg gain
October: 11 alerts, 14% avg gain
You got that right…
Check out this shipwreck! Classic PUMP and DUMP rhetoric on OMEX. http://seekingalpha.com/articl.....xploration
They took me off the top 20 and I asked them why and they said something like that I hadn’t been on Covestor long enough (even though I’ve been there since end of April), and they would reassess my performance in 2 weeks to see if I was consistent. My Sharpe ratio according to them is in the 4’s, so I should be up there.
IDMI broke out of its flag pattern today on good volume. Closed right at its HOD. I took a small position into the close…would love to see a gap up on Monday.
ZYXI? This is an earnings mover now? It’s going a little vertical, though. Any thoughts on this one Timothy? (Just for entertainment purposes of course)
Yng, same here. This morning I was #10 on Covestor, now I mysteriously disappeared from the list completely. My Sharpe Ratio is 3.37 w/ a 243% return. Go Figure.
I’m hoping to get 2nd on covestor. But I don’t follow Tim’s strategy nor have I ever traded a stock you’ve traded.
My returns arn’t amazing, so far it’s slow and steady as I learn=P Still new to it.
http://www.covestor.com/mbr/johnca
It says my ann. return is 803%. I’ve only been a member since July 30, so I’m sure I won’t show up on there. Question, if I withdraw cash out of my account, does it lower my return?? I just did a withdrawal today, and curious to see if it lowers my account balance and my % return.
Forget about covestor. Gimme some opinions about zyxi people
I’ve seen other members say the same thing — they take new members out of the top rankings until they can hold the same level of performance for more time.
So it’s just a matter of time before you guys reappear and Pcola, Tony Ellis, Adam, jackynyc, Yngvaisteve, Reaper, bestdeception, etc etc etc etc take over the list.
Best, it doesn’t track cash positions so withdrawing money won’t have any effect. The lack of cash positions makes Tim’s method inflate your returns on Covestor so it actually helps your rating. You get the same return whether you short $1 worth of stock or $100K. And it doesn’t count commissions. Plus I have found if you scale in more money over time that also inflates your returns.
Scale more money into the same holding is what I meant…. For some reason that scales the return up as well, when it really shouldn’t.
It only looks at what your current holdings, your buys and sells and how manys shares of either. They don’t track your cash balance.
Is the automatic exporting of your trades to twitter new? activate it? I know covester has a delay when it checks your trades but it would still be kinda nice if you’re already following someone on covester and twitter.
Shorty,
I don’t think you can link two accounts into one Covestor account. You would have to start a separate Covestor account for your TOS account.
Shorty,
How’s the 2-account thing working for you? I’m considering splitting between TOS and Speedtrader so that I can get 6 day trades per week.
Mark
ZYXI looked like a strong close to me, Day trend converging with 15 minute trend, closing at HOD after good earning, it has pump over the weekend written all over it. Long 300 shares at$6.03. Will reserves to reverse trade on first down day.
Looking forward to a gap up on monday morning.
Yngvai, it worked well while i needed it (don’t need it anymore since TOS lets me daytrade on my canadian account However, I try to use IB whenever possible cause lower commissions and they allow to short under $ 3 while TOS doesn’t.
Not only 6 day trades, but if you are willing to pay more double commission you can just offset a position on 1 broker with a position in the other broker and avoid in that way a day trade (not for everyday use, since it will redeuce your available capital for other trades on both accounts)
Now, whats the take on APII rebound?
Tons of shorts covering or “long term investors who have realized that the price has come down because of the evil short sellers and decided to take advantage of this bargain price”?
I thought you could see the short interest on shortsqueeze.com but hasn’t change since yesterday. any way to see how many shorts on the same day? I would really love to know if most shorts covered today and what % of the volume did they account for.
I am confused, in one post you claim it is entertainment and in the next it is teaching or lessons? Those are very different things. It is cool for you to take credit where it is deserved and you are a good teacher at this thing. But you insist that you are only an entertainer… So you don’t deserve the credit for those other folks being in the top 20.
I thought short interest data was only released once a month or at least I know it isn’t updated daily.
Thanks getshorty. I’m thinking a gap and crap is a great possibility on Monday. Any company with $45,000 cash on hand can’t be for real. This has to give back some soon. I went ahead and reserved 1000 just in case.
LOL wirechild, “for entertainment only” is to satisfy my lawyers, c’mon read through the lines, of course this stuff is educational/informational…and when people are using my trading style, u’re damn right i’m gonna take credit
I am not in the rankings of Covestor yet because you cant unless you have had it for more then 2 months. So far Im at a month and a half. I am registered with them as UFgemini. So far my stats are super high…
Sharpe ratio 20.82
Annualized return 2592.89
Return since inception 38.38
Cant wait until it updates on month 2.
Its on like Donkey Kong
Congrats on 25K Tim! You’re an inspiration to me. Let the haters hate, just keep teaching!
hey leadpimp, omex is not a pump and dump, it’s ligit. The only reason I know this is because my friend wanted to apply to work there since he wants to go into marine archeology.
OMEX discovered the SS Republic. The SS Republic was a sidewheel steamer lost in deep water in 1865 after battling a hurricane for two days. The ship, en-route from New York to New Orleans, was reportedly carrying $400,000 in specie (1865 face value) when it sank. The ship’s fascinating history includes service in both the Confederate and Union navies during the Civil War.
This was the ship that was in the movie Sahara, i think.
Of course this doesn’t mean OMEX can’t be manipulated..
OMEX may be a real company, but they have the worst fundamentals in their entire industry group, according to IDB.
T-Money, SS Republic coins have not been monetized 5 years after their discovery/recovery. The lawsuits will continue well into the future. Right now OMEX is fighting the British and Spanish governments simultaneously. When you discover tons of rare coins they are no longer rare because of the laws of supply and demand. This hedge fund is hyping a stock to unwind its massive position in a classic manipulation tactic described by Jesse Livermore. Fools gold! Not to mention the dark cloud cover candlestick pattern today. Tim is this one volatile enough for you?
http://seekingalpha.com/articl.....xploration
Just reliving an old moment in time… forgive me…
(Jun 17-10:57) timothysykes: wiat for the 31 hour show…2 full trading days
(Jun 17-10:58) banana: why would you do taht?
(Jun 17-10:58) NayGra: doe this me your livestock show is going to turn into a reality show
(Jun 17-10:58) NayGra: does*
(Jun 17-10:58) novalis78: thats what tim needs 12 interns for…wearing a tim mask
(Jun 17-10:58) timothysykes: cuz itd be a challenege, i like challenges
(Jun 17-10:58) banana: you should do a segment that’s 1-3 hours where you pretend you’re not filming and you go about your day. Interesting to see how you trade.
(Jun 17-10:58) timothysykes: actually got about 20 intern offers from that post yesterday
(Jun 17-10:58) timothysykes: gonna help out mucho
(Jun 17-10:59) timothysykes: its gonna be like Fight Club except it’ll be Jew Club
(Jun 17-10:59) NayGra: instead of Big Brother it’s Big Tim
(Jun 17-10:59) Bob_VC: Tim- you do a 31 hour show, and I’m going to drive to ny to throw stuff at you..
(Jun 17-10:59) novalis78: yeah…tim, like in WSW…just a camera next to you…that is all you need
(Jun 17-10:59) banana: stocks anyone? Jeff, how you standing with your positions?
(Jun 17-10:59) lighter: 120 hr livestock show…entire trading week…think of all the free press you’d get from that
(Jun 17-10:59) lighter: DOOOO IT
(Jun 17-11:00) johnnyvento: FPP moving fast people
(Jun 17-11:00) morrisix: sort of like the jerry lewis telethon
(Jun 17-11:00) banana: thanks for the heads’ up on FPP JOHNNY.
(Jun 17-11:00) timothysykes: all sorts of possibilities
(Jun 17-11:00) johnnyvento: was jiggy, maybe false alarm, keep on watch
(Jun 17-11:04) johnnyvento: FPP going again 5.5
(Jun 17-11:05) johnnyvento: FPP jiggy again 5.6
(Jun 17-11:05) novalis78: what happened to FPP. Did they find a second drilling hole? LOL
(Jun 17-11:06) johnnyvento: FPP 5.7 vol pouring in
(Jun 17-11:06) austin: no kidding..FPP bolted up..good call Johnny
(Jun 17-11:06) benbien: anyone short that? i’m getting squeezed
(Jun 17-11:06) 13th_FLOOR: wow vol is FPP
(Jun 17-11:07) johnnyvento: saw the early spike at 5.4
(Jun 17-11:07) 13th_FLOOR: nice heads
(Jun 17-11:07) 13th_FLOOR: on FPP
(Jun 17-11:08) johnnyvento: FPP running now 5.82
(Jun 17-11:08) austin: tnx matty84…oil is down yet FPP bolts up..huh?
(Jun 17-11:09) bizcboy13: can anybody get shares for fpp?
(Jun 17-11:09) bizcboy13: FPP SHARES?
(Jun 17-11:09) 13th_FLOOR: FPP goooooo
(Jun 17-11:10) johnnyvento: blast off FPP
(Jun 17-11:10) 13th_FLOOR: its a long biz
(Jun 17-11:10) johnnyvento: 5.87
(Jun 17-11:11) bizcboy13: any good short picks
This chat log shows
1- Tim is always talking about himself
2- When Tim talks about himself he misses great day trades
3-johnnyvento makes great calls
4- bizcboy was in the chat that day- Tim later said I was outclassed by him
5- 13 yo bizcboy was banned from greenonthescreen within 24 hours of Tim saying he was a class act
I can’t believe an entire 60 seconds has gone by and Tim hasn’t responded to this post.
Johnny-
Excellent blast from the past with that GOS chatroom post! Although I wasn’t in it that day, it’s like deja-vu from all the other times I’ve had to endure his worthless blather. Hmmm…Tim kind of looks like a 13 year old boy. Maybe he logs in as bizcboy as an alias. After all, they’re both immature douche bags who won’t shut up.
congrats tim on breaking 25k-the gloves come off now that the daytrading status is official and margin is increased! good going tim!
Johnyvento I would tell you to shut the fuck up, I don’t think you would ever be making $45,000 doing anything including being a super douchey hater, which you’re quite good at. And for you CABeachBum you’re just that a bum, nothing less nothing more. You fucking losers who don’t like Tim or his style I would just say to you put up or shut up.
new post:
http://www.timothysykes.com/ti.....lshortcom/
BeachBum you’re a dumb cunt… Must have sand in it too since you’re always such a crabby fuck that wastes his time trying to “expose” Tim for the fraud he is. Ooooh yeah the little jew is out to get everyone’s money…Holy shit Sherlock you solved the caper! How hard is it to understand that he doesn’t give a shit about anything you have to say. As long as he can perform better then what this joke of an industry considers professionals you’re not going to be winning any arguments.
he’s been pretty fuckin open from the begining saying he doesn’t think he’s a good trader and it isn’t hard to perform better tehn him. He’s going to stick to his little nitch that has been successful for him and so far the records are pretty clear.
Yeah he likes to throw out crazy comments about how awesome he is and shit like that but its to get dumb fucks like you fired up and to get a passerby or two to check out his site. Its not like he’s pulling a bait and switch coming at us all nice and sweet then pulling the rug out from under us. He’s been the same from the get go.
JOHN said on Aug 20 8:06pm:
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vento, quit your bitching, copying and pasting is pathetic, i have customers cuz i’ve proven i can help make people $, FOUR was my 1 big loss, it happens….i’m starting to be meaner cuz my success has started attracting too many newbies who think they can ask me a million questions and not do the proper research–namely reading all my blog posts or getting my DVD…i have mad respect for mike13th, but we like taunting each other, its fun, meaningless and amusing…u take this shit seriously cuz you’re a litttle bitch…grow up count chocula,
“Remember without your fans you
Tim, I’m one of the few here who gets you and who is able to stand your ‘tough love,’ my buddy. Keep doing what you’re doing and watch out because you’ll see my trading do better soon. I just gotta get over this $25K hump first……….I’ve been stagnating at $9K thus far but tomorrow’s a new day. Also, I haven’t been able to short at all since getting suspended from thinkorswim so I’ve been stuck going long on stocks. I know it isn’t your business to keep track of what all your readers are doing or going through but you have to know and I’m telling you right now that I have been going long ONLY BECAUSE I lost my margin privileges, and I lost my margin privileges ONLY BECAUSE I stupidly started day trading when I got caught up with the Green on the Screen crowd and wanted to make the kind of gains Mike_13th was! Oh well, I am opening an IB account once I turn 21 and qualify for their Margin account.
Much love for the SF crew