So much has changed in trading in the past 20 years…
…and so much has stayed the same.
Which made it a no-brainer when Scott Gill and Sean Skelton, producers of Wall Street Warriors, contacted me to do an anniversary breakdown.
Sean was very kind when he called me “an American success story.”
Like so many success stories, I had help along the way.
Wall Street Warriors gave me a springboard for teaching and building my businesses.
They didn’t even realize it.
It’s crazy to think of everything that has happened since then. I’m very blessed.
Want to see how YOUNG I looked?
This was my first appearance 20 years ago…
Wall Street Warriors S1 E2 “Closing the Deal”
I can’t thank Scott and Sean enough for asking me to be on the show.
As they said in the breakdown video below, Wall Street Warriors was supposed to be a show for affluent young men. Or maybe aspirational young men.
What they didn’t know before I told them was how much influence the show had on me becoming a teacher.
SO many people who’d seen me on the show reached out and asked me to help them get started in the industry.
I’d already had some engagement from an appearance on CNBC, but because of industry rules banning me from advertising my hedge fund to the public, I needed to get my name out there.
More on how much the show meant to my teaching career and charity work, but first here’s the 20th Anniversary Official commentary video…
Wall Street Warriors 20th Anniversary Commentary | S1 E2 “Closing the Deal”
I hope you enjoyed that. By the way, you can watch original episodes here.
Here are some thoughts on that episode and the entire experience:
- I should’ve marketed a bathrobe back then. Would it have been a success? Comment below and let me know.
- Everything I teach today, the patterns, the lessons, the trading tips…is the same as what I’ve been doing for 28 years now. And Wall Street STILL looks down on penny stocks (even though it’s created 50+ millionaires).
- The one big difference is that I don’t short sell. And I advise newbies against shorting because it’s too risky.
- If anything, we’re seeing even MORE of the same patterns playing out faster, with premarket and after-hours trading (and millions more traders).
- Wall Street Warriors, along with an article in the New York Observer, sent a stream of young investors and traders my way. They didn’t invest in my hedge fund, but it got me thinking about teaching.
- Without Wall Street Warriors I wouldn’t have been able to start donating to charity and building schools. So, thank you Scott and Sean. 33,000 kids around the world go to our schools (in places where education is the difference between poverty and hope).
Final Thoughts On the 20th Anniversary of Wall Street Warriors
People watching the show learned a lot.
It was both entertaining AND educational. Infotainment, right? And that put the show on the cutting edge.
Even though I was drinking during most of the filming (I was young and nervous), it was a pivotal experience for me.
Now something for the coming week, because it’s gonna get CRAZY…
Catalyst Watch: SpaceX IPO Hype Has Every Trader Looking for “To the Moon” Space Stocks
For the next week, the SpaceX IPO is going to be front and center. I’m sure you’ve already seen and read a lot about it.
But from today it will be everywhere from social media to mainstream news and magazine covers.
You won’t be able to get away from it because it’s the biggest IPO in history (and it’s Elon).
Everyone… financial pundits, twitter pumpers, even short sellers will be hyping the SpaceX IPO.
My advice: take a deep breath and consider the source.
In fact, I’m so sure that most people will try to chase SpaceX that I’m holding a pre-IPO briefing on Wednesday, June 10…
48 hours BEFORE the IPO.
Join me next Wednesday for an urgent pre-IPO briefing.
I’ll also give you my top Supernova trade idea around the SpaceX IPO… FREE.
Cheers,
– Tim Sykes
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