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Every Time I See This Pattern … BOOM!

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Written by Timothy Sykes
Updated 12/5/2025 6 min read

I told everyone to watch this stock …

Every time I see short sellers getting confident, I know something explosive is coming.

On December 2, I sent out an alert about a low-float biotech stock that was pushing against resistance at $8 per share.

It spiked 160%* that day after announcing a key manufacturing milestone for its nasal spray platform.

I warned the stock looked ready to blow if it continued to test resistance.

Look at the chart below from December 2. Every candle represents one trading minute:

??? chart intraday, 1-minute candles Source: StocksToTrade
??? chart intraday, 1-minute candles Source: StocksToTrade

Sure enough, it erupted higher the next day.

The price surged past $8 during after-hours. In total, it spiked 180%* after breaking the resistance level.

The chart followed the same pattern I’ve seen for years: Stubborn short sellers try to ride a crappy stock lower, and they get squeezed to insane heights after panicking at the next sign of bullish momentum.

Our edge right now is that these short sellers never learn.

Now I’m watching for the next squeeze …

In this 2025 holiday market, volatility is a gift.

Get ready. I’ll be sending my next alert soon. And since history repeats, there’s another monster setup right around the corner.

How The Breakout Pattern Works

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I’ve seen it a hundred times…

A stock spikes, fades, consolidates under a key level, and then explodes through resistance.

Sometimes it even retests the highs a few times before pushing higher, like my pick from December 2.

It’s called a breakout pattern and it’s the single most recognizable setup in my entire playbook.

Every time a stock rejects the same level (in this case, $8), short sellers get comfortable. They start thinking the level is “safe” and they add into it.

But every test of the breakout level will weaken the resistance. And once the wall breaks, shorts scramble to buy back shares. That’s when their panic becomes our gain.

Here’s what to look for:

  • A clear resistance level tested multiple times on steady volume.
  • Support levels where buyers consolidate and shorts take momentary profits.
  • Volume confirmation. The breakout has to have fuel. If volume doesn’t grow, the move could fail.

When do we buy?

That depends on your personality and risk tolerance.

There are two viable entry styles:

  1. Anticipation entry: You buy before the breakout, near support or a higher low, and risk off that level. This gives better reward potential, but you’ll trade more fakeouts.
  2. Confirmation entry: You buy after the breakout triggers, when it pulls back momentarily above the breakout level, possibly bouncing off of it. You’ll pay a little more, but you’re following proven momentum.

Now … There is a way to rule out the weakest setups.

That way we can buy before the breakout with enough confidence to wait for the surge. That’s how traders can maximize gains.

The Secret Ingredient

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Some breakout setups won’t squeeze another +100%.

The goal is to weed out the most likely runners from the least likely. That way we stand a better chance of making gains with minimal risk.

On December 2, the runner from my alert was Polyrizon Ltd. (NASDAQ: PLRZ), a tiny biotech with a float under 1 million shares.

The float is the key.

A low float means there are fewer shares available for trading. As a result, when the demand spikes, the price spikes at a sharper rate.

PLRZ pushed against $8 resistance for hours, building pressure. And overzealous shorts kept snatching up shares every time the stock seemed to confirm a ceiling.

Then, during after-hours on December 3, it finally broke. The price spiked 180%* as shorts scrambled to cover.

Look at the entire move on the chart below. Every candle represents one trading minute:

PLRZ chart multi-day, 1-minute candles Source: StocksToTrade
PLRZ chart multi-day, 1-minute candles Source: StocksToTrade

It’s the same pattern I’ve seen for 20+ years. But the squeezes are bigger right now because there are so many greedy short sellers in the market.

We’ve seen multiple +1,000%* short squeezes this year.

Most recently, SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited Company (NASDAQ: SMX) spiked 2,700%* from November 25 December 4 …

It’s the same human emotion every time. That’s what creates the recurring pattern.

And it’s not over. There will be another PLRZ, another SMX. That’s why I give out my free Daily Doubler alerts every day.

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You’re Just In Time

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There’s a new directive from the White House. And it’s set to trigger a $34 trillion shock in the market, with AI laying directly in its path.

This momentum isn’t over! And Trump’s pending move is set to send shockwaves through the AI market.

We only have a few days left to prepare: Look for this catalyst to hit the market any day now!

Cheers

 

*Past performance does not indicate future results



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Timothy Sykes

Tim Sykes is a penny stock trader and teacher who became a self-made millionaire by the age of 22 by trading $12,415 of bar mitzvah money. After becoming disenchanted with the hedge fund world, he established the Tim Sykes Trading Challenge to teach aspiring traders how to follow his trading strategies. He’s been featured in a variety of media outlets including CNN, Larry King, Steve Harvey, Forbes, Men’s Journal, and more. He’s also an active philanthropist and environmental activist, a co-founder of Karmagawa, and has donated millions of dollars to charity.
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* Results are not typical and will vary from person to person. Making money trading stocks takes time, dedication, and hard work. There are inherent risks involved with investing in the stock market, including the loss of your investment. Past performance in the market is not indicative of future results. Any investment is at your own risk. See Terms of Service here

The available research on day trading suggests that most active traders lose money. Fees and overtrading are major contributors to these losses.

A 2000 study called “Trading is Hazardous to Your Wealth: The Common Stock Investment Performance of Individual Investors” evaluated 66,465 U.S. households that held stocks from 1991 to 1996. The households that traded most averaged an 11.4% annual return during a period where the overall market gained 17.9%. These lower returns were attributed to overconfidence.

A 2014 paper (revised 2019) titled “Learning Fast or Slow?” analyzed the complete transaction history of the Taiwan Stock Exchange between 1992 and 2006. It looked at the ongoing performance of day traders in this sample, and found that 97% of day traders can expect to lose money from trading, and more than 90% of all day trading volume can be traced to investors who predictably lose money. Additionally, it tied the behavior of gamblers and drivers who get more speeding tickets to overtrading, and cited studies showing that legalized gambling has an inverse effect on trading volume.

A 2019 research study (revised 2020) called “Day Trading for a Living?” observed 19,646 Brazilian futures contract traders who started day trading from 2013 to 2015, and recorded two years of their trading activity. The study authors found that 97% of traders with more than 300 days actively trading lost money, and only 1.1% earned more than the Brazilian minimum wage ($16 USD per day). They hypothesized that the greater returns shown in previous studies did not differentiate between frequent day traders and those who traded rarely, and that more frequent trading activity decreases the chance of profitability.

These studies show the wide variance of the available data on day trading profitability. One thing that seems clear from the research is that most day traders lose money .

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Citations for Disclaimer

Barber, Brad M. and Odean, Terrance, Trading is Hazardous to Your Wealth: The Common Stock Investment Performance of Individual Investors. Available at SSRN: “Day Trading for a Living?”

Barber, Brad M. and Lee, Yi-Tsung and Liu, Yu-Jane and Odean, Terrance and Zhang, Ke, Learning Fast or Slow? (May 28, 2019). Forthcoming: Review of Asset Pricing Studies, Available at SSRN: “https://ssrn.com/abstract=2535636”

Chague, Fernando and De-Losso, Rodrigo and Giovannetti, Bruno, Day Trading for a Living? (June 11, 2020). Available at SSRN: “https://ssrn.com/abstract=3423101”