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How My Top Students And I Profit In This Market

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Written by Timothy Sykes
Updated 8/8/2025 4 min read

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  • MRM-14.86%
    MRM - NASDAQMEDIROM Healthcare Technologies Inc.
    $2.35-0.41 (-14.86%)
    Volume:  517453
    Float:  6.02M
    $2.22Day Low/High$2.53
  • SPY+0.18%
    SPY - NYSESPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
    $638.30+1.12 (+0.18%)
    Volume:  284617
    Float:  1.04B
    $636.85Day Low/High$638.35

There’s no question … 2025’s been wild.

A glance at the S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) is proof enough.

On the chart below, every candle represents one trading day:

SPY chart multi-month, 1-day candles
SPY chart multi-month, 1-day candles Source: StocksToTrade

The market dropped 21% at the announcement of Trump’s astronomical tariffs.

And it’s since made new highs, rallying 33% from the lows.

This market volatility is an investor’s nightmare. And with widespread tariffs only just implemented last week, the future of the economy is still uncertain and in uncharted waters.

All the while … I’ve locked in $99k in profits already this year (that includes losses).

My most successful student, Jack Kellogg, has locked in $5.3 million including losses.

This volatility is good for traders.

Volatile stocks like to follow specific patterns as they spike. And when the volatility is higher, the spikes follow suit.

We’re seeing big stock spikes every day in this market.

  • On Thursday, August 7, a small tech stock announced news with ChatGPT creator Sam Altman. The price spiked 190%* by Friday afternoon.

It’s on my watchlist for this week …

And if it follows my patterns, I’ll make a trade.

Last Week’s AI Runner

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On Thursday, during after hours, a small tech stock trading below $1.50 per share announced a collaboration to participate in “World” – a proof of human protocol co-founded and chaired by Sam Altman, the creator of ChatGPT.

The price immediately spiked that evening.

On Friday, it dipped a bit but rallied toward the breakout level in the afternoon and ultimately surged to new day highs.

The entire run measured 190%*. There was more than enough room to take the meat of the move.

But understand, I’m not here to invest in this tiny stock. The spike will eventually crash. I’ve seen countless AI spikes since 2023 that spike and fail.

These AI news announcements are used as catalysts to pump the price of the stock.

There are opportunities to make gains as a result. But it’s important to follow popular patterns and to take profits before the momentum switches.

For example, last Friday’s AI runner, MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: MRM) could spike higher this week, but first I’ll wait for it to follow my patterns.

How To Trade +100% Stock Spikes

Volatile stocks like to follow a specific framework as they spike and ultimately crash.

There are 7 steps.

Some stocks only make it to step 3 and then crash, some of them can skip step 5 and 6, some match the framework perfectly …

It’s an imperfect science. But a science nonetheless. My millionaire students and I are proof of that.

For even more proof, look at the clean breakout pattern on MRM below. Every candle represents one trading minute:

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

The stock showed resistance at $2.50 on Friday during premarket. Then it spiked to that level briefly in the afternoon before consolidating for a full breakout.

This price action is not random.

Jack Kellogg and I use the exact same framework to trade. It’s the same framework that all of my millionaire students use to trade.

To learn my entire trading process and the patterns that I use to stay profitable, even during sketchy markets …

Watch my video below:

There will be more +100% stock spikes this week.

Make sure that you’re prepared.

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”

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