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The Next +100% Monday Stock Spike

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Written by Timothy Sykes Reviewed by Jack Kellogg Fact-checked by Ellis Hobbs
Updated 7/3/2025 5 min read

Happy Friday!

The markets are closed today for the July 4th holiday, but come Monday at 9:30 A.M. Eastern, we’re back in action.

And if this week was any indication, you want to be ready early.

Why? Because some of the biggest spikes of the week happen first thing Monday morning, when traders return from the weekend full of energy and hype.

Just look at BitMine Immersion Technologies Inc. (AMEX: BMNR) from last week …

Last Monday, BMNR began to spike after news broke that it secured a $250 million private placement to build an Ethereum treasury.

That headline alone triggered a 700%* spike on Monday.

But the story didn’t end there…

The stock pushed higher on Tuesday.

And it pushed even higher on Thursday.

This was one of the most impressive breakouts of the summer. It’s the kind of volatility that my students and I dream about.

Look at my post below:

And we can trade this momentum.

Here’s How …

First of all, the move on BMNR started during premarket hours.

Trading Tip: Wake up early on Monday! The early bird catches the runner.

Here’s a look at the BMNR multiday chart that shows just how explosive this setup became after Monday’s announcement.

Every candle represents one trading minute:

BMNR chart multiday, 1-minute candles Source: StocksToTrade

This is exactly the type of momentum I’m hunting for this coming Monday morning …

Watch Bryce and Matt’s LIVE trading video from Thursday, July 3 to prepare for this volatility:

We use the same patterns to trade over-and-over again. It’s not rocket science.

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Enjoy this long weekend — but don’t get too relaxed.

Monday is our next opportunity to ride a big spike like BMNR.

Make sure that you’re prepared to trade this volatility. Study up and get some rest.

My Watchlist Right Now

This is an extensive list of the hottest stocks in the market right now, as of the market close on July 3.

All of these stocks are still in play and could either show us, a number 5 bounce play, or a breakout to new highs.

  • SPWH
  • CURI
  • CTMX
    • QBTS
      • This stock is bouncing back into a key consolidation area below the breakout.
  • NVTS
  • MRM
  • GORV
  • FNMA
  • And FMCC
  • MODV
  • PL
  • STSS
  • PHAT
  • KNW
    • This stock gave us a 30% number five bounce on Thursday last week.
  • TAOX
  • ARAI
  • SRM
  • SONM
  • CERO
  • ACXP
  • RYDE
  • NXTT
  • WHLR
  • LUCY
  • MITQ
  • IBO
  • GEOS
  • OP
  • INM
  • ONMD
  • PET
  • CYN
  • BMNR
    • This stock surged to new highs on Thursday.
  • MBIO
  • EDGM
  • WOLF
  • EGG
    • This stock spiked 80% on Thursday. And it has an interesting ticker symbol. Sometimes that’s all it takes 😆

At any time, prompt my AI-trading bot with any of the tickers above. It will give you a trade plan as if you asked me directly!

Watch my video below to learn how it works:

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”