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My #1 Pattern Has Helped Me Profit In This Red Market

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Written by Timothy Sykes
Updated 9/19/2022 6 min read

On Friday, stocks continued to stumble, closing out one of the worst weeks of the year.

FedEx Corporation’s (NYSE: FDX) revenue warning may signal more pain ahead for investors as a global recession is possible.

This week we expect another 75 basis-point hike from the Fed to help curb inflation…

But despite the overall sell-off in the market, I’ve seen some positive signs that may indicate stocks may be ready to bounce back…

We never know what the future will hold for us, but we can always learn to adapt to the overall market.

And Today, I’m going to share with you just 2 secrets on how to stay afloat during these turbulent times…

How To Survive

Heading into September, I informed all of you that this month is historically a nightmare.

The stock market is continuing to find its ground as traders anxiously await the Fed’s decision later this week…

Hoping that it doesn’t spark more fear into investors, creating another massive sell-off in this already fragile market.

But even though the market continues to be so unpredictable, there are ways for you to ride out this storm…

Yes, it may be difficult to find a lot of trades in this upside-down market, but it’s not about the number of trades you make…

It’s about how to be disciplined and find quality over quantity.

In September, I continue to follow my #1 rule and take quick profits.

In order to survive in this choppy market, patience is key…

So let’s look at how my latest trade and my two secrets can help you.

Secret #1 – Find Out What’s Working

Many new traders are just looking for hot picks and hot alerts…

Some don’t want to take the time to identify trade opportunities on their own, or maybe they don’t want to study the past.

Maybe they have a “gut” feeling that this stock will go to the moon…

It is important for all traders to become independent with their techniques and to find what is working in these markets…

But finding out what is working in the market is important, as it can help you become familiar with what the overall trend is, and how to apply my trading strategies.

In my latest trade, I continued to look for great opportunities in this market and found this recent multi-month runner…

Alaunos Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TCRT)

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TCRT had a massive sell-off the day before, over 50%…

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With these big sell-offs,  I want to be able to identify dip-buying opportunities…

The benefit of finding a stock that has been trending upwards, and then suddenly sells off — there’s still a lot of interest in the stock to have a potential bounce…

And with TCRT, the stock rebounded from its lows and trended upwards, giving me that perfect morning spike I was looking for.

In the first year or two of your trading journey, there’s a lot to learn…

So it’s very important to find out what is working in this type of market.

It’s important to study the past, and studying the pennystocking framework will help you understand the pattern of small-cap stocks.

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And this leads me to my next secret…

Secret # 2 – Have a plan

With each of my trades, I always have a plan…

What is my entry point and what is my exit strategy…

*Risked $10,800 in capital to profit $950

In every trade, you want to set a realistic goal.  In TCRT, I wanted a 5-10% bounce, and when I exited my trade I profited 8.8%.

With this morning spiker, I felt that the stock wanted to continue to run after its massive sell-off from the day before, hoping it would break out through a key resistance area.

Shortly after the market opened, TCRT broke through the $2.20 multi-month resistance, and that is where I anticipated the stock to continue to run.

Let’s say that you invested $2,000 into this trade at the same time that I did…

You would’ve made $176 in less than 10 minutes!

Yes, it’s not going to change your life instantly, but this is the name of the game…

You want to take quick profits that will add up over time, helping you increase your trading portfolio size…

And then you can increase your position and become more aggressive when the market starts to rebound.

Words Of Advice

I want you to ask yourself, how badly do you want this?

Are you looking for these trades to be handed to you?

Or are you wanting to be a self-sufficient trader and know how to apply my strategies at the right time?

There are several reasons why new traders lose when they first start trading…

I didn’t make over 25 millionaire students just by luck, they were all determined to hit that million-dollar milestone…

And following my strict trading plan will help you continue to grow.

As the market remains weak, I want you to be able to come out on top during these challenging times.

Take the next step to find financial freedom!

Cheers,

Tim



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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”