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New Trading Algorithm Nails It on Day One

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Written by Timothy Sykes
Updated 3/27/2026 4 min read

On Wednesday last week (March 25) I sat down with Tim Bohen so he could tell me about his new trading algorithm.

You might not know this, but Bohen is kind of a tech geek from way back.

He even has an AI assistant called Higgins after the “estate manager” in the old Magnum P.I. TV show (seriously).

So, when Bohen told me about his new algorithm, I didn’t hesitate to clear my schedule for a sit down.

What Bohen shared with everyone last week was SO cool (before then, he’d never shared every detail, not even with me).

But what happened the next day (March 26) was CRAAAAZY!

I’ve known Bohen for years, and we’ve spent a TON of time together talking about the markets and trading.

He’s presented at my conferences in the past.

And he’s the Lead Technical Trainer at StocksToTrade.

So, we talk every couple of days.

But even I was surprised at just how powerful his new algo is.

Right out of the gate (on day ONE) his Rubicon Codex algo picked a 162%+ winner.*

All based on 5 market forces and what Bohen calls…

The 9,900% Amendment 

The coolest thing about Bohen’s new algorithm is that it’s super easy to use.

It scans every stock approaching $1 and filters it through three data points, then it outputs a traffic-light signal system.

In other words…

If You Can Read Traffic Lights, You Can Use This System

Image created by Google Gemini, chart source StocksToTrade, VSA 3/26/26, Rubicon Codex winner*

Again, even I was surprised.

I already knew that when this setup has appeared in the past, it’s led to positive gains 3 out of 4 times.

In fact, one of my all-time favorite books is “Reminiscences of a Stock Operator” which is a fictionalized account of the great Jesse Livermore’s life.

In that book, the character based on Livermore talks about this very setup.

But the 9,900% amendment that Bohen shared in our sit down is a GAME CHANGER.

It has to do with a new SEC rule change that I’d guess not 1 in 100 traders even knows about.

Look, I wrote about Tim Bohen’s new trading tool last week.

And it’s not often that I come back to something like this so fast.

But you should DEFINITELY learn this strategy as it has already proven itself nicely.

Like Bohen said last week… a year from now you don’t want to be someone who wishes they’d learned about this earlier.

More Breaking News

A lot of people think the game is rigged. And in many ways they’re right. But I assure you…

You Don’t Need Wall Street Connections to Succeed

Both Bohen and I started small. We both spent years grinding away to hone our trading skills.

And I’m not saying you won’t have to put in effort (you will).

But with tools like Bohen’s Rubicon Codex, your journey to success could potentially be a LOT shorter than mine (or Tim Bohen’s)

One more quick thing…

When everyone was freaking out about the ugly markets last week, Tim Bohen was quietly giving great trade ideas to his students. He nailed more than just VSA.

If I was just getting started today… this is the first thing I would do:

Go here to stream The 9,900% Amendment

I have no idea how long it will be until they take it down, so don’t delay.

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”