What about those who trade, disclose everything and sell books/DVDs? PS Up about 70 cents now on PRXI short, anybody listen to me?
seriously Tim...if you blab about every winning trade on here, you will be mocked even worse. You have it bad enough on here...dont make it any more rough on yourself.
Wow, a whole .70 cents....on a two day trade...while the market fell 150 points. Awesome...simply awesome.
I dont trade equities anymore....but my friends who still do are having monsterous swings again...like the old days....baidu....goog...aapl.....some of the chinese stocks...so I wouldnt find pulling .70 cents out of a stock something to brag about....call me crazy.
Ok fine knock it, I expect nothing less, but remember this stock isn't trading in the 100s or 200s, this is a $14 stocks so a 7% gain in one day isn't too shabby. And i still have 1/2 my position because I think we might see $12...we'll see
I will blab about every winning and losing trade so u guys can seem I'm for real. I don't mind mocking, what I mind is you people not knowing the details of my strategy
Percentage wise is fine....but with all thats going on out there I just dont think people will get excited about making .70 on a stock.....thats all.
If you were really just trying to get people to buy your book/dvd, then you would exagerate anything and everything (just like all the SPAM we get from Sykes).
Please tell me how posting all my reviews/testimonials/real-time trades/ Realmoney calls are examples of any exaggeration on my part? This ought to be good!
Here are some of your reviewers on Amazon: "I'm not going to keep this short, since 3 of my previous (negative) reviews were deleted (yes, deleted). Obviously someone wants to make it look like most reviews are good (cough). Whatever. Book is boring, there are about few dozen books JUST LIKE THAT around, and most probably with more interesting stories. With that said, the book doesn't offer anything interesting. From my point of view (which is trading, and not blogging or whatever most of these reviewers do), Tim is simply not a good trader. Rookie mistakes cost him (other people's) money, and he still has about 10-20 year to try trading before (if he does) he writes a book thats deserving from trading point of view. Now, if you look at the book from some kind of life journey point of view, same disappontment - the writer is simply too young to deliver earth shattering stories. Ok, I live in NY and been trading for past 5 years? Only thing encouraging about the whole deal, is that found that I could probably come up with better and more interesting stories. Maybe I could write a better book, there is hope. " I bought and read Timothy Sykes book, and i'm extremely disappointed. I was hoping to read an inspiring tale of growth, and it was the exact opposite. It really seems like Timothy has regressed over time. I was really shocked to read that he took such a big hit on a single penny stock, a rookie error if you ask me. But this is someone who supposedly had years of experience with trading, so I don't understand why Timothy showed such poor judgement. Don't waste your time with this book. It only deals with penny stocks and the author is way too arrogant and ignorant for his own good. I knew the book wasn't going to be good when I read the author wanted to let other people study for decades to become lower-paid doctors and lawyers. Mr. Sykes doesn't understand success in area of life, especially trading. Once the laws were changed to stop pump and dump scams, the author has lost a truckload of money investing. There are many books on the stock market about people that made money when the markets were going up and then were unable to make money when market conditions changed. I suggest picking out a book that deals with normal priced stocks instead of this tripe if this subject interests you. Basically, the author was arrogant, hit a hot streak, became too egotistical and overconfident, and now can't make money, even though he is supposedly smarter for having lost all of this money. There are several of these books out there. Nothing of value here. I'm appalled to see that my first review of this book was deleted! I hope that doesn't happen again. I bought Tim Sykes book hoping for an inspiring tale of excitement and financial success, and I was very disappointed. To me, it was just another story of someone who made money during the bubble, only to lose much of it back recently. The person then turns to writing under the guise "learn from my mistakes". To me, it's a very old story. I really heard a lot about Timothy Sykes in the media and I liked his flambouyant personality.I was looking forward to seeing an expose' on the hedge fund industry and getting the inside scoop on how it all works and how a little guy could fare in such a crazy world. Unfortunately, in spite of all the high hopes, the book delivered little substance that could be applied. If you have never read a book on trading, you may want to check this out...but if you already even remotely familiar with the generic Wall Street tales....then feel free to pass it up, or borrow it from a friend if you're bored. I just can't recommend it on the merits of being anything revolutionary. Nothing new here for traders. But if you want to read the stock equivalent biography of poker's Chris Moneymaker, go right ahead and check this out at the bookstore! I don't want to give "Timmay" one star, as the book is well written and you can see he put effort into it. Alas, I am not reviewing on effort though, I am reviewing conent....I would have to say that in my opinion this book was all bark and no bite. In spite of it being wildly hyped and actually arousing my curiosity, I was let down. I wanted to be fair and not jump to conclusions...I read the book...and two stars is my conclusion.