I think its time we put this thread to sleep. While it has been a riot, enough is enough. Tim- Good luck with your book. Unfortuneatly IMHO your story isnt that inspiring. Ass Clown (TJ)- Good luck trading 2 lots from your mom and dad's house. I have enjoyed exposing you as the moron,fraud,loser,idiot, and wanna-be that your are. To everyone else (GZ, SISI, Cocaine......all the other fine contributors) : it was fun.....we all should meet up on here again when Timmay's book comes out....will probably be just as fun if not funnier. TJ....one last time: Do your parents charge you rent? LOL Adios.
Dude every single review I have ever read says "entertaining", "fast paced", "realistic", "inspirational" etc.. Try this experiment- Think of the worst trading book you can think of- go to the book store and read the back of the book where the reviews are- tell me if you see anything negative. Thanks. Maybe you shoulda taken the $35K. No one takes you seriously. If you're such a badass trader, why the hell are you trying to pimp a book anyway? Especially with some clown like Cooter Jones trashing your credibility. Whether or not you're a good trader isn't my point. I am glad you made some money-but no one here is gonna take your book serious, regardless of how many "fast-paced", "modern day ROSO" reviews you have. Every book has that- refer to my experiment. Oh and don't be that big headed-you're not some legend of trading. That in and of itself makes you sound like an ass.
(Ok, I haven't had a chance to read all the posts, nor am I going to) haha... But, riddle me this retards: How is it that I was playing around on a futures trading platform and 100% of my Hedge Fund money is in Equities.
Who cares wtf you were "playing around" with, futures, stocks, baseball cards, POGs etc. Honestly, its time for a new handle, you've been outed as a fraud here by many other people besides myself. Might as well start fresh and lay low so this doesnt happen to you again.
Just to chime in and put the nail in the coffin on this TudorJones dipshit once and for all. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showt...0&highlight=tudorjones+AND+ripley#post1364170 Read his post here. "If you have seen The Trader, I know.. it was a mistake that I even did it, but I see that some pimpsters in here are still pimping their burned out copies for $500, the last I heard, well.. if ya seen it, ha ha.. you wannabee, you probably would've watched it 1000s of time, I have.. I love myself on the screen. " "The Trader" is the movie that the real Paul Tudor Jones made. This assclown was actually claiming to be the REAL PTJ. Now he just claims to be an upcoming hedgefund manager who has started younger than PTJ and is better... it seems that once one of this little child's fantasies become too exposed for what they are, he has to change around his story such that he can still deceive himself into thinking he's anything other than a little douchebag who knows nothing about trading... This guy is fucking brilliant... claims to be the real PTJ, claims to take no risk, claims to have attended a top school despite despicable spelling and grammar... this little child wants attention, that he got 20 pages of this thread debated to attempts at debunking his authenticity is rather sad... that Sykes believes him to be worthy of sending a copy to just reveals enough about his judgement to show why his fund has achieved 20% of the return of bank CDs with 2500% more risk... To me, Sykes credibility went down the drain in the post where he said that his performance - his NEGATIVE performance (underperforming the benchmark T-Bills is money losing, IMO) - cannot be compared to other hedgefunds, only "short-only" hedgefunds. That's like saying "you can't compare my fund to other hedgefunds that perform decently... you have to compare my performance to funds only run by stupid Schmucks... you're comparing Apples and Oranges here." Dude, if you pick a money losing ego-based strategy because you "suck so much at trading the long side" (it seems you suck equally on the short side), it's no excuse for underperforming. IF your strategy took on less risk than indecies, had much less volatility, and returned something in between the T-Bill return and the S&P or DOW, I might say "okay, fine..." but it doesn't... so you're useless... Also, that you even think you have a story worth comparing to Jesse Livermore shows just how far up your ass your head is. Your brightest, most successful days will be behind you because of your inflated ego and sense of self worth. Of course you're being honest in your book, if you weren't, you wouldn't be able to sell it.
1. Its the people who have read my book that compare it to Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, not me. 2. I get the final draft back from my editor on August 1, so I'll post some excerpts to help you guys from making faulty conclusions. 3. My ego really isn't that big--the only reason why I'm so confident is because of all the business opportunities currently on my plate. The key is staying in the game and finding new opportunities and last time I checked, I'm still in the game. You take your losses and move on--my losses are actually helpful to you because my detailing them is going to help a ton of traders from making similar mistakes. QUOTE]Quote from SiSePuede!: I can't believe this thread is still going. Tim is a schmuck who can't/couldn't trade so now he's writing some little "memoir" about how it's hard to raise money and make money when you're a shithead and people in the professional world know you're a shithead. Then there's the real losers who actually think Tim's accomplishments five years still warrant some sort of interest. I'm not sure that's much different than respecting anyone who made money in the tech boom, 5 years ago. Tim got on some shitty show, made some appearances on CNBC that made him look like a bigger schmuck, and then invested in an illiquid pink sheet(CYGT) and lost 40% or so of his("funds") money and now he's writing a book. Take it from me guys...it was tim's "friends" who started telling people about the CYGT deal. Even they think he's a moron and started blabbing. Those of you who actually think Tim has something word listening to should probably be put to sleep. [/QUOTE] 1. Actually I'm writing this memoir to help teach and inspire traders of all sizes. You try answering 40+ emails/day and see if you're not tempted to tell your whole story for once and all so you don't have to repeat yourself. 2. Last time I checked, I made money 2 years ago, not 5. 7 up years, 1.5 down--get your facts straight. See the many posts with all my performance data. Anyway, nobody has ever really detailed their greatest gains AND their greatest losses before--I'm going to teach people EXACTLY what worked for me and EXACTLY did not and in the end, you'll thank me for it. 3. My friends were pissed about CYGT because we all went down in flames on that one. The good news is that we've all learned a lot from it, and there's still a chance it can make a comeback. Never say never. 4. I have a lot to offer as you'll soon discover. Again, never claimed to be a trading legend, only claimed to want to help other traders. And just because I know its gonna piss a lot of people off, I'm tentatively scheduled to be on Fox News with Neil Cavuto from 4-5pm on Wednesday, July 4th in a segment to be called "An American Success Story." Talking about what else, my upcoming book (he got an advance copy, too and liked it enough to want to have me on 3 months in advance) Hope you all watch! LOL Just because I know its gonna piss a lot of people off, I'll let you know that I'm tentatively scheduled to be on Fox News with Neil Cavuto from 4-5pm on Wednesday, July 4th in a segment to be called "An American Success Story." Hope you all watch! LOL