Comparing your story to those stories makes you seem like a fucking idiot. Those are great stories whereas yours is a story of some dumbass who got lucky and then lost most of it. All those books detail really interesting circumstances...you're going to detail how dumb you were to invest in your roomate's dad's company? How fucking uninteresting. You're nothing compared to the guys in those books and your story is sure as hell nothing because it involves pennies compared to those guys. That's why it's a dumb book read, you never even had more than $2M to your name and your fund barely had more than that. People want to learn about mistakes that people have made and learn from them. But when it comes to some two bit chump who's barely made and lost $1M then you have to be kidding if you think most people are dumb enough to care. Most people want to read your story because they don't know that you've lost much of it. If they did they'd be rather unlikely to buy or care. The hardest part isn't making the money, it's keeping it! And you're fucking failing the most important and hardest part! You can try and call my logic flawed all you want but in the end you're some putz who got lucky and made a good amount of money quickly and can't sustain that. You have lost a good amount of it and now you're grasping for straws in order to squeeze everything out of the 15 minutes of fame that dumb tv show gave you. Even if you were to ignore the losses, your gains the preceding few years were fucking weak if you factor in the numbers you use to promote yourself. That's totally disingenuous and for a guy who pretends to care about being honest you sure are shitting in your own bed. You're really quite pathetic.
Thank you for making my point. You have no idea if I was lucky or not because you don't know the details of my story....yet. And since you don't know the details, you have no idea if my story is great or not. After you learn all the details, then you'll be much better qualified to discuss everything. Until then, you only have your trashtalking and about a dozen good reviews from bloggers who could've ripped my book apart if they wanted to. Again, you didn't answer me as to what Niederhoffer's or LTCM's or Livermore's compounded annual averages were? I don't know the exact numbers, but I can guarantee my numbers are better. Hahaha, I'm not trying to show how great I am, I'm just trying to prove that a compunded return doesn't tell the whole story. And again, I made over $2M, not $1M and my drawdown is only 1.5 years now, not 4, please correct your accusations. I'm sorry that not everybody can be as great as you so the majority of us are the in the $1,000 to $1 million asset range---that makes my story all the more important because as entertaining as those other stories are, 99.99999% of people can't relate to. Except you, apparently. Pathetic you call me, again you only know about one of my 20,000+ trades (and you know scant details at that), you're just not qualified to offer an edcuated opinion at this point. But feel free to keep posting away and trying to combat all my future reviews--gotta keep up that 18 post/ day average LOL
Yes, you're fairly pathetic. Rather than admitting that you're grasping at straws you attempt to deflect your shitty trading abilities to a single drawdown. The truth is you can't duplicate what you did previously which is what you use to promote yourself and the only reason people are interested in your story. Compound returns are one thing...I'm sure some of those guys lost more than you. So what? They actually built something, you didn't build shit. You got lucky and made money and then lost it quickly. You didn't do anything amazing. There are hundreds of penny stock investors that have made 1000% gains...so what?! Compounded over the last 4 years you haven't returned shit! You said you were lucky in an interview on thestreet.com...your words. My qualms aren't with your story, they're with you being deceitful and disingenuous as selling your story, yourself, and your position as much different than they are. You're a putz.
Took the words right out of my mouth. Tim, you write a book and go on CNBC and crap and talk about how awesome you are, etc...then compare yourself to these huge Titanic like blowouts highlighted in books like When Genius Failed, etc... so which one is it? Are you both now? Are you the NEXT LEVEL OF TRADER? dun dun DUN! ha ha, I am sure there are plenty of neophytes out there that you can peddle to....but hey, anybody with a good email bot and marketing tactics can do that. ha ha Seriously makes me laugh thinking about it. Wonder where you'll be in the next couple years? I am just gonna sit and watch the train run off the track. Keep on going little Timmy.
this is fun, let me correct you once again, you seem to know everything about me, please tell everyone what my 2003, 2004, and 2005 numbers were. Apparently, they couldn't be very good because according to you, I haven't made anything since the tech bubble!!! LOL Buddy, numbers don't tell the whole story. Luck definitely played a role in it, but there's a little luck involved in everything. Gotta admit that--bu it doesn't mean there isn't skill involved, too.
You whined and had the numbers removed...who can re-post them, you'll do the same. And for the record shit for brains, correcting me would involve actually pointing out something. When do you think the tech bubble was dummy? Thanks for cowering and realizing that I make salient points. You have nothing to add, you're a putz who is grasping to hang on to something you had. That's it. Being disingenuous is fucking sick and you really deserve nothing for misrepresenting yourself. You should have taken your parents jewelery store because you're sure as shit going to need the money
Loser. Nothing wrong with losing in trading, etc...but to bullshit people and mislead is totally different.
Man with all this articulated really thought out verbal judo mud slinging among some of you folks, where do you guys find the time to trade?!?!?!?!? Damn this is getting too vile. Yeah I know if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.... Anyways, guys this is about making money and being better than yourself from the day before. There is no need to pull out the all out assaults on each other. If you like Timmmmaaaay and going to get his book, cool. If not and you find him a complete ass, cool as well. Just don't forget the whole reason we are in this. Financial independence thru our love of trading. No matter how great your argument(s) are it is just online and your bank account is still the same when you push the Submit Reply button. Unless somehow your account gets 5 times bigger everytime you reply. If that is true I need to buy you coffee and meet you face to face!
This is the best damn post on the thread. As far as Timmy and his book, it's probably a very interesting read and no doubt will make the train rides much shorter as I take care of my business. He took an shot when the opportunity was there and it worked out for him. Stop hateing on him. Jimmy Jam