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Posted 3 months, 8 days ago.

8 Pumped Up Stocks To Watch For The Upcoming Week

Tags: ANALysts, Breakouts, Financial Media Circus, Hot Stocks, Potential Plays

(FEED) Strong volume breakout, most likely due to the after-hours Forbes article—you don’t think somebody leaked that, of course they did! This industry is far more corrupt than you could ever imagine, don’t bother digging for the truth, just profit from it….based on its chart alone, I coulda woulda shoulda bought into the close on Friday, but now it’s too late…hopefully we can get a big naïvely-optimistic-investor spike to short into…c’mon piggies, don’t read my blog, just buy buy, buy!!

(CNOA) Chinese rice play—pumped by the surprise tag team of CNBC and penny stock promoters—in depth article to follow tomorrow—be careful here, all is not is not kosher, not by a long shot

(MBRK) Nice chart breakout, but it’s a TheStreet.com pump and dump—that’s right, there are pumpers everywhere, whether they get paid by the shady companies themselves or not…unfortunately, outside of Cramer, TheStreet.com doesn’t have much influence—nor should they—so this is a rather weak breakout aka not shortable…yet

(GEECF) Shady shady shady energy play, don’t short til you see the whites of their eyes

(COPY) Spam stock du jour, c’mon you promoters, do your jobs, get this sucker up more!

(CPST) Chinese-water-torture-esque gradual breakout, perfectly uptrending but not worth my precious time/capital, definitely no PSTI!

(KOG) Only took 5 days to match CPST’s 5-month move, still not volatile enough for me…yet

(ISRG) Can’t help but wonder if its strong strong strong chart is indicative of another quarter of blowout earnings, smack in the face of incompetent ANALysts…we’ll find out this week…but I’m just gonna be a spectator here, not a speculator (don’t play earnings guessing games and def. don’t anticipate breakouts, much better odds after the breakout occurs)

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44 Responses

1Joe

April 13th, 2008 at 7:41 pm

FEED looks like a good possibilitly here. I’m a little scared to short into spikes or without an indication of a breakdown. There is no way of knowing when a spike would peak. Of course, if the spike is 10-20% I may not hesitate to short. I just don’t want another repeat of COIN.
2Kevin

April 13th, 2008 at 9:06 pm

At what price would you cover your short on FEED?
Thanks for all the info by the way!
3timsykes

April 13th, 2008 at 9:08 pm

i dont even know if i’m gonna short FEED yet…lets worry about price action, then entry price THEN potential exits.
4Michael Goode

April 13th, 2008 at 9:11 pm

Hey Tim, COPY showed up on my pump & dump screens late last week too. I doubt it’ll get much more of a pump, though. No shares shortable at IB.
5Michael

April 13th, 2008 at 9:20 pm

Hey Tim,

FEED is a definite short on a spike, something fishy about this one. Question, on your shorts what do you usually set your stop loss at?
6timsykes

April 13th, 2008 at 9:26 pm

never used a stop losses in my life, i judge in real time
7Michael

April 13th, 2008 at 9:32 pm

Well real-time whats the biggest loss you will take percentage wise before you cover for a loss.
8timsykes

April 13th, 2008 at 9:39 pm

no easy way to answer, each situation is totally different and it also depends on where my account is, the market environment…risk tolerance, other plays going on, other potential plays…nothing n trading is simple, u must learn all variables
9John

April 13th, 2008 at 10:10 pm

I’m looking at shorting ORGN tomorrow at a break below 2.20 - volume is weakening and enthusiasm is waning…thoughts?
10timsykes

April 13th, 2008 at 10:13 pm

orgn’s possibly a good short but not sure there more than 10-20 cents downside, they do have financing now in place and stubborn shorts could get squeezed…i’d prefer shorting into squeezing of early shorts, avoiding becoming one myself
11Davey

April 13th, 2008 at 10:30 pm

Doesn’t look like any are perfect set ups right now, keep stalking…I’ve been here for a while and remember the SOLF incident where you decided to stop trading so much, and since then you’ve been on fire. Waiting for the right set up is probably your second biggest lesson besides the supernova, preserving capital is just as important as growing it. Keep it up Tim.
12timsykes

April 13th, 2008 at 10:39 pm

exactly, nothing ideal by a longshot
13Cindy

April 14th, 2008 at 12:22 am

Tim - How do you spot a stock being pumped? Faster price movement than volumn? Thanks!
14timsykes

April 14th, 2008 at 12:40 am

cindy, a decade of experience and searching all the message boards
15InvestorsLive.com

April 14th, 2008 at 1:08 am

Tim I like your KOG find, definitely on radar now
16JCastellon

April 14th, 2008 at 1:12 am

what do you think about ETFC and buying before earnings? Also, what is your take on Visa.
Thanks
17timsykes

April 14th, 2008 at 1:17 am

ETFC is a total financial guessing game, avoid

Visa, see my AOL article about it, still holds true cuz most investors are idiots who dont want to do research, they take comfort in brand names:

http://www.bloggingstocks.com/.....-visa-ipo/
18Oliver

April 14th, 2008 at 1:24 am

tim, you said that everyone was comparing their development to the indecies. Thats right, but i personally dont see the use for anyone besides a mutual fund to do so. you can increase on both the short and long side while the indecies obviously only increase when they go up.
if a mutual fund had records like the ones you posted yesterday id go wacko.
19timsykes

April 14th, 2008 at 1:30 am

EXACTLY mutual funds suck for getting your wealth up quickly! u don’t understand 99.9% of short sellers lose money, i see it as a way to have a leg up on everyone, everyone else is too scared to try it…i’ve got a long way to go to get people to even consider this a worthy strategy, i need all the index dominance i can get!
20JCastellon

April 14th, 2008 at 1:54 am

thanks, great article
any recommendations for a new investor?
21MJ

April 14th, 2008 at 4:11 am

Tim, Would you consider going long for a day on PSTI if it finds support at the 10-period sma? How about shorting it again around $5 if it gets there?
I appreciate you man.
22Gregory

April 14th, 2008 at 7:53 am

Soooo … let me get this right !!! You are doing this to show that anyone can do it using your methods, but then cindy asks you a simple question.

>How do you spot a stock being pumped?
and you answer with:
>>Cindy, a decade of experience and searching all the message boards

You are sounding very contradictory with that remark. On one hand buy the book and do what I do, but then you say it takes a decade and crap loads of time to do it. Why would anyone buy your book, if they still have to spend a decade of time, and mountains of time each week just to find the opportunities.

Poor Cindy must be very disillusioned and confused right now. Please get your story straight, and let Cindy know what your real advice is.
23Dan-O

April 14th, 2008 at 9:16 am

Must… Hold back…. Scathing criticism…..

I’m not a behavioral psychologist but I suspect that it might take some time and practice to become an expert at anything.

Also, I suspect there isn’t any one rule that applies to all situaions (take that string theory)!

One more point, ten years of constant practice is roughly what it takes to be great… Look it up.
24Roderic

April 14th, 2008 at 9:18 am

Lebed is pumping SPNG.

Tim what you think about SPNG?

BTW great site man keep it up!
25ViciousChicken

April 14th, 2008 at 9:57 am

KOG looks like the tastiest of the bunch. I think it may have hit it’s peak- can you see the whites of their eyes? The Bid/Ask is pretty skewed as well..

Tim, do you look at B/A much when trying to time your trades?
26timsykes

April 14th, 2008 at 10:43 am

Gregory–thats how i spot stocks being pumped, no other way to answer it…with my guidance it probly only takes a few days/weeks to learn how

KOG–there’s no whites of their eyes yet–it hasnt closed negative for the day!

of course i look at bid ask, but it can be toyed with

spng is irrelevant to me i dont play stocks that cheap, its near useless to try to short them
27ViciousChicken

April 14th, 2008 at 10:49 am

Speaking of short- SGN would have been a killer play this morning. Went from $1.45 to about $.90 right now- their conference call must have been full of bad news. I was actually long on SGN on Friday, but had a stop loss bumped unexpectedly, which took me out right at my entry point- (WCS grabbed my quick profit earlier that day!)
28John

April 14th, 2008 at 10:55 am

To GSC, if you around today…..you mentioned shorting WM on Friday, it panned out good today. Would you hold your short position (if you are still holding it), over its earnings af today? Thanks.
29bryan

April 14th, 2008 at 11:04 am

PSTI ROUND 2?
30cacaosteve

April 14th, 2008 at 11:10 am

Positive news on PSTI at 10 AM:
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080414......html?.v=1
31GSC

April 14th, 2008 at 11:14 am

I have a high entry in it holding short from 11.78, and i trade it heavily on the short side.
The valuation of this stock is a work in process type of deal since every day there is either more dilution or write offs and the market is acting erratic on the slimmest ray of hope.
The stock is being propped up really nice by some forces, since this is an 8 stock or below due to dilution and continuous write offs
G.Sachs sent out an advisory with a 9 target as a base and a short rec to their clients, and i wouldn’t go against that.
I think there is a lot more downside here. I liquidated some of my position today with an AVG of 10.42, but i am still holding over 1/2, and this is something i will hold on through earnings.
I also went into MER,LEH with some put spreads, short COF heavily.
32timsykes

April 14th, 2008 at 11:14 am

nah nobody cares about PSTI, they need to pay more stock promoters!
33Goose

April 14th, 2008 at 11:24 am

GSC - at what price do you expect to cover for COF?
34GSC

April 14th, 2008 at 11:29 am

I havea a substantial short entry at 50 and pending on how things play out, i would cover about 1/2 in the 45 range and hold 1/2 for a longer 40 target.
35bryan

April 14th, 2008 at 11:30 am

TIMMAY is PSTI still a short opp for you or are u finished with it?
36John

April 14th, 2008 at 11:55 am

GSC, thanks for your input. I covered 1/2 of WM at $10.25 just a few mintues ago. I am holding 1/2 of WM position for guessing downside earnings today. I don’t buy 100% of GS recommendation on WM though. Sometimes these snobs want to get things at cheaper price for themselves. I also have COF short position initiated at $53 but had a buy to cover order set at $46.75 with Zecco. I can not log in there today. Zecco is screwed up completely. Does anyone have Zecco account here?
37personalfinanceblog

April 14th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

Today’s news might create short squeeze on PSTI..might be good short after next several days..what do you think TIM?
38Max

April 14th, 2008 at 12:41 pm

ahahaha Zecco

unfortunately I also have a zecco account, but fortunately have no positions open with it currently

Apparently they claim it’s for ’schedule maintenance’ yeah right
39GSC

April 14th, 2008 at 12:43 pm

My target on WM is 8.70, intermediate.
They could very well need more capital, and that would mean more dilution.Next step will be CC div falling.
At some point there won’t be anything left in there but 1-2 50 YR forward looking ratios, and i am not playing long term.
Check the options vol.
40vijai - moneyreallymatters.com

April 14th, 2008 at 12:48 pm

GSC, its still good to short WM now as it might go down more as peer your expectations?!!
41GSC

April 14th, 2008 at 1:21 pm

I’m scalping the ranges right now. 42-52 worked for 1k.
Even if my expectation is an 8 range, i cannot recommend an overnight position on this as of right now unless it goes into the 11 range since the risk/reward ratio works there.
The upside is quite limited from the 11 range.
The reason i am not suggesting an overnight is because it’s being propped up and it might get a bump here and there to get better short entries.
I am holding 1/2 my short overnight however, and if it drops 10.2 on good volume i am adding back.
Until then day trading it works awesome.
42GSC

April 14th, 2008 at 1:28 pm

Also, looking to short SKS…and god ..iwish i could SHORT the crap out of CIO-AFL
43john

April 22nd, 2008 at 11:51 am

There is still a best pick which is unaffected by the falling world’s stock market and this is Mantra Venture Group (OTCBB: MVTG – FSE: EDV 5MV).Don’t miss the opportunity
44timsykes

April 22nd, 2008 at 11:58 am

john, i wouldnt invest in your spam stock even if u doused me in gasoline and threatened me with a match, scumbag