Stock Puppets: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Cutting Through Industry BS
Posted by timothysykes on Tue 6th of May, 2008 11:51:28 AM
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When I created this book-blog-DVD publishing business model that is BullShip Press, LLC, I figured I’d repeat my feat, become the top ranked / most popular guy on Covestor, show everyone exactly how to turn thousands into millions trading fantastically predictable Penny Stocks without using any leverage whatsoever, cut through all the industry corruption and ego, teach a few people and many former suckers how to profit from it, and piss a few others off by promoting my book An American Hedge Fund and instructional DVD PennyStocking in EVERY blog post (cuz they’re that important / helpful / necessary and help cut down too many questions / emails I get).
Everything’s been going well—and then, a few weeks ago, I discovered some bastard using a variation of my name, “timsykus1” on the animalistic Yahoo! message boards. I did some research and discovered the term for this kind of deceit is a “sock puppet”. I thought, okay, that was bound to happen, ignore it.
Flash forward to last night when I’m doing my nightly screen for potential pump and dumps and I come upon VRML, a miserably failing biotech in the same vein as its Paulie-from-the-movie-Rocky-like relatives REED, PSTI and VION, all of which were great to short sell into. And lo and behold, who do I see promoting this thing that belongs in a toilet—yup, “timsykus1” again, using my good name—at least to those who are blind in one eye—to pump this stock!
Unfortunately for this soulless pumper, you can click his message history and see that the last dozen of his “picks” hit their highs the very same day he posted about it, before each of them nosedived over the next few days. Huh, imagine that! What are the odds?!?! LOL
After this post, he’ll probly resort to using his many other aliases, but this won’t be the last time we see of this kind of hoax—just the cost of doing business in the gutter.
Therefore, I hereby declare all who partake in such deceptive practices—when it applies to manipulating stocks—to be called “stockpuppets”. Let Wikipedia and all you who serve the Wikipedia kingdom acknowledge this term.
PS As for what I think of VRML, I am short at an $4.34 average price, I don’t want to be, I’ll probly be okay, long story, all told in the comments section of THIS post
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Looks like VRML is coming back to earth( In @ 4.66 a little early but not a bad entry)
Carried over from last blog (as a warning to other TD Ameritrade account holders:
Can you fucking believe this!!! I went to replace my limit on VRML from 6 down to 5, and TDA cancelled instead of replaced!!!!!! I
anyone watching IAR?
VRML @4.35
WHEWWWWWWW OUT AT 4.45 AND 4.35, $200 LOSS OR SO WHEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
was down $1750 at one point, what a ridiculous situation
LOL out 4.40s from 4.66
VC, I can’t tell you how many times TDA has stolen from me.
Tim, at the order entry on TOS maybe you should click on “working only” in order to view only the open orders. So you won’t lose track of which orders are still working or cancelled.
nice davey, i gotta get u on video saying “i like tim’s strategy but he’s seriously not that great at it…his arketing line is ‘you can do better’ and i’m here to tell u that’s 100% true!”
Tim, is that the second time in as many weeks that you got placed incorrectly?
Can’t fucking believe this!!!!! There has to be some SEC rule against accepting an order you can’t fill!! I feel like a passenger who just got bumped from his flight..
It’s looking like this may be my most profitable paper trade ever!!!!
Total BS!!!
lol let’d do it…don’t look now but we just left a boatload on the table
Three hours of my morning, totally wasted… I’m kicking the fan mad right now. I’ve gotta go see my chiropractor, hopefully it will be less painful than being a TDA victim..
Got in VNDA at $5.63 ’twas on your watch list and mine after the recent price action just figured i’d post that this one is doing pretty swell for me.
VRML- perfect short— back to reality
TIM you sick yet from VRML or counting your lucky stars…this thing moves crazy
Tim, there’s probably more than a few other people scraping your posts also, treating them as their own content. I get that all the time.
not thinkorswim’s fault, my fault.just had too many order changes and somehow didn’t cancel my short at 3.99 like i thought i did
I just sold out of my long position on UFPT. nice pick. Thanks Tim I owe you one
Tim, what is the reason to cover @ 4.45? because of the order screw up?
LOOK OUT BELOW, VRML @3.76
nice shthappns, have u seen my DVD? just wondering cuz i’m gonna post about all these people profiting from PennyStocking
when you’re in a trade u never meant to be, u get down $2k or 2 months worth of work, u count your stars when u get a chance to take a $170 loss…yes it’d now be a $1k gain, but thats how i roll, conservatively…people can and WILL do better than me, my job is just to show them the risks and rewards and how to control mistakes/losses
Tim,
Thank you very much for this board, thank you for whoever brought VRML thingie here. Shorted the heck out of VRML today and make tons of money. Scottrade did not let me short below $5 so I had to made a limit order of $5.01 on 1300 shares. Then Ameritrade let me place a short order even below $5. I had 2000 shares at Ameritrade shorted at $4.65. Unlike Tim, I have to go to work and can sneak in the web to check this board and check the market. Got busy at work, couldn’t check any earlier. Both my orders were executed and VRML had falled at $3.70 by the time finally I got a chance to check the market. Covered all 3300 shares at $3.70. This shit is still dropping. Tim, and somebody else whoever brought VRML on this board, thank you both!!
Tim, not to make it a competition for stupid moves or anything, but I think I have yours beat. I shorted VRML @ 4.00 and watched as my bank roll from LNG slowly faded away. Then, out of nowhere a godsend! It tanks, I’m up $429 now, but WAIT! I can’t sell the shit. I have done too many day trades in too short amount of time! Talk about a stupid play, now I’m patiently hoping this thing doesn’t rebound AGAIN and can sell it in an early morning drop or something.
I def. understand how that feels. I didn’t get the DVD yet, but i’m planning on it. I just started checking out your site about a week ago and so far everything is great. Counting today I have made money on 3 different picks so far.
With more than $3500 made in a single day today, I am up 72.86% up in 4 months. All this credit goes to our number one Tim!!
My friend interned with you for a little while last year, he’s the one who told me about this site. I wonder if you would remember him
VRML is dropping like a fly … @3.28
ryan are u a PennyStocking dvd student?
I hate TDA… So much…
Congrats to RYAN!! Tim- all credits
I have to buy your dvd yet.
Sweet gain Ryan - GJ
Tim what you think of LGDI here. Failed to break 4.45
FEED PERFECT DOUBLE TOP…. THIS THING IS GOING WAYYYY DOWNNN!!
LGDI is a slow mover now, doesn’t matter to me, I think I gotta take a day off tomorrow due to all my trades, sux
FEED yah a 2-0week double top, big deal, its in a solid uptrend, probly gonna act like VISN with many breakouts and fakeouts, stick to crap like LGDI and VRML, much easier
That dude timsykus is still posting on the yahoo message boards. He’s saying he’s looking to buy 20K VRML.
PGNX gapped up on 4/25 and is accelerating to the downside, looks like a meatball rolling off a plate.
Sykes you can use that.
Tried to see if I could reserve some shares of VRML to short today at TOS. My question is this. They told me that they would try to get the shares for me, but that then I would have to place the order. Are there any rules anybody can tell me on how to set your sales price?
Tim you feed burner isn’t working for me
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Ti.....trepreneur
davey great job man
volume on lgdi is starting to fade.
tim, would you even consider shorting yhoo?
TKLC supernova?
Jdubya–thats why i shorted at 4, i put the order in waaaaay above the current price, but since i didnt have enough buying power, i couldnt put it at like 10 or 20 so i stupidly got executed and alost lost $2k…gotta be careful
investorslive–yeah stil having feed isuess, all wil be fixed shortly
will–never short random crap like yhoo or tklc, those are real companies, i prefer frauds!