How I Made $3,500 Short Selling CPI Corp. (CPY) Even While Screwing It Up A Bit

Posted by Timothy Sykes on Fri 19th of Dec, 2008 07:43:44 AM

Sorry, this was a few days ago, but as TIMalert subscribers know, there have been several plays each and every day…

…and to make matters worse, I was in and out of CPY like five times–simply trying to find shares to short of this hard-to-borrow name, shorting when it broke through technical support, shorting aggressively into a big morning spike, covering into the market close to reduce the risk of being short the next day when a morning spiked seemd likely, missing out on a 20% drop…blah blah blah, all the usual patterns/successes/themes/failures that are detailed in my pretty-much-the-best-thing-I’ll-ever-produce (people who’ve seen it, am I right or am I right…or am I right? I could be wrong, leave some comments below!) 6-hour PennyStocking Part Deux DVD–so I’m not gonna bore you by reposting literally a dozen alerts.

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For now, look on the right hand side of the page for all my entries and exits, understand that my total profits added up over $3,500, most importantly, that all my trades were too early as I totally missed its 20%+ one day drop the other day and yesterday’s 24% drop, see the chart below and some TIMalert subscriber testimonials:

cpy8 How I Made $3,500 Short Selling CPI Corp. (CPY) Even While Screwing It Up A Bit

Just made $390 shorting 1400 shares CPY from 4.33 thanks Tim!
-GMan

Im out CPY $826. Sold short @ 6:36am covered all by 6:55am $43 a minute I think I’ll go get a job
-alan

Shorted this one at 4.70 exited at 4.14 on 1000 shares. Made a quick $580.
-babyfacedtrader

Out CPY for $264. I do not like trading this–so bouncy, and I need to leave in a half-hour.
-Reaper

covered CPY at 4.79 for $237.5 net
-Cswiger

Made $36 on CPY and CPD yesterday and today.
-Reaper

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  • younggunz
    Does ToS keep your shares reserved for the whole day even though you shorted and covered them already? I was under the impression that when you reserved shares, shorted them, and covered that you'd have to reserve more to short again if you wanted to do it in the same day.
  • GaryBurleson
    Yes at TOS once you short and cover you have to try to find shares again. Good Luck.
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