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Redesigned Site Launching April 15th, Whatcha Want Most?

Tags: Blogging, Polls

You guys likin’ this site? Too damn bad! Gotta keep moving forward and my ambition stretches far beyond that of your typical blogger. Soooooooo, on my birthday, April 15th, we’ll be a launching a totally redesigned site! It’s gonna have tons of cool features, but I’d like to hear what you guys, my valued readers, want to see the most. Thanks in advance for your input!

Young Or Old, Rich Or Poor, You Will Give In To TIM

Tags: Polls, Q&A, Rants

It’s interesting to see how different people react to me. My TV appearances, trading strategy, big mouth, book, DVD, blog, etc all seem to stir up a wide range of emotions. Young people love my story—it’s inspirational, trading seems fun and easy, no bosses, wear a bathrobe, don’t wear a bathrobe, whatever. They also appreciate how I’m trying to open this game up to everyone, young or old, rich or poor. People around my age are always polite to my face, but I can tell they’re somewhat to very annoyed by my non-stop TIM promotion, especially on my Facebook profile.

As for older folks—the kind of people who use the word folks—they can’t understand why a trader would ever go back to trading less than 2% of his accumulated assets over the years, unless he’s lost it all.  

Is This The Magic Stock Market Formula Or Am I Fooled By Randomness?

Tags: Breakdowns, DVD, Patterns To Short, Polls, Supernovas

Yesterday morning, I got rid of my short in Dara Biosciences (DARA) at $5.15 for a decent profit but called it a pathetic exit. My exit turned out to be right around its closing price and I received several emails from people trying to comfort me, saying it wasn’t such a bad exit after all. But with today’s quick $1+ drop to $4, my call in this post yesterday for that exact kind of drop and my inability to hold and let the pattern play out, I began wondering exactly how similar are all these instances of this pattern? Sure my DVD is chock full of them (see an example HERE) and lately I’ve posted about them here, here and here, but maybe it’d be helpful to post them all together for once. Or maybe I’ve been staring at my computer screen far too long and I’m Fooled By Randomness?  

Lack Of Patience And Discipline Causes Trading Losses

Tags: 101bad, Bad Trades, Impatience, Polls

TIM $15,470 Down $115

Despite me being so gung ho telling people not to short Converted Organics (COIN) all day yesterday, I saw the fluff news this morning coupled with a lack of incredible volume, so I shorted 300 shares at $13.50, thinking it didn’t have enough juice to break the key $14 price. Now this is what a trading addict does—sets rules and break them.  

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UPDATES

May 15, 2008

Yup, by next Monday, everything's gonna be real working-like!

May 15, 2008

PDO, up $4+ today, will teach you not to randomly short strong penny stocks, get in, get out then run...cuz sometimes they squeeze stubborn shorts to death!

May 15, 2008

No ideal short plays today, check out these 2 interviews while we wait for price action perfection

I wish I'd listened to my own rulebook, instead got squeezed for $400 shorting blatant-fraud KYUS too early...someone needs a refresher course this weekend!

I nailed NCOC's 20% rise today in my pre-market post, but I was too biased against buying little breakouts, learn from my mistakes!

May 15, 2008

Lots and lots of new sketchy stocks to watch

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Learn from my successes, learn from my failures, learn from TIM. Learn more HERE.

Date Stock Buy Sell Net
May 12 CNEX $7.20 $6.00 $740
May 7 VRML $3.05 $3.75 $890
May 6 VRML $4.42 $4.36 $180
May 5 LGDI $4.42 $4.67 $353
May 2 VM $3.97 $4.01 $12

Total: $18,590 ( 50% )

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