Timothy Sykes PennyStocking Part Deux – DVD Review

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It has taken me far to long to get around to reviewing Timothy Sykes PennyStocking DVD part II. With a run time of approximately six hours there is a huge amount of content to get through.

The second DVD series picks up where the first PennyStocking DVD left off. This series looks at 2007 and 2008 intraday chart patterns and looks at Tim’s updated strategy. Tim is definitely good at cross selling his products. As with his other DVD’s Tim introduces us to his other products he sells.

There is far to much content on these four DVD’s to go into in great detail therefore I will briefly go over the content on each disc and my final thoughts.

Timothy Sykes PennyStocking Part Deux – DVD One

Some topics discussed in this DVD include:

  • Basics
  • When to Buy
  • When to Short
  • More short
  • Even more
  • Trading

The overview details Tim’s journey very briefly as it is covered extensively in the first DVD. I like how Tim emphasizes the need to have no expectations and to aim to take small losses rather then letting them run.

The DVD then goes on to introduce some technical based rules to help you determine when to buy PennyStocks. The discussion then turns to manipulated breakouts, Message board breakouts, Panicking and squeezes. Extensive real world examples are then highlighted using charts.

When to sell is then covered topics include Technical shorting, spam mailers (manipulative breakdown), message board chatter, newsletter sending dwindles (hype breakdown) and Squeeze breakdown.

In the trading section Tim goes through some rules of when to take losses.

Timothy Sykes PennyStocking Part Deux – DVD Two

Some topics discussed in this DVD include:

  • Playing out
  • Intraday patterns
  • More Intraday
  • Fades
  • Bounces
  • News bounces

In the first chapter of this DVD Tim goes through how supernovas tend to play out giving examples. Tim then talks about some basic concepts and guidelines, finally charts are introduced.

Some common intraday setups are shown. In general Tim will define a concept and then show it in action on the charts. I think this is an optimal way to introduce concepts and makes learning a lot easier.

Tim’s discussion of news bounces is most interesting he makes some very good points that I think every trader should take note of. Patterns not to short are also examined. The final part of the DVD we get to see Tim’s music video “Fight For Your Right in Finance”. Shown below:

Timothy Sykes PennyStocking Part Deux – DVD Three

  • Some topics discussed in this DVD include:
  • More discussion of the breakout pattern
  • How breakouts play out
  • Various timeframes use various charting software.
  • Media newsletter pumps
  • Good odds to short sell into dumb money.
  • Boring Breakouts
  • Breakouts
  • Breaking Out
  • Playing out
  • Even more

This DVD continues where the second DVD left off. It does not really introduce any new concepts rather it continues to go over examples from the “real world”. The section on media and newsletter pumps is interesting and is definitely food for thought. You have to have you finger on the trigger as Tim put’s it when you buy into hype.

Timothy Sykes PennyStocking Part Deux – DVD Four

Some topics discussed in this DVD include:

  • Pumps and Dumps
  • More pumps and dumps
  • Dumps
  • Green Stocks
  • More green stocks
  • Important Factoids

This final DVD continues to go over examples of topics previously introduced and by the end if it you should have a very strong understanding of Tim’s strategy and general PennyStocking theory.

Manipulated run-ups and crashes are talked about and the difficulty in finding shares to short. Tim then talks about buying these shares on the way up. This is a successful strategy for Tim however I don’t think the average person watching the DVD would be able to execute this type of trade successfully.

The discussion then moves on to green stocks. These stocks had miracle promises with very few fundamentals. At the time commodity prices where high and global warming was a big issue. Tim goes into several examples of these types of companies.

Finally Tim takes us through some important factoids, which are no more then a collection of platitudes which no doubt you have heard before but round off the DVD.

Bottom Line

This is a great DVD and is recommended viewing for any one wanting to trade PennyStocks. You just can’t find this information anywhere else. Tim really knows this niche inside out and back to front. This DVD does such a good job going through the important concepts that I think for most people there is no need to purchase the original PennyStocking DVD.

Pros

  • Extensive examples
  • Concepts clearly defined
  • Unique content
  • Simple and easy to follow

Cons

  • Not enough intraday content
  • Short Selling coverage sparse (In order to sell ShortStocking DVD)
  • Not enough detail on use of multiple timeframes for trade decisions

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Timothy Sykes DVD – Tim Raw Review

Get TimRaw on DVD! I hate to admit it but after watching Timothy Sykes first DVD on PennyStocking, I was left wanting to know more about his strategy and the way he trades. I like many others, thought that Timothy Sykes was a one hit wonder, which got lucky during extraordinary market conditions. This all changed when I actually read his book and watched his DVD’s. While investment banks, hedge funds and financial institutions are collapsing Tim’s returns continue to beat the market norm. If you find yourself asking yourself how is he doing this? Then the Tim Raw DVD is for you.

As the name suggests Tim Raw has very little editing, no fancy production techniques and comes on four DVD’s.

Tim Raw DVD Disc One – Tim Lessons -Approx Runtime: 2hrs 30min

All in all this is a solid introduction to trading techniques and methods. You will find a multitude of generalised information and anecdotes throughout the DVD’s. I found the first DVD to be a bit slow and less structured then the remaining DVD’s yet there were some great tips. It is very helpful to take notes, as the first two DVD’s are not divided into any structured chapters. Some topics covered on this first DVD include:

Lesson 1

  • Disclaimer
  • “I am not responsible for any of your losses. If you do have any gains I would like to take credit for that, as I have taught you”
  • A brief Introduction to who Timothy Sykes is
  • The GYGT trade Lesson- Business reality vs Stock reality
  • Nov 2007 The introduction of TIM (Transparent Investment Management)
  • SEC Pattern day trading rule (intro)
  • Tim Alerts (intro)
  • A little bit of cross selling other DVD Products
  • PennyStocking in Bull Markets
  • Are all PennyStocks Frauds? IntroTimRaw
  • An in depth look at the CYGT saga
  • Sub Penny shares…. Should you play them?
  • PennyStocking success stories and Covester
  • How do you spend your PennyStocking profits?
  • The Simplicity of PennyStocking
  • Limit Orders Vs Market Orders
  • A more in depth view of the pattern day trading rule
  • A brief overview of ShortStocking concepts
  • Trading Psychology a brief overview
  • Habits of a good Trader
  • Getting Over losing streaks

Lesson 2

  • Managing other peoples money
  • Starting a Hedge Fund – One man shops won’t work
  • Licences needed
  • Prop Firms
  • The Financial media jungle
  • CNBC and Noise
  • Alternative Investment strategies
  • Recommended Brokers
  • Analysts
  • High price stocks
  • Tax Law selling
  • Seasonal patterns

Book Reviews

The book review section was extremely average due to the lack of information provided by Tim. Despite the lack of information provided the books that were introduced were good and definitely important reading. You can gain just as much insight by visiting Tim’s Trading library section of his website.

Below is a selection of the books reviewed for a full list visit Tim’s library.

  1. Book of Investing Wisdom
  2. The Predictors
  3. Mobs messiahs and markets
  4. Bernard Baruch
  5. Rouge Trader
  6. The Man Who made Wallstreet BookReviewTimRaw
  7. The Rich and how they got that way
  8. The next great bubble boom
  9. Lessons from the greatest stock traders of all times
  10. Sell and Sell Short
  11. Trading for a living
  12. How to make money selling stocks short
  13. Full of Bull
  14. Your money and your brain
  15. A mathematician plays the stock market
  16. Practical Speculation
  17. Millionaire traders
  18. My life as a quant
  19. Way of the turtle
  20. Trend following
  21. The Complete turtle trader
  22. Inside the house of money
  23. Fooling some of the people all of the time
  24. The education of a speculator
  25. Hedge Hunters
  26. Jesse Livermore worlds greatest stock trader
  27. Reminiscences of a stock operator
  28. The wall street jungle
  29. A random walk down wallstreet
  30. Unconventional success
  31. The white sharks of wall street
  32. The boy wonder of wall street
  33. Wall Street a History
  34. Scam Dogs and Mo Mo Mama’s
  35. Trading with enemy
  36. Market Wizards
  37. Morgan
  38. Encyclopaedia of chart patterns
  39. The Go Go years
  40. The new market wizards
  41. The wolf of Wall Street
  42. Confessions of a Wall Street analyst
  43. Running money
  44. Wall Street Meat
  45. Hedge Hogging
  46. The book of Daniel Drew
  47. Where are the customer’s yachts?
  48. Soros the life and times
  49. Sold short
  50. Hedge Fund Masters
  51. The poker face of Wall Street
  52. Fooled by Randomness
  53. All about options

After the book reviews the following topics are looked at:

  • A Word about Stock promoters
  • A Little history Tulip Mania

Tim Raw DVD Disc Two – Timothy Sykes Seminar Part One – Approx Runtime: 1hr 48min

The final DVD’s go through a recent seminar Tim gave. I found these DVD’s to be a very interesting insight into the way Tim trades. For anyone who is unable to attend a seminar in person this DVD is a great substitute. There are so many substandard educational products in the trading sphere it is good to actually come across a DVD, which contains an honest and open view of the industry. Some topics covered on this DVD include:classRoomLevelIITimRawDiscTwo

  • Introductions
  • A brief introduction to candlestick charting
  • Use of stop losses and routing of orders
  • A look at a level II screen
  • ¾ stocks follow the market
  • Bitter sellers an Explanation
  • Pig Farming in China – A technical look
  • A look at multiple timeframes
  • The Kramer effect
  • A look at covester website
  • Stock MSG boars and Jonathan Levit
  • Stocks that aren’t moving
  • Everyone has an angle
  • A look at a spam stock
  • Midday volume dry up
  • 10% Spreads! Crazy
  • Naked Short Selling
  • A few Seasonal Trends
  • Stock Market Fundamentals Market Cap
  • Breakouts
  • Support and Resistance

Tim Raw DVD Disc Three – Seminar Part Two -Approx Runtime: 2hrs 9min

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  • A discussion of the pattern day trading rule.
  • Looking for market inefficiencies.
  • A technical look at PR run ups.
  • Cup and Handle pattern
  • Some morning patterns
  • Short Squeezes
  • Taking into account all available variables
  • Wait for good setups
  • Buying Frauds
  • Tim’s Favourite Breakout
  • A Short Q&A
  • More chart patterns
  • Multiple timeframes
  • Supernovas
  • The Crow
  • The Death Spiral
  • Identifying short squeezes on the level II Screen
  • Doubling your losses Newsletter – Read the fine print
  • Yahoo finances – Understanding key statistics

Tim Raw DVD Disc Four – Seminar Part Three -Approx Runtime: 1hrs 44min

The final disc which I found to be the most interesting looks more closely at how Tim trades. Topics covered include:

  • Examples of simple breakouts
  • Short selling into strength
  • Fake out Breakouts
  • Morning panic
  • An example of how Tim researches a play
  • Breakdowns- looking at multiple timeframes
  • Take losses quickly
  • Forcing opportunities
  • A look at media outlets
  • Don’t trust insider buying
  • Liquidity issues
  • Plan for everything the night before
  • Tim’s routine
  • The sites Tim uses
  • Building watch lists
  • Don’t trust just one data source
  • How Tim finds his stocks

Final Thoughts

Tim’s Raw DVD is a great introduction to his PennyStocking strategy and some general trading concepts. Tim’s Raw DVD should be watched before moving on to the PennyStocking DVD and PennyStocking Part Deux. It is evident throughout this DVD series that Tim knows his stuff when it comes to the Penny Stock niche. In the fast pace world of finance a new guru pops up every few months and then fades into obscurity. Tim’s profits and trades are well documented and transparent and his blog details the day-to-day happenings and events, which are pertinent to PennyStockers. I was very impressed with this DVD it is packed full of trading wisdom.

Pros

  • No assumed knowledge.
  • Presented in easy to understand manner.
  • A vast amount of topics covered.
  • Allows new trader to gain an insight into how a successful trader approaches trading.

Cons

  • Dis-Jointed in parts
  • DVD chapter selection sparse.
  • Book review section not very informative.

Bottom Line

A vast array of topics are presented in an easy to understand manner. This is a perfect DVD for anyone who is considering PennyStocking. The production quality is raw but the content presented more then makes up for this. Tim is really maturing as a trader and educator (Maybe the influence of a good woman??).

A Master of PennyStocks gives us a master insight into the world of PennyStocks. I must say thank you Tim you have opened my eyes to opportunities that exist that I would have never even given a second of thought too. Although I don’t currently trade Penny Stocks the perspective and insight presented is still very relevant.

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DVD Review: PennyStocking by Timothy Sykes

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Timothy Sykes is nearly impossible to slap a conventional label on. He has managed to achieve what some people take a lifetime to achieve in just 26 years. He has been trader, hedge fund manager, reality TV star, publisher, author and now an educator. Sykes most notable achievement was his great trading gains made from 1999-2002, where he turned $12,415 to $1.65 million trading penny stocks. After reading Timothy Sykes book I was very interested in watching  DVD series on Penny Stocking.

There are four DVD’s in total and each runs for approximately an hour and twenty minutes. For the purpose of this review I will go through each DVD separately and then summarize the package as a whole. The DVD’s are formatted Region One however I had no trouble playing the DVD in my laptop and DVD player, most modern DVD players are multi region. It would appear the DVD’s have been duplicated rather then replicated using a glass master. This is completely understandable due to the small production run, however you may have trouble playing the DVD in some gaming consoles. The DVD package also comes with a 220 page printed manual. The manual consists of all the slides that are presented throughout the DVD presentation. You will also receive an autographed copy of Tim’s book American Hedge fund. I would strongly recommend that you read the book before going through the DVD series.

Penny Stocking Disc One

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