Quote from TimothySykes:
First, don't trust anything you see on TV--unfortunately, my trade setups are very rare and the days that we filmed, there wasn't much doing. And on CNBC I was picking stocks for a contest that paid no mind to downside--just not good examples of anything other than my ability to entertain.
Second, oh how I wish I could comment on performance, but I cannot. Also, I never claimed to be the master trader--in fact I suck at timing trades--the point of my book is to show that there are plenty of opportunities in this niche as evidenced by my experiences, even if I was never quite able to master it all.
Third, I think somebody who has huge returns and huge drawdowns can offer many more valuable lessons to readers than somebody who's never made many mistakes or trades with billions of dollars. Not to mention that I've had a wild ride and you're gonna be entertained when you hear it all.
Fourth, you can't judge me to be the real deal or not until you read the book--its that simple. Right now its 69,506 words so talk to me after you read them.
Last leg hardly--I'm 26!! The world is my oyster.
Making a few bucks--if that's the case then why did I reject Wiley's $35k advance offer? I wrote this book to help all the wannabe traders and hedge fund managers who are forced to deal with an industry in which everybody has some kind of an angle and there's nobody telling them the whole truth.
No idea who I am--sorry you missed my show, but we're on our 500th airing now and I'm getting 40+ emails/day from people inspired by my story. I am Queens Boulevard.
Can't adapt to changing market conditions-- please, I've been doing this almost 9 years, I've seen a ton and I'm still doing it.
I can see how you guys think that you understand me, but you really just don't have any idea...you're really making me want to release this book early just so I can clear everything up!
Dude stop talking shit- Look at Britney Spears...she got popular for a while because she appealed to a group (a big group-lol) a few years back...then eventually she lost the attention....then what did she start doing? Crazy shit like shaving her head and weird shit like that, simply for attention.....
That's good that you made the money, I'm not gonna say anything about that. Money is money and its good. But
a) nobody looks up to you.
b) That's great that you're 26 and making some money-Look up Charlie Ward or Rashan Salaam for further clarifications of being young, rich, and big headed.
c) Hell, look at Mr Mr in the 80s...on top of the world with that broken wings song...and what the hell happened after that? lol
Just don't start writing checks with your alligator mouth that your hummingbird ass can't cash. Don't worry about writing books to try to help people because you were on a reality show....if people want to succeed they will find their way. It just makes you look like an ass to come up with silly myspace names and shit and brag about going to parties (even if its someone famous-nobody cares)
Keep it real like Option Coach or Kernan (from a little while back) or some of the other guys around here if you want to be taken seriously and have any respect for what you do. If you are only concerned with pushing books, etc then keep being pompous and talking shit, because that will appeal to the newbies, marks, Johns, whatever you want to call them.
Basically just chill on trying to force people to think you're special....they don't. I knew of this one woman who lived in a trailer park down the way from me in MS where I grew up....she took a little money with her (and when I say a little, I mean a little) and hit the slots in Biloxi and walked out with $50 grand. She went back a few times here and there and ended up winning even more-it was in the paper....
She didn't run any funds or write any books, but she made a higher return on investment than you did, and alot faster to boot...something to think about.
Good on ya that you made some money-but don't get too crazy about it.
