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, Free Forex Signals, Signal ResultsTim Sykes is a Better Trader than You. So Quit Whining and Learn from Him
Author: The Geared Investor
August 3, 2008
His name is Timothy Sykes, and he performed this feat of making $2 million dollars while he was a student at Tulane University. Now he'll be quick to tell you that he accomplished this feat while the market was booming. But I'll be the first to tell you that since he is still killing the market during this recession, I don' think it would have mattered. What does any young man do with that kind of money? Buy tons of cars? Blow it all on drink and company? Nope. He started his own hedge fund. Although I can't prove he didn't due the previous before he did the latter. Hey, you gotta have fun, or what's the point of killing yourself to make the money in the first place?
His New York City based hedge fund, Cilantro Fund Management LLC, was booming from 2003-2006. It was the highest rated short-bias fund from 2003-2006 by Barclays. After a run of a few good years, he ultimately closed the fund in 2007 because of a sharp, biting loss that he later doesn't whine about as he describes this time in his book. Oh yeah, he started the publishing company for his DVD, book, and website also, rightfully named BullShip Press. When you can take your experiences, learn from them, and write your own book so others don't make the same mistakes, then you are truly a mature trader. Have I mentioned that Tim is only 27 years old? Tim is a little bit less than a year younger than me, and I would trade his resume any day for mine. Although I have had a doctorate for a couple years. Moving right along.
I'm not going to make this post too long because his numbers are powerful enough. If you've been on almost every major investing show imagineable, Wall Street Warrior, and were named to the 'Top 30 Traders Under 30 list', then you've done alright for yourself. If you would like to see Tim in action, you can check out the latest version of his online TV show Livestock. Tim answers questions live that you ask via the web, and outline his reasons for trading the stocks that he does.
I do not know Tim personally, although we are friends on Twitter and Facebook. I am not pitching his Tim Alerts service (Killing the market by the way), DVD, or book. I'm merely saying that you should check them out. I also know that once you do, even if you are nervous or don't like his style of trading, you'll see that it makes money. And isn't that the entire point of investing? Anybody who thinks differently probably isn't making money.
So get ready for some unbiased and somtetimes brash opinions about Wall Street when you visit his site. And remember that he is a better trader than you, so fill up on a piece of humble pie before you dive in.
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