Hey one lead train with stock strike Tim Bowen Today we're talking about behind the scenes of Twitter five Tips when using Twitter for stock trading. So listen I always go back and forth. Um listen I think Twitter is the best social media company out there. Thank you Papa Elon for saving us.

but um, there's a lot of good and bad. um I and I go back and forth like I've told the story many times like I remember like in the very early days I think I joined Twitter probably like at late 2009 I want to say much smaller and like that was the emergence of the cash tag. Okay, many people asking like where did that dollar sign before the ticker came from That's from the early days of Twitter fin twit as we call it and the cash tag. okay and um, it was different.

Then it was almost of more pure, less scammy, less braggadocious, less disgusting time. um I look back at maybe maybe a little too much Melancholy but um, it was different because it was much. it was so much smaller that it was more about helping each other. and then you kind of transition into really about 2016 when Twitter completely fell apart and just imposters and and and and and braggers and fake P L's and and all of this stuff.

um it's a bummer, but it's actually gotten better. like like the last years I used to I went from telling everyone to get on Twitter get on there, get on, get in there. Then for about four or five years I'm like get off, get off, get off, they actually flipped and I think it's a good tool now if you know what to look for and that's what we're going to talk about today. So understand the difference between real trades and like actual trades.

and and the biggest thing you're going to look for is those charts. uh you know charts with with entries and exits on them. Um based on like real times of day? Etc uh real time. Okay, you want to look for things as real time as possible if they're posting P L's from the day before day before it's a red flag and then also look for like realistic win rates.

Okay, like it's it's one thing if you're following somebody and it's like it's just every day, it's a win. It's a win. It's six times a day and it's like man, is that legit you know and that's a big thing to look for is a red flag is is people you know want the likes, they want the retweets, they want the comments but they don't want to deal with. you know, posting a loser and people call them names and people be like oh, terrible risk management but that can be a good thing.

Dude, you can learn from that as well. So watch for the ridiculous win rates as well as the huge profits. like listen, hundreds of thousands of dollars I've seen millions of dollars in one day from some Anonymous guy on Twitter Okay, it's kind of strange now. listen to Bill Ackman Bill Ackman's very active on Twitter he's a billionaire if he posts some million dollar million dollar trade.

Okay, but if like you know, Joey Buttafuco84 posts a million dollar trade. Man, you want anybody to kill that and the next thing I want to talk about and this is kind of a bummer. Again, understand the motives. Okay, everybody's got a plan or everybody's got an agenda on social media.

They want the likes They want the arguments you know they wanna. Maybe they're short in the stock and they want you to buy it. maybe they're buying it and they want you to short it. and I don't want you to get too jaded as we go through this video.

But I think the biggest thing to understand is just everybody's got an agenda. I mean why would you post like why would you post to social media unless there was a reason Now it could be a noble agenda. like when I say agenda you might assume I'm talking like everybody's you know evil and trying to hose you. It could be a noble agenda like like I'm posting to Twitter actually help you learn how to do this.

But the point is, understand everyone's got an agenda. They're not doing it for any other reason unless they're just Psychopaths and want likes and retweets which is a lot of people. But that being said, the importance of due diligence is next. You know when you start following someone, go back to their track record, look at their followers, look at their comments, look at their verification status, and you know and look for like a real track record.

you know, going back to Joey Buttafuco84 did he start posting to Twitter two days ago? or has he been there for 15 years? like I have or you know, 14 years? whatever. it is okay and with a consistent track record of you know, going over these chart setups and going over these trades and and talking about the fundamentals and you know, doing all of that versus somebody that just joined yesterday with some weird Avatar and Anonymous name like. that's another thing. Watch out for the random screen names with fake profile pics Etc So make sure you know who you're following and look for the red flags.

Next is look out for Pump and Dumps man Atlas Trading uh Zach Morrison The boys um really interesting I almost sometimes I shudder. It's like like saying uh, candyman's name I'm always a little worried about that but um, you know they were openly like like I have never seen anything as brazing as Atlas trade I mean they were like give me a stock and I'll pump it. Okay now understand if you know it's a pump. Nothing wrong with trading, you know.

my buddy Tim Sykes built his entire trading history 20 years ago. traded specifically trading bump and dumps because he knew they were pumping dumps. You'd ride them on the up and then short them on the way down. But make sure you know that it's a pump.

Okay, and when you see these people you know like like I've seen it, they will post about the same ticker like a hundred times a day. Like serious. Like, legitimately a hundred times. Okay.

I Kind of feel like if you like this trade, mentioning it once, maybe twice is probably sufficient. But if you're just talking about and you're posting links and you're doing all this stuff all day long, make sure you know that. Okay, now you can ride the momentum. Just know what it is.

Always understand what you're trading. Um, next thing is learn from other Traders but build your own style. Okay, um I Often talk about short selling I Like to pick on short sellers even though I Love short selling. I was predominantly a short seller for a decade.

But um, listen, don't just blindly follow someone's strategy until you've tested it yourself. Maybe you're just not wired to go short. Maybe you're not wired to go long. Okay, if you see these big gains and you see them posting all the time, make sure you're testing that and seeing if it actually works for you.

Okay, the next thing is, um, look for valuable the credible trading mentors and communities. Okay, and when I say that, uh again, look for a community like again Atlas trading bad Example: All six of them were like working together to pump these stocks. but they were I Mean it was kind of like unless you're a complete newbie, you could see what they were doing. Okay, they're like retweeting each other and it was sketchy, but you know a community.

whether it be it's Tim Sykes Community or the stocks trading Community You'll see these like-minded Traders answer any questions, helping each other, reaching out to others that ask questions. So look for those communities. they do exist. they're hard to find.

Start with Stocks trade I'm very proud of the community that we have, but look for it and you'll have to mine for it. You'll have to work for it. So last thing in summary: guys, um I've swayed I've come back to the Twitter fold since Elan bought it and as well as started the verification process. Um, it's nice now that I finally have a black a blue check mark for a decade I didn't I constantly had imposters.

Um, it's nice now that accounts can get it verified and you know you're actually talking to. you know the Tim Bowen or the Tim Gratani or the Michael good or the Mark Crook or the Tim Sykes So that's nice and it's brought back a lot less of the the scammy and nastiness that we saw over the last decade. So all right everyone, give me a follow on: Twitter at T Bowen T-b-o-h-e-n Also follow stocks to trade at stocks to trade all spelled out would love to see you and we'll check you out on the next video. Okay,.