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November 2012

Barfresh (BRFH): Major Notch in Barfresh Belt

Posted on November 13, 2012
One More Notch in the Barfresh (BRFH) Belt Let me throw some numbers at you. Let say you have a QSR (acronym for Quick Serve Restaurant... More »

Outcomes Settled- Vringo (VRNG) and Presidential Election

Posted on November 07, 2012
Election and Vringo- Both Answered and Moving On Yesterday answered a couple of gigantic pending questions- who will be our President... More »

VRNG Update: Elections and Stocks; Impossible To Predict

Posted on November 06, 2012
Elections and Stocks: Impossible To Predict; Vringo Update I think it's a dead heat- both situations are totally unpredictable... More »

October 2012

Barfresh (BRFH): Third Major Contract and Counting

Posted on October 23, 2012
BarFresh (BRFH): Third Major Contract and Counting Before covering the great news on BarFresh which came out post close today... More »

Vringo (VRNG): A Perfect Technical Retracement

Posted on October 20, 2012
A Perfect Retracement This chart is about as pretty as it gets. Until otherwise... More »

The Vringo (VRNG) New Normal

Posted on October 13, 2012
The "New Normal" Trading Level For Vringo (AMEX: VRNG) As I said all summer long, the VRNG story would heat up in the... More »

Trading Brief on BRFH, VRNG, PZOO

Posted on October 03, 2012
Today's Trading News Brief Barfresh (BRFH): Up a nice 15% above the $.50... More »

Bafresh (BRFH) Bags Big Casino Operator

Posted on October 02, 2012
At Long Last I've been off looking for the best ideas I can find for post election excitement and profits. Hence- I haven't published anything for several weeks. More »

August 2012

Oculus (OCLS): Lots More To Like

Posted on August 18, 2012
New Format- Hope You Like It This is the first edition I've published with the New Look OTC Journal. It's been about 5 years since... More »

Oculus (OCLS): 38% Rev Bump and $5.1 Million Windfall

Posted on August 13, 2012
Oculus (NASDAQ: OCLS): 38% Revenue Boost Makes This One An Absolute Steal I've seen some microcaps get cheap over a long, hot summer, but this one might take the cake for one of the best values I've encountered in this sector in a while. OCLS trades on the NASDAQ... More »

Attention Bat Investors; Vringo Update

Posted on August 12, 2012
Finding Bottom With Vringo (VRNG) Ever fish for bottom feeders? Halibut comes to mind. Those gigantic pre historic fish look like they are laying flat on their sides as their mouths vacuum up all kinds of nutrients from the ocean floor. Certain types of bass... More »

Quest Water (QWTR): 26% and Rising

Posted on August 07, 2012
Quest Water (QWTR): 26% and Rising After last week's rather scary one day roller coaster ride on QWTR, it has recovered nicely and is climbing on much higher volumes just as I had anticipated when I first published at $1.23 on July 29th, just 9 days ago. Click... More »

Is Night (KCG) Dark Forever? Quest (QWTR) and Vringo (VRNG) Comments

Posted on August 04, 2012
Is Nite Dark Forever, Or Will There Be Daylight? I don't know if you followed this story during the week or not. If you're a fan of the markets, you couldn't miss it. The largest wholesale trading firm in the world had a disastrous week, and for you contrarians... More »

Quest Water (QWTR): I'm Seasick

Posted on August 01, 2012
You Have To Make The Call Wow- current idea QWTR- Quest Water, after enjoying a very nice up trend for more than a month is getting absolutely smoked today. As I watch it trade, the stock was off 56%- it traded well below my SSL of $1.10. It dropped through that... More »

July 2012

Symbol Correction: QWTR

Posted on July 29, 2012
Symbol Correction: QWTR Second time this year. I must be getting senial. Early onset of delirium and confusion. Summer heat wave. Call it whatever you want. Somehow I had QWST planted in my mind for Quest Water. QWTR- QWTR-QWTR. I obviously knew it at one time... More »

Quest Water (QWST): Saving Lives in Africa

Posted on July 29, 2012
Believe or Not: Angola- The Highest GDP Growth in the World Think China with it's 8.5% GDP growth is still the highest in the World? Think again. The politically stable country of Angola, located in the Southwest corner of Africa, has 11% annual GDP growth and... More »

This Can't Wait

Posted on July 28, 2012
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Vringo (VRNG): The Big "D" Is Imminent

Posted on July 26, 2012
Water Idea- It's About To Rain Profits If you happen to read Tuesday's edition entitled "The 21st Century's New Oil" you should be primed and interested in young companies with potential in the exploding field of water development and purification. The... More »

The 21st Century's New Oil

Posted on July 24, 2012
I'm Back- After a Month's Absence Sorry folks- I haven't published an edition now since June 25th- nearly one month. That's the first time in 14 years I went as long as I did without publishing. Was I goofing off? Yes. It was partly because I was goofing off... More »

June 2012

Duma Energy (DUMA): First Look

Posted on June 25, 2012
Duma Energy (OTC BB: DUMA) - Growing Fundamentals Duma Energy is my second idea for a long, hot summer. With its growing fundamentals and the current like of interest in oil and gas situations, DUMA pops up on my radar as real value you can accumulate for a big... More »

KInbasha (KNBA): $100 Million in Revs For $8 Million

Posted on June 24, 2012
Time To Own Fundamentals As we go into the heart of the summer months, the microcap market is very heavy. The global picture appears to be deteriorating, and once again the markets seem to be held hostage to the European debt crisis. As with... More »

Vringo (VRNG) Profit Alert

Posted on June 19, 2012
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Even The US Government Can Make Money; Updates on Everything

Posted on June 15, 2012
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Clean Coal (CCTC): A Happy Ending To A Long Story

Posted on June 11, 2012
A Long And Convoluted Story This is a bit of a long story- one that appears to be headed for a very happy ending. Clean Coal Technologies (CCTC) is a penny stock investors have been hanging their hats on for quite a few years. It's a 5 cent story with pretty... More »

Anatomy of a Panic

Posted on June 10, 2012
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It's Never Easy

Posted on June 04, 2012
It's Never Easy Seemed like it was getting easy with our gigantic wins in LUXR and VRNG. Today the penny stock world reminded me it's never easy, and sometimes the best looking situations on the fundamental side can leave you scratching your head wondering how... More »

May 2012

Barfresh (BRFH): New All Time Highs

Posted on May 30, 2012
Catch Me Live Catch me LIVE!! on TV every Monday from 12 to 2PM eastern on the BigBizShow. The show broadcasts on several hundred radio shows live, is syndicated to over 30 milion cable homes, and is broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Network... More »

Barfresh (BRFH): Deja Vu All Over Again

Posted on May 23, 2012
Barfresh (BRFH): Deja Vu- All Over Again On April 23rd I published my first edition on Luxeyard (LUXR)- The edition was titled "Still 50% Undervalued". At the time, LUXR was $.80. On May 8th, I published my last (not forever) edition on LUXR, where... More »

The Most Profitable 7 Square Inches on Earth

Posted on May 13, 2012
The Health Food Craze Quietly and unnoticed there is a major stealth bull market going on in the health food sector. Here's some examples: Organic pasta, breakfast cereal, and frozen pizza company Annie’s (NYSE: BNNY) came public at $19 per share on March... More »

7 Minutes To Wealth

Posted on May 12, 2012
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Luxeyard: A Fond Farewell, For Now

Posted on May 08, 2012
Catch Me Live Catch me LIVE!! on TV every Monday from 12 to 2PM eastern on the BigBizShow. The show broadcasts on several hundred radio shows live, is syndicated to over 30 milion cable homes, and is broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Network... More »

Plandai (PLPL) Gets $13 Million

Posted on May 07, 2012
It's Been Lots of Fun Lately Winner #4 in the last 30 days should be dished up post open today, and I couldn't be more excited about the way things are going. In case you haven't been paying attention of late, here's three stocks I've been covering that have dished... More »

Are You Paying Attention?

Posted on May 04, 2012
Are You Paying Attention? There's been a volume explosion today in yesterday's feature- Liberator (LUVU). The stock made a new all time high of $.45, and has already traded nearly 400,000 shares today- the highest volume in its history. In my view, this stock... More »

Liberator (LUVU): Just Getting Started

Posted on May 03, 2012
Liberator (OTC BB: LUVU): Just Getting Started On January 15th I published my first coverage of Liberator (LUVU) when the stock was $.15. LUVU then proceeded to bore everyone to death by spending... More »

Liberator (LUVU) Up 156%; Nuvilex To Follow

Posted on May 02, 2012
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April 2012

Trading 101

Posted on April 28, 2012
Trading 101 Want to be smart about making a lot of money in low priced stocks? Actually, this philosophy works well for all stocks. The key is to be willing to invest when stocks are under followed, then be a seller when everyone is piling in. Today's trading... More »

Plandai (PLPL): Poised To Surge; One For Two on Bounces

Posted on April 24, 2012
One For Two In the last week I've made the call on two different stocks that were streaking, and corrected to provide a better entry point for those who either missed the first run, or traded out for a profit. One gigantic win, and one fizzled. In Major League... More »

American Liberty (OREO): Catching Fire With Traders

Posted on April 22, 2012
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A Month Early Is Better Than A Day Late

Posted on April 21, 2012
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Changing Diapers on LUXR and RSRS

Posted on April 19, 2012
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Regency Resources (RSRS): Technically Tasty

Posted on April 18, 2012
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Luxeyard and Vringo Breakouts: New All Time Highs

Posted on April 16, 2012
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Luxeyard (LUXE): 11% Breakout on Huge Volume

Posted on April 14, 2012
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Luxeyard (LUXR): Still 50% Undervalued

Posted on April 12, 2012
Still 50% Undervalued Today Yes, it's still shameless to put up a picture of this beautiful woman in a skin tight dress to get your attention. After all, most guys want to meet her, and most woman want to look like her in this dress. The name of this designer line... More »

A Shameless Plug

Posted on April 11, 2012
50% Undervalued Today I know, it's absolutely shameless to put up a picture of the beautiful woman in a skin tight dress to get your attention. After all, most guys want to meet her, and most woman want to look like her in this dress. However, there is a point to... More »

Where VCs Are Clamoring To Invest Billions; VRNG Trying For New High

Posted on April 10, 2012
Where Are VCs Clamoring to Invest? There's a new, red hot sector in internet investing, and the Silicon Valley venture capital firms are just flinging money in this direction even faster than Ben Bernake prints the stuff up at the Federal Reserve. Believe me- that's... More »

Vringo Profit Alert: Froggy Hopping Again

Posted on April 04, 2012
Vringo (AMEX: VRNG) Profit Alert In my view, the penny stock world has changed for the worse. I'm kind of an old school guy- I have a bit longer term view on investing in these kinds of stocks, and have never made any real money trying to clip a couple of cents of... More »

The Tea Leaves Say "Stocks"; PLPL Takes on Malaria

Posted on April 01, 2012
Catch Me Every Monday I've got a new gig. I'm proud to be a permanent fixture on the BigBizShow- the show is broadcast live on the internet, syndicated to hundreds of AM radio stations, and reaches over 30 million cable homes. Different cable systems show it at different... More »

March 2012

When "I" Should Be "A"

Posted on March 27, 2012
This is a re release of today's new idea. After slaving over this presentation for many hours, it was brought to my attention I had inadvertently misspelled the company's name. Plandia (pronounced Plan-x-ia) should have been spelled Plandai. The a and the i at the end are reversed. On this... More »

All The Tea in China- Plandia Bio (PLPL)

Posted on March 26, 2012
All The Tea In China All the Tea in China is no longer All the Tea in China. I'm sure you're wondering what the heck I'm talking about. China is where they invented the stuff, and it's been consumed as an enjoyable beverage with some perceived positive side effects... More »

Catch Me Live Tomorrow

Posted on March 25, 2012
Catch Me Tomorrow This seems like it's going to be a fairly regular weekly event. I've been invited back. Catch me tomorrow live on TV. The broadcast, which airs from 12PM to 2PM Eastern time, is actually syndicated live through hundreds of radio stations around... More »

Like Kissing Your Sister

Posted on March 24, 2012
Like Kissing Your Sister Last Monday's new idea- little 6 cent NVLX- so far, has been like kissing your sister. Not a thrill packed ride, but not the worst thing in the world. We started at $.06- popped to $.07 on the first day, went back to $.06, and closed Friday... More »

If Steve Jobs Had Only Known About Nuvilex

Posted on March 19, 2012
Laser Targeting Treating cancer- it's a huge industry. The estimate? Glad you asked: The number is so large, I couldn't even find an estimate. One study shows Americans lose $2.3 billion every year waiting for cancer treatment. The answer on how much is spent is... More »

If Steve Jobs Had Only Known

Posted on March 18, 2012
If Steve Jobs Had Only Known On October 6, 2011, Steve Jobs- the helmsman of Apple Computer, died after a long battle with a rare form of Pancreatic Cancer. Jobs was not fortunate enough to find a treatment that would extend his life, and he might have only been... More »

Close Out CALL Short

Posted on March 16, 2012
Close Out Call Short If you're short CALL- close out your position immediately. Oppenheimer has sabotaged the idea. More on that in the next edition. It's about a 7% loss right now, which I can live with anyday of the week. IRYS now gaining ground again, so keep... More »

In Case You Were Wondering

Posted on March 15, 2012
In Case You Were Wondering Just in case you were wondering, I thought it was time to provide and update on my latest ideas- one that has been rather disastrous, and one that is yet to be decided. Shorting Magic Jack (CALL) for a quick trade and owning iTrackr (IRYS... More »

Catch Me Live Again Tomorrow

Posted on March 11, 2012
I Got It Right This Week Last week there was a bit of a screw up concerning my appearance on the Nationally Syndicated market related TV show- the BigBiz Show. I'll be guest hosting again tomorrow from 12:00 to 2:00 PM Eastern Time, 9:00 AM to 11:AM Pacific Time... More »

"Calling" The Trade: Shorting CALL

Posted on March 09, 2012
Time To Go The Other Way I'll start this idea with a proven, tried and true and predictable trading pattern. Here's how it works. In my experience, when you see a stock trade up for sometime leading to a major earnings release, that stock will sell off after the... More »

Flipping the Call and IRYS Pancake

Posted on March 06, 2012
Flipping the Pancake Two of my 2012 calls have gone insane this week to the good and the bad, and it's time to turn the pancake over on both of them. Magic Jack (NASDAQ: CALL), which has been a monster win, is offering us another opportunity to make money in my view... More »

Time Correction For Today

Posted on March 05, 2012
Correction From Weekend Edition Sorry about this. Over the weekend I published an addition suggesting everyone tune in today to catch yours truly on the "Big Biz Show" from 12:00 to 2:00 PM Eastern, and catch the live call in appearance from Jeremy Brooks... More »

Hang Up and CALL; iTrackr (IRYS) Live on Monday

Posted on March 03, 2012
Catch Me Live and In Person From time to time over the last several years I've made appearances discussing all sorts of market related topics on the Big Biz Show. The Big Biz show is a kind of irrevant stock market and business related TV show that is also streamed... More »

February 2012

iTrackr.com (IRYS): Site Launch Has Shares Flying

Posted on February 29, 2012
First Is Not Always Best Analysts love the phrase "First Mover Advantage", but first is not always best. The first mover in the online coupon world has been highly publicized and controversial Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN). The company had humble beginnings... More »

Last Reminder

Posted on February 28, 2012
Last Reminder Here's the last in a series of emails in the marketing campaign for the Timothy Syke's subscription based product. This is the precursor to an idea that will be released on Thursday. However, as I have pointed out in the last couple of newsletters, OTC... More »

Letting the Cat Out of the Bag

Posted on February 27, 2012
Letting the Cat Out of the Bag You might be wondering what the heck is going on with the latest series of publications. It's time to give you the full view so you're dialed into the method behind my madness. Of late, I've been referencing three, new, Big Ideas I'll... More »

Selling "CALL": Blockbuster Trio

Posted on February 25, 2012
The "CALL" Has Been Good To Us Mark it on your calender- the week of March 12th. My big win for 2012- the March 15 CALL options recommended in early January at $1.40 needs to be liquidated before that week. Here's why. This is a good one for your market... More »

WOW! Curious Catalyst Pays 280% in 14 Days

Posted on February 22, 2012
WOW! Curious Catalyst Pays 280% in 14 Days Can you guess what trading catalyst caused these stocks to jump… * 280% in 14 days in 2011? * 642% in 42 days in 2011? * 828% in 22 days in 2011 (enough to turn every $1,000 you invested into $9,280 in a week... More »

The #1 Most-Missed Trading Opportunity

Posted on February 21, 2012
The #1 Most-Missed Trading Opportunity Do you know what the #1 most-missed trading opportunity is today? If you don't, then you're missing out on some of the most exciting returns available to individual traders today. What is it? I'll give you three... More »

"Calling" All Investors

Posted on February 15, 2012
Calling All Investors My best call of 2012 so far (it's early in the year and I have 3 monster penny stock ideas coming) has been CALL. Check your inbox- how many emails did you get today telling you to adopt Magic Jack for $17 a year for your long distance service... More »

The Forgotton Commodity: Uranez (URZ) Energy Is Rocking

Posted on February 08, 2012
The Forgotten Commodity Is Rocking Oil, Gold, Copper, Silver- it's all any commodity player can talk about. However, there's another commodity the main stream media is ignoring. Why- I'll tell you why- It's because the big boys on Wall Street are accumulating their position... More »

CALL Dialing Up Profits; FROG Hopping

Posted on February 07, 2012
FROG Hopping, and CALL Dialing Up Profits Did you notice the breakout? CALL had a huge run to $20 on the 1st. Those CALL March 15 calls traded up to $5 on that run. Wow- that's a 257% return since I introduced that idea in February. Based on that move, I suspect $20... More »

Facebook Madness Drives OTC Journal Winner

Posted on February 04, 2012
F FaceBook Madness Drives an OTC Journal Winner It's nice to be right even if it takes a little longer than anticipated. 2011 followers should remember, and hopefully still have shares of video ring tone company Vringo (AMEX: VRNG)- a stock I featured in about... More »

January 2012

One For Two This Week- Updates on CALL and FROG

Posted on January 25, 2012
One For Two This Week FrogAds (OTC: FROG) did not jump for us as I had hoped this week, but hang on for a bounce. From $.30 to $.28 is not a big deal. I suspect $.25 will be support for this one, and you might be well served to file a limit order with a tight stop... More »

FROG Poised To Bounce

Posted on January 24, 2012
As Promised- A Changed Approach In my first edition of 2012 I promised a different approach to penny stock coverage. I promised no more one day wonders. I pledged to stick with each idea for a month or two and provide some follow up. I don't believe the penny market... More »

Liberator (LUVU) Gets "Stern" For More Sales

Posted on January 22, 2012
Our Second Last "Pre Football" Edition Are you ready for some football? To end? I've really enjoyed this theme- a Sunday morning edition prior to the NFL games. Only the Superbowl remains after today's Championship games. So, sit back, relax, and read... More »

North Springs (NSRS): Use Extreme Caution

Posted on January 19, 2012
FrogAds (OTC BB: FROG) Leaps To Profits FROG is behaving very well for us today- it broke up to the $.40 level just as I predicted. It's now up 30% from last week's alert, and as I mentioned in yesterday's edition, this surge could be a good profit point for traders... More »

Earnings Trades: CALL and DXCM

Posted on January 18, 2012
Quick Review of 2012 I've covered two penny stocks so far in 2012. FrogAds (OTC BB: FROG), and Liberator (OTC BB: LUVU). Here's a quick update on both situations. I tried to pick a bottom for a bounce in FROG (yes, pun intended), and missed by a couple of days... More »

FROG's Jumping Back

Posted on January 11, 2012
Froggy's Jumping Back Up Nice win in the short term from last year. I believe I'll just call this one the FROGGIE. Very catchy. This site could absolutely explode. Us older internet users- those of us who have been there from the beginning- we have watched the unopposed... More »

Love LUVU- Up 30%

Posted on January 09, 2012
Love LUVU- UP 30% We're now up and running with the first new idea of 2012- LUVU- up a very nice 30% in the first hour of trading. Post a limit order and see if it comes back to you. I like it at $.18, heading for $.30 to $.35. Wednesday morning I'll provide an... More »

Meet The Fockers Meets LUVU

Posted on January 08, 2012
Meet The Fockers Meets LUVU Meet The Fockers is the 2004 comedic comic film starring Ben Stiller, Teri Polo, Dustin Hoffman, and Barbara Streisand. Greg Focker (Stiller's character) is marrying Pam Byrnes (Polo's Character). Her retired CIA agent dad (De Niro) wants... More »

A Fraud Webinar; A Preview For Tomorrow

Posted on January 07, 2012
Some Of My Best Work- A Webinar For You As many of you know, the OTC Journal is only one of my publications. This is the beginning of my 14th year with the OTC Journal. As 2011 wasn't a good year in the markets, I expect 2012 to be far better. My other newsletter... More »

Welcome To Year 14!!!

Posted on January 05, 2012
Welcome to the 14th Year of Continuing Coverage You're probably not going to believe this, but today's edition is the first of of my 14th year of continuously publishing the OTC Journal. Yes folks, when I started this, I had hair and enthusiasm for the penny stock... More »