TOO ALL! OFFSUBJECT:
I was a member of these day traders online for about 6 months. I joined some time in the last three months of 97 and was a member until some time in the first three months of 98 before I discovered PNLK and then I quit there club. The main reason I quit was because in the time I was a member I lost about 18,000 dollars trying to day trade with them. They claim I was losing because My trading system was to slow. What happened every time by the time I made a trade they were selling when I was buying and of course I lost everytime. Boy, I'm I glad I quit being a member with them. Just before I left, They were planing to post stock picks on the front page of their web site after the members all bought in and then sell when it was going up. They also have a place where people can post stock picks. Any one can post their stock picks there, I think, But not sure. I had just started to day trade and these people really took advandage of me.
When I lost money and I complained on their tread. They said that it was my choice to buy or sell. Of course it was my choice but it was their comments that made me decide what to do. There were times when they said they got the news before it was on the wire. The person that post all the picks, goes by the handle of DT.
I have saved this and sent it to the SEC. I did this because of the piece below.
Have a nice day! ALLEN:
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From Somewhere In Cyberspace April 2, 1999
By Chris Nerney
Senior Analyst Midday Report Archives
I am writing this from a "safe house."
No, I am writing this on my laptop from a terminal at a major East Coast airport.
Check that. I am dictating this from a pay phone to a "friend" who is typing on a computer in a Palo Alto cyber cafe. (Hey, what's that clicking sound?)
I apologize for the misdirection and subterfuge, but with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stepping up its investigation of Web sites that host "chat rooms" for day traders, I fear the feds are closing in.
The latest focus of the SEC probe, according to The Wall Street Journal, is Day Traders On-line, one of many sites where stock shills and ticker junkies mingle and talk stocks. SEC officials are looking into whether some publicly traded companies are paying sites like Day Traders On-Line to issue recommendations for their stocks to day traders in "real time" chat rooms.
The federal government is concerned that these sites are manipulating some stock prices at the expense of less knowledgeable investors, an activity which historically has been the exclusive right of underwriters, financial analysts and other Wall Street insiders.
While I'm all for the government trying to protect uninformed investors (where was it when I bought into Silicon Graphics?), my concern is the SEC will broaden its efforts to oversee the discussion of stocks on the Internet. After all, the Internet Stocks Channel has a forum where readers can weigh in and debate issues related to Internet shares.
Paranoia, you say? Look at the Starr Investigation. One minute they're dredging up bank records from 15-year-old Arkansas land deals, the next they're questioning some kid about stained dresses and cigars. Even the Clinton-haters have to admit Starr strayed well beyond his original mandate as Whitewater special prosecutor.
Maybe the SEC will stay on target and focus exclusively on those sites that aggressively issue "buy" and "sell" recommendations to eager day traders looking for a quick kill. I hope so. I'd hate to think my long-standing advice to "buy low, sell high" will trigger a deposition.
Remember, you didn't hear that from me
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