May 15, 2020. I'm probably Tim Sykes' slowest moving student. I'm 57 yr old Italian-American, married (25 years this year!) to a great wife, with 8 yr old daughter adopted from China. I'm a practicing architect in south Florida (in the field since 1986, worked in Italy from 1990-1998, then in south Florida since 1998. Opened own firm in 2003).

March 2014: I joined AllPennystocks.com

April 2014: I joined Profit.ly

January 2015: I started my Pennystocking Silver subscription and downloaded roughly 40 videos from Tim's Youtube channel. I also downloaded his '30 Day Quick Start Check List'.

June 2017: Compiled Tim's Pennystock guide as a Word document

July 2017: Opened Etrade account

December 2017: Made 10 "beginner" trades to get feet wet in trade executions. All minor losses- but the idea was simply to get used to the Etrade interface to buy and sell stocks. Tried market and limit order executions. Also started a Word doc to note some general pennystock trading notes.

March 2018: Purchased STT software platform. Great software!

April 2018: purchased "The Complete Penny Stock Course" on Amazon by Alluch and Sykes. Excellent purchase and worth "every penny".

July 2018 to October 2018: Made 7 "real" trades focusing mostly on dip buy patterns. Nominal losses and profits. Realized my execution skills are still lacking and need work.

Year 2019: Watched stocks with STT on and off throughout the year. Absorbing market activity.

May 2020: Back in the fray and watching more consistently; will focus on making small trades to improve execution skills. Practice practice practice.

Goals: Excel tells me that 5% compounded means I can go from $1,500 to $1,000,000 in 330 trades (if perfectly executed naturally). 7% compounded requires only 100 trades to achieve the same target. 15% compounded only requires 48 trades to get to $1,000,000. This means you can grow 'quickly' even with small percentage gains. For now, basic goal is to improve execution skills with 30 trades over the next 2 months (staying within PDT rules).