Timothy Sykes is an American stock trader, entrepreneur, and penny stock expert. He is best known for turning his bar mitzvah money into over $1 million by day trading in-between classes at Tulane University.

Career

In 1999, while still in high school, Sykes took $12,415 he had received in bar mitzvah gift money and began day trading penny stocks. He would turn this initial investment into over $1.65 million before the age of 21.
Sykes attended Tulane University and graduated in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a minor in business. While at Tulane, Sykes routinely skipped class to day trade. In 2003, during his senior year, he founded Cilantro Fund Management LLC, a short bias hedge fund.
Barclays named Cilantro Fund Management LLC the #1 ranked short bias fund from 2003-2006.In 2006 Trader Monthly named Sykes one of the "Top 30 Under 30" traders in the market.
Sykes released An American Hedge Fund: How I Made $2 Million as a Stock Operator & Created a Hedge Fund in 2007.[13] The book chronicles Sykes' rise from a college student day trading penny stocks to the early-20s multimillionaire hedge fund manager and the lessons learned throughout.
In 2008 Sykes decided to recreate his initial investing success by again starting with $12,415. He named the attempt Transparent Investment Management (TIM). After two years, Sykes turned the initial sum into $90,368 and was the #1 ranked trader on Covestor.
In 2012, Sykes created "Miss Penny Stock" a financial beauty pageant to a representative for his brand and company.