A stock trader who returned 630% in 3 years shares 6 key signals he identifies before making a trade

• Timothy Sykes created a 7-criteria checklist he uses to decide if he wants to make a trade.
• It helps him determine if enough signals are converging to support his thesis. 
• They include pattern, price, ease of entry and exit, as well as risk and reward ratio.

Timothy Sykes began dabbling in stocks in 1999 when the dot-com bubble popped.