Tim Sykes' AWSL trade, Jan 4, 2010

In this case the direction of Tim's trade is unambiguous from the chart. I am less sure about when the trade was entered. The sell price given in Tim's log is $3.35; on Dec 31, the stock traded between $3.32 (open and high) and $3.27 (close and low). Most likely selling short for $3.35 was impossible on Dec.31. It was also impossible on Dec. 30, but could be possible on Dec. 29 -- in that case, a break-down from the tight range of the previous 8 days (with a higher volume) must have been the signal.

Tim Sykes' AWSL trade, Oct 26, 2009

On Tim's site, the date of this trade is Oct 26 (Monday), buy price is $3.24, sell price is $4.10. As is seen from the chart, Oct 26 could be the day when the trade was closed but the trade itself must have been entered one or two business days before. On Thursday it must have been clear that the stock gave a crack. One could question the reason for closing the trade the very first thing Monday morning despite the fact that the stock opened with a downward gap, but on the other hand, desire to take profit is understandable in such a situation.