InTheMoneyStocks.com
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I've been with Inthemoney/VI for over 2 years. Gareth talks a good game, but the proof of his actual knowledge is in the trades.

The first 6 months were ok, avg 10% RIO. The last 1.5 yrs have been abysmal. Long avg 35% loss, Short avg 50% loss. I don't have hundreds of thousands of dollars to play with, -35% HURTS! They really blew it on many many trades. Like it is said on many reviews, VI looks like they have a great track record. BUT, they hold onto their loses forever and don't post them. Take it from experience, DO NOT do it.

So, picture this: I've been stuck in Gareth's rollercoaster ride for nearly three years now. Strap in, folks, it's a wild one. When the market gets a little wild itself, his strategies sort of work... kind of... decently. But most of the time, it's like trying to navigate through a calm sea with a leaky boat. Gareth, bless his heart, insists on shorting the strongest stocks like it's his full-time job. And let me tell you, he's committed! He'll cling onto those sinking ships like they're the last lifeboats on the Titanic. Remember 2023? He was short on $NVDA all year, riding that wave of losses like it was the new cool trend. Now, here we are, down about 50% on a 12% position. And it's not just $NVDA taking a nosedive, it's like he's got a vendetta against every stock that's ever shown a glimmer of hope: $MSFT, $AAPL, $SMH, $GE... you name it. My portfolio? Let's just say it's gone from "champagne dreams" to "tap water reality" real quick, losing about 20% of its sparkle. Gareth's mantra? "Hold on tight, it'll bounce back... eventually... probably." And boy, does he hate stop losses more than a cat hates water. Why cut your losses when you can keep the suspense alive, right? And don't even get me started on his sales pitch. He'll charm you into his education courses faster than you can say "market meltdown." Master trader? More like master manipulator. Sure, he's got the gift of gab, but when it comes to trading, he's about as average as a soggy sandwich at a gourmet deli. Save yourself the headache and the heartache, folks. There are better ways to learn about the markets, and Gareth's rollercoaster ride isn't one of them. Trust me, you'll thank me later.

Get ready to be OUT OF THE MONEY

As another reviewer said, "He shorts market bottoms and longs when it's at the top." This is essentially what has happened in the last year. We missed the bull run: mid/high double-digit, even triple-digit gains only to be in the RED MASSIVELY with unrealized losses.

Maybe we are at the market top, maybe not, but say we are... we will cover our shorts at a 7-10% gain and Gareth will toot his horn ad nauseam. But, we will likely just take a small loss or break even (something that he mentioned in the live trading room fairly recently - eg. QID, NVDA).

Gareth isn't a Master Trader, if he was, he wouldn't be bothering with daily YouTube videos attempting to sucker in more naïve subscribers.

Lastly, his associate Ben (whom Gareth is grooming to be his replacement of sorts) is not a pro-trader. His only insights are topping tails, which are hit or miss at best. Why would anyone pay $4,000/year to listen to him? Dr. B (a new addition to the live trading room) is pretty insightful however.

I wanted to update my recent complaint with additional information regarding overt deception regarding In the Money Stocks Performance.

Gareth Soloway provided this video yesterday on YouTube regarding his current positions in Stocks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcr3P3tRhbI&t=197s

These statements made publicly in the video yesterday (November 20) directly contradict what he is actually holding in the Verified Investing Portfolio at present. For example, Gareth's discussed publicly that he is holding a little bit or toehold position in NVDA, Microsoft, Apple (given that these stocks have risen enormously over the last few weeks and he has indeed been short throughout - resulting in severe losses. He has been short these positions throughout the bulk of 2023 -- a severe investing error). In fact, in his verified investing service he is holding 12% of the portfolio in a position NVDA, and Microsoft, respectively, and about 8% in Apple.

These are not toehold positions but LARGE positions gone bad in the portfolio.

It is also reflective of Dishonest Business behavior that he is on the Internet Publicly distort the situation -- in order to make his and his company's investment prowess look much much better than it really is.

Gareth Soloway should change his approach and be transparent and honest in how he discusses and presents the performance of his portfolios -- both on his website and in the public media. He does not fully show the % of portfolio invested in closed investments. He significantly spins and distorts performance in the public media. He also does not use stop losses on losing trades as discussed in the YouTube video particularly regarding the positions in question above -- thereby resulting in large short term losses. In short, he is lying and deceiving investors.

We view his behavior as very dangerous for investors who are trying to understand how a service really works before investing significant sums of money. As discussed in many complaints on this site regarding ITMS -- individuals including myself have lost large sums of money due to his investment recommendations and deceptive business practices.

Perspectives on In the Money Stocks based upon Multiple Years of Trading

In the Money Stocks is a highly deceptive service in terms of how gains and losses are tracked. On the surface, the performance of their flagship service -- Verified Investing Alerts -- makes it appear that 70-80% of their trades are winners and that the returns each year are very high. However, the realities in terms of risk and performance are very different.

1. Gareth Soloway doesn't show the weightings of the trades (i.e., the actual amounts invested or % of total portfolio) in his performance statistics -- some of the winners have 1-2% of your portfolio in them only. The losers may have 10% of your portfolio in them. Let's take an example. You win 8 trades at 2% of your portfolio at 8% return (say $20,000 per position) and you have a winnings of $12,000. You then have 2 losing trades with 10% of your portfolio each at 20% loss and then you have a loss of $40,000 on the losing trades. Hence, your return is not up 24% on 10 trades (a great return!) which would seem to be the case (i.e., the non-weighted return shown on the site) -- if you just added up Gareth's winners and losses simplistically -- but in fact a loss of -$28,000 assuming you had a portfolio of $1 million and the trading amounts discussed above for this analysis or a - 2.8% return overall. Why doesn't Gareth show the weightings in his performance record? This is why. The performance would look likely much worse than he leads the public to believe.

In short, if the track record is so good -- Why doesn't he show the true weighted performance of a sample portfolio and compared to indexes like the S&P 500? [answer: because it is not so good].

2. In terms of stock picking prowess, while Gareth gets many trades right -- he has multiple disasters. This year (2023), he started shorting NVDA in January, MSFT, SMH, Apple, QID in early 2023 as well. These have turned out be huge disasters as of November of this year. However, a month or so ago, Gareth claimed our portfolio is up 15% for their year. That is mathematically possible but extremely deceptive -- as the calculation is based upon "Closed Trades Only". He didn't factor in the open positions like Apple, MSFT, others. If you include those, the portfolio maybe up a few percent for the year so far at best -- where the S&P and Nasdaq are up over 10%. In short, he significantly underperforms the market quantitatively -- while using marketing spin to deceive investors.

The live trading room is different but shows the same similarities in terms of deceptive practices. While there are lots of winning trades -- the few losers may be held as swing trades for long periods of time and get worse and worse. An example is UPST (Upstart). He bought that in the Summer at a cost basis of $37.10 (approximately). The day trade went bad. The price as of November 10,2023 is about $20.30 (a loss of 45%). Keep in mind that in Day Trades you can put up a lot of money to earn a small scalping fee. As illustration, let's say Gareth had $500,000 in the trade initially (a 6/6 position). The loss thus far is then $225,000. Gareth is up about $1 million on day trading this year. So if he loses $225,000, he still has a good return. However, this is not day trading -- where you close positions generally at the end of the day, and this is very high risk trading. For example, many I-banks think UPST is really worth $14.00 or less a share. In terms of individual investors using this service -- you would have to generally have $1 million+ in many of Gareth's day trades to get even close to the $1 million he shows this year (that can be illustrated with further examples). Do you really want to take that risk? Otherwise, your returns will be substantially less. And do you want to really take a chance on getting into a UPST trade? That stock did not have good fundamental value even when he first bought it. I mention UPST above. In the reviews of In the Money Stocks, there are clusters of these examples.

In sum, there is too much deception associated with this company. Gareth appears to underperform the indices based upon a full analysis of his portfolio and investment weightings in the Verified Investing Alerts Services. His live trading service doesn't not explicitly show the amounts invested in the trades (e.g., > $1 million invested for a few hundred dollar return) and the potential horrid losses on the occasional disastrous trade. If In the Money stocks is doing much better than this -- then they show should show their full portfolio and investment levels in each position (or performance for that of an illustrative subscriber). Otherwise, this firm is using deceptive and apparently dangerous and risky trading practices. In short, you want to put your money with someone who is completely honest. These guys are not.

These fellas are salesmen before anything else, and they trade second. They ain't completely truthful and forthcoming about all of their trades, especially the ones that don't go their way. Their "track record" on their website is all messed up and way out of date, and it don't show many of their losses. They brag about their wins and keep their losses hidden, making it seem like they're worth every penny. They make their money from subscriptions, so it ain't in their best interest to tell you where they mess up, and they do mess up. You gotta be careful when dealing with them!

I gotta say, I stumbled upon InTheMoneyStocks (inthemoneystocks.com) and was pleasantly surprised by the quality of their market views. It's one of the better ones out there that you can access for free on the Internet. They provide a lot of informative content that covers most of what you need to know for Technical Analysis. If you're looking to learn how to trade, this is definitely something you should bookmark.

Now, I do have to mention that they do have some big, annoying ads that pop up in between their videos and blog posts. It can be a bit of a nuisance, but hey, it's free content so I won't make too big of a deal about it. Just something to keep in mind.

I did try out their options service for a brief period of time, but ultimately couldn't justify the $100 price tag for me to keep using it. However, I still think their free content is worth checking out and can be a valuable resource for anyone interested in trading.

I gotta say, I wasn't too impressed with InTheMoneyStocks. They seem to be all about the day chart, which is fine if you're a day trader, but not so great if you're like me and prefer to swing trade on a weekly or monthly basis. They do give a lot of price targets, which is cool, but they don't really offer any personal bias on where they think the market is headed.

I mean, don't get me wrong, their track record is okay, but I just didn't feel like I got my money's worth. I was hoping for more analysis that would give me some insight into the market direction for the next trading day, but all I got was the "after the fact" daily news.

Overall, I'd say this site is okay if you're a day trader, but if you're looking for something more in-depth and personalized, you might want to look elsewhere.

I was a member of InTheMoneyStocks for a solid three years, and let me tell you, I had high hopes when I first joined. But as time went on, I started to notice a few things that made me question the service. For starters, Gareth - when he makes a bad call, he never seems to own up to it. Instead, he just talks about all the good calls he didn't make. It's frustrating, to say the least.

And then there's Nick. Don't get me wrong, his short term cycles aren't terrible. In fact, they're pretty low risk trades that can pay off nicely over the course of a week or a month. But when it comes to his overall outlook on the market, he's been dead wrong for the past three years. He's been talking about the market collapsing and gold taking off, but if you take a look at the charts, you'll see that he's been way off base.

All in all, I wouldn't say that InTheMoneyStocks is a terrible service. But it's definitely not the amazing resource that I thought it was when I first signed up. If you're looking for a reliable source of investment advice, you might want to look elsewhere.

This website is not worth your time or money. As someone who has tried out multiple trading sites, I can confidently say that InTheMoneyStocks is the worst of the bunch. Their day trading strategies are completely fabricated and unreliable. Even their longer-term trades are just as bad. They missed out on several major market moves and often traded in the wrong direction. It became clear to me that these guys don't know anything about trading and are just spewing B.S.

The number of mistakes they made far outweighed any gains they may have had. I listened to Gareth make trades day after day and he consistently hyped up the winners while ignoring the losers. It was frustrating to see them ignore their mistakes and only focus on their successes.

When I saw that Investimonials gave them terrible reviews, I wasn't surprised. But instead of taking the criticism and trying to improve, they shut down the reviews. This is a clear sign that they don't care about their customers or their reputation.

Overall, I would not recommend InTheMoneyStocks to anyone. Save your money and find a more reliable trading site.

Yo, so I was checking out InTheMoneyStocks (inthemoneystocks.com) today, August 21st, and let me tell you, it's not looking too hot. They got 12 open CALL option positions, but 5 of them are gonna expire worthless today. That's a 100% loss, my dudes. And the other 7 positions? They're all energy and commodity related and they're DEEP in the red. Like, I don't think any of them are gonna be profitable, but who knows, maybe I'm wrong.

What really grinds my gears though is that we're in the middle of one of the biggest market "corrections" in a while and not a single option position is a PUT on the market. Like, what's the point of Nick's "amazing" cycle work if they're not gonna make any trades to take advantage of it? It's just useless, man. And don't even get me started on the "G-mans" HYPE. Like, be careful and don't fall for it, ya know?

Oh, and get this, 11 out of the 12 option trades were Gareths. Like, what's up with that? I don't know about you, but I'm not feeling too confident in their trading strategies right now. Just my two cents.

I've been a member of InTheMoneyStocks since March 2017 and I have to say, these guys seem like they know what they're doing when it comes to trading. However, there are a couple of things that have me a bit concerned. Firstly, they don't always report all of their big losing trades. For example, a few months ago they took a big 50% loss in DRYS, but they didn't update it in their 'closing trades' section. I reached out to them to let them know, and they said they would update it. But it's been 2 months now and it's still not updated. When I emailed them about it again, they didn't respond. That's not a good sign.

Secondly, Gareth states what the stop price is when entering each trade, but then he seems to totally ignore it. This has led to some big losses for him. I think he's just hoping that the trade will bounce back, but when it doesn't, they conveniently don't list it on their closing trades page. Has anyone else noticed this?

Despite these concerns, I do think that InTheMoneyStocks has some valuable insights and strategies when it comes to trading. They seem to have a good track record overall, and I've made some profits following their recommendations. However, I do think they need to be more transparent about their losing trades and stick to their stop prices. It's important for traders to have all the information they need to make informed decisions, and I hope that InTheMoneyStocks will take this feedback into consideration.

This website, InTheMoneyStocks, is run by two traders, Nick and Gareth. They offer two different fee schedules: a chat room and a research center for swing trades. I have to agree with the other reviews here that Nick is honest and real, while Gareth is full of himself and hype. Nick is cautious, while Gareth is teflon and never owns up to a bad trade.

It's interesting to think about how one would sell a trader's site. The only way to do it is to talk the talk, brag, and make people feel like they're missing out. Gareth does this 24/7. However, as the other reviews indicate, they miss a lot of calls and make their fair share of bad trades.

Despite this, I do agree that if you pay attention, you can learn how to trade using their method, and it works. I have personally learned from their research center and would recommend it for a limited time to learn the method, then cancel and trade on your own.

Overall, InTheMoneyStocks has its pros and cons. Nick is the more reliable trader, while Gareth is all about the hype. However, if you're willing to learn and pay attention, their method can work for you.

I gotta say, I was with InTheMoneyStocks for a whole year and I gotta agree with all the haters out there. My portfolio didn't see any positive gains and I'm pretty disappointed. These guys are all about trying to pick levels and going against the trend, which doesn't always work out. They use these huge stops that don't make any sense and they only take off trades for small gains. But when they do lose, they ride it all the way down to the bottom and then some.

They claim to have a 90% success rate, but that's a total lie. I'd say it's more like 50% at best. And they're always hiding their losses all over the place. I mean, they've been sitting in SDS, QID, DAL short, NEWL, and a bunch of other trades since November of '13! That's like, what, almost 8 years now? And with just those trades alone, your portfolio would be down over 30%.

And don't even get me started on their recent attempts to pick bottoms in Aug. and Sept. in SLV, GLD, and USO. Those were all big losers for them.

Now, I know there are some positive reviews out there, but those are probably from newer members who haven't been burned yet. So, if you're thinking about joining InTheMoneyStocks, I'd say think twice and take my advice.

I gotta say, I was pretty disappointed with InTheMoneyStocks. These guys are supposed to be experts, but they're really just snake oil salesmen. I mean, just look at their results page - it's a mess. They claim to have closed all these trades, but a lot of them aren't even part of their alerts service. They just cherry pick winners from discussions they may or may not have had during the day. It's a total scam.

And don't even get me started on their current positions list. They claim to give you all their current positions, but that's just not true. They leave out a ton of old open positions that are huge losers. When I asked about it, they just told me to focus on positions going forward. What kind of BS is that? Anyone can make huge returns if they never close losers and never report these open losers to new members. It's just greasy.

Overall, I'd say stay away from these guys. They're a huge disappointment and not worth your time or money.

Info is accurate on site, but things are left out. DISCA, RCON, IQ, CHGG are day trades turned into investments, since they have long passed the time frame for a swing. This is misleading to those signing up to the service for the first time. Those trades are missing from the site and the accumulated losses are quite massive with DISCA already costing Gareth over 50 K of his account.

This is the place where you will loose all your money. Pathological Liars! Especially Gareth. He plays with with endless cash compared to everyone. Do not be fooled by the winning numbers on their website. It only shows the successful trades. Few bad trades (as they happen often) are enough to destroy your account. They turn the bad day trades into swings and never say a word about them until eventually they pop or not. Realistically Gareth plays with few millions and when you looks at the total year winnings it comes to barely 30-40%. Totally not worth the stress, time and subscriptions fees of $299 per month. They are clever foxes. Their money comes from their subscribers... 25000 subscribers claimed x $299 comes to around $7.500.000 per year. And the worst part is their trading is absolute joke. Many trades involved risking half a million in order to win $60... $100 or few hundred dollars... Totally not worth the risk and stress. You will age drastically and loose your money until you understand what is going on. AVOID. Majority if not all reviews around the net are FAKE... guaranteed.

He shows / declares / talks only his profit making trades.
All his huge losses on multiple trades are hidden and not mentioned.
He never cuts losses.
I suffered a painful draw down and said goodbye to his services after 6 months … now recovering.
Hope this review helps you,

Very poor timing of entries. Huge drawdowns of 20%-40%. Holding huge losses for long periods of time with no recovery. My own personal day trading is keeping my account even. His trades are pulling my account down every day and I struggle to break even. Trying to sell of his losses slowly and get back to my trading style. Some of his trades are very good so I must give him credit for that.

Don’t think that the company www.inthemoneystocks.com is great and helpful. I invested money and after their speeches, I thought that I would get money. But I lost everything and when I tried to get any comments from the reps, they started to avoid me. It wasn’t professional from their side, but it was strange that they started to ignore me. I don’t think that they were honest with me and therefore I want to warn about this website.

I decided to try my hand at the trading and invested money on the website www.inthemoneystocks.com. I followed their trades and invested more and more, but in result I wasted money and got nothing from them. No money, no experience, nothing. The website isn’t suitable for people, who don’t understand economics and trading. They simply steal from you. So share this info in order to warn other people. Thanks.

Heyyyyy folks, nothing here but Monday Morning Quarterbacking and ego, move along. Where do I start with this mess of a site? Plain and simple, these guys are trying to sell you hype, they have big egos, and they ARE NOT even good at trading. They have minions who are incentivized to do damage control, so beware of positive reviews or people who try to argue with bad reviews. They self-moderate youtube comments (users JaredPagano Pauliewalnutz etc. are fake accounts to help pump). The ITMS guys were serial spammers back in the day and you can find relics of their shenanigans on real sites like iBankCoin and elitetrader. The review board at Investimonials for ITMS was taken down when moderators wised up to this. There’s a lot of skullduggery going on, so don’t fall victim to what appears to be a legitimate site at first glance.

On to the site. Gareth has an agitating voice and is full of himself. He is gifted with hindsight genius and a master of obscurity. “The market will either go up, but it can also go down, hence I am right, and will brag ad nauseum when it does” – you get the picture. “Proprietary methods” are just fib levels or simple support and resistance lines. The chat room is full of rank amateurs and Gareth’s track record is not even close to what he claims. You will never see any audited results, because they probably don’t trade real money, just milk it out of people who are eager to learn trading. When I say milk, its an understatement. They charged a group of unfortunate people $5k/pop to come to their Florida office and endure a 1 week Monday morning quarterback/ 20/20 hindsight egofest. Gareth claims to have been offered buy-outs from hedge funds to prevent the “proprietary methods” from going public – he’s a clown. They have no interest in helping traders, just taking their money. Don’t believe otherwise.

If you are like me, you were drawn to the site for its proclaimed “no hype” and the fact they are prevalent on Youtube searches for trading. In fact, all they offer is hype with no substance – vague calls and taking credit for trades they don’t do. I write this complaint because I was duped to the tune of $200 for this nonsense.

If you want a good laugh try out the 1-week trial, but be warned - your ears may bleed and you may vomit. If you pay the princely sum of $200/month, you’ll probably see another unpleasant video on youtube of Gareth’s well-fed Buddha-body in a hot tub bragging about how you were had.