OTC Bulletin Board

One of the problems with small cap stocks can be conflicting OTCBB listings , duplicate listings, pipe companies and spam. Finding a good penny stock recommendation can sometimes be a challange. Most traders in the business rely on some kind of incoming stream of information such as a stock newsletter service. Such a service would scrape information from sources such as the OTC Reform as well as integrating their personal trading experience and instincts and provide real time tips for stocks on the move.

Some of the more experienced traders use the OTC reform site to look more closely to perform their own research about companies that are issuing stocks or that claim to have company or funding advancement. This resource examines the listings and claims to decipher which Issuers, Lenders, Market Makers, PR firms, Investors, and Brokers they think are legitamite.

The Over the counter bulletin board reform site's criteria for standards is based maintly on how many of the listed company's value is higher than they were a year ago, have been reported as spam, have raised funds via a PIPE, have multiple listings for the same company or mgmt team, have changed names more than 2x in 24 months, have been involeved with a reverse merger, etc.

There are over 3,000 issues currently quoted on the OTCBB including Common Stock, American Depository shares, warrants, ordinary shares, units, units of beneficiary trust, and preffered stocks.

Of course as with any means of information, the OTC Reform should be taken with a grain of salt and would probably count for one of the many sources of informations for investors to rely on. It is also very time consuming and is easily outdone by a proper experienced trader providing real time tips and recommendations for investment.