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I read a few books and opted to avoid trying to cherry pick stock. I invest a little each month in a vanguard total stock market fund.
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Start with a paper account.
Realize it's a game that you're never going to "win." Within every game there are rules, continuously shifting variables, probabilities and odds.
Learn to manage...
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You're right, because looking for patterns is not analysis. That's subjective. The pattern is the pattern. The data is the data. You can disagree with it, but it doesn't lie. And that's it's value.
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No, there is no contradiction. You should not make an emotional decision and buy a company just because you like their products personally. But, before buying a stock you should be familiar with...
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And what exactly is your goal over the next few month, years with this account? Are you going to buy and sell stocks to make a profit or just buy stocks for the "long term" and pray?
You really...
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Anytime you're ready to talk serious about what the market really is and does, feel free.
H&S patterns are about 60% accurate. If that gives you better probability for a buy and you make money,...
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sorry i signed up for scottrade last night lol
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I wouldn't listen to the previous poster. Investing is meant for the long-run. Here's a quote from Ben Graham: "An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of...
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It's always fun to draw head and shoulder then left and right legs maybe 2 hands too for a complete figure... :lmao:
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I love my scottrade account, I have had it for probably 12+ years. Low commissions ($7), good platform, good real-time streamer. If you have a problem you just call the local branch and they are...
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I will give you a tip, you will lose a lot of money before you start making any. Most people quit before that happens. This is almost a fundamental law of human nature, if you cannot accept this, do...
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Here's the first tip.. DO NOT WATCH MAD MONEY.. gives the impression that making money in the market is easy and turns the entire idea of investing into a circus
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I agree that you should absolutely start a paper account. In other words, play a game with yourself and pretend like you are playing a game of Monopoly, but for the stock market. Don't actually...
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hi all, i am seeking to learn about and how to buy/sell stocks. i kinda sort of have a general idea of how it works but not really sure where to start. the thing that got me interested in the stock...
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Resources:
- Motley Fool: Money, weekly (RSS podcast)
- Motley Fool: MarketFoolery, daily (RSS podcast)
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Not true. I started last May with 2 stocks, watched the stocks get pummeled but stayed with them, bought a few what I considered good companies in F, GE, COP, WM and PEP in the fall of last year when...
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From my experience, using a paper account doesn't really work. You don't have enough skin in the game to care enough to seriously trade it the way you would with your real money. Like others have...
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this is exactly what i was planning to do as well
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Most of you are talking in generalizations and not being very helpful.
OP you need to learn technical analysis, support and resistance, pivot points, price channels, technical indicators,...
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Irrelevant, how so. If Apple is "stable and have long term growth potential" why does it matter if you bought it at $300, $700, or $500?
What is the growth potential? $850? Great, $700 is a great...
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You need skin in the game for it to really mean anything significant and the stomach to cut losses short. One thing is for certain, if you sell below buy price + commissions, you're guaranteed to...
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Not only is it completely unnecessary, but it's largely a waste of time. Go ahead, visit the HQ and talk the CEO him/herself. Doesn't mean you'll earn a dime trading their stock. Reread the title of...
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As I have stated, my consultation services come at a price. No freebies. Can't you read?
If you have a system that works for you then I am happy for you. But it sounds to me like you make some...
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This statement is so funny couldn't resist to reply. So your theory could basically apply into anything.
You buy a pizza and thinking it will make you full, you're a speculator.
You buy a house...
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I'd think the way barnz described actually would work. It's basically allowing you to quantify the market as a measurement.
It would factor out the behavior uncertainty that one would do with...
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I'm with you 100% on the skin in the game comment. And what that boils down to is rejecting emotion. I humbly believe you cannot really "manage" emotion, you just have to do your best to trade the...
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Do you guys recommend scottrade? Tdameritrade? Square trade?
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At first, trade positions from month to month, , research it, watch it, chain it with alerts, then when ready buy when below intrinsic value, sell when higher then intrinsic value.
Gradually...
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is this your best come back for the hilarious comment you made? You don't really have anything to back it up? Or some crazy outlandish thought and sentence like a madman? I thought the Mayan calender...
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I hope you understand the contradiction, here.
One cannot NOT gamble buy buying stock in anything in the first place. Again, this "risk is bad" meme will wipe you out faster than anything...
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Crap, it was just getting fun.
Again, it's the "you gotta take huge risks to make any money" or it "takes money to make money" memes that help no one but the brokers and bookies bank roll fools...
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i would take a stab at SD's virtual stock picking game. looks like the next round will start in jan but see the current thread for reference
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