By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Nathan_Pennington]Nathan Pennington
Here's the thing. There are lots ways to make money in the stock market. There are even more ways to lose money in the stock market. It's like that old saying. The best way to make a small fortune in the stock market is to start with a big one.
Okay. So now that I've thrown a big bucket of cold water all over stock trading, let me cheer you up. The way to succeed in the stock market is to just focus on a good method. Find a way to trade and just stick with it.
The biggest reason for failure at any activity is simply lack of focus. Okay. The other big reason for failure in stock trading is not having a sound method. Well, buying a stock that has the price bouncing off of the 50% Fibonacci line is a sound method.
Okay?
It's a good way to trade.
Now you just need to make the decision to stick with it. Focus on it. In that way, Fibonacci is the secret to stock market profits. As the price is approaching the 50% line, get ready to buy. Or short the stock if the price is going the other way. There is no magic to Fibonacci trading. It's just about applying a filter to trading.
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Stock Trading - Fibonacci is the Secret to Stock Market Profits
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
What is the Difference Between Trading a Stock and Trading a Stock Option
What is the Difference Between Trading a Stock and Trading a Stock Option
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Mika_Hamilton]Mika Hamilton
“When buying shares, ask yourself, would you buy the whole company?” -Rene Rivkin
Stock and stock options are terms which are commonly used interchangeably. However, they are two completely different types of investments. The term stock refers a piece of the company purchased by an investor with a small investment.
A stock option is an investment which allows you the ability to buy company stock and then sell it at a set price in a set amount of time. When dealing with stock options there is always a buyer and always seller. As an investor sells stock options, he creating security for the company and the investor. Trading or investing in stocks is often referred to as gambling. Many people believe success in the stock market is based just as much on luck as on solid research.
The value of a stock options is referred to as a premium. The investor that is purchasing the stock option does not risk more then the original value of the stock option. Even if the market goes up or down the premium on the stock option remains the same. If the market increases this is great for the investors, but bad for the options sellers.
This is why stock options offer unrestrictive profits. It is really the seller of the option that shoulders all the risk. If the seller is unable to find an investor to buy the options then he must shoulder the cost of those options, himself. While the investor can only lose the original investment the sellers' lose can be far greater.
There are two types of stock options. They are American stock options and European stock options. American options can be bought and sold during any time between when the seller purchased the options and the termination date. However, European options can only be bought and sold on the date of the expiration.
Most casual investors will only trade stocks and not stock options. Trading stock options requires a great deal more knowledge and money upfront. In addition, stock options carry a great deal more risk then stock trading and should not be attempted by investors who have small or even moderately sized capital to invest. Selling options is usually part of a larger financial plan that was established by the seller. Stock option trading needs to be balanced by low risk investments which have a stable rate of return.
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Stock Investment
Monday, April 28, 2008
Online Stock Trading - The Top 10 Tips For Stock Market Beginners
Do you want to start investing in stocks? Here are my 10 best tips for beginners.
1. First of all, always try to get enough information to make a rational decision. Do not buy or sell shares based on your emotions.
2. Trade based on a clear and precise trading plan. This will help you to follow rule number one. A clear plan which you can follow blindly will keep emotions out of stock trading.
3. The shorter the time frame the bigger the risks and the bigger your experience must be. If you are a novice stock trader then do not start with day trading. Give yourself and the trade time to develop. Follow the buy and hold strategy in the beginning.
4. Do not spend all money in one trade. No good trader puts all eggs into one basket.
5. Always have an exit strategy. You must know when and where to exit, for profit or for loss.
6. If you do not know what is going on in the market or in your stock, exit the trade without hesitation.
7. Go with the trend. Never trade against the trend. Bottom fishing does not work or you need a big amount of experience or luck to make it work.
8. Do not invest in penny stocks or unknown companies. Go with the well known brands and blue chips first.
9. Do not trade too many stocks at once. At the beginning, trade only one stock at a time.
10. Stock trading has a learning curve. Do not expect to know everything in a few days. Always trade lowly.
Follow these 10 rules and you have a chance. Ignore them and failure is guaranteed. The more you know the bigger your profits.
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Stock Investment
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Stock Trading Tips For The Online Stock Trader
Day trading is both art and science. When operating your stock trading business you will eventually get to the point where you can use your gut or instincts. When you are just starting out however you should rely on very specific paramters to enter or exit a trade as well as how to manage risk in each trade.
Identifying Significant Reference Points
When trading stock for a living, you obviously want to know what you are going to do next in a given price action scenario. The key to maximizing profits and minimizing risk lies in being able to anticipate where other traders are probably going to take action.
Using charts in your day trading, your objective is to locate areas where you believe traders will initiate a position or exit a position. Once you have identified those areas, you MUST begin to form if-then scenarios about how other stock traders will react if the expectations they had about the trade are met, or just as important, if they are not met.
What I mean by this is simple, while you are trading, you should always be prepared for any scenario, meaning what needs to happen for me to initiate a trade or exit a trade. Most traders are looking at the same intra day information, once you understand fully what you will do under any circumstance, you will have a much better idea how the majority will react.
If you are in an uptrend and get long, what does price action and volume need to look like in order for you to no longer to want to be in the trade any more? Now here is something I hear very often from traders who are disciplined, “I am getting stop loss to death. I am correct on most of my trades and make no money.”
How do you solve this dilemma? The first technique is asking yourself two simple but very important questions. Did the circumstances for my trade scenario change or is this move just noise? How do you know the difference? The answer is simple, pay attention to the tape, the volume printing in time and sales. Did significant volume hit the tape that would tell you large traders have an urgency to buy or sell shares? Or did price move without many shares trading hands? If price moved but few shares traded, your original idea is still probably valid! Stick with the trade.
The second method to earning “what you should” when your call on the trade scenario is correct is utilizing time tested order entry techniques.
Order Entry Techniques
Understanding how to manage share size is crucial to your success as a trader. Money management is how much capital you will allocate to a particular trade; risk management is how you will manage that capital. Risk scenarios will include stop los parameters and share size allocated to the trade based on stop loss points and risk per trade as defined by money management.
Too many traders make the mistake of trading the same share size all the time, regardless of conditions or risk points. I often hear “My share lot is 1,000 shares per trade.” Wow this is a huge mistake. To be a consistent stock trader you need a predefined plan for how you will acquire the shares for a trade. Simply put, if you want to get to 1,000 shares for a trade scenario, how are you going to get them?
We recommend two strategies. One is building a position in a strong trend the second is entering a small portion of your intended total position and adding to it only when the position has moved in your favor.
In order to build a position you must have confidence in the strength of the trend. If your goal for example is to have 1,000 shares of a stock, you would buy the 1,000 shares in pieces as the stock pulls back or pauses in the trend. You may do it in two or three pieces, for example 400, 300, 300 for a 1,000 share total for the position.
I can hear what you are thinking, why is he telling me to average down? Averaging down means you wanted 1,000 shares, got 1,000 shares, the trade moves against you and you go get another 1,000 shares. That is like marrying the same woman you got divorced from, getting more of what is not working. To build a position like this you will need to identify a window where you would expect the pullback to stop, we teach in our Equity Trader 101 course to use the 20SMA as the area we anticipate the pull back to stop. Stop loss will be based on the full size position.
The second method is price confirmation. Using this method you will enter one third to half of your total position. When and only when the position moves in your favor you will add to it. Using this method it is common to scratch a few trades, take a few small losses and small profits until you finally feel comfortable that you have a good head start on the trade in your intended direction.
Obviously re entry is a big part of this method. Think carefully about what this method is allowing you to you to do, you are wrong on the fewest shares and correct on the most shares. It is terrific money and risk management. It will prevent you from being in a position where you will need to be perfect on your entry, you will gain valuable information based on how “easy” or difficult it was to get filled.
If you would like some help with any of the topics covered in this newsletter, please feel free to send me an email and we can work on it together. prenzulli@keystonetradinggroup.com
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
How to Buy Stock - 7 Things You Should Know
The internet has helped boost stock buying options round the globe for lots of investors in all types of fields. But safe buying practices need to be adhered to online and off, otherwise, poor investments could be made causing the investor to be not only money but time, effort and possibly even his or her identity and related accounts.
So before you rush out and buy stock, online or off, print out these tips and keep them to read over for handy reference. Top stock buying points you should know include:
1) Before you invest anywhere, check out the company or financial site where you want to make your purchases. Look for complete contact information including a real street address (not just a P.O. Box) and phone number. Also look for a secure connection for ordering with "https" (and not just "http") in the browser when you go to check out.
2) In a stock market, company stocks, sold in the form of shares, are sold to the general public. The math involved is basically this: the greater number of shares an investor purchases of a company, the greater the amount of stock that person has in that company.
3) The stock market is comprised of two markets. The first or primary market is when companies are coming up with funds for their operating expenses by selling shares to investors. The other market, the secondary one, is when investors seek to buy or sell those shares to fellow investors. Buying and selling decisions are based upon an ever-changing marketplace.
4) When you decide to buy or sell stock, you need to contact a broker or brokerage service.
5) Here is some basic math with regards to stock buying and selling: if you buy 100 shares of a company stock at $20.00 per share, and the price increases to $25.00 per share so you decide to sell, your 100 shares will net you $500.00 profit (minus any selling fees).
6) The stock market does not guarantee any type of profit at all. Investing in it is at your own risk.
7) Many investors opt for long-term investment in the stock market, to better absorb the ups and downs in the economy, seasonal business fluctuations and other timely concerns. In short, the better a person is in reacting to the changes at the stock exchange, it is said that the better his or her chances are for profit.
To sum up, study the market of your interests before you invest. If you want to invest in technology, for example, of health products, study the industry and companies in your proposed portfolio before you invest your funds in their stock. And don't be afraid to seek help at any time throughout the process.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Internet Stock Trading Versus Physical Trading
Stock trading can be done in two ways, online trading and physical trading. Online trading is also called virtual trading and as the name itself suggests, it is done over the Internet. Physical trading, on the other hand, is the older method of the stock trading that the traders go to a concrete stock exchange like the New York Stock Exchange for the trading activities. In fact, when think of a typical physical stock exchange, the image that immediately comes to mind is about people trying to out shout each other while waving pieces of papers in their hands buying and selling stocks. Yet, even the physical process of stock trading involves the use of the computers and the Internet. Apart from being physically present at the stock exchange, the people can trade only within the stipulated hours. In computer parlance, physical trading can also be called the offline trading.
Virtual trading, or online trading, is an alternative to physical trading. The great advantage of the Internet trading is that you can trade in stocks at the comfort from your home. You do not have to restrict yourself to the working hours of the exchange to trade your shares. In other words, you can work part time as a stock trader. You can buy and sell the stocks twenty four hours a day, seven days a week.
By given the information above, the advantages of online trading are as many as the physical trading. You have the flexibility of working at your own time, your own pace and also as an addition to your other professional activity, if you prefer.
Physical trading may involve paper work such as making or receiving payments by checks besides filling forms etc. For online stock trading, you can open your account online by providing the required personal and financial information to the broker. The process is relatively simple, barely taking five minutes to do so. Just go to the account opening page of your stockbroker's website and select the type of account you want to open-you will find various options available, such as individual account, joint account and so on. Each step in the process is accompanied by clarifications and explanations of the possible doubts and ambiguities that you may encounter when you are surfing. You choose your user name, password to log into your account and check the mandatory account agreement and then make the confirmation to open the account.
Once you enter your details, you will receive an automated verification email from your broker on your email address asking you to validate and activate your account. In order to do so, you will be required to click on a link provided in your broker's email and your account will be opened and functional.
Another great advantage of trading stocks on Internet is that you can transfer funds to your account electronically from your bank account. Simply click on the 'Transfer Fund' tab under the 'Funds Transfer' menu to add it to your existing bank account. Once you provide your user id and password on the account transfer page, you will be taken to your bank account's page with your account number. You can opt for automatic funding of your account on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. If you have multiple bank accounts, you may list them with your broker and select the amount and dates of transfer according to your needs.
You can check your fund transfer history or the pending fund transfers by clicking on the relevant links. You also have the option to send your payments by checks.
Your broker's website devotes sufficient space to educate beginners, intermediate and advanced traders. Starting with the elementary topics like ' what is stock' or 'stock trading' the Education tab on the Home page of the website has opened up a whole new world of trading replete with advanced jargon of trading in stocks and shares.
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Monday, April 14, 2008
Stock Trading And Stock Investing
Stock trading
Some of us use the terms stock 'investing' and stock 'trading' interchangeably. Trading also requires investment. But if you look closely, the two terms ' trading' and 'investing' will appear in different lights and with different connotations.
While trading is a quick and transient process, 'investing' implies a long-term process that involves patience and perseverance. We more often use the phrase real estate investment rather than real estate trading, because real estate implies 'buying and holding' the estate for some appreciable span of time. Real estate cannot be traded like shares in day trading. Similarly we do not say 'day investing'. We say day trading. Trading involves buying and selling within a short span of time. The element of wait is inherent in investment. You invest in the education of your children.
Though stock trading appears to be an alluring option for making quick money, most people fail to achieve their objective of becoming rich in short time. Rather than making money such people end up with losses.
It must, however, be noted that the reasons for failure to make money do not lie in the nature of stock trading itself. They lie with the traders. Stock trading, or, for that matter day trading is a full time business. It is not gambling. Stock trading is a very unpredictable business. If it could be predicted by rules, everybody would follow them and become rich. Of course, there are some basic rules, which must be learned and followed to start trading stock. But ultimately it is like the game of cricket. The players do not know which side, at which angle or at what speed or height the ball will come. The successful cricketers develop intuition to deal with the approaching cricket ball.
As in case of any other business or game, you need to learn the ins and outs of stock trading. Stock trading needs investment of time and money to gain knowledge, skills and experience. These intellectual assets cannot be acquired over night. These virtues are necessary to evolve a quick and strategic intuition to deal with the sudden developments like the rises or falls in share prices, It must be noted that intuition comes in where the rules fail to work.
In order to be a successful stock trader, you need to have a killer instinct and an eye of a hawk. You need to be disciplined and resourceful. You need to learn to anticipate the trends and think ahead of time. Stock trading cannot be done on borrowed knowledge or tips and tricks of the experts, gurus and pundits. You need to develop your very own skills and responses to emergent trading situations.
Stock investing
As said earlier, stock investing implies long-term process. You have specific goals to achieve. While the traders try to 'time' the market by buying the stocks when they think the market has reached its lowest or selling them when it has peaked, the stock investors are usually not moved by such fluctuations. It must also be noted that since the market fluctuations are unpredictable, quite a lot of traders suffer losses. Billions of dollars are lost every year by the market' timers' who get the things done the wrong way.
Stock investors, on the other hand, wait patiently for weeks, months and sometimes even years to achieve their goals. It has been observed in a study on the performance of the Standard & Poor's 500 between 1926 and 1987 that the S&P 500 returned, on average, about 9.44% during the 62 years from 1926 through the end of 1987. It was, therefore, established that "the overall direction of the stock market has always been up and it is likely to continue in that direction unless something very scary happens in the world."
There are some time tested strategies to build up solid stock portfolio;
• Always buy the stock of well-managed companies and hold them for as long as they keep growing.
• Set aside some amount for regular investments and do not be affected by short-term market fluctuations.
• Try to always buy when the market is at its low.
• Reinvest your earnings to gain the benefits of compounding.
• Do not put all your eggs in one basket. Diversify your investment in at least 8-10 stocks.
• Start investing now. Do not wait for a better time to come.
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Sunday, April 13, 2008
Stock Trading Strategies - 8 "Whys" And 5 "Hows" Concerning Stock Trading Strategies
Getting into the trading world has never been easy. Once having got there, keeping your head above the water is even more difficult since there is capital and currency involved! Whether you are an investor or a broker, you are under constant stress. Hence, stock trading strategies play a pivotal role in easing the pressure.
Stock trading strategies can be compared to the blueprint drawn up by the engineer who is constructing a house. They are comparable to the pre-planning of a basketball game, or even the outlines of a literary composition before the writer puts the whole story/poem on paper.
Here are some "whys" of stock trading strategies--
(1) First of all, why would you invest in stock markets? The answer is found in this principle--"let your money work for you". The idea is to ensure that your capital grows and grows.
(2) Without a lump sum to use as an investment, it would not be possible for you to participate in active trading. You are now in the driver's seat to ensure that your money goes in the right direction as well as control its wanderings, since money cannot steer itself. It is for this reason that stock trading strategies are so crucial.
(3) If well-researched and tried and proven strategies are not in place, you are going to find it an uphill task to recover from unhealthy situations and conditions involving your capital.
(4) In this power game involving stock market transactions, if you can make the strategies work for you, you will stay on top always! You are setting an example on how to work effectively, efficiently and wisely!
(5) Never heard of stock trading strategies? You are throwing away your hard-earned money, since you have no safety deposits to protect your earnings! In fact, you run the risk of losing your capital itself! There are plenty of stories about investors incurring huge losses as a result of unsound moves and actions.
(6) Sometimes, stock markets are influenced by unscrupulous factors, influences and market movements. These come on suddenly when you are least prepared for it. The right strategies can therefore shield you from harm. (7) New companies are coming up all the time and the market is expanding constantly. Economic conditions around the world can result in the making or breaking of a company and its stocks.
(8) Again, another risk factor is specific developments taking place at different locations around the world. Unexpected events can lead to stock prices moving up and down very rapidly. Political influences and happenings can affect the micro as well as macro economy. Thus, educate yourself on stock trading strategies!
Here are some sundry details about how the stock market works--
(1) Business houses and institutions cannot run on their initial capital alone. They are constantly trying to raise more funds to finance current operations, expansion plans, or additional new projects that may not be directly connected to the company. Trading in stocks is an easy way out for them, hence the popularity of stock markets.
(2) Well-known companies and institutions are registered on stock exchanges around the world. Where US corporations and organizations and institutions are concerned, their names can be found on the list at the New York Stock Exchange. There is information about each one and the stock offered, which is displayed as relevant data.
(3) If you invest your money in any of these corporations, organizations or institutions, you are given the designation of a shareholder/part owner. These are the perks offered to you.
(4) There is nothing to be distributed of course, if there are no profits, or probably even losses! But if profits come rolling in, you get your share as a shareholder or a stock owner. The money is given out in the form of distribution payments or dividends.
(5) Now, you, along with many other traders, would need some guidance on the right places to invest in. Well, freelance analysts and professionals employed by stock market brokerage houses are ready to offer their services for a fee. They are even ready to share information about stock trading strategies.
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Friday, April 11, 2008
Stock Trading - How Mastering Your Losses Will Explode Your Profits In Online Stock Trading
Playing the stock market game also means dealing with losses. We all invest hard earned money into stocks because we want to make profit. But only those of us who are able to master their loosing trades will succeed at the end.
A big beginner mistake is to focus on profits and not on losses. Loosing trades are part of the game. Even the best stock trader in the world has loosing trades from time to time.
We can not survive in the stock market when we do not have a plan for our loosing trades. There is a smart but hard to follow rule which says: Cut your losses but let you profits run. This is truly the art of making money in the stock market.
When you are honest with yourself and analyze your past trades then you will probably admit that you did the exact opposite of that rule often enough. We all held an investment in a stock that went lower and lower and we did nothing to stop the loss. We were hoping that the stock bottoms and goes up again.
Cutting losses sounds easy on paper and it makes totally sense, but it is something we can hardly do when we are in a trade. You may know already why. Your emotions win the battle and you forget all your plans. When in a trade you are greedy when the stock goes up, you are hoping and praying. When it does not move then you are starting to get worried, you question yourself and your trading plan, something must be wrong. When the stock goes down you are not willing to admit your failure.
Being a master stock trader means being a master of self control. If I had to choose between a trader who knows everything about the stock market and a trader who knows nothing but is able to follow a simple trading plan without emotions, I would bet all my money on the second trader.
It is that important. Think about it. Master your losses and your profits will explode.
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