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amon | Stock market? |
Okay so I'm a rookie investor and have a plan, but after reading books and looking at yahoo finance I am completely confused....So I understand how the market works I know throwing 10gs in any old stock is a big mistake. My plan was to invest in stocks and trade pretty quickly, here's how it goes. I fould a broker that only cost $4.95 per trade so that would maxamize my profits. I would buy (xyz) stock at 34.11 in the morning on monday then wait and see if it rose by tuesday night and if it did rise to 34.88 sell it or if it took a few extra days to rise to 34.88 then sell it (I'm using this as an example doesnt have to be exact...) but what is confusing me is the bid and ask and how on yahoo finance sometimes the ask is more then the bid of the bid is more then the ask...so that really hurt my idea because i may not be able to walk away with money....so if you see any other problems or a way i could make this work please let me know! thanks! |
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Life's A Beach
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Jerzeydevil ... Years and years of experience and you advise a novice to trade on margin????
Poster, the others have given you good advice. Under no circumstances should you trade a margin account until you are MUCH more familiar with the markets and trading strategies. |
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Carl B
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You have a lot to learn, check out:
http://www.thestockmarkets.info/
and get their stock market guide, you get you going (its free)
Hope that helps |
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hit_man1
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The Bid is the price at which a broker will buy your stock trading position from you, the Ask is the price at which he will sell you a position. When stock trading, the distance between the bid and the ask depends on a number of factors, such as is the security liquid, how volatile is the market generally, the balance between buyers and sellers and so on. This is the reason stock trading prices have 2 numbers - for example the price of IBM might be quoted as 148 - 149. This means that if you want to BUY a share of IBM, it will cost you 149 dollars, but if you want to SELL a share, you will only get 148 dollars for it. In the morning papers, it is usual for only 1 stock trading price to be shown, the MID price (the average of the bid and ask).
Think of it like foreign currency - when you go into a UK Bureau de change, they will give you £60 for your $100, but if you want to sell them that £60 back, you will only get $95. Spread betting companies have far wider stock trading spreads between bid and ask than standard brokers because they don't have commission charges.
Note - the "Best Bid" for a stock is the higest price that a buyer is willing to pay for that stock at that particular point in time. The "Best Ask" is the lowest price that a seller is willing to accept for a stock at that point in time. A stock trading Bid is composed of a Buy Limit Order that has been placed into the market. A stock trading Ask is composed of an open Sell Limit Order. |
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A nobody
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You should spend more time studying, there is a big difference when you buy stocks as a trader or an investor, but you'll learn that.
Any experienced trader would not use Yahoo, MSN or other media sites like them as a source for quotes, since they are not broker/dealers they are not providing up to the minute quotes, but some one that studied would know that.
If you're going to trade, why not use the trading platform provided by your broker/dealer. If your the brokerage firm doesnot have one, go to a B/D that does, or is the $4.95 more important than making money |
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dinomail_9000
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Basically 'BID' is what the buyers are willing to pay for the stock and 'ASK' is what the sellers are willing to sell it. I see what your strategy is, but your strategy is a bit risky and stocks are volatile. Specially with the market right now it's really hard to tell if stocks are going up or down. Plus short term gains in stock is just too expensive. And also, if you look at the 'OPEN' and 'CLOSE' of a stock, sometimes the price can differ from .01 cent to a few dollars which is really going to affect your expected gains if anything. To sum everything up, I'm not saying that your strategy is not going to work. Every investor have their own ways of investing. Do what is comfortable for you, but always open your eyes for other things that may fool you. |
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Barney T
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Okay, the random walk down wall street approach won't work.
You're right about the market and books on trading being pretty confusing. Listen to the so-called experts on CNBC, even they contradict themselves and each other.
One of the best things I learned about trading for profits is to trade with the trends. I look for eanrings suprises, splits, and gap openings for trade opportunities. Of course, nothing is guaranteed. While I don't subscribe to this service, Michael Waxie Parness' book "Rule the Freakin' Markets" has some good ideas in it.
If you want to master the technical analysis side of trading read Magee's book. There are also some interesting stock trading systems out there that may help, but keep in mind that no blackbox can replace your ability to think for yourself.
Research your trades and know what you are getting into before you leap. Also, since you are just starting out, trade in small lot sizes. that way if you make a bad trade, it won't wipe you out. |
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bradt
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Hey, is this for retirement? with the stock market you are better off following some stocks for a while before buying. you have the general idea of buying low and selling high down though. if it is for retirement, you are better off openeing a ira with fidelity or something. You will be able to trade stocks but the commission will be higher. But...you are tax sheltered if you are in a roth ira. stocks do not always rise, there are indicators to follow, but most are lagging indicators because they use past numbers. start a yahoo account or a stimulator and do that for a while....you have a better potential to make money in the market, but the risk is also higher. ing has good interest rates on savings accounts. 10 g's would earn almost a buck a day. not much...but its garunteed money. |
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Suganya P
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