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Trading in the Stock Market
By Jobo Smith
Trading in the stock market involves risk, but if you know what you are doing you stand the chance of making a lot of money. If you don't and are unwilling to learn and educate yourself, you stand to lose. If you have not thought before of what trading the market is like, then the best analogy to consider is that trading is a bit like operating a small business. You have to commit your money to a particular opportunity when you start a business, and you use your knowledge and skills in assessing the chance that a chosen business opportunity will prove profitable. A business can possibly fail, and many do, but the research you do in advance should make you confident that you will have a good opportunity make money. Sometimes you might lose money when running a business, but if you are good at it you will make more profits than losses and the business will be deemed successful. Trading is in this way just like planning to start a business, and if you are wise it will be your knowledge and research that will improve the odds for you winning over the next trader who does not prepare. To be a successful trader running a day trading system of any kind, you need to work to understand the market in your area of expertise. Don't be fooled into thinking that being a trader is easy and that money will fall into your bank account. Just like anything else you need to develop your own market appreciation as a skill and apply that skill to make money. In other words, you need to figure out what you are good at: Stocks, Futures, Options, or Currencies. Very rarely is anyone a master of them all, and there is enough data and tools out there you should be able to test the waters on each without risking actual money. Traders can and do make money on in an up or down market, and the best of them use their own technically based analysis as well applying some fundamental principles of the market to make their profits. Traders of stocks have many and varied approaches to how they invest in the market - some buy on weakness, others buy on strength or any myriad of combinations of the two. Some traders love the gambling aspect and like to take large gambles when they invest -- however this is usually a recipe for disaster if you are not careful. If stocks are not your game, more action can be had by trading futures, options, or currencies. One thing to realize though is that these 3 are all leveraged, so potential returns are higher BUT so are potential losses. Many traders prefer to look for safer opportunities, and try to limit the gambling aspect of the whole thing. Both approaches are equally acceptable under certain circumstances, and it is, of course, the long term profitability over many trades that matters. The main thing is finding what works and then sticking to it. Investors are slightly different from traders, and investors put their money into stocks over a longer period and they also get dividend as a reward in some cases for holding the investment. Sometimes companies also offer shares as a dividend to longer term investors and existing share holders, as a bonus. However, although this is not seen as risky as short term trading in the stock market, investing can also be a dangerous, yet profitable endeavor. Many people have been burnt and decide not to ever invest or trade again, while others thrive and prosper. The main thing to realize before anyone starts trading is that although it may appear easy, there is a lot of knowledge and skill needed to become a profitable trader. So, don't make the mistake of thinking that you can just expect to make money without first developing knowledge and experience, or accessing the knowledge of others within a trading system that you trust. |
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