Why I like trading stocks rather than investing in them. That's pretty much what this section is designated too. It's a chance for me to rant and help explain why I am choosing to be a trader rather than an investor. We can call this page my free therapy section. You guys can be by psychiatrists. Thanks!
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6/1/14
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Right now in my life my cash flow is pretty
insignificant. If I lose a few thousand dollars, even five or ten thousand
dollars, sure that would suck but it wouldn't ruin my life. Some of the best
investors in the world generate a rate of return around 15% a year. Anything
over 20% is something to celebrate, and closer to 10% is more average.
Let's say I find out I'm actually great at investing and can make that
amazing 20% a year threshold. I started out with a portfolio of stocks valued
at about $3,500. I personally put about 50 hours of research into each security
I owned, and at the end of the year I am rewarded with $700, instead of the $275
loss I actually had. I would have made $700 in one year. Big whop. The opportunity
cost of my time is valued at much more than $700/year. I dont know about
your time, but my time is very precious to me -- I barely even sleep 6 hours a
night. On the other hand, the percentages traders can make do not have a limit.
It is truely amazing how high they can be in one year. Here I am
with two weeks of part time trading under my belt and I am up $355. I have not risked
more than $1,000 of my account at any one point in time. That's 35% I
have made in two weeks of PART TIME trading. Sure, you live and die by the
sword in trading and technically it can all be gone tomorrow, but if you
are trading well, cutting losses quickly, being meticulous, sticking to rules
and strategies and NOT hope, I believe in and I have seen this type of success
continuously. I am much more impressed with how well I am playing each trade
rather than how much I am up. It's amazing what you can do if you just put the
odds on your side. My position sizes are also very small at this time.
Trade well and the profits will come, and build that account up
exponentially. One day you will be making 35% in two weeks on something
much larger than $1,000. That right there, ladies and gentlemen, is the
real american dream.
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This one's good. There is news that Carl
Icahn, you know that billionaire investor, billionaire with a B, along with
Billy Walters and Phil Mickelson, two very well respected and successful people
in the professional golfing world, are being linked to an insider trading
inquiry. The SEC is examining the timing of specific trades based on
possible leaked information by Icahn. The SEC hasn't filed any charges as
of now, but that's not what is important to me. These are the people that
I am not trying to play against! One particular stock they are looking into is a $50 stock. These stocks are targeted by "smart money" (mutual funds and millionaires),
as well as most of the average retail investors who are looking for a bit of financial
security. The stocks I am looking to trade are all small cap stocks, not
covered by wall street, not in mutual funds, and not looked at by "smart
money". So who does that leave? You got it, "dumb
money." I want to play against "dumb money". Blue
chip companies such as MSFT and GE do not significantly increase
percentage-wise like small cap stocks do. Investors who own stocks in
Blue Chip Companies are ecstatic if they can get 10% a
year on their money. Small cap companies, NEWL for example, went from 0.36 to the 4.70's
in just six trading days. DRL went from 1.87 to 4.47 in just three
trading days. IGC went from under 1.00 to 2.34 in just three trading
days. Those are just to name A FEW from within THE LAST 20 DAYS.
Don't you think you could figure out a way to at least catch a tiny bit
of those 100 plus percentages? I mean the stocks are giving you multiple
DAYS to get in. At the time of this writing, I haven't held a stock for
longer than 16 minutes (market-hour minutes). Or, you can be happy with
that 5, 10, and 15% a year return on your money. That's fine if that is
how you would like to invest because that is how you feel most comfortable.
Just know that there is a whole world of people out there making 5, 10,
and 15% every trade they make! This is how they make a living. This
is just another career choice. This is not as crazy as you might think.
Investing with the mind-set of beating Carl Icahn, George Soros, and
Warren Buffett, or even coming close to their whopping 20% a year is what
seems crazy to me.
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Here's one of the things I love most about
trading. The stocks I have traded I did very minimal research on. In the past I have put 50 hours of research into a stock before I bought it, now it's more like 5 minutes. Once you learn technical
analysis, that's it, you have learned it. Sure, there are several
combinations of technical indicators and strategies you can use, but the
fact of the matter is you don't need all of them. You only need the ones you
are most comfortable with. Even better, sometimes basic support and
resistance levels are the best indicators. Not the Chaikin Monkey
Flow or the Percentage Price Oscillator. In my opinion, the most useful
thing a trader can learn is how to read level II quotes. Level II quotes
show the bid and the ask (buy and sell) orders. It shows the price buyers
are waiting and willing to buy at and how many shares, the price sellers are
waiting and willing to sell at and how many shares, as well as a running tape of all the orders that are being executed real time. Picture these
three lists constantly updating. This is called the price action, and
learning to guess a stock's price direction based on this price action can be
very profitable. Many traders are simply looking to find a stock showing
strong price action that is testing a key resistance point, a recent point that it has failed to break several times. This draws attention to the stock. Preferably, the stock would have heavier volume because of some type of news
catalyst recently released; and all we really care about is the reaction to that news catalyst. You do not have to dig
into annual reports. You do not have to research the company's Board
Of Directors. You do not have to see how many buy recommendations Wall Street is issuing on the stock. You simply need to play the price action by
anticipating the move and reacting to how the chart plays out once you have a
position. Once you can learn how to do this it's like riding a bike, you
cannot forget it. Leaning it however, is a bit more difficult than riding
a bike, so you better get to studying!
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