Showing posts with label stock trading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stock trading. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Trading Tips For Beginners

Most of the people physically go to their bank and investing in stocks. But the internet has democratized the stock investment and there are so many online trading services available right now anywhere in the world. They put it at our disposal; interfaces to purchase on a click of our mouse button and thereby increase responsiveness. The support is very important for this kind of virtual accounts. Most of the agencies offer online training and are furnishing stock analysis also. If you are a fresh hand then definitely you should join the forums to gather the user reviews about the market trend and the individual script. Before joining to any of the online trading services you compare the pricing, brokerage fees and other hidden charges. There are expenses that are applied to any order, either a purchase or a sale. Most of the online brokers give you access to different in vehicles, each of these has its own tax and service charges. Select the best which suits you. There are some specific rules to follow: Do not invest all your money at a stretch. Diversify your portfolio in different sectors. Do not set your goals too high (Don’t be Greedy). Learn how to make gains by selling even the market is weak. Keep up to dated in the market news and be responsive to that. Don’t follow the herd, judge and make your own opinion. Don’t hesitate to get the expertise suggestions and information.

Most of the people physically go to their bank and investing in stocks. But the internet has democratized the stock investment and there are so many online trading services available right now anywhere in the world. They put it at our disposal; interfaces to purchase on a click of our mouse button and thereby increase responsiveness. The support is very important for this kind of virtual accounts. Most of the agencies offer online training and are furnishing stock analysis also. If you are a fresh hand then definitely you should join the forums to gather the user reviews about the market trend and the individual script. Before joining to any of the online trading services you compare the pricing, brokerage fees and other hidden charges. There are expenses that are applied to any order, either a purchase or a sale. Most of the online brokers give you access to different in vehicles, each of these has its own tax and service charges. Select the best which suits you.

There are some specific rules to follow:
 
Do not invest all your money at a stretch.

Diversify your portfolio in different sectors.

Do not set your goals too high (Don’t be Greedy).

Learn how to make gains by selling even the market is weak.

Keep up to dated in the market news and be responsive to that.

Don’t follow the herd, judge and make your own opinion.

Don’t hesitate to get the expertise suggestions and information.


Wednesday, November 14, 2012

What strategy to be followed in Stock trading?

           Generally most of the large traders and share market investors had gained some shots of huge money. It is not a mere coincidence that those rich people are skilled somewhat, the fact is those rich people used the leverage provided by the financial markets. The great people such as Warren Buffet have been followed successful investment strategies which allowed them a great success in the market. Many books have been published about them and their trading secrets and technique and countless of peoples analyzed the secrets of their technique in stock trading.

      Apart from them hundreds of thousands of people around the world claim to have the best trading strategy to generate steady gains, if it is so then what is the correct key to wealth? And what is the best investment strategy to follow? Most of the successful personalities give the following tips: Diversity is remarkable investment strategy to follow. This illustrates the fact that it is not a holy grail. Hence we can conclude not a single investment strategy is better than the others, hence we have to shape our personal investment strategy accordingly to move towards the success.
    
Your own strategy will not be best suited to your fellow trader, hence everyone have to be very comfortable with the technical analysis of the market to tailor his own strategy. The technical analysis helps you to find out the clear picture of the company, their organization, their financial activities and others, their strategies etc. The technical analysis further helps you to predict the future trend in stock price. This kind of approach leads you towards success and success alone. A good investor should have a long term vision but he must be aware of both short term and long term views since both of them have their own merits and de merits. Once you are accustomed with your own technique for successful trading then stick on it and make necessary adjustments now and then if needed and over the time you refine your strategy of trading and knowledge then Success will be at your door steps.
                                                Happy trading!!!

Saturday, July 31, 2010

What skill is really needed for a trader in stocks


Trading in Stock Market is one of the toughest mental game in the world. Very few succeed in the game and majority of traders lose in the markets. What makes the difference between a loser and winner in stock market. Since trading stocks is a mental game, those who are having good emotional control over them win in the stock market.

If anybody takes decision impulsively instead of logically, he is likely to end up in loss. What most trader lack is, the ability to cut loss when it is small and the ability to hold their winning position till it gives a good profit. Lacking of both these qualities lead to loss in stocks.

The first and most important of this is, the ability to cut down their loss when it is small. Once you take a position, and if it is against you, you should not live on your wish but you should act on what your technical knowledge tells you. If your stop loss levels are triggered you need to book loss when it is small. Here always comes your ego. It will tell you not to close your position as if you will be right. Those who over come this ego, will certainly close their position. So one main quality a trader should posses is, he should overcome his ego.

The next thing is booking profits early. Even though it is not as evil as running the loss, it too have the same financial disaster. If you couldn’t make big profits in the long run, then what is the use of trading in the markets, that too with big risk associated with it.

Be a trader who book loss early and allow to run your profits. As legendary trader Jesse Livermore said ‘ Sitting right and sitting tight ‘ will give good profits in the long run


Thursday, February 11, 2010

Trading is a Business


I have been a trader in stock Market for the past 10 years. Whenever I introduce myself as a stock market trader to any new people, they just blink at me and look at me somewhat skeptical at me. The reason is simple. If you are a trader in a speculative market, people look at you as gambler.

Gambling is different from speculation. Playing cards and betting on horses is a gamble. In this two, you are betting on a thing whose performance is not in your command. You are betting on a performance, not on any asset.

But in trading, you are putting money on an asset i.e. stock. The money you have invested in market is backed by the fundamentals of the company. More over you would have invested in that stock after analyzing the performance of the stock fundamentally and technically.

So, here the outcome is predictable. But in gambling the outcome is not predictable. So if the outcome is predictable, then how can we say it is gambling if we trade in stocks.

Every business is risky. The same risk is associated with trading in stocks also. Then why some body say it as gambling. So, stock trading is also a business as some other business.