Lew asked:


is trading penny stocks a good idea??what’s your strategy?advice please?

John O asked:


I’ve done a lot of calculations and have ghost traded it and I would only get destroyed if Microsoft,Walmart etc went out of business. How do I determine the odds of a Dow or S and P 500 company going bankrupt.(Exclude the airlines and car makers and smaller banks)
I need to raise at least 200 million in a private placement but I don’t know enough about it. I think the only logical way to implement the idea is to start a hedge fund but I’m not a college graduate so it would be very difficult to get funding on my own rep. Also it’s in my best interest to keep specifics of the concepts secret but I think under the law I would have to reveal it completely to my backers. I don’t like the idea of diseminating the information that broadly. In addition I would need backend support to have SEC compliance and technical support for computer systems. It’s something I would have to form a team around myself to do. It just seems overwhelming I have no idea where I would start.
Can’t do the idea unless I have at least 100 million. So starting small is out of the question. That’s why I am talking about getting backing. This isn’t buying 10 shares of some dogcrap company on a “tip” from uncle Frank. Investing isn’t inherently risky at all. There are only risky investors. Behind every share of stock you buy is an actual business. People think it’s some fairy tale land like gambling. It isn’t. The only reason GM isn’t at 3 dollars a share is because of suckers.

blackracingcar asked:


Just like many others, i’ve wiped out my entire principle twice doing options trading in the past. In the process, i’ve found a simple technique that has helped me recover my money and make some…here’s how it works:

I follow a handful of stocks on a daily basis for few weeks and get a good sense of their upper and lower limits. I have $10,000 in my trading account. Once i see a stock get close to one end of these limits, I place my first bet (buy call or put) which is approx $500 (5% of my total). When my lots average price falls below approx 30% to 40% of current contract price, i buy more contracts to reduce the average. Basically i chase the moving stock price by averaging multiple times (only if it goes in the opposite direction) and stay in close proximity until it bounces back a tad bit and then i sell it all to a profit.

I did some math and discovered that based on my betting strategy, assuming that my first bet is 5% of my total cash reserves, i can literally chase the changing stock price by about 50% in the opposite direction and still make money. Ofcourse if the stock price goes beyond that point, i wont have any more funds to follow it - but that hasnt happened yet.

As simple and foolish this strategy might sound, i have money using this strategy in each of my last 18 trades - each time i had to average maximum 3 to 4 times before i made $ - and i turned $2000 to $10,000 within the last 2 months. Average $ per return was approx 30%.

If the stock moves in the direction of my investment (call or put) right away, then i sell for a 30% profit straight up - but since my first bet is small - the profit is small.

I would like you to critique this strategy and tell me if it will continue to work in the long run or not.

Chris W asked:


I am an undergrad student with a 3.7 GPA in an finance program ranked in the top 10 nationally. I will graduate early (this December) and am also studying to take the CFA level 1 in June.

I only tell you this so you know a little about my background and understand I am prepared to LEARN how to trade. I am not looking for a get rich quick scheme, but rather, want to study the art of trading until I can consistently make positive returns on FOREX during my spare time. Of course, who knows, if it goes well maybe it will become my career. More than anything though, it seems really interesting and I would like to learn more.

So, what books etc do I need to read to understand how to trade on FOREX? I understand it will take some work, but can anyone lay out a plan to follow in order to become a successful trader? For example, read x,y,x, while trading on a demo account, then open a real account and do x,y,z etc.

Please don’t recommend trading programs like FOREX tracer etc! There is no way I am going to let a program control what happens to my money and, to my understanding, most all of these programs are scams. I have to go with the old adage, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Also, for any traders out there…

What’s your holding period return for a typical month and how many hours/day do you trade to generate that return?

If I have limited capital to trade with, will this significantly impact my ability to utilize effective trading strategies?

acrumble05 asked:


I have $100 to my name, and I’m feeling lucky. I’ve been practicing and learning trading strategies for the past 5 weeks on virtual trading websites where people can trade and the only thing fake about it is the money. I don’t know how to go about investing to start trading and make a profit from this only $100 that I have. Do I go to a bank? Any certain website? Is there a fee? How much? Minimum number of trades? Tell anything. When and how do I pull out once I’m satisfied with my gains?

Joe S asked:


I have a quant background in hedging, so I’m not asking for guidance on how to learn modeling or developing strategies for trading options. I have work experience doing option valuation and developing dynamic replication strategies, but I have never done the trading.

I want to start relatively small - I’m comfortable putting about $20K at risk. I would be looking to hedge options against options while trying to limit the amount of dynamic hedging. I expect that I’ll need set up some margin in addition to any net option premium. Is $20K reasonable?

Are there brokers specializing in options? Does anyone recommend CME, CBOE or other tools? (I know that some exchanges offer tools for subscription.)

Thanks!

fxsys100000usd asked:


Investor want fixed income. That’s the character of investor at my country. I am looking for investor now, but my business at forex trading firm. how to make sure the investor for investing at forex trading? If I advertise , what is the best strategy or model ?

Eric H asked:


What is the easiest to use stock-trading software to use (I’m not talking about broker, I use Sogotrade!)?

What search functions do you implement?

How much real money have you made?

ghost asked:


i am in search of a strategy which can minimise my loss and maximise my profit in option trading.

sezoor asked:


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