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dementyia
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So I'm ready to try this on, but I don't have a lot of cash to start with, so I can't get one of the "free-if-you invest-thousands-of-dollars-with-our-company" trading simulators. Wat I'd like to know is which of the completely free paper-trading softwares are the best out there for both day and longer-term trading simulations? Thank you for your suggestions in advance. *smile*
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I took a first-time voter to the polls this time, and part of my instruction to him was that if he did not know about an issue to skip it over. I am much more comfortable with someone not voting than their casting a ballot in ignorance. He had several blank spaces on his ballot, but he said what he had wanted to, on what he cared about, and that's what counted most. *smile* All I know for sure is that there is a long road ahead of us now, and I am anxious to see where that road takes us as a nation.
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Thanks for the advice. *smile*
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Introduce Yourself Here - Don't Be Shy!!
dementyia replied to trading4life's topic in Beginners Forum
Welcome here! I hope you find everything you need to do your personal best in the markets. -
Introduce Yourself Here - Don't Be Shy!!
dementyia replied to trading4life's topic in Beginners Forum
A friend told me about this forum when I talked about wanting to start trading stocks, building a portfolio, and investing. Said there were some very helpful people here who gould get me started on the right track, and help answer my questions while I was researching once I knew where to start if I couldn't find an answer elsewhere. *smile* -
Soultrader, thanks so much, this was exactly the leaping-off point I needed to start my own research! I'll be on my way to paper-trading (?-that's the pretend trading on a simulator, right?) in no time at all. *smile*
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I'm sorry if I offended, but I don't even know the terms to look up to even begin researching appropriately. I'm learning a lot here though, and I think that shortly I will have enough terms and basic info to actually do a search (and thorough research) that will prove worthwhile instead of just waste my time with false information that I wouldn't know was false by looking due to my personal inexperience in these matters..
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I for one, am very interested to learn all the details of what you use (good free simulator software, etc.), and your journey on this challenge, as I am in a similar bootstrapped situation, and would like to see how someone else does it from the ground up. I would like to learn what I can by observing the progress of your experiment please.
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It's still a really cute poem, thanks for sharing! *smile*
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We celebrated so hard this year, that we made Obama masks for all of our group and danced around the room during our home school watch party. I'd say the prevailing feeling worldwide is one of hope and jubilation. *smile* I'm interested to see if he can keep that hope flowing once the honeymoon period is over and we get down to brass tacks.
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Obama Wants Energy Speculator Crackdown
dementyia replied to Soultrader's topic in Market News & Analysis
Don't people realize that investing, above nearly all else, is what makes our economy strong? -
I am learning a lot here, but some of the terms confuse me, even though I have heard them a lot in my day to day life. For example, what makes a person a day trader as opposed to some other sort of trader or stock investor. What all different names are their for those who invest in stocks, futures, and bonds, and what are the differences between the types of investor please? Thanks bunches!
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I suppose I hadn't really considered that. *blush* Thanks for the tips!
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I'm the first to admit that I know nearly noting about the stock market, so please bear with me. For buy & hold (like a month to 3 months), do companies stock prices increase during their biggest revenue times? I've always been under the impression that airline stocks increase in value during the summer months (vacation time), and toy companies increase their stock value during the gifting season, due to higher-volume sales. This would be common sense to me, but I haven't had the time or money to really be interested in tracking it until now. Do sales of a company's service or product increase it's market value significantly? I'd like to know your experience with this; if my assumption is true or just hogwash, and what might be a better, somewhat reliable option for long-term trades if my idea is not one that applies to the market.
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I've been looking into penny stocks as well. When one doesn't have a lot to invest, it's a lot more tempting to buy $50 worth of something small and hope it works out than buying a mere 3-5 stocks of something that might do something after a while...
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Wow, just wow. I think this is the thread I've been looking for. Simply amazing! I'd say I'm ready to open this up and see how it really works now. *grin*
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Thanks for the link!
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This is a really great collection of tips that will be highly useful to me when I start trading real money. Thank you!
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I'm a complete noob, so please bear with me. I've been using Blogshares to get a basic feel of how markets work. I now it's not the best simulator or anything, but it's something, especially for an extreme beginner like me, but I'd like to know what you all think of it as a basics of market economy primer.
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Thank you so much for the warning! Most people haven't seen enough of this to actually realize it, but the truth behind any offer selling "secrets" of anything is that all of the information is freely available online to anyone willing to do a little research to find it, no matter what topic they're looking for. Of course, for a lot of people, paying out some cash to have someone else do their dirty work is worth it, but not for me, or most others who are looking to save money instead of spend it.
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Introduce Yourself Here - Don't Be Shy!!
dementyia replied to trading4life's topic in Beginners Forum
I'm doing some serious research into starting up with trading and look forward to learning a lot from everyone here. *smile* :missy: -
I'm interested in getting involved in trading, as well as building a personal portfolio, but don't have a lot to invest all at once. The larger companies just laugh at someone lie me who doesn't have a good 25k to slap down on their first visit, so I'm looking to find a good launching point company to start buying and trading with. What I'm really looking for is a reliable, trustworthy company that won't charge me an arm and a leg in trading fees, or have minimums, that I can use as a jumping-off point for starting my journey as a trader. I appreciate any advice I can get, Thank you.