I just want to buy a small number of stocks. I figure since I am on the internet a lot, I can keep up with them if I only have a few. I am a student and have a boyfriend and am a writer so I don’t want to get completely consumed in the stock market.
1. How can I get started?
2. How much work will it take?
3. What are some good strategies?

I am not greedy. I would be perfectly happy with 3%/ month.

Buying penny stocks is risky business and yet it can be very profitable. A penny stock is a stock that is either priced for fewer than five dollars, or one-dollar stocks. Penny stocks are only traded on the over-the-counter (OTC) market. There are six steps you should take before buying penny stocks. The first step is to get information by asking a broker for written data and recommendations on penny stock companies. The second step is to find a good broker by doing some research about their history and their track record in investing. Also check to see if there have been any complaints made against them. The third step is to keep good records. Ask your broker to send you a written copy of all predictions about the price of a stock and about the prospects for the company. Keep notes about each broker. Get other opinions about the stock and the company from people who should know including a banker, other stock brokers, and financial planners. The fourth step is to use common sense. Question yourself as to why the broker is offering these to you. Remember, if something is too good to be true, it probably is. The fifth step is to not be rush to make a purchasing decision. If there is not adequate time for you to check out each stock investment carefully, do not invest. The final step is to satisfy any concerns or questions about any potential fraud that may be occurring with an offer that is made to you by contact state or federal securities regulators. It is important to note that investing in penny stocks can bring you extremely good profits in a short time period but it can also result in huge losses in a short time frame also. This is due in part to the usually risks that are involved in trading as market forces operate and also due to the high number of fraudulent practices by those who are selling these kinds of stocks. These days it is still possible to buy penny stocks and make a lot of money in the market. It is however necessary that you choose a broker wisely and employ your common sense. Remember that with big rewards there are also even bigger risks. You should also never invest more than you can afford to lose.

When I turn aged 18 I want to get into the idea of trading stocks using options and their many different strategies. I have read books on the subject and I am beginning to understand them a lot better. I was just wondering if it is possible to hold a long stock position and make a quick, say within 1 month, £25,000 salary as this is what I’d like to have for as a living to last 1 year? Please give a reasonable, easy to understand answer.

I have a passion to be an individual trader/invstor, but I don’t have any previous experience with the market. I’m looking for help with the basics through the advanced strategies of trading/investing. I’m not looking for a get rich quick scheme, but a legitimate career as an individual investor/trader.

Hi
I have been Daytrading the Nasdaq, Amex, Nyse, BB and PK stocks using Etrades level 2 software. I have had success trading news stories, earnings Good/bad, Share Buybacks, gaps up and down, buyouts and FDA news approvals and non approved.
I have read dozens of books and been on courses regarding day Trading but the best trades I have made I have figured out myself. I Am Looking for more specific Individual ideas that others may have found successful.
For instance I watch the news feeds all day looking for key words in news that will trigger a price move or I’ll spot a loser and follow it for 2-3 days till it’s almost dead and then buy it as it bounces back, another good one is following the top 10 risers of the day till 10. 10 am and then buy one that carries on it’s rise. So anybody got any Good Individual ideas I will appreciate it.

as a beginner

When you start penny stocks trading career you first need to decide how much you are wiling to invest. You need to remember that this is not a “sure-fire” income opportunity and that it is possible that you may lose everything, so be sure not to invest more than you can afford to lose. If you have invested all of you cash and your present collection is flat, the only way to buy into rising penny stocks market and get a piece of the action is to either. Use “your own money”, for example money that is not part of your penny stocks investment fund a very bad idea. Or to get on the phone to your broker and see if can sell some of your existing shares so that you can buy into the rising penny stocks. The first is obviously not really a good thing to do and is more similar to gambling than investment. After all if you couldn’t make a profit with the first group of penny stocks, why do think you could with the second. A more likely scenario is that you are throwing good money after bad, except that this time it is not money that you can afford to lose. The second, though more sensible than the first, is not really what trading penny stocks is all about. The whole point is to be able to buy quickly if you think that a stock is about to rise. T sells quickly, as well, when the market seems to have to have peaked for your penny stocks, so that you can maximize your profit and sell before the market starts to fall. The ability to move quickly in response to rapidly rising penny stocks can greatly affect your potential for profits in this most volatile of the financial markets. Keeping a portion of your penny stocks fund liquid will help you to achieve profitability and make the success of your investing venture into the world of penny stocks trading more likely to be a profitable one.

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