Exploring The World Of Day Trading

Are you looking into a career in day trading? In the past, the tools for day trading were available only to professionals. But thanks to the power of the Internet, everything you need to get started is now conveniently online. If you have a nose for business, guts and a sharp instinct for how the market shifts, the maybe day trading is the job for you.

What is day trading? Basically it is daily, online stock trading with very short investment. The individuals who do this day in and day out are called traders, not investors in the traditional sense. A day trader is someone who will buy a stock that has high volume and liquidity and will sell that same stock within a few minutes up to a few hours.

Day trading happens only during the day. Those who do day trading usually stay glued in front of the computer and monitoring which stocks have a fast turnover. During the day trading, they quickly buy a large number of stocks at a time and sell it once they see the stock gain within the day. Day traders will make a purchase of a stock, hold it for only minutes watching constantly for the stock to go up or down, selling if it goes down only two or three cents and holding if it goes up to about five or six cents and selling. The stock is almost never held over night as there are many other opportunities and a stock that takes hours to move is not worth holding.

Day trading can be a very high paced and stressful lifestyle. There are millions of day traders across North America but it can be a very fast way to lose everything. Some people are making over $5000.00 a day but it takes months and sometimes years to learn and master day trading.

The broader meaning of the term day trading includes those who trade daily from their homes or offices, through Internet brokerages. These day traders might buy and sell stocks in minutes, but might also hold some overnight or longer. The latest buzzword for this is "swing trader," those who keep a stock within in a few days before finally selling them. To some, particularly the so-called bandits, day trading is just a numbers game. They do little research and just watch for moving stocks with good spreads. Others are more scientific about it, relying on news and technical analysis to catch everyday price fluctuations.

Day trading requires a certain amount of capital. Generally, day trading should have enough trading capital to buy at least 1000 shares of any given stock on any particular day. There are very few stocks priced under $20 that have the degree of liquidity necessary to make them suitable for day trading. This means that a novice day trader should normally have day trading capital of at least $20,000 to start. In addition, the new day trader should treat this as 100% risk capital and should not have to unduly worry that the whole amount of this capital may be lost very quickly.

You must also be aware that not all stocks are suitable for day trading. Day trading should never trade unlisted or thinly traded (low volume) stocks. These stocks have poor liquidity and hence a higher price volatility. This may make it hard for you to exit your day trading position quickly at a fair price. Trade only high volume, well-known stocks.

About The Author
Michael Sanford has a wealth of trading knowledge available at http://www.everything-trading.com.

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Forex Trading For Beginners

Forex trading is becoming more popular every day and for good reason. Fortunes can be made in a day. The market is traded up to 20 billion a day. Yes, each day.

Forex trading is not necessarily easy. It takes often years to really get the hang of it. With that said let me tell you what you can do to get the hang of it and not lose your butt while doing it.

There are several brokers out there that offer free demo accounts. Use them! A demo account uses all the real world information, but it does not place real trades and thus real money. This gives you all the time and resources you would ever want to start learning Forex.

You can treat your demo account just like you would if it was real. And you should do exactly that. If you really want to learn, pay attention like it was real money.

Many of the demo accounts are quite advanced too. They have rich tools to help you analyze the trades you made and lots of other info at your fingertips.

Get a demo account and spend a lot of time with it. In time you can learn enough to start making real trades. However, until you are making money just about every time with your demo account I would not put real money into it. You are simply asking for trouble. It is never a good idea to invest in something that you do not fully understand.

I actually spent just about a year on my demo account before I invested one dollar in real money. It was worth it! My first 4 - 5 months I was losing money consistently, which at the time was discouraging, but you have to learn. However, I am proud to say that I really did not lose $60,000. It was just demo money.

We all dream of quitting that day job, but I can assure you that if you do not do your homework you will surely fail. The good thing is that you will only fail at first. With enough practice and patience you can succeed.

The trick is to study. When your brain is fried from all the Forex info then study some more. Keep at it and in time you will succeed.

Just remember to use a demo account to learn how to do it.

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