Beginners - Introduce yourselves!

[Hakkers14]

Hey Gang,

yeah good talk mate on taking the plunge...i'm 21 and been playing sharemarket games etc since school but am stoked i've finally put in some money and investing. Learnt more in the last 4 months than, well, before that!

Cheers guys sweet site looking forward to future trading!

Hakkers

 

[aussie_in_china]

I'm an Australian, 25, living in rural China (been in China / Taiwan for around five years now).

I've had a casual interesting in trading for four or five years, and have been paper trading for a year or so.

Though I'm extremely busy starting a business here in China (travel services related - sorry not looking for investors!), two things have convinced me to take the plunge.

1. The unrealised profits from my paper trading (buying mostly resource stocks, a year ago).
2. The fact that I keep meeting sincere and successful traders here in Asia, who have retired young and with whom I often have interesting conversations. Each (three in particular) seem to think I could do well with trading.

I'm a bit wary about the decision to begin investing, since lucking-out on a bull market is probably giving me a degree false confidence, but then again there's only one way to find out!

And anyway, "You've gotta be in it to win it"!

I aim to make medium term trades and start out with only a few thousand capital, scale up from there and re-invest profits if they eventuate, otherwise focus on my business and use the experience gained to come back to trading in a few years time when I can commit more time and resources to it.

I look forward to learning from all of you more experienced traders...

 

[cfdhead]

hello all

Hello all on the forum, have been trading cfd's for a few mth's and its been a wild ride, like riding a fast motorcycle!. Hope to learn from you all as we head foreward.
Good trading to all .
Regards

 

[Sean K]

Re: hello all

Hello all on the forum, have been trading cfd's for a few mth's and its been a wild ride, like riding a fast motorcycle!. Hope to learn from you all as we head foreward.
Good trading to all .
Regards

Welcome cfd, hope you find the information here valuable. Cheers, kennas

 

[blowinbubbles]

Hey all,

Been browsing here occasionally, tired of cramming for exams, thought I may as well sign up. 20 y.o student from Melbourne, studying, yep, commerce and a bit of law.

Took a year off last year to work, travel and live it up, and sunk a few k into a managed fund upon my return without much consideration, but its done ok growth wise and surprisingly good divs. Was going to drop the rest into the market, but uni started, playing sport etc and studying onetel in accounting reminded me how little I knew, so it fell by the wayside.

Now after a year of uni I'm keen to get involved, if only reading and learning for the first few months.

Anyway, these forums seem to be loaded with interesting people/thoughts/ideas etc, so I look forward to having a chat.

Cheers

 

[2BAD4U]

G'Day All

Well after a few years of playing with property (gotta love WA the last couple of years ) I then decided to start playing with shares. I enjoy the money market so much I am now studying finance at Uni to help me on my way. Bought some shares a while ago (BHP, SGP & WBC) and while researching CIG & MHL I came across this site. You guys are a wealth of information and I hope I can help someone one day.

I am now just starting to use Amibroker and finding my way around the trading side of things, but until I understand it all a bit better I will stick with long term investments.

Cheers
Warren

 

[onemore]

Wazza, I hope you are a quicker learner than me. I've been studying/trading for about 5 years now and still a novice.

Cheers and best of luck/skill.

 

[spidermonkey084]

Hi my name is spidermonky and im a tradaholic just joking ive just started in shares already used this forum some great info on here just wanted to say HI
and go BUR shares.

 

[xyzedarteerf]

Hi all, its zyxedarteerf im a newbie at trading, looks like there a lot of info here for newbie's.

 

[melfun1]

Hello everyone.

I am melfun1 and like arthuryeo have been contemplating which training course i should give my $5k-$7k to before I venture into this unknown land! However, having found this site I have been really impressed by the information being shared by your members!

Now, I too am going crazy buying books and will learn what i can myself (and with the assistance of your forum) to gain a better understanding of the stock market and become a successful trader, and hopefully put that money into the market instead!

I have actually purchased shares in both OXR & TTY, which as at today I have made a 50% overall profit!!!!

Obviously, that will not always be my result - but i now need to work out whether to sell or hold, or like some of you guys, sell and buy back in on a regular basis!!!!

Anyhow...thank you for making this site available and also to everyone on it for sharing your advice/experiences! I hope that in time I will also be experienced/knowledgeable enough to assist other newbies in their quest!!!

I look forward to chatting soon!!!!

Happy Investing everyone!!!

 

[SevenFX]

Welcome Melfun1.

That was a well put together Introduction, and glad to see you made the decission not to buy a off the shelf course. Those course price are over the top, and really target people that are not in the know..

You may entertain the idea later, once you really know what your getting an d want, but for now great idea to just soak up heaps on here, and perhaps compliment it with some great books & even some audio/video material few few bucks (which I initially bought from $50-$300)

Good Luck & Good Trades
Cheers
SevenFX

 

[M34N]

Gday everyone.

Been a long time reader of this site, figured I should join and contribute something

Love this site, very informative and has helped me occasionally.

Cheers everyone.

 

[timster]

Hi
Tim here.
I'm another newbie to the share market. I've been researching CFD's & as I don't have a large amount of capital - think this is my best chance. Love this site (best by far) & I really appreciate the effort you guys put in. Love it when people share their knowledge of trading.

I've opened up an account with igmarkets.
The plan is to place my place my first long cfd in January (read somewhere that January historically a good month for the sharemarket).
I'm expecting my first child in April & the plan is to be at home 1 day a week - so I thought perhaps I could trade cfds on this day.

Ive set up my trading plan (thanks to my fulltime job I have some solid IT skills to do this).

Thanks again for all the knowledge keep it up.
Cheers Timmy

 

[melfun1]

Thanks SevenFX... I very much appreciate your response to my post!!!!

Would you have any particular books/audio/video which you would recommend I look into???

Happy Investing!!!

Melfun1

 

[Ausman]

Hello

I only found ASF today. I have been trading stocks and currencies for more than a decade, and for the past four years I have been trading my own self managed super fund. I look forward to learning more about ASF and its members.
Regards
Ausman

 

[frosty]

Hi everyone,
Today is my first time (I'm no longer a virgin). I have also never been in a chat room or forum until just recently.
I have been holding very small amounts of long term shares and now i am just begining to trade. Going for the margin loan soon. Need all the advice I can get
Frosty

 

[Sean K]

Hey guys, welcome aboard! Hope you find some valuable information here. Feel free to ask as many questions as you like, but also remember to use the search functions! kennas

 

[adrianus]

Hi Guys,
after reading up on everything i could get my hands on regarding the market i thought i had a fair chance to get some 'quick' gains. Yeah right!
I bought a few shares about 1 month ago because i am suffering from the worst fear of all, the fear of missing out.
I bought some Coles shares, yes i knew about the possible take over, and i had a look today at my portfolio and the Coles holding has gone from my list. I haven't got a clue what happend.
All i'm trying to say with this is inform yourself before jumping in, i have a bit of crawling to do to get out but i will get there.
Good to read here that there are others who made the same 'mistake'.

Trade well,
adrianus

 

[prawn_86]

Gday Adrianus,

Welcome to ASF.

I think you will find your Coles shares no longer exist due to the takeover (which was approved) and once legal/court clearance is gained you will get your WES share and Div and Cash.

Enjoy!

 

[bigbadbobm8]

Hey hi all....

been a lurker for years....big on gold (where is chicken ;-) love the oil and a few others for good measure...

Thanks to you guys and all the great info I have made a few bucks.....so a big thankyou....a big hello... and well fingers crossed we move on....

To QBE..WPL...AGS...LHG...SBM and lots of others...the kids love the pool thankyou ;-)

Happy trading...

Bob