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Welcome @daily_juice! If you're new to financial markets and are interested in learning more you're definitely in the right place. ASF is a seventeen year old Australian stock market community that contains a wealth of knowledge, both old and new. There are many great discussions buried in the archives, so I recommend that you familiarise yourself with the site search feature and use it frequently. You'll find that many of the questions you probably have are likely to have been answered already in a previous discussion.

Regarding platforms for trading US markets, most people here recommend Interactive Brokers. However, some may have different view and they are welcome to chime in with any recommendations they may have.

If you have any questions about how things work around here, please don't hesitate to ask. I hope you enjoy the forums.
 
Wow thanks for the tips and suggestions @Joe Blow, looking forward to delving into this forum head first.
 
Hello, my name is Daniel and I just wanted to say hello. Have been buying shares for a while through Commsec and Australian Super. Am currently currently a long term investor with NST and have money invested in a Balanced index fund.

Have joined this website to connect with like minded investors, share ideas and knowledge
 
welcome ,

there are a couple of Commsec refugees here in the last week

and some very wise people here as well , but there is room for more

cheers
 
Hi, my name is John. I've been investing in shares on an off starting with CBA, Telstra and Qantas days. Got married and sold them all at a nice profit and started in property. Then about 5 years ago started back into investing in shares and have built up a half decent portfolio.

Now I want to get involved in Trading, I have two accounts, one for my investing and another that will be used for Trading with my wife who will keep me under control
 
Sounds like an excellent adventure, happy days Trading, (hunting)
 
Hello everyone. I joined few months back but never really logged in or read anything until now. I recently changed my super away from Rest and realised how low it was. I'm 10 years away from retirement so I need to learn investing in general and share trading, to hopefully have a chance to a decent pension.
Lots of learning ahead for me, this forum seems like a good starting point.
Cheers
Jon
 

Welcome to ASF Jon. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. Otherwise, please enjoy the forums. There's plenty of great content for you to explore, so be sure to use the site search to track down threads on topics you are interested in.
 
Hi, everyone! Hi, Joe! What a great idea! I am glad to be part of the aussiestockforums community since we all can share some tips on trading and overall learn more about the art of trading. I am a beginner part-time trader, interested in equities. I would love to share my insights about different tools I have used and surely learn your way of trading or investing in equities, forex, crypto, etfs, etc.
 

Welcome to ASF, Lilly! It's great to have a member from Bulgaria on board. I hope you enjoy the forums. What equities and markets are you interested in?
 
Joe Blow said:
Welcome to ASF, Lilly! It's great to have a member from Bulgaria on board. I hope you enjoy the forums. What equities and markets are you interested in?
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I am interested in small and mid-cap ETFs. I am actually looking at stocks on NYSE and Nasdaq, just these two 'cause I am a beginner. How about you? How do you normally trade? What is your style of finding data on stocks, etfs,etc, whatever you are interested in? Do you go either with an 1) conventional approach - using trading platforms such as ninjatrader, tradingview, etoro, etc. or with 2) unconventional approach - using data providers such as intrinio, finnhub, tradefeeds, etc.? As I am a professional Java developer, I prefer using data providers for getting real-time and historical data.
I am super excited to hear from you again!
Have a great day!!!!!!
 
Hello, I am just starting out with the Day Trading. I am looking to start making enough to quit one of my jobs. From there the skies the limit. I have been Listening to the How to Day Trade for a Living audiobook by Andrew Aziz and its sounding like something right up my alley. I haven't started any trading yet I'm looking to spend some time practicing on the demo software. I was wondering however, are there any recommended trading platforms for the PC that's worth looking into? Thank you
 
G'Day from Brisbane. I've just joined the Forum, with a view to educating myself and making an informed decision on investing.

I'm about to come into an inheritance, and am exploring various options to place the money into.

I look forward to meeting new people and learning before I leap.

Cheers,

Durro
 

Welcome Durro.

Don't waste your inheritance, research the basics.

If it's so easy, why aren't more people as rich as Buffett?
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The 10 basic rules that made Warren Buffett $100 billion

These simple guidelines helped Buffett get rich, and anyone can use them.
finance.yahoo.com
 

welcome ,

as a person in a similar situation 11 years back

first you need to take a DEEP breath and then decide where YOU want to be in 10 years ( or 20 or 30 ) , and THEN work out what skill-sets you have ( and don't think NONE , sometimes the simplest things can be YOUR winning edge ) and then expand your knowledge , skills and research from there .

this journey is unlikely to be smooth-sailing but those bumps and crises , are both opportunity and a reality check some prefer an investment built in stone ( solid and immovable ) others a good boat that can navigate the worst of seas but either way there WILL be storms coming and all you can do is withstand those

also dig up a trusty reliable calculator ( ALWAYS double check your calculations yourself )

and throw your name in the competitions , it will help you to watch your tips as you learn ( without losing money ) ASF has a yearly one ( 4 stocks over 10 cents stock price ) and a monthly one .. one stock over 1 cent

good luck
 
Good afternoon everyone,

Mick here. Found myself on ASF after making a decision about 4 months ago that I need to learn to trade the markets "properly". I've been a buy and hold investor in the ASX for a long time and I've got other investments in property and small business ventures.

I've been listening to podcasts and reading as much as I'm able to (around work and family commitments) and I'm almost at the stage where I think I know the right questions to ask. I've mainly been studying Nick Radge's systems and I've found his approach to perhaps suit my personality. The most challanging transition for me will be learning how to use and program a charting program as coding is a very new skill I need to develop.

Anyway, thank you for accepting me as a contributor to ASF and I look forward to scrambling my brain and hopefully achieve my long term goal of being able to successfully trade for myself on a regular basis. Cheers
 
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