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Hey im White...W H I T......E (dodgebal quote)

obviously not my real name, I stumbled onto these forums trying to gain more info on NMS (Neptune Marine) and then decided I would like to get my money working for me, as im a greedy money hungry soulless creature. Im trying to learn as much as possible on something im not too familiar with and gain a profound knowledge on finance and investment...

Northern Beaches kid just turned 20, still at uni full time doing property economics and working part time at one of the major commercial property agencies with a hope to get into property funds or LPTs...

Any advice, insights and helpful hints are msot appreciated... btw ill be in the beginner lounge for a while asking plenty of questions so be patient with me :)
 
Hi,
New to trading and to this forum. came here because thought it may be good idea like minded met and to search for help on topics. i have a charting ware but am stuck with finding historical data for last 5-10 yrs which doesn't cost an arm or a leg. Can someone please share? have not traded or bought shares yet. so need to do research for a while and study too. cheers. great to be here.
 
hi, I'm a new guy to share market from Melbourne. I am student in the major of accounting. I am doing stock competiion hold by JP. want to learn something really helpful here.

nice to meet u guys.
 
Hi, my name is Alex. I'm finishing off an accounting degree at UWA in Western Australia. Just stumbled onto this forum today!! :) Pleased to meet everyone!
 
Hi I'm Mardi. I live in Canberra and I trade from home for a living.

That is, I've been doing so for the last couple of months after starting my education about being an active trader in the middle of last year reading books by Louise Bedford, Leon Wilson and Tracey Edwards. I've now expanded my library and am continuing to learn.

I've bought and held shares for about 15 years and built up a reasonable portfolio. Of course it took a nose dive a few months ago. Since starting to trade actively I've turned over a lot of my long time holds and started investing in things that are potentially going up instead of down. I've made a (very very) small profit the last two months but I'd like to actually earn enough to contribute my fair share to our income.

Luckily I received a redundancy payment from my last job and don't have to bring in any extra just yet.

And another thing about me - I always have long posts. I try to keep them down but it never works :(
 
Hi,
I have been looking at this forum for a while but have only just joined. I have been trading for a while but I'm only an amatuer at it. I have mainly invested in small uranium companies but have recently turned to small iron ore companies. I work as an engineer in the resource sector. I'm looking forward to learning more about trading on this forum.

cheers.
 
Hi everyone,

I am an absolute newbie. I have just recently purchased my first lot of shares in what my stockbroker told me was a stupid punt - FMS. Was acting on a tip from my brother who has just done a big contract with fortesque. Did a bit of research of course before jumping in and now am hooked... looking for more shares to add to my pretty pathetic portfolio.:eek:
 
Hi!

I'm trading for almost two years now. Can't stop doing it, hopefully this forum could benefit me in future trading. :)
 
hey guys,
im mike... Financial Planning student at Curtin University in WA... new to this site... have been trading for a couple of years....
nice to meet everyone :)
 
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Afternoon from a balmy Switzerland. New to this forum, but not new to forums, so hopefully won't **** up in my first 15 posts ..

Recently got interested in the ASX, as all the stuff in US & Europe is turgid ... :banghead:

Hopefully be able to learn a few things & hope to be able to contribute too.

The Whacker
 
Hi Guys
I am green as grass but am enthusiastic and will to learn I have saved a small nest egg which I am now ready to try and improve at the risk of loosing it all. how do I start trading on line who can I use and is it user friendly to register and start using?
many thanks
vinnie.
 
Gottagetsome said:
Hi Guys
I am green as grass but am enthusiastic and will to learn I have saved a small nest egg which I am now ready to try and improve at the risk of loosing it all. how do I start trading on line who can I use and is it user friendly to register and start using?
many thanks
vinnie.
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I would recommend E-trade to begin with. Decent commissions, these days, provide great fundamental information, decent charts, and very user friendly.

Mardi, welcome, I am from Canberra myself.
 
Hello

I'm based in Adelaide and have been trading for several years now, I mostly use ComSec and NAB Online Trading and do research using a combination of Microsoft Access and Excel, importing data via text files.

I chose this username NinjaTrader coz I like to think of myself as a PyjamaNinja not realising that there is already a website and trading product called NinjaTrader.Com which I'm not associated with.

I'm just here to refine my skillz and potentially help some people out if I can.

Cheers
 
Hi.

Decided to join the forum. Have been reading for a little while. I'm a newbie trader.. been trading for a couple of months.

Our goal is to replace my husband's income (and then some :) ) so that he can leave his day job, freeing us up to pursue other things. He's given me 6 months to do this! LOL. We're doing ok so far, but can't help thinking there's a measure of luck in our winning trades, so am on the lookout for good resources to come up with a more reliable strategy.

We're keeping it quiet from some family & friends as they're not very supportive of the idea, so looking forward to talking to people about it and nutting out ideas.
 
hehe - hey... it WILL be done! I'm already making the equivalent of what I would make if I went back to work :) Can't tell you how good it is being a stay at home mum, but making the same money!
 
RocketGirl said:
hehe - hey... it WILL be done! I'm already making the equivalent of what I would make if I went back to work :) Can't tell you how good it is being a stay at home mum, but making the same money!
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What are you trading?

Nothing running at the moment, so I would imagine the only REAL profitable guys at the moment are the intraday swingers or the scalpers.
 
I'm trading cheap stocks, and selling at either 0.5c or 1c increase. Unfortunately it's working.. and I say unfortunately because I'm convinced it's a very dangerous game I'm playing LOL.

Which is why I'm here.. coz I want to do it properly and get some safe strategies in place.

But all the 'safe' strategies it seems I need to implement (such as the 2% rule along with stop losses) I can't see being as 'successful'. However, I'm on a mission to learn to do this better, coz as I said, it's our goal to get DH working from home on our own business instead of slogging it out in the city.

Btw - the 6 month thing.. we've given ourselves a time limit/goal just to get my butt in gear, else we'd probably cruise along and the years will tick by. 12 hour days away from his kids is too much :)
 
RocketGirl said:
But all the 'safe' strategies it seems I need to implement (such as the 2% rule along with stop losses) I can't see being as 'successful'.
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What has this got to do with NOT be successful. It is the only thing that WILL give you a chance. :confused:
 

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