Beginners - Introduce yourselves!

[mini696]

Hi all thought I would post a note and introduce myself.

My name is Michael and I'm an alc... Wait wrong group.

Sorry.

My name is Michael, I have just got back into paper trading again after a 5 year absence, basically training myself up until I feel confident enough to throw some real money into the system.

I have joined the ASX share game for the first time round, see how I go. I believe doing something like that gives me a better and more accurate guage to my real monetary position. But I am also continuing with paper trades as the game only has 100 possible companies to pick from.

Right now I dont have any strategy, just looking for strong undervalued companies, and picking the right time to jump in.

My hope is to have enough time and money to top up my income by 20-30 grand a year. Hopefully to begin real trading in a year or two, and reach my 30grand goal in 5-8 years.

 

[Josho1]

Hi all,

My name is Josh, Ive been dabbling in share trading for about a year now but havent really gotten right into it, as i think i dont have the right tools just yet.. ive bassically just been watching how things work and gradually learning more and more. Thank god i found this site it looks quiet good and hopefully will help me alot..

thanks

any comments appreciated..

 

[mpeyrac]

Hey Everyone!!

I wanted to introduce myself, My name is Milan im a 23yo now living in sydney, just starting out learning to trade. I look forward to participating and learning from all of you in these forums.

Kind regards
Milan

 

[asel]

Hello!


Thank you for letting me join this forum. My name is Andy and I have found this site very informative so far. I am heavily invested in Australian equities and am slowly exploring different vehicles of income generation including options and warrants.

 

[Cosmic Tonic]

From Music Forums to ASF

Hi guys

Its surprising how interests change over time. Once where I would post on dance music discussion forums about events, djs, tunes I now find myself now doing the same for trading. Huh, and I keep telling myself Im not getting older!

I have a few jobs and trading part time is a real nice fit. Sensing late last year that we were near the low I began trading stocks through Comsec in October, took my eye off it all for a while (due to buying a house - silly me!) then moved onto CMC Markets in June with the assistance of leverage and now see some great opportunities trading currencies and commodities. Looked into Options and will put more time into it over the next six months.

As part of my trading Im so far, here's some of the resources Ive been using:
- Hubb's profits source / elliot wave,
- Comsec, Cmc markets, about to sign up to an online forex broker (any ideas?)
- subscription to the Aus Small Cap Investigator,
- read Bus Spectator, watch lateline business (when possible) and download some of the podcasts through asx and the like
- all the webinars/seminars around - very handy
- lastly, just purchased a new netbook, so being connected 24/7 has never been easier. iphone has been good but can the little screen can be hard work - apps are great though

*feel free to suggest or mention any of your resources that I may not know of

Plan for the next couple of months is to do a Forex/Commodities course and 'once' the current rally ends, look to go short on 5 trades.

Like the rally (for the moment); Onwards and Upwards!

CT

 

[asel]

I have a GFT account for forex. I don't know enough to take forex trading beyond a zero/negative sum game though. GFT however have excellent customer service and set up my account within hours of submitting the relevant documents. As long as you have money with them you are given a free practice account, but keep in mind the 60 day rule to keep your account active.

 

[BOBS]

Hi Quick Intro!!

Been trading for 12 months (paper for 3yrs before), focus on ASX Oil/Gas/CSG/LNG companies. I look for companies within this sector that have -.10 value do the research and wait for the jump +.10, am looking to branch out into mining/gold. Have had a few wins EXE, BUl, most recently XEN.

 

[tone76]

Hi All,

I have been paper trading ASX on and off for about 10 years, but have never had the balls to actually trade properly, despite picking some winners/getting some solid tips in the past 10 years or so - although I did follow through on one tip, which was to convince my wife to sell her AMP shares when they were $17 each ...

Now that I have some capital and a whole stack of learning behind me, I've (finally) started dipping my toe in the water a little bit with my own money. I'm still coming up with my own system, but I pretty much absorb any piece of information about the share market that I can get my hands on (books, websites, podcasts etc).

I'm sure once I've had a bit of experience of trading using my own cash under my belt, I'll feel a lot more confident. That said, I fully expect to lose a little cash in my initial stages ... I'm not one to crystallise my losses if I can help it, so I might end up hanging onto the odd dog or two a bit longer than I should!

At this stage, I'm probably more biased towards fundamentals in my decisions, along with some software-related help with backtesting etc. Am sticking with the big name shares to start off with, mainly for the perceived 'security'. Not brave enough to go boots and all into small caps yet ...

Am loving ASF ... seems to be full of guys who are into this for the same reasons I am i.e. for a few giggles, with the side effect of hopefully making a few bucks on the way.

 

[Jayden]

Greetings

My name's Jayden - looking forward to learning and contributing! Beware of my newbie questions - they may come think and fast!

 

[Lachie]

Hi everyone, I've been here for a while now trying to read as much information as possible to help me get ahead financially in life. Doing economics last year really sparked my interest in investing my money into something worthwhile instead of leaving it sit in a bank account. I'm a first year uni student, and I hope to start investing sometime in the next few years. I've just got to get my head around all this information first!

 

[clem84]

Hi all,

Had always thought about trying some trading but never got around to it until now. Have a bit of capital lying around and have considered doing it full time.

Cheers and speak to some of you soon.

 

[Mostafa]

Hi All,
I came back after a long time absence,
Glad to be with you in this useful forum

 

[Errr]

Hi I'm Rob.

I'm a university student in my last year doing a commerce degree in Finance and Management. Been paper trading US and Aus & NZ stocks for just over a year. I have a fundamental leaning (obvious that uni stresses the fundamental) and I'm a pretty regular lurker trying to leech some valuable information .

 

[hmmm]

Hi there, I've been paper trading for a fair while, and recently started for real, i think i was jumping the gun a bit and so thus have looked for better ideas and ended up here...

Its a great forum, can't wait to learn more and more...

James

 

[Gordon Gekko]

The details of my life are quite inconsequential... very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really. At the age of twelve I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum... it's breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it.

 

[shortlist]

Hi there, I've been paper trading for a fair while, and recently started for real, i think i was jumping the gun a bit and so thus have looked for better ideas and ended up here...

Its a great forum, can't wait to learn more and more...

James

Hi everyone

I've been paper trading for a while with reasonable success. I've been reading this forum for some time so thought I should sign up and introduce myself. Certainly some great advice on here.

 

[jono1887]

The details of my life are quite inconsequential... very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really. At the age of twelve I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum... it's breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it.

hahaha.... sounds like a very interesting life you've had... do continue

 

[antzlovinit]

Hey everyone.

Iv been trading for sometime now, which is helping paying for my social expensions. Studying financial advising at uni. good to see other peoples views and sharing ideas.

Thanks as they are rewarding

 

[ck13488]

hi guys just re-introducing myself

at uni doign Bcomm, not really sure what i want to do with myself as a career though!

work part-time and saving $250 a week for the last couple of months to build up some savings finally after a few setbacks with cars and other non-insured drivers

i dont see myself as a trader as i dont have the time to commit to it but more of an investor-to-be seeking some guidance on what to do with my money. currently have a a very small amount of WBC and a few thousand saved in a commsec account which i add to 250pw.

if anyone thinks they have some advice/idea/comments i would appreciate hearing from you by PM or otherwise

cheers,
ck

 

[Harleyquin]

Hello My name is Ruth and I am having trouble finding my way around the forum.
Is it possible to change my member name and if so how do I do it?
I have tried to do it without any success.
Where do I go to -to find out how to use the forum properly?
When you post a reply how do you put a picture under your forum name?