Beginners - Introduce yourselves!

[Kash Kosmo]

Another newbie here go easy on me, if in the future I ask a stupid question
Just thought I would introduce myself
Currently living is sunny Brisbane

I plan to be a sponge
That is to absorb all good information and squeeze out the junk as best I can

I need a mentor

KK

 

[LeftRightOut]

G'Day All,
Just joined the site a few days ago and thought I should say hello.
Few years experience dabbling in the markets, lived in Hong Kong for three years and was blessed with exceptional market conditions during most of that time, by the time those conditions changed, I had become comfortable using other derivative instruments such as warrants (virtually zero options market in HK, but a very liquid warrants market) and managed to protect my capitol throughout the worst of the downturn (initial stages 07/08).
Since coming back to Au, have been in cash (mortages and 9%+ interest on cash was a lovely return while it lasted).

Anyway, that's me [Brad] - I hope to hang around quite a bit and share my thoughts, as well as getting your own thoughts on various market topics.

 

[radioham6]

Hi All,

Yes another newbie to the forum as I joined only days ago.

And yes new to the stock market too and done okay so far being conservative.

Have a little cash to play with and with interest rates have been so low, I've migrated to shares.
Should have got in just after the crash/slump, but me being conservative held back. lol.

To the administrator, thank you for such an informative site. A wealth of info here for newbie like yours truly.

I'm sure I'll have the odd question over the coming months.

 

[Michael Dempsey]

Hi People.

I'm new to this forum but not new to investing.

Here to help others and gather new ideas and investing/trading opportunities.

Cheers
Mike Dempsey

 

[raztaz]

Hi ppl, nice site, looks like it has a lot of info here
I just started investing not too long ago, newbie!
Thought this site might be helpful

 

[jarl]

Hi all,
I am both new to this site and new to trading (2 Months). If there is a mistake to make I think I have made it - so need a Buddy.

 

[HighRyder]

Hi folks,

I'm a 16yr old student wanting to educate myself on the share market in general. From looking at key performance indicators to knowing which companies are risky, not risky, etc. I'm confident this site will further advance my limited knowledge of the share market.

Cheers.

 

[knighty]

hi My partner and I have decided to dable in shares a little and so we are new to it we are reading our way through all this forum every so slowly as there is info here that is very technical and valuable. One question I do have what are the sought of programs you can get to do live tracking of shares as opposed the asx web site that we cant find a live a portal on it are these programs free or do u have to buy them from a shop and which ones are better than others . We are using commsec as our buyer and seller as we only wish to start small are they any good? Cheers and hopefully we can make some money!!!!!!!!

 

[milothedog]

knighty...you said you have comsec.....am assuming you mean comsec basic...which is live feed, not 20 min delayed, just not automatic update...

 

[Wysiwyg]

hi My partner and I have decided to dable in shares a little and so we are new to it we are reading our way through all this forum every so slowly as there is info here that is very technical and valuable. One question I do have what are the sought of programs you can get to do live tracking of shares as opposed the asx web site that we cant find a live a portal on it are these programs free or do u have to buy them from a shop and which ones are better than others . We are using commsec as our buyer and seller as we only wish to start small are they any good? Cheers and hopefully we can make some money!!!!!!!!

As milo said, you can update live by clicking on the website "refresh" button.
If you want a trading platform to view and execute trades using live streaming data from commsec (such as market depth, course of sales, news announcements) then you have to pay comsec for it. The platform is called CommSecIRESS and you need to do the following to begin with.

To access CommSecIRESS, log in using your CommSec Client ID, not your Account Number. If you do not have a Client ID, please call us on 13 15 19.

For information on the platform you will have to find that out for yourself.

*note that "thoroughly" researching "everything" before making a decision is wise. There is no first prize for jumping in the deep end so look before you leap.

 

[Lammy]

Hello

Stumbled across this fab site.
At least it was a stumple in the right direction I am thinking.
Just joined and this is my first post.
I am a complete beginner and am sure will learn much from this site. Thanks to everybody for the wealth of information. Just goes to show how much I really need to learn, seems quite daunting at the moment.

Soon looking to invest small and conservatively as soon as I learn a wee bit more about how all this works.

thank you

 

[Sdajii]

Hi all,

I don't know if anyone actually reads these introductions or if this is just a thread where new people say hello to noone!

Well, for what it's worth, I have been trading stocks for about 8 months after spending about 10 years wanting to but not having done anything about it. I have learned a fair bit since starting, but am still very green. Probably mostly through luck I have been making about a grand a week through trading when I have the time to spend a fair bit of time each day to watch the market (which isn't as often as I would like). I don't really have a system or anything, I just watch and try to predict, usually without any real knowledge of the companies I'm trading in. Probably pretty stupid, but hey, it has been working so far!

A very brief look around the place makes me think it's a great forum and I look forward to getting involved and learning lots.

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[dc_b4]

Hi all,

I'm a uni student doing arts, totally noob

No strategy at all, what I do is add almost all asx200 into watchlist and set SMS alerts, buy when price low enough

Cheers
Ken

 

[nunthewiser]

Hi all,

I'm a uni student doing arts, totally noob

No strategy at all, what I do is add almost all asx200 into watchlist and set SMS alerts, buy when price low enough

Cheers
Ken

may i suggest hanging onto your cash a lil bit longer and maybe take the time to have a GOOD read through this excellent forum and maybe just kick back a bit before you hand your cash over


no offense intended

 

[Cam]

Hi all,

I have been lurking here for a few weeks but thought it time to introduce myself.

I have been reading and studying trading for far too long without doing it. I joined hometrader a few years ago and learnt a bit about system design (pretty much using a basic shell and modifying it), although they don't teach you how to think about system design. That's the sort of thing you learn here, I think.

I use Metastock/Tradesim but I am not a natural code writer. As a result of that , I have ended up starting to trade on 21 September with $30,000, buying breakouts from trading ranges ala Stan Weinstein's method. (I already know now that I should have been buying pullbacks from breakouts).

Anyway I have been fortunate in that I cut the first three or four trades for losses of around 2% (one gave me a pile of slippage though) and hooked onto ADI and FML which with a little bit of help from a few others now have me showing an open profit of $9,500, with stops in place to lock in a good chunk of that if they decide to head south on me.

I read in Louise Beford's books that she makes 95% of her profit from 5% of her trades. I am currently hoping that I have not made my profit for the year already.

 

[mpty]

Hi all

I am a newbie. I have never invested in stocks myself. All of my shares have been acquired through Employee Shares Plans. Most of these shares are now unlocked. Below are my expections from this forum:

1. Learn how to invest in shares, gold, silver etc. (I will appreciate if you can provide a link to a gold related thread...)
2. Understand market trends,
3. Understand shares foreign stock market (I do have some shares listed in SWX and have no clue whether I should be getting dividends etc.)

Cheers and happy trading.

 

[chiefgovernor]

Hello,

I've just entered the stockmarket last week with ComSec, and was searching for a good forum to learn all i can take in - meaning to gather intelligence, and make investor friends.

To round up my interest:
History's Warfare: The Mongolian, The Samurai, The Roman, The Khmers, The Chinese, and Present Middle East Wars.

Movies & TV Show: Political, Organise Crime, History's Warfare, Spy Film, and (Bollywood & Beauty & The Geek - laugh, this is my only frivolous taste.)

Reading: The Tipitaka, Philosophys, Politic Military, Organise Crime, Story of Leaders and Great Mens, The Bible, Koran, Investing.

Sport: Chess (laugh)

This is what i thrive to install in my self.
1. Honesty. 2 Humility. 2. Wisdom. 3. Honour. 4. Faith. 5. Patience.

Only this is importance in my Life:
Friends, Power, Reputation and Being a Man. ---Nothing Else Matters.

Sorry If i wrote to long an introduction, I just would like to meet people who are investing and has similar view & interest as me. This place & IMVU is the only place i would inform others about my self. I dislike All Form of Attention.

 

[chiefgovernor]

As milo said, you can update live by clicking on the website "refresh" button.
If you want a trading platform to view and execute trades using live streaming data from commsec (such as market depth, course of sales, news announcements) then you have to pay comsec for it. The platform is called CommSecIRESS and you need to do the following to begin with.



For information on the platform you will have to find that out for yourself.

*note that "thoroughly" researching "everything" before making a decision is wise. There is no first prize for jumping in the deep end so look before you leap.

Thank Wysiwyg & milothedog , you guys enlighten my situation, i'm in the same boat as knighty, i got a ComSec account and i dont understand what i got. hehe. i differently have to get live streaming data one day when i can use it properly.

 

[Sdajii]

Hi all,

I don't know if anyone actually reads these introductions or if this is just a thread where new people say hello to noone!

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Yep, I thought it would be like this!

 

[Joe Blow]

Yep, I thought it would be like this!

I always read this thread.

Welcome to ASF!