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Hi all. About to sell my shop and looking to enter the share market. Never done this before. Will be researching a lot before I make the jump.
 
Yip a neebie here again. Never invested in Shares before. I guess the most basic question asked is "when is the right time to start investing in the share market"?

As I've read so many report of down-turns in all world markets, including Australia. Should I be waiting till the end of the year, next year etc.

Thanks
Jimmy
 

The right time to invest is when you find a wonderful business selling at a fair price -
There is always something going in the world, earth quake, war, recession, Greece, GFC
 
Just dropping in to say Hi:bekloppt: It been couple a weeks since I registered on this Forum and I only just found the introduction thread. There's a lot of other threads that have kept me busy.

Anyway, I'll be around learning my own way of playing the stockmarket, taking bits and bobs of info which will influence my set of rules for an investment strategy.

Cheers
 
Hi there peeps, I have been trading long term for years.... maybe pulled about 6k out in 12 years.. lol

The last 2 weeks I have made the decision to get into this a lot more... day trading.

Im lost now though as to the software I need.... 20 min delay in data..., is that BAD for day trading???
 
Morning Mates, Its diwakar here. New to the forum. Just a newbie in the areas of stock market.Working in IT sector. Have a passion towards finance area , Want to learn before i jump in. Need all your valuable inputs. I have a feeling that i landed in the right place and iam sure i will never get disappointed. Happy to be here.
 
Newbie

Hello everyone,

I am new to the forums. I have been lurking around the stock market for a while and have tried to read as much on the share market as I could but I haven't been able to understand/apply the strategies correctly resulting in losing money.
I am now undertaking a course for the last year and am learning a lot about the share market. I haven't taken any trades yet. I am taking my time and learning as much as I can.
I look forward to interacting with everyone in the near future.
 
Re: Newbie


Hi TP,

What sort of strategies have you tried to apply In past?
 
Hi everyone.

Im Michael. 34 yo from Brisbane. When I'm not trading I'm out riding my motorcycle

Im sorry to be mentioning my brand in my first message (usually it's not allowed and i promise that it'll only be once) But I came here for help.

I’ve been trading for a long time – my experience spans about 5 years with a local company from Sydney. I was satisfied with everything and I didn’t think that my conditions could get better. When I wanted to try something new I found Trade24 that has good spreads and a good customer service. The only thing is that the signals that I can get are only related to the European markets and there isn’t really anything for us here. It might be logical that they only have Europe since they’re based out of London, but still. It’s bumming me out. Does anyone have a suggestion what I can do?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Michael
 
Hey everyone.

Been a bit obsessed with trading for the last year. I'm Mainly interested in Forex, indicies and Commodities. I enjoy following what's happening in the Macro Economics. I like the idea of trading Stocks, but that would be spreading myself to thin. Trading can be a bit Solitary at times. Thought i would come on here, and get some human interaction, haha.

Craig.
 
Hi all

I am in New Zealand and I had an issue with my trading account verification at Trade 24, it took about a day instead of the couple of hours I was promised. Apart from this delay though, I am satisfied with the service of the company - never had an issue withdrawing my money, platforms and conditions are good….may be just pay a bit more attention to customer service.

Anyone have the same issue?
 
Hi all, another newbie here. Glad I found this place!

I've been interested in the market for years and dabbled with some Fundamental Analysis a few years ago now with some moderate success, but lost interest and invested in property instead.

This year I've comeback to shares though and have found that Technical Analysis is for me. I've spent months reading different books and trying to teach myself and now understand well the concepts of money management, how to set stops and accept losses when they happen, basic understanding of charts and I have the mindset to succeed.

I started trading a few months back (looking at a time frame of a week to several months) but have not had much success so far. I'm not sure if it's because the markets are going so bad at the moment, or if it's my system of picking stocks that is letting me down. Probably a mixture of the two.

Am hoping to pick up some good advice here on the forums and getting involved.
 
Hello,

42yo big spending credit loving wage slave who is finally learning about better money management, debt reduction and wealth creation.

I've paper traded on the ASX for 5 years. In that time, I learned I don't know anything.

Last month, I entered the stock market with a small trade to get me started. Funny how using your own money accelerates your interest in learning. I've learned more in the past month than I ever did paper trading pretend money

Anyway, I jumped on here to try and glean some more insight on Aussie stocks and hopefully improve my returns or at the very least minimise my losses.
 
Hi

I guess I got into this stuff about 4yrs ago whilst faffing about on the internet instead of studying. I started out primarily in the world of stocks and technical analysis. I loved the idea of poring over charts, drawing all over them and attempting to predict an outcome that was better than chance... still possibly my fave part of this world to be honest.
From there I studied bonds and learned about general investment eg the fundamentals,risk management, diversification etc. pretty much ignored general economics. After that I went for a position at a trading firm and discovered the futures markets and got taught about spread trading... discovered that having Obsessive compulsive disorder is hugely desirable in this business (according the the interviewer) but didnt secure the position despite being in possession of said OC brain lol.
Did some paper trades on a simulator and did quite well. Discovered I'd need far more money than I was likely to have anytime soon so put the whole thing on the backburner and went back to uni to do my science/chem degree.
Then about 3 months ago I stumbled back into this world... no idea how or why... can't remember at all but I discovered the world of CFD's and super duper leverage and realized that I might not need 50K to start in this game after all.
So here I opened an account with CMC and playing around small amounts of dosh but more importantly it's made me realize that if I want to do this stuff than I need to save some dollars and manage my money better as it's all rather superfluous if I can't.
So for now it's back to the workforce to save up some cash and back to the books and forums to learn! Super exciting really
 
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