How often do you need to trade, ect. I know law NASD law of a daytrader, but the IRS has a different ruling on it. Does anyone know what the minimum is?
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$25,000 according to the SEC\nhttp://www.sec.gov/answers/daytrading.htm
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Open an Account on www.ameritrade.com\nNext you wire some money into that new account. This will usually take a couple of days. \nYou are charged per trade. A trade is approx. $12. You can buy as many shares as you like. Usually people buy in lots off 100.
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You can do a like-kind exchange, where you trade the property for another, and defer your gain until you sell the new property. The rules are complicated--you should talk to a CPA.
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It depends on the brokerage whether they offer premarket and/or after market hours. Additionally not all stocks are traded pre and after. TDAmeritrade allows  pre and after trading.
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check this webisite for more understanding\nhttp://www.investopedia.com/articles/trading/04/031704.asp
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Yes, the IRS mandates that a unrelated 3rd party be your 1031 exchange accomodator/intermediary.\n\nTHIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE A BUDDY DO FOR FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n\nAppreciate that I'm trying to shout for effect, cause you would no sooner try to get heart surgery from the guy down the street to save a buck.\n\nThe exchange process is not that complicated, nor that expensive.  But there are a few things that must be done the right way.\n\nI've heard of 2 main horror stories, you can guess the first... yup, someone screws up and you owe capital gains tax... the second reason is that this 3rd party has possession of your funds.\n\nIn the early days of the 1031 exchange, before people were bonded & insured (things you want to make sure they are) people skipped town with the money.... yes, ouch.  Make sure they are insured an bonded.\n\nNow, the reason that I'm on my soap box is because I'm about to complete my 1031 exchange resource page: http://www.1031store.com .  I've worked with a number of 1031 exchange buyers & just want to clear up a number of misconceptions and make everyone's life a little easier.\n\nIt's my true thought that once people associate TAXES with 1031 exchange, they just shut off.  Who wouldn't want to watch a little TV rather than read about this stuff.\n\nI promise to fully complete the site by July 4th, but feel free to check it out in advance.\n\nYou will be able to find experts here:\nhttp://www.1031store.com/experts/1031_exchange_experts.php\n\nCalculate your capital gain here:\nhttp://www.1031store.com/resources/1031_capital_gains_calculator.php\n\nHope this helps.  You'll be able to connect with some decent people shortly.
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I've been with Scottrade for about ten years now... and I believe they are the best discount brokerage available.  You'll pay just $7 a trade.  You'll have resources to explore.  You can even get advice from one of their brokers, which will result in a small fee.  Bottom line: Take it from a retired stock broker... if I could invest at a better company, I'd do it!
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Maybe some tips could be found on www.betonmarkets.com.\n\nOther source are amazon.com's books. Go to the site and search for books with keywords like: trading; wallstreet; expert traders, etc.\n\nHope will help.
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I have scottrade. 7 dollars are for real time trades. the sucky thing about scottrade is now when you want to deposit more money into your account, you cant do it electronically over the internet from your bank account directly to scottrade, you have to either mail them a check or go to a scottrade office
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Gains from stocks held less than 1 year are termed "short term" capital gains. Short term gains are taxed as ordinary income, meaning that the gains will be taxed at your personal marginal tax rate. If you hold the stock for 1 year or more, the gains will be "Long Term" capital gains and will be taxed at 15%(Unless your marginal tax rate is lower than 15%, in which case the long term gains will be taxed at 5%)\n\nAs far as reporting and paying the taxes, you can wait until you file your taxes. IF the amount of your gains is substantial relative to your adjusted gross income from last year, you will want to file a quarterly estimated tax payment to avoid potential penalties at the end of the year. the IRS website is a great resource, check it out.
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Its because the market is constantly changing and thats what day traders try to capitalize on. Stocks make money through either capital appreciation (raises in value) or dividends (money paid out from company). Day traders usually do trades that run from a couple of thousand dollars to much more. They make their money by using the large amount of stock purchased with those thousands and then later sell them after capital appreciation. Meaning the value of the stocks went up and they sold them for more and since they bought so much stock those few cents turned into much more than even thousands in some cases. The reason its so risky is because stocks fluctuate meaning they also go down although historically the stock market continually rises. Hope that gave you an idea.
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That is daytrading.  There are no other rules.  Just be prepared to "lose" as often as you "win".  \n\nDaytraders usually play with alot more money.  There goal is try to turn 10,000 into 30,000, not turn 1000 into 1005.
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If you live in the U S, you might want to go to the book store and buy "Investing for Dummies".  It will be a big benefit in giving you a head start.  \n\nOne thing that many beginning investors due is to buy shares in one or more mutual funds.  By doing that there is less risk, of making a really bad investment and loosing a lot of money.  Many mutual funds however due have a period of time 30 to 90 days in which they will charge you a redemption fee if you sell the shares. \n\nMany successful investors buy shares with the intention of holding them for a very long period of time.  That way if they have purchased shares in growing companies, the value of their shares grows with the companies and continues to grow without having to pay taxes to the government in the mean time.  \n\nMutual funds unfortunately are required by law to distribute their realized gains annually on which one does have to pay taxes.  But there is a newer form of fund now available called an index fund that has very little realized gains and therefore little in the way of taxes.  \n\nThe minimum amout somewhat varies.  Some brokers will let you open an account with as little as $500.  And some mutual funds have a minimum initial investment of about $500.  Many however are in the $2000 to $2500 range and some even more. \n\nThe kind of shares I would recommend would be shares in companies that have an established record over at least 10 years and that are selling at a reasonable price relative to their earnings and that pay a dividend.
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Other, I used the prices and volumes to guide me when to sell or exit.  For instant, If my stock going up, have a long run, one day the price is decline like 5 percent, the volume is double or higher from the last session. That is a yellow flag for me, and I have to a decision quickly before it decline further.  I usually sell it with no hestitate when that happen.
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Anytime you buy stock or sell stock, you incur a fee. Different companies charge different fees. The on-line no frills services charge very little. I would only use Charles Schwab, one of the highest rated low cost firms.  One trade means you purchase a certain number of shares at a certain price. Example; I buy 100 shares of HP at one time for one price, I pay one fee for that. If you buy from 5 different entities, that would be 5 different trades.\n\n If you are new to investing, you need to fully understand what you are doing. One of the best ways to learn is check out Suze Orman's books on wealth, money and investing in the library. She is the best and really spells things out in simple terms, and she's honest, rare in that line of work.  She has a website too.\n\nYou really need to understand that you invest only what you are willing to loose, because the stock market is very volitile.  In fact, this past week, it took a major nose dive because the feds were saying we are close to inflation and they are raising rates. That plus other things affect the market, it's very quirky...actually bordering on silly at times given the fluctuations and reasons for them.
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WOW! I hope you are not into heavy investing or your company has not been removed from NASDAQ or AMEX or NYSE. It means that the Company is doing very badly and these exchanges don't think their stock is worthy of trading on their exchanges. Many times their stock might get listed for trading over the Bulletin Board. If even that that does not happen it'll have to trade over the counter if some broker thinks it is worth his while to make a market in the stock of this company. If an investor is wise he would have liquidated his position of the stock of this company long before this happens.\n\nOfcourse if you are a speculator with deep pocets you might start accumulating the stock of a company not before this happens but after it happens with the hope that some rich person like Ican will get greedy and starts buying millions of shares of the stock of this Company with a view to turning it around so that it will go up.\n\nBut I'd not want you to fiddle around with the stocks of these companies if you are not a speculative investors with deep pockets just because you received an email touting the virtues of some company. It is usually the work of some pump and dump scheme which will be a cause for your financial burn down. You don't want it to happen. Financial burn down is not pretty.\n\nBetter be satisfied by saving a penny or two by looking at the prices of several merchants like the affiliates of NEW ERA WISP. A penny saved is a penny made.
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I am not sure if it is beacuase I have a margin account or not, but I don't think so cause it seems to work the same in my IRA acocunts, but I am not paying any interest. But if I sell stock A I can then buy stock B right away.\n\nThe only time it is a problem is if I sell stock B and try to buy stock C before the stock A funds have shown up. So it might be your broker. I use ameritrade.