Highest Potential Returns?  Trading Futures, Options, Forex, or CFD's?  Why?
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Hi - I'm a trader...Highest Return?\n\nStocks won't because they require you to put forward the full amount of capital. Hedge Funds - you have little control over what they invest in - and i doubt they can match any professional trader's returns!\n\nYou're left with futures/forex and options. I don't have experience with futures so I can't comment but forex dealers give you a leverage of 100:1. You only need to put in 1% of capital in your trading. What does that mean?? well percentage wise your returns will be phenonemal. You can achieve the same leveraged affect with options as well as this instrument called CFDs.
985987
I think the best way to invest is to first see what the best traders are buying and selling.  Then use that knowledge to hopefully improve your portfolio's return.  This is the idea behind the site http://www.top10traders.com - this is a free site that lets you create a portfolio of stocks with $100,000 in "play" money.  Each day the site ranks the best performing portfolios, so you can see how your picks perform compared to other investors.  You can also read posts on investing from the best traders, as well as share your own investing ideas.\n\nHere are this month's best traders:\n\nhttp://www.top10traders.com/Top10Standings.aspx\n\nGood luck.
261930
This question has different answers for different people.  It will depend on your risk tolerance and time horizon.  If you have a short time horizon and low risk tolerance then a money market fund would be the answer.  If you have a long time horizon and low risk tolerance then a bond fund may be the answer.  And if you have a long time horizon and a high risk tolerance, then a stock fund would probably be the best choice.  Keep in mind that proper diversification is always best.
1054185
Scottrade.com $7 per trade dude..   Optionsexpress is good as well when you get a set of balls... ... You do know it is highly likely u will lose money right...  Some of us do this for a living and still get smoked - so dont give up right away .
1173310
An academic study found that the assumption that currency prices follow a random walk is a better predictor than any of the most used models based on macroeconomic data.  Later studies (by my PhD Thesis advisor) show that there is some predictability in prices if you have information on order flow.\n\nBottom line -- unless you are a major investment bank with information on your customer's FX demand, you are better off flipping a coin to predict direction than using some model to project where prices are going.
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Most money means most risk.  In the short term, look for a stock at 0.01 that is moving.  If they go to 0.05, that's 5x your money.  You'll never get that from any big stock (wal-mart, home depot, banks...)  \n\nIn the long term, play with steady growth stocks, not the explosive gainers.  Odds are you won't win playing with high risk.
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Call Scottrade and ask them. Or call a dozen other brokers.\n\nOne rule of investing: Never use borrowed money, or money you cannot afford to lose.\n\nYou're making several presumptions with this question. First, that Scottrade is the broker of your dreams, or the best of the best. How do you qualify that? But w/o more info, neither can I give you advice there. For someone with limited knowledge, that is an open question, and probably still won't be decided until after you've investigated it fully, and actually tried one or three.\n\nSecond, you seem to presume that you will actually make money. Instead of focusing on how much money you "could" make, you should be focusing on how much money you "could" lose. Most novice investors get this backwards. Rather than focusing on ways to make money, focus on ways to manage risk and ways of increasing your odds.\n\nOnly if you can stay in the game do you have a chance of making money.
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Indonesia Fund (IF) has had major intraday gyrations recently but liquidity is bad, at least on odd lots.  I had to wait several minutes for a market order to fill a few days ago.  I have had better luck buying and selling with limit orders.\n\nBallard Power (BLDP) volatility has spiked to an extreme this month.  FCEL, AMSC, and EMKR can generally be counted on to move somewhere every day--I just wish I could figure out which way.  These aren't penny stocks.  The spreads are decent.  I don't trade them enough to comment on liquidity but market orders have always filled right away.
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I use Scottrade.com as my online broker.  I believe they have the best rates.  \n\nIf you are looking for investment ideas, I would suggest http://www.top10traders.com - this is a free site that lets you create a portfolio of stocks with $100,000 in "play" money.  Each day the site ranks the best performing portfolios, so you can see how your picks perform compared to other investors.  You can also read posts on investing from the best traders, as well as share your own investing ideas.\n\nHere are this month's best traders:\n\nhttp://www.top10traders.com/Top10Standings.aspx\n\nGood luck!
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I can train you.\n\nVery Important Note:\nIf you don't have assets of at least $2,500,000.00 and if you are not willing to lose at least $25,000.00 PER DAY I suggest you to stay way from energy futures.  \n\nFUTURES ARE RISKIER THAN OPTIONS
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Triangular arbitrage today is often done by computer programs by the big players, so I really don't think there's going to be much opportunity in it.  Plus, you have to think there's going to be a transaction cost each time, which will really eat up your profits unless you're doing serious $ trading.  If you are set on doing currency trading, you can try http://www.forex.com
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Futures and Options are high risk, complex investments. If you need to ask, you are not qualified.\n\nStudy up on options. Consider other ways to benefit from rising oil prices: alternative energy, hybrid cars, etc.\n\nUse at your own risk. Talk to your financial advisor.
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It depends on how risky you want to be.  Do you feel confident about your ability to play the stock market?  If so you could take a chunk and invest it there.  If you are more conservative then I would suggest an ING account or a CD with the highest return of investment.  Usually a 12 month CD will carry a higher return but you cannot access this money easily without paying a penalty.  So if you want a good return with access to your money either a money market or an ING account would probably work best.  Happy investing!
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10 times double, huh. Talk to a stock broker. Futures in food and gold are good but that's a pretty high goal to obtain. Good luck.
1155977
I do some day trading using TD Ameritrade Apex. They are VERY helpful and have very fast executions. You must have a lot of knowledge before day trading since it is risky and you can lose all your money within minutes. As of right now, I have the command center up and I am already down $41.00 today. It's been very volatile today, I had a gain of $20.00 this morning and I almost had a loss of $90 for a couple of seconds.
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Darts and a WSJ. :)\n\nThis strategy outperforms quite a bit of Wall Street pros, based on a few studies.
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A stock broker can give you a definite answer.  You might try Charles Schwab, Scottrade, or Fidelity.