which is ore profitable in stock investing intraday or f and o?
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I'm going to assume the question is "Which is more profitable in stock inversting, intraday trading or fundamentals & analysis?".  If thats not the question, just ignore the answer.\n\nPersonally, for all the scepticism and mockery intraday trading (ie day traders) get, I've seen a few that do very, very well; at least for awhile.  Problem is after being successful they get a bit lazy; the stock market changes and their techniques do not work as well; or their stake gets to big and they now are not nimble enough to keep up the great returns; or something else goes wrong and they just lose their edge - but sometimes they get it back later.  Also, to succeed and day trading you have to be willing to pretty much sit in front of a computer much of the day and do nothing but monitor your stocks, plus do all sorts of related activities with discipline.  A boring proposition so many, but some like it, and if you are good at it it does pay well.\n\nFor fundamentals and analysis there are also lots of trick and traps, but if your selection critieria is sound you can probably make your picks and then put them on auto-pilot for awhile (though learning how to make those best selections can itself take a long time).  You can also invest larger and larger amounts with much less problems (look at Warren Buffet, then imagine how easy it would be to day trade 100 billion dollars), but I really don't think the returns are quite as good as for the best day traders and its also somehow not as exciting.\n\nAnyhow, whichever one you choose there is a massive learning curve for both of them, so expect to have mediocre or worse results for a long time before everything works out (and read, read, read on your choice to shorten the curve).  \n\nGet really good at either of those and you can do very well (but quite frankly for every one person who emerges as a good trader or investor, there are many others that fail - you need to really work at it to make it).\n\nBest of luck.
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I don't think you can really ask this type of question and get an answer worth having.  No one, expect perhaps insiders, can know what stocks will rise 10%.  It's illegal to divulge that information, if I'm not mistaken.  \n\nAlso, you need to keep in mind that some stocks are a lot less valuable than others.  Some stocks are on the market are trading at less than $5 per share.  \n\nLet's say that a stock is trading at exactly $5.  It rises ten percent today and closes at $5.50.  Is that a stock really worth knowing about?  If it continues to climb by 10% daily, then yes.  But with most trends in stock, it may be something to keep an eye on but not really worth buying thousands of shares.
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If the acquisition is approved by the shareholders then on closing date all shareholders of record will be given $10/share.  That means if you bought the stock at $9, you would make $1/share.  I believe that answers your question, but if you're asking if the stock price has to trade at $10 during market hours, not necessarily.  This is just a broad brushstroke.  If you would like additional details on this feel free to drop me a line.  Good luck!
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ING is offering 4.75% right now I believe.  ETrade is 4.40%.  Both are good rates.
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Well, the old addage is true...it takes money to make money.  The more you have to invest, the more you can make.  I've made $30K in one day based on one buy of $100K worth of the stock.\n\nOne word:  RESEARCH\n\nRemember, the more you invest, the more you can LOSE too!!!
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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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You are short 10 options (either calls or puts), and every portfolio listing I've ever seen indicates shorts with a negative number.  If the entry choices are + or -, then definitely go with the minus.\n\nYHOO just broke Sept. low and is very close to Feb. 2005 low, so things could get real interesting.  I expect some recovery tomorrow but longer term I'm bearish on YHOO, just not bearish enough to go short.
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hello fellow trader.you can find  anything you want regarding up to the second stock trading on ,you ready?\n\n www.tradingday.com    \n\nhave fun,no charge
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Only one way to make your money go farther:  BORROW.\n\nOptions:  These are contracts that you buy which, if they meet a certain criteria, allow you to purchase shares at a set price at a set time.  For instance, a contract to buy 100 google shares at $225 on April 1st.  YOu might pay $70 for this contract (at least).\n\nOn April 1st, you have to buy the google shares.  If they are worth more than the $70 price in your contract, you gain 100 shares times the difference.  BUT>...  if they are worth less, you have lost the difference.\n\nI recommend you check out www.motleyfool.com or other investing sites.  When in doubt, check with a professional.\n\nAlso, online stock challenges are a good way to hone your skills and strategies without risk.  JUst write "stock challenge" into any search engine.  GOOD LUCK!
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It appears that you have gotten some pretty good advice from the other folks that responded to your question. I've been a stockbroker for 15 years and I would strongly caution you against attempting to trade your way to the top. Over the years I have worked with thousands of clients. I work in the active trading division of Charles Schwab. We have clients that trade anywhere from 100 trades a year to, in some rare cases, folks who trade 40 to 50 trades per day. I'll bet that I can count on one hand the number of these "sophisticated" traders who were actually successful over time. In reference to your question about trading small amounts of money, it's pratically impossible to be successful doing this. The reason is that traders are getting in to a position and out of a position so quickly that they sometimes are happy just making a 1/4 to a 1/2 a point per trade. You will pay a commission on both the buy and sell side. In addition to this, you will pay taxes on your gain. The only way that you can achieve a profit is if you can gain enough to offset the commissions and taxes. If you are only buying a small number of shares (ie. anything under 100 shares) you will need your position to increase dramatically just to cover the fixed costs of doing the trades. The guy who responded who goes by wallstreeter gave you some ridiculous advice if you ask me. Don't think for a minute that some associate analyst is sitting around waiting for a call from you about hot stock tips. Those guys are working 80 - 100 hours a week as it is and they aren't paid to talk to you and I. Go to your local library and think of it as your job to get educated about the basics of investing. Yahoo finance has some great information that you could spend months learning about. Think long term and stay away from all get rich quick trading schemes. (None of them work) Good luck.
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A great stock for beginners, and for 75 + % of all investors, is:VFINX. Okay, it's not really one single stock, but rather a collection of stocks; an Index Fund. This index fund buys all the stocks in the SP 500 according to their individual weightings. This is a great first investment because the investor gets exposure to all stocks in the SP 500 in one purchase. The other perk to owning index funds is that the fees associated with them are extremely low compared to mutual funds. This is because mutual fund managers select any stocks they want, as opposed to the strict rules of index funds, which, in the case, is concentrated in the SP 500. This sounds like a disadvantage; however, the numbers don't lie - mutual funds underpreform the SP 500 by 1-1.5 % over time. An index is a better choice than a single stock because your money does not ride on the prospects of one single company. In fact, this investment in VFINX will probably rise between 8-12 % annually for the next ten plus years. I recommend an index fund to most investors, not just beginners, because again, historically, index funds have returned a higher annual rate, AFTER EXPENSES, than mutual funds. In fact, VFINX has beaten 75 % of the other funds available, BEFORE EXPENSES, during the last 10 years. After expenses, VFINX has beaten over 90 % of all funds. Finally, you don't have to "actively manage" this purchase (aka look at the stock market everyday - although you could!) because, again, you own a small percentage of 500 of the best companies in the US. All this adds up to a relitively safe, solid long-term investment.
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in very plain language, a regular split makes your stocks price go down but you get more stock.\n\nA reverse split makes the price go up but you have less stock now.\n\nI have made darn good money due to split of both kinds.  I do not worry, wring my hangs and then lose control and sell.  I sit on my stock for longer periods of time than others do AND when I find a company that just did a reg. split, I buy buy buy at that new low price.\n\nOf course if a company is doing crappy over all I would not buy into it but I do my homework.\n\nIf you take your money and run with it you might be sorry...  but then again you might not... that's the glorious thing about the market, YOU get to decide !!\n\nI wish you the best choice !!\n\n: )
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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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This is the most important factor as per me in fundamental analysis of a stock. This coupled with a few of the related ratios should give you a fair idea about the worth of a stock.\n\nEarning per share as the name indicates is the 'per share earning' of a company in a reported period. For all practical purposes it is advised to consider the last annual as well as the last quarter earning. \n\nIf a company has earned a profit of say 10000 US$ in last 3 months and US$ 25000 in last 12 months and the company has 10000 equity shares then, we arrive at the following earning per share values. \n\nAnnual EPS= US$ 25000/10000 = US$ 2.5 Earned per share in last year. Quarterly EPS = US$10000/ 10000 = US$ 1 Earned per share in last quarter. Annualized quarterly EPS = US$1 X 4 = US$ 4. \n\nNow this can be used to analyze a company in the following ways: \n\n1. Compare last 5 years EPS. \n2. Look for a growth pattern. \n3. If the EPS is fluctuating from +ve to -ve and vice versa, it may not be a good place to invest. \n4. If the company operates in a cyclical industry, the annualized quarterly EPS may not be compared with the regular EPS. \n5. Compare the growth rate with that of the industry. \n6. Compare the growth rate with that of market and industry indices. \n\nNow doing all these comparisons you should be in a place to adjudge the company as growth oriented or not. \n\nConsiderations: If the company has recently issued new shares, split shares, merged other companies etc. you may need to factor in those factors accordingly before you compare this with the previous figures\n\n\n\npls check it out:\nhttp://www.pakistaneconomist.com/issue2001/issue40/f&m3.htm
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it depends on the $ return!\n\nchavatshimshon>yahoo>co>uk
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I use Stockwiz for end-of-day trading. It's completely programmable, which is what I wanted, but the programming language is .... primitive.\nBut it's free.\n\nhttp://www.stockwiz.com/\n\nCaveat:\n- I am still using version 3, although there is a version 4 available\n- You still need a service to get your daily stockquotes, which is most likely *not* free
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here you go: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=FSL