Are options trading profitable?
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Most people lose money trading options.  See this link.
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It works - if you have a system. \n\nSure it is volatile. But that's one ingredient you do need in a market if you are trading for quick profits.\n\nOne simple technique is to examine the news release predictions, make your own mind up, make a decision of how it will affect the price and just enter the market with a close stop loss.\n\nIf you get stopped out when the data is against you, then you live to trade another day. If you don't, well that means the trade went for you and you made some moolah...\n\nGood Luck!
700271
I've done that with what I call 'loose change'.  Sometimes I've got a few dollars sitting around, obviously not going to make a lot of interest and not large enough for something substantial.  If some risky thing has been going down but I still feel it worth holding onto (its kinda fun when you sweat over a $90 stock moving a couple of bucks while a stock selling for less than a dime now goes for a buck or two, and yes, I've had that happen), then making an extra small trade can average down the value of your position.  When the stock starts to tick up for whatever reasons, you now have a lower break-even or profit point.  Again, it is only if you've got a few bucks left not doing anything and at Scottrade for $7 plus a half-point, it doesn't hurt much.  Of course, I also got a couple that are cluttering up my list because it will cost more to sell than they are worth today but that is part of the risk, right?
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Simply put, you're investing in the stock to go down. \n\nNormally, you'd buy to open, hope that the price goes up, then sell to close.  \n\nIf you thought the stock would go down, you'd do the opposite.  Sell to pen first, have the stock price go down, then buy to close.  You keep the difference minus commissions.\n\nOptions are different and a little more complex.  In options, usually you use sell to open in conjunction with a buy to open on a different option.  But you could just do what's called going naked.  \n\nYou sell to open and buy to close a "put" option if you thought the stock was going up.  Or you'd sell to open and buy to close a "call" option if you thought the stock would decrease.\n \nThis is the simple definition.  Trading options takes more education, so be careful if you decide to do so.  Because they are leveraged, you can lose money much, much faster with options if you don't know what you're doing.  Education is the key for consistent success.\n\nBest of luck.  Hope that helps!
219015
Depends what kind of "profit"
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of course it's livable depend on how many client do u have\nIf you've good trading skill with product knowledge...\nI think it's no so hard to bring in clients...after that keep your client satisfied with your performance...how ? try to learn more and more about commodities trading..and the most important  by giving stable profit to your clients..\n\n===========================\nhttp://all-about-forex.blogspot.com
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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 .
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I hear that buying Royalty Dividends is hot.  Know what it is?  If not, its stock in fuel.  Not alot of investors mess with it but there is a big market for it on the net.  Just set up e*trade account and go!  You get a check monthly or option to convert back to stock options.  That's what I'm hearing!
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it is good, but depends on if you want to hold it longterm or short term.  There are many more winners you can invest in.  I do share trading too.. but sometimes you have to be very careful in these stretched markets... you have to make careful choices... Anyways all the best... Good luck....
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Oh No! Not another one. Please don't say you are looking for an easy way to make money and depending upon HOT TIPS or black box systems.\n\nThere are profits to be made in forex, but in the long term, it is better to learn how to do it properly.\n\nForex: Beware of Frauds\nhttp://www.forextradinghq.com/forex-information/forex-resources/forex-trading-information-beware-of-frauds.html
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No one can tell you if an unknown investment will be profitable for you.  Even with "stable" currencies you will still have currency risk in a foreign denominated fund.  If you are looking for foreign equity exposure, I would suggest finding a US based international fund.  Part of the expenses pay for professional currency hedging to minimize the risk of exchange rate changes within the fund.  In this way you can have your foreign equity investments without loosing sleep about how the currency markets are doing.
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The business of selling money is very lucrative but also very complicated.\n\nYes, it is worth the risk.\n\nI suggest you to hire a Risk Manager or drop me a line.
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They're all good to watch. Not many worth buying, unless you like being manipulated.\n\nAnyone with a million dollars or so can pump and dump these stocks and send their prices soaring, so that you get in, then plunging, so that you lose everything very fast. \n\nOr the average guy, you for example, can start a new company building furniture. It's decent stuff and you have it built in the Caymans so your cost is cheap and you make money. Take the company public and issue stock with an IPO. \n\nWhen the stock soars on the IPO, sell your shares and start a subsidiary, and put all your money into that new company making T-shirts. Of course, the furniture company's stock fell considerably, because you took all of the cash out. \n\nWhen you make money on T-shirts, go public, and when the IPO soars, sell your shares, and buy back the furniture stock at depressed levels. Of course, the T-shirt stock goes down the tubes, because you pulled the cash out, but hey, you're making a killing onthe stock.\n\nThis is legal manipulation. You've been warned. Penny stocks are very risky for a reason, or lots of reasons. Buy something with known value, that's been around awhile, and will continue to be around. So what if you can't buy as many shares? You can still double your money, and reduce your risk in half, by investing in the future of a stable company not ran or manipulated by shysters.
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I don't trade stock options, nor do I have any expertise on the subject, but I enjoy trading prediction options on Cenimar.com. It gives you a little bit of a feel for how an options market works.
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Owning shares in companies is one of the greatest freedoms of a democratic society. You are wise to consider investing. Different people have found great success buying shares in different ways. \n\nWilliam O'Neil, Warren Buffett, Gary Kaltbaum, Peter Lynch, and Dave Landry are all successful traders. You can find more information about them on the web. I would recommend Gary Kaltbaum's book, The Investors Edge.\n\nThere is no easy money out there. Expect some hard work and some humbling from the market. It is, however, entirely possible to grow an acorn into a mighty oak.
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In my own opinion, I think paper trading doesn't give you the right skill set of trading stocks.\n\nPratice using your own money - but only a little bit - and only play with money you can lose. Then you will know how real excitment is when you're winning, and how down and depressed you can feel if your stocks are down. Emotions play a large part in share trading. Not so much in stock investing.\n\nYou need to know your fundamentals but as a trader, charting and technical indicators are much more important.\n\nIt is good that you are mathematical and analytical. Gives you a higher chance of succeeding.\n\nWhat you need next are discipline in your trading and controllin emotions.
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Anyone can make 200% to 300% on an individual stock if they get lucky.  On my best stock pick ever, I bought it for 0.64 and sold it a year later for 12.75.  That's like 2000%.  The fact is, my stock portfolio went up only by around 40-50% that year, because the stock was not a huge part of my portfolio.  Obviously, if I'd known the stock was going to go up so much, I would have put every penny I could borrow into it, but unless you can see into the future, it's better to be safe and diversify.\n\nAnyway, as far as what you should expect to make in the stock market, if your portfolio averages 10% per year over a long period, you're doing well.  If you average 20% you're doing very well.  If you can average 30% annual returns over a long period you are getting an amazingly good return, and you should thank your lucky stars.  \n\nIf you go into the stock market expecting to make 200-300% per year, you might as well just take that money to Las Vegas instead, because you'll be taking way too many risks.  Trust me I know.