Is charting a good way to pick stocks and shares.?
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Occasionally the charts are correct.  Occasionally they are not. When they are not it is call a whip saw.  I tend to use charts but I do not rely on them completely.  I have been whip sawed more than once.  If the stock if fundamentally sound and the chart appears good, then I am apt to invest in it.  I have frequently regretted it.
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Those are good and so is Businessweek and CNN's.  The MarketWatch Virtual Stock Exchange game site has some very good research tools.\n\nThen the exchanges have some resources for you as well.
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It depends on what your goals are.\n\nTraders trade on news and daily price movements.\n\nInvestors hold for the long run.\n\nTry the top down approach: think about what services/products will be in demand in the next few years, and then find out which companies are set to take the reins to supply that demand in the coming years.\n\nGood Luck!
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It seems like Google(GOOG) accoring to 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 as well as the most widely held stocks:\nhttp://www.top10traders.com/StockInfo.aspx
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There aren't any "good" stocks in a "bad" market. All ships rise and fall on the tide.\n\nWatch for the Downtrend of over 900 pts in the Dow to be broken, then look at "investing" again. The stocks that turn up quickest, or decline the least, are what you're looking for.\n\nThe stock price tells you whick ones are "good," not a hot tip.\n\nThere is no one indicator, there is no get rich quick scheme, there is no pot at the end of the rainbow. \n\nLike any vocation, investing or trading takes hard work, lots of study, and the testing of your theories, learning what makes you tick, learning your own particular time and stress levels, and fighting the emotions of fear, greed, and loss of hope.\n\nThere can be no great success in trading (life) without great commitment, hard work, discipline, and the realization of the “right” type of thinking.\n\nIt is the trader’s attitudes, beliefs, and discipline that ultimately yield results. Courage and positive attitudes combined with sound market principles and methods will, in time, result in the desired outcome. Your persistence and determination to succeed is, in the final analysis, the critical element.
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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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the best way to buy shares of your favorite stock is go directly through the company. The only catch is that some companies do not offer this option because an investment banking house such as Morgan Stanley, may make a market or sell the stock on the open market, for the company. Another way to say it is that the company you may want to buy shares in may not handle their own stock. Look on the company website under investor relations for an answer to that. If they dont offer stock, then find a low cost, internet based stock trading company such as ameritrade etc. But, buyer beware, just cause you know the company, doesnt mean you know the stock. Trust me!
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There are various ways in deciding whether to buy or sell a stock. The method you were describing in your question is called technical analysis. It is a method used by looking at trends, buying/selling timing, and momentum. Usually, when there are up and down arrows, this connotes a change in trend/direction of the stock. Of course, this is historical and cannot be a sure-fire way to determine the future direction of the stock. I believe technical analysis is for people who do not understand the equity capital markets very much, and thus, rely on trends and momentums instead.\n\nOne method used by real equity players is fundamental analysis. This is based on valuations and growth prospects of a specific company. It follows the basic belief: buy low and sell high. You buy stocks when you deem them undervalued and then you sell them if they are overvalued. The most basic way to do fundamental analysis is to do a discounted cash flow on the company and see if its stock price merits its future financials.\n\nTo answer your last question, when people short sell, it means that they sell a stock which they do not own. In this case, since they do not own the stock, they should essentially buy it to cover their sale. This technique is done when investors believe that a stock is going down. You sell it at a high price (essentially borrowing a stock ownership) and then buy at a low price (essentially paying back what you initially borrowed).
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Frankly, I was very interested in giving you my honest technical view of GOOG until I took a second look at your first question... "What is the current position of Google's Stocks"? If you do not even know how much or where Google's stock is now, then you really have no rights to ask anybody where it will go.\n\nIt is like asking if the light bulb is bright enough when you are blind to begin with.\n\nYour question reveals the fact that you are a complete newbie with very weak basic, fundamental knowledge in the stock markets and is about to do something you might regret for a very long time.\n\nListening to free, off the street advice is an expressway to disaster. Read more good books and articles on investments to expand your vision and horizon before you decide to go deeper into the subject. For some of the best investment books that I have ever read, please visit http://www.bestoptiontradingbooks.com\n\nInvesting or trading the stock markets never start from asking how to buy a certain stock ... it starts from adequate investment and trading knowledge. There are quite a number of things you need to learn before you can even start thinking of the stock markets ...\n\n1. You need to understand how the stock market works and what it is exactly about.\n\n2. You need to know what are the different styles of trading in stocks and shares. \n\n3. You need to read about why so many people lose their shirts in the stock markets so that you can avoid their mistakes and also decide if this is a risk you want to take.\n\nFor all these issues and more, you can read about them from some of the articles that I wrote at http://www.mastersoequity.com/articles.htm\n\nAfter you are adequately armed with the basic concepts and ideas, you need to know how to find profitable stocks to trade or invest in. You can do that the easy way by subscribing to stock pick services (example http://www.stockpickmaster.com ) or you can learn to use charting tools and softwares to find stocks with parameters that you can pre-define. (example http://www.worden.com ) \n\nAll in all, investment and trading is a lifelong education and non stop learning. No one is ever done learning and catching up with changes in the markets. \n\nIf you care to read about how I went from completely broke to retired millionaire trading stocks and options by 28 years old, you can go to http://www.mastersoequity.com/\n\nRemember, the slogan "Just Do It", Just won't do for the stock markets. If profiting in the stock markets is as simple as buying a single stock , then why are so many people still poor?\n\nAfter you have all the above mentioned knowledge, you need to ask the following golden questions before you can decide whether a stock is worth buying or not :\n\n1. Why are you of the opinion that this stock will rise?\n\n2. Is your opinion valid in the first place?\n\n3. When are you expecting it to rise? Can you hold on for that period of time or longer?\n\n4. What is your expected entry price? After what price would your expected profit margin be too thin to enter upon?\n\n5. Where is your expected stop loss point? What is your stop loss point based on? Where will you tell yourself that it is time to take a loss and get out?\n\n6. Where is your expected profit taking point? What is your profit taking point based on? \n\n7. Does the way you are buying the stock allow you to hold on until your expected profit taking point?\n\n8. How much of your money should you dedicate to this one trade?\n\n9. What is the level of primary, secondary and idiosyncratic risk you are undertaking when deciding how much of your fund to use?\n\n10. What is your cashflow need? Does your cashflow needs allow you to hold the full lifetime of the stock?\n\nAfter you are able to answer all these questions confidently, THEN you are ready to... PAPER TRADE your stock strategy. Yes, even at this point, you are NOT READY to trade for real. You should trade on PAPER for at least 6
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I set one up through my bank (Bank of America). Because I have a checking account I can make trades (buy or sell) for only 10 dollars each. It is a self directed account, meaning that I make all of the decisions regarding what stocks to buy, sell, etc. But it does offer some basic research tools and so far, some excellent customer service. I have been very pleased and highly recommend it-even though my stocks aren't doing as well as I had hoped;). Good luck.
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It depends a bit on your timescale of trading, a day trader wouldn't use the same programs as an end-of-day trader.\n\nMetastock and Tradestation are supposed to be the best, but expensive.\n\nI use Stockwiz for French stocks and end-of-day trading. It's completely programmable, which is what I wanted, but the programming language is somewhat primitive.\nBut it's free.\n\nhttp://www.stockwiz.com/
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There are really no "better sites" for that. Just pick one of the big names like ameritrade or scottrade. As far as making money, when you short a stock you are betting that the value of the stock will decrease over time. So if you think company x is going to do poorly and you short(sell) them at 10 dollars a share and then later buy them back at 5 dollars a share you will have made 5 dollars a share minus trading costs.
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4 technical analysis of stock/commodity with buy sell signal\n\naptistock freeware is best\n\ndetails in my other answers
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Look up stock symbol  BBBB\nThey have evrything.
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absolute chart - stock chart for ex.\nrelative chart - Humidity Chart & Table
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This is called "trading between the chalk marks".  Look at how the stock has been trading, and see what the spread is usually as how fast a stock will grow, and when other people will "take their profit" and sell.\n\nOr you can set "hard" limits on your trading, like "I will sell 50% of my stock when it gains 25%."  That fixed position will help you at least lock in your profit at a predetermined price.
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I would not even bother with something like this.\nBut if you really want, goto yahoo finance and use their java based stock screener.