Stock Markets Exposed
new to stock market/ rollover? how do u really lose money?
I'm 19 yrs old intersted in the stock market and i wane to know if i can make a profit from 1k, i heard you can lose you money in the stock market but i dodn really get it how because can't u just keep your stocks if they went down and then sell then wen they back up of if they go down and the rollover comes you lose your money (i dodn really know wat is rollover that well) if the rollover is not going to make me lose me money can't i just buy low and sell high and i wont lose anymore i dodn really get it how can u lose money? if u can keep your stock i been playing with forex.com training acc with they give you 50k and i been usin only 1k for my buy and i buy low then sell high i made around 100 dollar in two days is this just a fake simulator or is it reality simu forex trades currency stocks (if i'm correct) can i lose 100% of my money on the market? if yes how do i lose all my money i know if i get a stock that goes bankrupt i do but wat about if i sell and buy EURO/USA they never going to go bankrupt right? so i wont lose my stock and i can just sell it wen it goes back up even if i need to wait 2 weeks? but wat about rollover can that make me lose 100%
Public Comments
- take Bear Sterns as an example. Say you bought it over $80--today you cannot sell it for that much. You would take a big loss when you sell it.
- It's very easy to lose money in the stock market. You sometimes wait and hold onto a stock that has lost money, but the opportunity cost is that you missed out on a different stock that grew at a fast rate while you were waiting for your stock to come back to par (the break even point). At times, the stock never comes back; it either blew up or slowed into oblivion. Sometimes it is prudent to sell. When NSTK fell from $14 to $7, a lot of investors had an opportunity to sell at $10. If you took it, you were disappointed but you cut your losses and it was great. If you sold TEVA, you made a huge mistake. The stock's trading at $45.50 per share. Consider learning about preferred stock; that's very interesting. It's very humbling. It's still risky but something that is worth learning.
