Stock Markets Exposed

Why is it so hard to make money in the stock market, short term?

Okay, stocks fluctuate-a lot. Is it that hard to buy a stock when it looks like its at its low for a day and then wait for it to jump back up and sell it an hour later? I mean, it is probably rare that a person buys a stock and the ONLY thing it does from the second the buy it is go lower. Why doesn't everyone just sell it the minute it makes them $10 or more?

Public Comments

1. That's what she said!
2. Because people are greedy and wait too long and then lose their opportunity, they also play on favoritism and buy stocks that are bad choices. They make money at one, so they stick to that one, or maybe they like krispy kreme donuts, so they buy krispy kreme stock. Emotions clouding their judgement. You have to cover the cost of the trade, which is $14, plus you have capital taxes on stocks you sell in less than 1 year, so you have to cover that too. You would need to wait until you are up to $75 at least to make any kind of profit. Its not worth it unless its up to $100 or more in my opinion. Its not hard, I've been doing it for 5 years now, but you cant be greedy and have to sell before others do and the stock dips.
3. Because it's just money sloshing around. Plus, transaction costs, etc. deter people from buying and selling continuously. Additionally, a $10 capital appreciation on some stocks is a HUGE gain. Take Colonial Bank for instance. If that stock were to start selling at $10 on Monday morning from its current price (closed @ $.92), it would receive a 986.96% increase in value! You can do it if you want, but stock prices traditionally are open to wide swings in value. What you want to do is buy Graham & Dodd's Security Analysis, learn value investing for the long term and watch your money grow that way instead of throwing money in, crossing your fingers, and hoping it appreciates. If you still like that idea, I suggest you go to a casino, put all your money into one hand, and hope the fates are on your side.
4. It's not hard to make money short-term. But short-term trading is risky. Because you can make small amounts of money most of the time. And then one time there might be a huge plunge in the stock market. And you will loose not just your previous gains but also a part of your trading money. It's not just the direction of the market that matters. The magnitude of stock price changes is also very important. And the magnitude of change is not something you can easily predict.
5. You can make money in short-term investment in stock market. But the point is that you cannot earn in every trade you make. Some trades are profitable; and some are not. The main reason for making losses in the stock market trades is that people are tempted to make more money. For example, you have squared off a trade within the same day. But after a few minutes, you notice that the share price is still moving higher. You are tempted to make more money and buy the share again. But this time, the market goes against your prediction and the price decreases. You still hold the share thinking that the share price will go up, to repeat the history. But it doesn't go up. Without keeping any stop-loss, you continue to hold the shares because you don't want to book loss. The first point is that you did not need to buy the stock again, when you had already come out of it profitably. The second mistake was to expect that the history would repeat itself. Third mistake was that you didn't keep stop-loss. Fourth mistake was that you were reluctant to book loss.
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