Learning The Stock / Trade Market

[ToneBurst]

Over the last week and a half I have been learning the stock / trade markets. This is an interest I have had since I was young and really never had time for. I'm no math genius by any stretch of the imagination, but I figured it can't hurt to learn new things.

As the story goes, I am having trouble retaining some information due to the sheer volume of learning there is to do when it comes to this. I will say that I was looking at Forex and signed up for a "practice" account and in a couple of days, I got this call from someone at Forex who spent some good time with me answering questions and so on. This was one of the nicest folks I have met so far when it comes to the business community,

Is there anyone else here who has an interest in learning the markets as a hobby? Anyone here who really knows this stuff and if so, how did you learn what you know? Did you have any problems with learning about the various parts of the stock/trade market?

My weaknesses so far seem to be learning the Forex Japanese Candlestick especially when combined with the triangle theories. Second for me would be remembering which column of a stock quote measures which specific activity. I have been practicing reading the stock ticker and sorta think I have it down, but not sure, lol.

[Thayne]

Don't forget to get parachute training in case you feel like jumping off a bridge

Just kidding

[Blackink]

Originally Posted by ToneBurst

Over the last week and a half I have been learning the stock / trade markets. This is an interest I have had since I was young and really never had time for. I'm no math genius by any stretch of the imagination, but I figured it can't hurt to learn new things.

As the story goes, I am having trouble retaining some information due to the sheer volume of learning there is to do when it comes to this. I will say that I was looking at Forex and signed up for a "practice" account and in a couple of days, I got this call from someone at Forex who spent some good time with me answering questions and so on. This was one of the nicest folks I have met so far when it comes to the business community,

Is there anyone else here who has an interest in learning the markets as a hobby? Anyone here who really knows this stuff and if so, how did you learn what you know? Did you have any problems with learning about the various parts of the stock/trade market?

My weaknesses so far seem to be learning the Forex Japanese Candlestick especially when combined with the triangle theories. Second for me would be remembering which column of a stock quote measures which specific activity. I have been practicing reading the stock ticker and sorta think I have it down, but not sure, lol.

So how's it going? Are you still trading?
Or have you "crashed & burned"?
Let me know...

[W2NJS]

In the daily listings for stocks there is usually a column which is headed "Sales in hundreds" or similar language. This is the information for number of shares traded in a day's time. Other columns are headed with information such as "Daily high," Daily low," etc. You should be able to comprehend the column headings without difficulty.

[radioValve]

I've been trading for living and investment since 1994, online broker usage since 1996. It's a great way to supplement your income but have learned to be patient and play the economy, don't fight the tape. Currently the world is clawing back it's strength, expect oil to pop and on the flip side you can short energy when it does.

I would advise using a conservative online broker like fidelity and don't watch cnbc for research or news.