MikeNV says
Monkeys throwing darts at the Wall Street Journal. Proven to be as effective as the supposed pros.
Don't buy anything you don't understand.
If you don't know what a balance sheet is, what an income statement looks like, and how to read it how can you expect to make a rational decision about a companies worth?
H P Roychoudhury says
Stock Market is governed by many factors. When the economy of the country is in good progress, the stock continues to rise. Besides these, there are people expert in stock strategy, also sometimes play a major roll in the fluctuation of prices. You as an ordinary citizen have to keep all these things in mind. But the basic principle is invest in blue cheeps at low prize but even then study the ground level, where the industry is working, what is annual growth rate, what are future expansion strategy and what is the market demand of the product. Sometimes a new industry shows abrupt rise in stock market and hence abrupt profit.
Rosa Berger says
I think the best trading strategies depend on your goals. If your goal is to save up for something several years down the road, you should look into companies that have ethical and high-quality management. Their stock is likely to stay in the game.
You could also look at companies that have regular dividends compared to stocks whose price rises but lack dividends.
But no matter what you decide, few individuals naje quick and large gains in the stock market.
johnr54 says
Some type of sector rotation strategy works fairly well over time. By looking for relative strength in a pool of sector funds or ETF's your can generally beat the markets over time. Here's an example of one freely available rotation strategy that has been working for many years.
dabeaner says
Google "Core Position Trading" (use the quote marks). You need a method that "forces" you to buy low and sell high (on average).
karmadir says
Look for blue chip shares, buy them when price is down and when they become high, sell them.
Ralph Deeds says
In my opinion, the best stock market trading strategy for most people is not to trade in the stock market and not even to buy individual stocks. Ordinary folks do better by investing regularly in several no-load, low cost, tax effective index mutual funds such as those offered by the VanguardGroup. Most people don't have sufficient money to invest to allow prudent diversification of their investments. Moreover, individual investors are at the bottom of the investing food chain. They are the last to get the good news or the bad news and therefore are in no position to compete with the sharks on Wall Street. Moreover, trading entails considerable transaction costs and tax consequences unless the trading is done in an IRA account.
SMARTrader says
Follow my journal on the hubpages daily and convince yourself that I do have the best methodology.
jakyas says
There is only one strategy. That is to keep an eye on some companies. Buy and sale accordingly. Don't run behind all the stock with greed to become rich. Follow this and you will be the market king. I have applied this..
aldrin alejo says
Have you ever tried trading for an ongoing passive income in the stock market?
One of my favourite strategies for passive income is trading the E-Minis. Research it, I garantee your risk is far lesser than trading for capital gains on individual stocks.
senthilkp says
Use simple technique like MACD,RSI,STOCT,OBV.
You should be ready to come out when you these indicators give a sell signal
investipedia says
First of all remember that there is no strategy that will give you a 100% success rate. A good strategy might give you around 50-70% success rate. Its these success that will take care of your losses.
So this is what I do with my trades.
Lets say you have $1000. The first thing you need to know is how much money you can afford to loose. If its $100 then add $100 to your trading account. Buy a stock/ETF that you like with $1000. Put a stop loss at $100. If the stocks/ETF goes up say 2-3 % put a stop loss at the buy price + commision andn increment it from thereon.
If however the price goes down and you hit the stop-loss you still have $1000 for your next trade. ie ($1000 - $100) + $100. The next time you want to buy a stock you repeat the same exercise. If you do this you will atleast be sure that you do not loose you initial investment and you will always have a plan before hand for the max loss you can take.
ShortSalesMVP says
I don't think there's one strategy that is better than another one when it comes to the stuck market. Usually you will have to learn and use more than one strategy, and it all depends on the direction of the market, is the trend sideways, going up or going down, there are strategies to make money in any type of market, you have to learn how to use them properly. Like TTC-A they are many more technical strategy you can use through charting, good luck.
traderx says
The strategies that I have seen that work over longer periods of time are always a blend of many different styles. The market ebbs and flows over time, there is no one "way" that will always get you ahead and never do poorly.
You need something that works in choppier, trend less markets, something that is good at shorting when the trend is strong down, something that plays breakouts on the long side, and something that counter trend trades (fades an up move, fade a down move) - that is the ideal.
As a regular trader, that is next to impossible to implement yourself, the expertise and cost required to program, test and implement usually far exceeds the benefits you would derive, not to mention the ongoing costs to keep it running.
The next best thing is to educate yourself and really learn how to tell what type of trading market it is right now, and then use the appropriate strategy yourself. You don't need a phd in physics and computers to program something, you can read books and apply strategies others have developed manually.
The whole key is knowing WHEN you should do A, and when B and when C type trading. This is what most of the writers never talk about.
If you wish to see how a real strategy works on a daily basis, I have a fully automated trading robot that is open to the public free of charge. Many people find it a great tool to find trading ideas during the day.
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