Wondering???? asked:


Confused about the day trading regulations. When the market is volatile (like it is). Can I trade ETF’s in my IRA… buy and sell only once the same day, everyday? Will this trigger my account as a day trader? If so, does it matter?

Bobbie

Ben Parr asked:


I wish I could do one that did both stocks and commodities and futures, but I’ll be happy with stocks. I want to place my 40k in mutual funds into day trading (don’t worry, I have actual training, classes, risks, know I’m likely to lose, etc.) but I still want to pick one. I want an online platform that’s fast, gets information quickly, executes cheap trades, and is generally reliable and easy to read.

Anyone have experience with good ones?

Darrel

Arrman asked:


I bought millions and millions of barrels of oil when they cost $60–$100 a barrel. I expect to make a kill when I sell. But right now it’s only over $140 a barrel. So here is my difficulty :

I have requested my agents spin the media, like: “Oil future looks high, expecting to be in the range of $200 a barrel soon” But it does not work price up fast enough.

I have paid the mainstream media, the Think Tanks, and the major PR talking heads, to spin China and India (supply and demand) responsible for price hike, to deflect American public anger. But that does not go far enough.

Right now, I am extremely nervous and worried. I urgently need a prey to buy those “paper barrels” on my hording. So I can profit. But where can I find my prey ?
ADD:
Airline industry has requested and demanded Congress stop oil speculation. I have my lobby on Capitol Hill work the Senators and Congressmen around the clock. But I do not how long they can hold.
Airlines urge Congress to curb oil speculation
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/07/12/airlines_urge_congress_to_curb_oil_speculation/

Clint

Yankee in London asked:


I’m writing a novel in which one character is a full-time futures trader, trading her own speculative account from her home after having traded professionally for a specialty mutual fund.

When I first started researching this book years ago, I visited some serious at-home traders who watched the markets at home with a satellite feed and called their orders in to a broker who then executed them at the CBOT…or whatever exchange.

Now the CBOT combines open outcry with a tandem electronic system. So would my trader still phone a broker to execute orders? Or would it be more efficient for her to execute those orders through her computer?

Clint

guardiangel asked:


i have heard many people use futures to judge how the market will react the next day..
http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/futures.html

for example if i want to know how tomorrow’s market will react, from what time till what time’s (EST) should i look out for?
errr to the 2nd reply i m a technical trader isn’t that why i m trying to learn about the fundamentals a step at a time starting from futures? >_>

Burton

Benjamin Franklin asked:


I am only 16 and don’t have a dime to my name. For economics class I am currently taking, I must do research on the stock market and the different strategies used by investors. One strategy I don’t really understand is day trading. What is it and how does it work? How much money is needed or recommended? Do you make lots of little day trading? What are good day trading stocks? What do investors look for when choosing day trading stocks? Is day trading safe or dangerous? Lastly, once the stocks start to reach highs again in the future, how do investors day trade? Ten points goes to the answer that answers ALL the questions. I really need your help to do well on this 100 points assignment. All help is appreciated and thanks to all in advance for answering.

Ahmed

sjsoccer2 asked:


I’m trying to figure out how futures trading of the dow, nasdaq and S&P500 indexes works. I’m not sure how much 1 futures contact is either?

Jacques

holy_warrior360 asked:


As much I **** to see the likes of sammy pahlson, chris kunitz, and travis moen go. I think the ducks did the right things just to save their future. What you guys think?

Elva

Lord W asked:


I’m beginning to day trade futures and have been studying books on that discuss a lot of technical analysis based on charts.

But charts are backward looking and not indicative of forward performance. It’s easy to look at a chart and say what you would’ve done to make a profitable trade.

On the other hand, riding on a trend based on current industry developments looks a more realistic approach.

Can anyone advise which is better?

Thanks!

Augustus

Necip C asked:


I went to an introduction to FOREX (foreign exchange) class recently and they were telling us how with a good education in FOREX you can consistently make money, and good money too, since you are trading 50 or 100 times what you have in your trading account. The complete course is $2000 and they were pushy for us to take the class so I didn’t feel so confident about it, but i read up on the subject a bit and did a trial trade for about 30 days, I was up a lot at one point (about $8000) but in the end of the month i pretty muich broke even. WIth more knowledge and a proper education on the subject can it be a long term way of makin money?
DEAR ALL, thanks for your responses, overall you seem to think currency trading is high risk and not really a viable way of making money from home. I should have mentioned in my question that if i were to do it, i would want to rely more on technical analysis and all the ratios and different theorems etc. I would also be making trades that are from about 30 minutes to at most one day. Does this change anyones opinion on the subject?

Pamela