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  • #81
  • Dec 21, 2015 4:03am Dec 21, 2015 4:03am
Quoting 4xPIPAHOLIC
{quote} Brokers do not borrow the stock....they have it in there inventory of clients that hold long term. If they do not have it they will not borrow it for you, you will not be able to short it. That is why it is so important you go with a big broker when you are planning to short/day trade stocks. 4x
Not true.... Have you ever heard of the "SHO's list" If not you may want to google it my friend. The issue is people share things which they have read online, but being they have never experience any of it, they believe what they "know" is true. The SHO'S list goes against everything you know about "shorting a stock".
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  • #82
  • Dec 21, 2015 4:04am Dec 21, 2015 4:04am
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Agree with OP. Stock prices are still set to go higher as long as the world continues to develop and grow in population. Over 50% of earnings from the S&P 500 are from OTHER countries. The US stock market is full of multinational companies and stocks typically pay dividends. You should always try to avoid shorting stocks. It is not a zero-sum game.
The reality is you make more money by a stock dropping then it going up. Simply look at the history of spikes and spiked favor the sell more then they do the buy!
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  • #83
  • Dec 27, 2015 4:39pm Dec 27, 2015 4:39pm
So i have always traded forex. i am looking to trying out stocks and commodities. i am in US what brokers are good?
  • #84
  • Last Post: Jun 16, 2018 12:56pm Jun 16, 2018 12:56pm
Just seeing this thread now. Very good one. Too bad its so old.
I started out trading equities, then forex. I stayed with fx because I can make my own algo's/bots for the mt4 fairly easily. Also because t/a is based on analysis of charts from a large number of buyers/sellers and works much better with the higher levels of liquidity. This is why my EURUSD bots work best compared to other pairs.
However, nothing is easier than waking up at 7am, reading The Street to see what stocks are "poised to move," and then buying and selling them before lunch time. Even if your strategy is to buy what Cramer says is good, you can't lose.
That being said, my bots trade my fx system and are profitable so why fix it if its not broken? I bought and held starbucks and have made nothing. One algo I've run for the past 2 years has made 100% and is on track to do 100% this year alone.
As far as discretionary trading, I still prefer fx. I look for direction from the equities market and the $ index. I then take trades in the direction of the trend for overnight to be closed out in the morning when I wake up. If I only could trade one instrument, and never even be able to look at another, it would be the EURUSD.
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