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Poll: Do You Trade Or Invest?

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  • Do You Trade Or Unvest
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  • #1
  • First Post: May 29, 2015 2:14pm May 29, 2015 2:14pm
investing traditionally refers to buying a stock or other financial instrument for a long period of time, typically over several years. Assessing good investment opportunities often makes use of fundamental information, such as earnings, but can also use technical analysis to detect long-term trends.

Trading typically refers to buying and selling stocks or other financial instruments for shorter periods of time, typicallly less than a few months. Assessing good trading opportunities typically makes use of trading systems or chart-based techniques to detect short-term patterns.


The main advantage of trading over investing is that it provides the ability to make money regardless of the overall direction of the market or the price of an individual stock.

  • #2
  • May 29, 2015 5:08pm May 29, 2015 5:08pm
lets keep it real,
  • #3
  • May 29, 2015 5:36pm May 29, 2015 5:36pm
i don't believe that there are many investing on this forum,

if this was a investment forum then you would have far less participants

there is always a bigger queue for the roller coaster than the tranquil ride down the river .
  • #4
  • May 29, 2015 5:46pm May 29, 2015 5:46pm
Quoting diceman555
i don't believe that there are many investing on this forum, if this was a investment forum then you would have far less participants there is always a bigger queue for the roller coaster than the tranquil ride down the river .

actually who in there right mind would invest in spot forex.
  • #5
  • Edited 9:31pm May 29, 2015 8:49pm | Edited 9:31pm
Quoting PoundTrader
investing traditionally refers to buying a stock or other financial instrument for a long period of time, typically over several years. Assessing good investment opportunities often makes use of fundamental information, such as earnings, but can also use technical analysis to detect long-term trends. Trading typically refers to buying and selling stocks or other financial instruments for shorter periods of time, typicallly less than a few months. Assessing good trading opportunities typically makes use of trading systems or chart-based techniques...
What about investors that sell options? Most of the FX trade is supposedly in OTC options. And the only thing you hear about options is them expiring worthless. A lot like lottery tickets or insurance policies. Why does the fx market move in seemingly repeating chart patterns. I believe some degree of the patterns is due to the lottery ticket pricing formulas. Why don't bucket shops offer retail ability to sell 'lottery tickets' and why bucket shops seek people who know how to price 'lottery tickets'... Why do stocks that enter big indexes become less favorable to pure buy and hold returns (if i recall). Could it be due to lottery ticket markets that become available to products with most retail speculators. Why do those (option) markets become available to those products, could it be to provide smart money an exit strategy regardless of wheter retail speculators are buying or selling.

What was the Enron (market maker/bucket shop/something) slogan? I don't think their clients did too much "Ask Why" and same here with retail FX.

edit: I said retail would be better of trading stuff without option markets but on second thought, it may make more sense for investing - for trading it really depends on what you are doing and how much size etc.
  • #6
  • May 29, 2015 11:03pm May 29, 2015 11:03pm
Quoting diceman555
{quote} actually who in there right mind would invest in spot forex.
True, especially if investing money in Retail brokers.
The only winner is the one who survive the longest...
  • #7
  • May 29, 2015 11:18pm May 29, 2015 11:18pm
Quoting diceman555
i don't believe that there are many investing on this forum, if this was a investment forum then you would have far less participants there is always a bigger queue for the roller coaster than the tranquil ride down the river .
I know this is a trading forum, but I personally feel that investing deserves much more priorty than trading. Even if you're lucky enough to be a talented trader who can consistently earn enough to support yourself and your family, you should at least withdraw some of your profits regulary and invest them in potentially safer instruments. And for the rest of us, investing is an essential step for retirement and financial freedom.

When I was in my 20s, the last thing on my mind was saving and investing. Like most people of that age, I wanted to spend my income on cars, travel, parties, gadgets, and later a house, furniture, fancy applicances, and so on. While I don't regret the fun and flamboyance of those times, the truth is that if I'd invested a large chunk of income in low-cost funds each month, then I'd be fully retired by now. But I started saving and investing late so I won't be able to semi-retire until 2018, by which time I'll be 51. And full retirement (complete financial freedom) is even further away. Fortunately I enjoy my work so this isn't a big problem, but I am looking forward to spending less time on compulsory work and more time on other passions, such as trading, in the near future.

So, this may sound preachy, but my best advice to the many young people on this forum is to spend less, save more, and always put regular investing - in low-cost balanced funds - before trading
You reap what you sow.
  • #8
  • May 30, 2015 7:52am May 30, 2015 7:52am
A lot of my trades are longer term in line with central bank policies, which is why I hold, and add positions, much longer.

Personally I feel like that is more like investing. Of course it isn't the same as investing in funds and stocks etc, and once levels that I believe are fair have been hit, I take my profits and withdraw the money.
  • #9
  • May 30, 2015 8:36am May 30, 2015 8:36am
  • #10
  • May 30, 2015 8:50am May 30, 2015 8:50am
Both if it can truly be qualified as that...I mostly trade...VERY short term. I do have a longer term TRADING strategy that I utilize on FX but those trades are usually only a max of a few weeks. My "investments" are in physical gold. I am a buyer and holder of physical gold and try to keep at least 10% of my total assets as physical gold. I then reasses every quarter and buy or sell the gold to keep asset set (or as close as possible) to 10%
  • #11
  • May 30, 2015 10:21am May 30, 2015 10:21am
Quoting gspajon
Both if it can truly be qualified as that...I mostly trade...VERY short term. I do have a longer term TRADING strategy that I utilize on FX but those trades are usually only a max of a few weeks. My "investments" are in physical gold. I am a buyer and holder of physical gold and try to keep at least 10% of my total assets as physical gold. I then reasses every quarter and buy or sell the gold to keep asset set (or as close as possible) to 10%
  • #12
  • May 31, 2015 12:12pm May 31, 2015 12:12pm
Quoting diceman555
{quote} actually who in there right mind would invest in spot forex.
The guys that invest in carry trades back in the day or if you was trading a pair you think can go up 5,000 pips but it will take about 6+ months to get there
  • #13
  • May 31, 2015 2:20pm May 31, 2015 2:20pm
Quoting PoundTrader
{quote}The guys that invest in carry trades back in the day or if you was trading a pair you think can go up 5,000 pips but it will take about 6+ months to get there
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If only i had such patience.mine starts to falter after a few hours
  • #14
  • May 31, 2015 8:05pm May 31, 2015 8:05pm
Quoting diceman555
{quote} . If only i had such patience.mine starts to falter after a few hours
Me too.....
  • #15
  • Jun 1, 2015 2:07am Jun 1, 2015 2:07am
Quoting diceman555
{quote} . If only i had such patience.mine starts to falter after a few hours
i know what you mean
  • #16
  • Jun 3, 2015 2:12am Jun 3, 2015 2:12am
Quoting gspajon
Both if it can truly be qualified as that...I mostly trade...VERY short term. I do have a longer term TRADING strategy that I utilize on FX but those trades are usually only a max of a few weeks. My "investments" are in physical gold. I am a buyer and holder of physical gold and try to keep at least 10% of my total assets as physical gold. I then reasses every quarter and buy or sell the gold to keep asset set (or as close as possible) to 10%
  • #17
  • Jun 3, 2015 2:28am Jun 3, 2015 2:28am
Well, I'm very short term trading, that simply fits my nature (minutes to half an hour). But yeah, I have some sort of very long term investments (I bought 2 houses already, another 3 will come through inheritance later - the 2 are already up nicely, could sell for over 50% profit by now).
  • #18
  • Last Post: Jun 3, 2015 10:15am Jun 3, 2015 10:15am
Quoting JensG
Well, I'm very short term trading, that simply fits my nature (minutes to half an hour). But yeah, I have some sort of very long term investments (I bought 2 houses already, another 3 will come through inheritance later - the 2 are already up nicely, could sell for over 50% profit by now).
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