There are a lot of strategies for trading stocks, but always remember that it's a risk and you should not wager more than you're willing to lose.
-Bullish stocks are generally on an upswing, and could be safe to buy long
-Bearish stocks go the other way with a downtrend. You might be able to make money shorting them.
Buying long works by purchasing securities at a "low" price, and then selling them when the price increases. What you consider to be a higher price, someone else may see as a deal.
Shorting stocks is more complex, but the general gist is that you (borrow) purchase a stock at a "higher" price, and (cover) sell it back at a lower price. If done correctly, you can make money.
-Shorting stocks also runs the risk of causing you infinite damages if the price of the stock increases while you are shorting.
Something that you could learn how to do is read candlestick charts. These can improve your odds to above 50-50 by recognizing trends and turnarounds.
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Stocks will take a long time to fully understand (in terms of what to buy, sell, and when). I suggest starting with mutual funds and ETFs before trading individual stocks.
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The best, safest stocks you can invest being a beginner are blue chip companies. They increase over the long-run, and pose the lowest risk compared to lesser known companies. The gain may not be as high, proportionally, but it's a safe investment.
This was a quote from my Finance professor.
If you want to seriously make money with stocks, you have to be able to lose $200,000 in one day, and not let it bother you.
Playing the stocks would be a terrible part time job in college.
Feel free to prove me wrong, but I just think "side money"can be earned with much less risk involved. (part time job). Since you will have to divert your full attention to stock trading anyways.
This question gets asked on here at least a hundred times a day. There is no "quick way" to learn about investing and no "shortcuts" to investing wisely.
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I am thinking of getting into stocks, I want to have some form of income on the side to at least make some money while I am studying, is there any advice that I can get about maybe getting into it, how to start? What to invest in? How do I know what is right or wrong stocks? Also, are bitcoins similar to stocks?
Thank you.
