STOP.
STOP trying to create the perfect trading system. There isn’t one.
Phew..what a relief. Stop spending all those hours creating more and more trading rules and realize this:
Money creation in the stock market is made from CONCENTRATION. That’s right. Trading the very best stocks atthe right time with enough capital to make a big difference.
You must go from wealth CREATION to wealth maintance in this game. Unless you plan on “investing” for the next 25+ years and building wealth slowly.. this is my plan of how you can make millions in the stock market:
In Darvas’s book “How I Made $2 Million…”
How many looked at his position sizing? In his early trades Darvas only trade 1 or 2 stocks at any one time on MARGIN! Only when he got upto over $500,000 did he start diversifying a little. Most people overlook these facts.
MY Momentum Stock PLAN:
CONCENTRATION BUILDS WEALTH DIVERSIFICATION MAINTAINS WEALTH
END GOAL:
$2 MILLION+ ACCOUNT MAKING 20-30% P.A
Start with:
$50,000 Trade 2 stocks with half capital in each.
RISK Per TRADE = 5%
When at $100,000 Trade 3 stocks with 1/3 capital in each.
Risk Per Trade = 3%
When at:
$500,000 Trade 5 stocks with 1/5 capital:
Risk Per Trade = 2%
When at $2 Million Trade 8 stocks with 1/8 capital:
Risk Per Trade = 1.25%
You first have to create wealth in order to maintain it. Whilst trading only two stocks at a time may be deemed to ?risky? by the ?professionals? you must be very selective on the stocks you trade. Quality beats quantity. Especially when you concentrate so much.
This is the only way a small account can break into the big time. You must not only focus your efforts in the early stages but you must also onlytrade the top 0.1% of stocks in the marketand get yourtiming SPOT ON.
About the Author:
Mark Crisp, A Successful Momentum Stock Trader and Author http://www.stressfreetrading.com
There are a vast number of investment opportunities available to potential investors, but not all of them are right for all purposes. The most common types of investments are stocks and bonds. Stocks are shares of individual companies, while bonds are government-issued investment funds. Both can be great for starting in the investing market, but you should know a little about the difference between the two before making your investment.
Stocks
Stocks can help balance out a bond-heavy portfolio by providing diversification
Stock dividends also receive more favorable tax treatment than bond payouts.
If you make the decision that stocks may be the place for you to put your investment dollars, you must now determine the primary purpose of your stock investment.
The two primary stock investment goals are income and growth. You can have a combination of the two in one stock investment, but the features are almost never equal. In other words, although growth and income may co-exist in a particular stock investment, the investment choice you make should take into account the primary strength of the stock.
Growth Stock vs. Income Stock
Growth stock is stock in a company that doesn’t pay cash dividends, but instead reinvests its profits into the company. The idea behind this strategy is that the company will continue to grow and become more profitable, driving the stock price up.
Income stock is stock in well-established companies that do not need to reinvest their profits into their companies and therefore use their profits to pay dividends to stockholders. Income stock is often more expensive because the income stream and security of the investment is greater.
Mutual Funds
Many investors invest in the stock market through mutual funds. Mutual funds are professionally managed and are easier to diversify your investments in, which makes them less risky than investing in individual stocks. You still have to research what type of stock will best suit your goals, but the average investor finds it less stressful to invest in the stock market through this method.
Bonds
Bonds, though some consider them “safer” than stocks, still come with risks. Some bond funds offer enticing payouts but may take big chances to do so, including venturing into lower-quality and longer-duration credits; if your funds’ bonds lose value, you could see your principal shrink even though you’re pocketing a healthy yield. Checking a fund’s quarterly losses can be an easy way to see whether you could stomach a given fund’s short-term losses. There’s nothing wrong with making room for some higher-yielding bond funds around the margins of your portfolio, but consider these income-heavy funds to be side items because of their greater potential for volatility.
And while paying for high-quality financial advice can be money well spent, think carefully before paying a sales charge for a bond fund. If you’re paying a 3.75% load to buy a bond fund (and that’s a pretty low load), you’re surrendering most of your first year’s income payments from the get-go.
Individual Bonds vs. Bond Funds Many investors prefer to invest in individual bonds rather than bond funds. While that’s a reasonable tack if you’re buying Treasury securities or perhaps even extremely high-quality corporate bonds, it makes sense to opt for a professionally managed bond fund for every other type of fixed-income security. Not only will a mutual fund offer you much more diversification (and therefore lower risk) than you could obtain by buying individual bonds, but smaller investors who are buying and selling individual bonds are also at a big disadvantage when it comes to trading costs.
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