Making $200 in 30 minutes

Well, trading can be hairy and most people you mention the word to will respond as if you’re a compulsive gambler… What was the possibility that when you got in your car today that you would have an accident? The probability isn’t very high unless you have accidents often. Why is this?

Well, because you understand the rules of the road. You follow the guidelines set out for all drivers and if you use them, which includes things like seatbelts, the risk of accidents, injury to self or others is largely minimised. It’s the same with trading and investing on the stock market.

Make sure you understand the rules and have proven guidelines.
My work involves educating people on how to improve their financial knowledge also known as financial IQ. It is a learning curve as there is much to learn. But the rewards can be great! Those learners that apply the strategies and do the analysis come to terms with the fact that the application of analysis can make you money!

Today I used a technique called Negative Divergence on an Index chart of the ALL Share Top 40 listed in South Africa. It’s very similar to the DOW Jones Industrial although it is very much resources dominated.

What is Negative Divergence? It is using an indicator, in this instance the Slow Stochastic with the parameters 13, 8, 5 and looking at a candle chart of 15 minute period.

Essentially, what needed to happen is the overall trend of the index should be bearish or downward. The Index is showing a lower high in price and the Slow Stochastic is showing a higher high.

At 9h00 GMT + 1:00m, the trigger came in my LIVE Real Time charting software and I went short in the market. I was risking $100 with the aim of making $50 in a very short space of time. The stock market proved my direction correct and I added another 2 contracts on top of my original 3.

The first 3 contracts on CFDs made me $148 when I closed them at 9h45 followed by the other 2 CFD contracts making me $52 by the time the deal was closed. Business done by 9h45!

This doesn’t happen every day. Let’s be honest the market has good days and bad days too. The thing is, that right now my account is up $240 for the week so far.

Do you want to learn how to use the stock markets to make money? Get a mentor. A driver trainer if you will of the investment highways and by-ways. Practice the strategies and practice the mental discipline to paper trade before you get involved. Write down the strategy you want to use to trade and then paper trade it to test if it works on the Index or stock you want to use it on.

If it doesn’t give you good results after a month, either can the strategy or change the stock. One of them really isn’t suited to the other in this case. Don’t try and fit the strategy by changing it to match the back test results. This is no good at all.

Do you want to find out how to trade the ALSI40? What about Forex? Come to our next free introduction talk…. contact me in the blog with your details. Or visit http://www.tradingmentors.co.za/

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About Online Trading

About Online Trading

The invention of the Internet has brought about many changes in the way that we conduct our lives and our personal business. We can pay our bills online, shop online, bank online, and even date online!

We can even buy and sell stocks online. Traders love having the ability to look at their accounts whenever they want to, and brokers like having the ability to take orders over the Internet, as opposed to the telephone.

Most brokers and brokerage houses now offer online trading to their clients. Another great thing about trading online is that fees and commissions are often lower. While online trading is great, there are some drawbacks.

If you are new to investing, having the ability to actually speak with a broker can be quite beneficial. If you aren’t stock market savvy, online trading may be a dangerous thing for you. If this is the case, make sure that you learn as much as you can about trading stocks before you start trading online. For this we suggest you go on investment workshops and or buy online trading books that give you tried strategies.

You should also be aware that you don’t have a computer with Internet access attached to you. You won’t always have the ability to get online to make a trade. You need to be sure that you can call and speak with a broker if this is the case, using the online broker. This is true whether you are an advanced trader or a beginner.

It is also a good idea to go with an online brokerage company that has been around for a while. You won’t find one that has been in business for fifty years of course, but you can find a company that has been in business that long and now offers online trading.

Again, online trading is a beautiful thing – but it isn’t for everyone. Think carefully before you decide to do your trading online, and make sure that you really know what you are doing!
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