Markets are killing me lads

Russ T Banger

Tech shares are going down the tubes on me

Bizness

Are you leveraged? Leverage can be a killer when markets turn against you.

arrowloopboy

Your killing you ,not the markets,don't blame the markets,its a cop out,if you don't like the outlook for what your holding,liquidate,simples.
This isn't harsh,its reality:)

Danny Boy

arrowloopboy wrote: »

Your killing you ,not the markets,don't blame the markets,its a cop out,if you don't like the outlook for what your holding,liquidate,simples.
This isn't harsh,its reality:)

It's all a gamble and a bit of luck, for every buyer there's a seller who thinks he knows more than you

arrowloopboy

Danny Boy wrote: »

It's all a gamble and a bit of luck, for every buyer there's a seller who thinks he knows more than you

I 100% Disagree with you Danny,i agree its a gamble BUT the odds can be stacked in your favour through hard/smart work,and luck isn't a reliable variable that you can factor into a profitable system.
You just have to make sure that those your pitting your wits against aren't as well tooled up as you are.

RobertKK

Agree with arrowloopboy, I sold all my biotech when the sector started to be hit and the signs weren't good. I sold for small losses rather than bigger losses if I had held on. It saved me a lot of money and there are other things one can invest in.
Made some money with BIS when the biotech sector was being hit bad, so one can profit too and not have their eggs all exposed in one basket.

There is a lot of volatility at the moment, one just needs to keep their eyes on their holdings and be prepared to move if the losses are going against you, one can make a small loss or a big loss, and at the same time, it is good to take profit rather than holding on too long.

willietherock

arrowloopboy wrote: »

I 100% Disagree with you Danny,i agree its a gamble BUT the odds can be stacked in your favour through hard/smart work,and luck isn't a reliable variable that you can factor into a profitable system.
You just have to make sure that those your pitting your wits against aren't as well tooled up as you are.

The market is overwhelmingly owned by institutional/ professional investors. As they say in poker, if you can't see the sucker at the table you are him. OP seems to be gambling rather than investing if this is his reaction to a market downturn.

ray_burley

ive been investing (trading some times ) for more than two years


im finding i agree with warren buffett more and more all the time, the average investor is better buy the lowest costing ETF they can get their hands on and simply collect dividends and play a very long game

i myself have decided to keep bank of ireland as my high risk stock for large gains ( i hope )

the rest will be low risk high dividend stocks

AT+T
glaxosmithkline
banco santander
british american tobacco

all of the above pay on average 5% in dividends , 20% will be in the high risk bank of ireland

mickman

ray_burley wrote: »

ive been investing (trading some times ) for more than two years


im finding i agree with warren buffett more and more all the time, the average investor is better buy the lowest costing ETF they can get their hands on and simply collect dividends and play a very long game

i myself have decided to keep bank of ireland as my high risk stock for large gains ( i hope )

the rest will be low risk high dividend stocks

AT+T
glaxosmithkline
banco santander
british american tobacco

all of the above pay on average 5% in dividends , 20% will be in the high risk bank of ireland

Agreed with the buffet thing - 99.9% of people dont have the time or knowledge to buy / sell individual stocks ...including myself

made a few pound on BOI but i think the boat has sailed on that one

TheBannerBoi75

I've been day trading/scalping for almost a year now and let me tell you luck plays little part in it. Patience, discipline and hard work will take you a long way in this business..

marc_faber

TheBannerBoi75 wrote: »

I've been day trading/scalping for almost a year now and let me tell you luck plays little part in it. Patience, discipline and hard work will take you a long way in this business..

luck plays a very significant part in it , few can spot huge corrections coming , when you refer to " hard work " , i presume you mean going over charts , earnings sheets etc , again these all go out the window if some unforeseen geo political event happens


their are thousands of quality stocks out there , the biggest trick is finding them at a fair price