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Proposed Q&A site for investors of all kinds. Come discuss trades, advice and trading strategies, asset allocation, and ways to achieve your personal goals through buying and selling equities and other financial instruments.
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41 Example Questions (13 closed)

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What is your exit strategy on a long position?
added by samoz Jun 18 '10 at 18:01
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When should I exit a short position on a stock that is currently losing?
added by meklarian Jun 22 '10 at 8:02
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How do you use puts and calls to make money?
added by Jim G. Jun 26 '10 at 17:06
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How do I use candlestick technical analysis?
added by samoz Jun 18 '10 at 18:02
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When is it worthwhile to make trades for tax-management purposes?
added by meklarian Jun 22 '10 at 8:03
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Are there any steps one must take to become a day trader? (different account, taxes, LLC, etc)
added by PetroEkos Aug 5 '11 at 3:57
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Do any good strategies exist for trading stocks that pay large yearly dividends?
added by meklarian Jun 22 '10 at 8:04
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What are the pitfalls of using well-known market indexes for performance comparison?
added by meklarian Jun 22 '10 at 8:10
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Can I buy volatile stocks to make money in the short term?
added by CodeToGlory Jun 27 '10 at 17:03
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What is high frequency trading precisely?
added by JVerstry Aug 10 '11 at 23:24
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What are some of you trade language definitions ie bounce, pullback, reversal, trend.
added by Matt Droter Jun 30 '11 at 19:36
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Can you trade stocks and options from the same kind of account?
added by PetroEkos Aug 5 '11 at 3:55
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What are fundamental indexing funds? What's their benefit over other funds?
added by JVerstry Aug 10 '11 at 23:32
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What are some of the high dividend stocks to buy? [closed]
added by CodeToGlory Jul 3 '10 at 21:41
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closed as too localized by Dori Oct 1 '11 at 0:52

This question is unlikely to ever help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet.

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I voted On-Topic, but I would like to state that it might be better to state this as "How can I identify high yielding dividend stocks?" or "How can I identify high return dividend stocks?". I don't think it is wise to directly solicit Buy recommendations. – meklarian Aug 23 '10 at 18:03
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Too localized to a specific point in time. – Brian Carlton May 4 '11 at 4:12
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@meklarian suggestion is good, but in that case the question have to be re-written, because as it is now it is plain OT. – Lohoris Sep 13 '11 at 7:34
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Can the individual investor effectively apply the Yale Model as an allocation strategy or are the individual's resources too limited?
added by BlackJack Jul 4 '11 at 20:37
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of trading on the fixing market? [closed]
added by Raskolnikov Dec 31 '10 at 12:47
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closed as not constructive by Dori Oct 1 '11 at 0:53

This question is not a good fit to our Q&A format. We expect answers to generally involve facts, references, or specific expertise; this question will likely solicit opinion, debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion.
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Does this trading pattern means an agent exploiting poor index tracking with a small index fund? Look the turnover and the spread correlate a lot. [closed]
added by hhh Jul 23 '11 at 20:30
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closed as too localized by Dori Oct 1 '11 at 0:53

This question is unlikely to ever help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet.
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How can I know the time when my small index fund is large enough for greater rebalancing frequence to attack the stupid spread losses? [closed]
added by hhh Jul 23 '11 at 20:37
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closed as too localized by Dori Oct 1 '11 at 0:57

This question is unlikely to ever help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet.
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Can I trade individual stocks inside my Roth IRA account? Or must I stick to funds?
added by PetroEkos Aug 5 '11 at 4:00
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What are the strengths and weaknesses of Roth versus Traditional IRAs? [closed]
added by PetroEkos Aug 5 '11 at 4:00
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closed as not constructive by Dori Oct 1 '11 at 0:52

This question is not a good fit to our Q&A format. We expect answers to generally involve facts, references, or specific expertise; this question will likely solicit opinion, debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion.
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Should you rollover a 401K from a previous employer if the funds are doing great, and you can no longer invest in those funds?
added by PetroEkos Aug 5 '11 at 4:01
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What IT material do I need to invest in stocks? [closed]
added by JVerstry Aug 10 '11 at 23:28
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closed as off topic by Sean Wallace, Lohoris, Feral Oink, Tal Fishman, dmirkitanov Sep 27 '11 at 16:36

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.
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What are the undervalued action classes right currently? [closed]
added by JVerstry Aug 10 '11 at 23:37
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closed as too localized by Dori Oct 1 '11 at 0:57

This question is unlikely to ever help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet.
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How do you determine how to place your stops?
added by Kelly Oct 19 '11 at 22:31
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How can you spot correlation's? ie: CAD and Crude move in a well defined correlation.
added by Kelly Oct 19 '11 at 22:34
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Do you need to change your trading style when trading Forex vs trading Wheat?
added by Mongus Pong Jun 25 '10 at 16:06
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Do you consider HYIPs a good way to invests money ? [closed]
added by Cybrix Sep 29 '10 at 20:45
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closed as not constructive by Dori Oct 1 '11 at 0:54

This question is not a good fit to our Q&A format. We expect answers to generally involve facts, references, or specific expertise; this question will likely solicit opinion, debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion.
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What is an appropriate use for a Dividend fund? Can I use it for retirement buildup and/or income?
added by Robert Harvey Dec 11 '10 at 17:57
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This fund X is characterized with clear arbitrage trading. How can I evaluate the cost to its shareholders due to manager' poor tracking history?
added by hhh Jul 23 '11 at 20:32
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How do large index funds attack carry trading and so the spread losses to shareholders? Is it just averaging or more like bias -ratio analysis?
added by hhh Jul 23 '11 at 20:35
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Low-cost index funds X and Y track the same index but over 10 years, X provided 100% more than Y. How can I disengtangle the reason?
added by hhh Jul 23 '11 at 20:38
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I've noticed on {site} that the "Last Price" is lower than the "Low", how is that possible? #noob
added by Lohoris Sep 15 '11 at 12:31
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How could you combine using the RSI oscillator with MACD?
added by Mongus Pong Jun 25 '10 at 16:03
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Would anyone recommend Lightspeed for a relatively good price? For trading.
added by Felix Törnros Jul 9 '10 at 9:42
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I voted this on-topic, but there may be better ways to ask this sort of question. Perhaps in comparison form eg. "How does Lightspeed compare to other providers for trading and in cost?". – meklarian Sep 17 '10 at 17:58
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Does the DJI activity of last week suggest that we are in Wave 2 down in Elliot Wave Theory terms? [closed]
added by Mongus Pong Jun 25 '10 at 16:04
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closed as too localized by Dori Oct 1 '11 at 0:55

This question is unlikely to ever help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet.

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This is more theoretical, and probably would not belong here. – PetroEkos Aug 5 '11 at 3:52
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What is your favorite E-Trade commercial? [closed]
added by samoz Jul 20 '10 at 13:32
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closed as off topic by meklarian, Chris, EddieC, Raskolnikov, trip0d199 Feb 1 '11 at 13:53

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.
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How should I diversify my assets to achieve my investment goals?
added by phaxian Feb 1 '11 at 19:36
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I would make the question more specific... How should I diversify my assets to achieve retirement in 20 years? – PetroEkos Aug 5 '11 at 3:53
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Is Gold a good safe-haven anymore? [closed]
added by Riadh KHEDHIRI Feb 6 '11 at 16:39
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closed as too localized by Dori Oct 1 '11 at 0:55

This question is unlikely to ever help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet.

This seems like it would be more opinionated, rather than fact based. It is also extremely specific, maybe talk about commodities in general? – PetroEkos Aug 5 '11 at 3:59
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any body using a robot trading? which robot is better to use? [closed]
added by bungdito May 15 '11 at 3:35
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closed as not constructive by Dori Oct 1 '11 at 0:56

This question is not a good fit to our Q&A format. We expect answers to generally involve facts, references, or specific expertise; this question will likely solicit opinion, debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion.
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what would be a good etf that is representative of [particular industry]?
added by trip0d199 Feb 1 '11 at 13:55
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