This is an excerpt from the Liberated Stock Trader Book & Trading Academy Pro Stock Market Training Course. Chapter 12, Section 2. This Chapter is Dedicated to Trading Strategy
Before you start to buy and sell stocks, it is important to look at who you are and what you want to achieve. To begin with, we need to understand some basic terms.
The term investor has many different meanings; the Collins English dictionary defines it as “An investor is a person or organization that buys stocks or shares or pays money into a bank in order to receive a profit.” But this is a little generic to be used clearly for us to reference.
In the world of finance, investments, and speculation, the way in which you seek to gain your profit dictates what you are.
The Speculator
A speculator seeks to exploit short-term trends, loopholes, momentum, or news to seek a profit on money invested. For example, if I see that there is incredible Volume on a stock and I want to trade into that stock to get a quick gain without having any in-depth understanding of the company, industry, or management team, I am essentially speculating that this event will make the stock rise.
Alternatively, someone who enters into an Options Contract shorting a stock to make a profit is also speculating that the stock price will drop during a given time frame. This certainly is not investing. None of the Cash invested in the Options Contract will ever be seen by the company in question; therefore, you are not investing in that company.
George Soros could be considered one of the ultimate Speculators, and indeed the most successful with a net worth of circa $7 Billion. Soros, known as the “man who broke the Bank of England,” took out a $10 Billion Short Position betting that Pound Sterling would fall. Although the Bank of England did everything it could to prop up the currency, it failed dramatically, and Soros bagged $2 Billion profit from the bet. Soros was betting on a future event happening. Was this risky? George Soros does not take an undue risk; his knowledge of the Global Finance and Capital markets enabled him to take a calculated risk, which paid off handsomely. What he did is classic speculation.
Those who speculate in stocks usually use Charts and News events to trade with.
The Investor
The investor is usually someone whose money is used to capitalize on a company, and the money is invested accordingly by the company to achieve better business results. An investor will seek a reward for his belief in an investment and seek a profit thereof.
An investor will have evaluated the worth of an investment and seek a steady return from it. Someone who buys their own house is an investor. An investor will often seek to minimize risk and maximize reward. A smart investor will look to buy an investment at a time where it is a good value, and this value will help to minimize downside risks. An investor looks at the business fundamentals of a deal and weighs facts, not emotion, to enable a thorough judgment to be made.
Buying Bonds with fixed rates of returns are an investment for someone looking to beat their Bank Saving/Checking account interest but also unwilling to take the perceived risks of purchasing stocks.
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The Trader
A trader is someone who buys and sells a security or commodity to make a profit. However, someone who is an investor could trade stocks, and also people who speculate usually trade contracts, stock, or use other more exotic tools.
The Liberated Stock Trader
A liberated stock trader will seek to base stock purchases on Fundamental solid facts that make business sense in the cold light of day. You will select fundamentally winning companies with great futures and use technical analysis to measure the market action to decide if the time is right to buy this stock.
This section goes on to discuss Investing Goals, How to Quantify your Goals & How to become a millionaire in the stock market, yes, REALLY.
Other Chapters of the Liberated Stock Trader Book are listed below
Chapter 1 – Essential Stock Market Knowledge – Fundamentals
This chapter sets the stage for the two key areas of stock market technical analysis and the fundamental analysis of companies including macro and microeconomics
Chapter 2 – What Really Moves Markets - Why do Booms and Busts Occur?
This chapter looks at what REALLY makes the markets move, what causes boom and bust cycles, and how to spot them.
What are stock market cycles and the cycles of business and economies? Important information that you need to appreciate as part of your core analysis.
Chapter 4 – Is the Company in great shape – P/E Ratio
Next we move into fundamental analysis and the financial fitness of a company. All the major indicators and measures are covered.
Chapter 5 – How to find the best stocks
Stock screening means using criteria to shortlist the kind of stock that you want to purchase. A vital part of any stock market training
Chapter 6 – Chart Reading made easy - Japanese Candlesticks – Bullish Reversal Patterns
Once you know the business climate, the state of the economy and you have shortlisted the stocks you want to buy. The next thing to do is the technical analysis. Even if the company looks great on paper, if the stock price is plummeting you do not want to buy it until it has bottomed out. This is called catching a falling knife. This is what chart patterns and technical analysis help with.
Chapter 7 – Trend Lines and Price Patterns - How to draw trend lines
Here we get into the art of drawing on charts to help you visualize the Supply and Demand on the stock, the direction of the trend, and estimate how long the trend will last. Vital for you to establish buy and sell signals.
Chapter 8 – Chart Indicators are your friends! – ROC Rate of Change Indicator
Which indicators should you use, there are literally hundreds of stock chart indicators? Each has a specific use case and application, which should you use?
Chapter 9 – Chart Indicators Volume - The Price Volume Relationship
Volume is a vital indicator along with the price. Both of these you need to understand in granular detail, you will learn everything you need to know.
Chapter 10 - Advanced Stock Charting Techniques Parabolic SAR
Moving to advanced technical analysis we cover indicators such as parabolic SAR and point & figure charts.
Chapter 11 - Sentiment Indicators & Trading the News - How to trade the news
How are the market participants feeling? Positive, Negative, or indifferent. Consider that 90% of people fail to beat the average market returns, sentiment indicators can be a great contrary indicator. Learn how to use them to your advantage.
Chapter 12 - Trading Strategy - What type Of Investor are you?
Understanding how you want to invest, how much time you have, and your time horizon. These questions all help you to understand what type of investor you want to be, this then enables you to select the right strategy for you. Then we move on to building your stock investing system, a critical element to your plan.
