Roll Call!

me here! me here!

social picks rox!

i've been following the market for a year or so.
so far, i've only been buying long.

Not sure about my trading style yet, but i guess i'm moderate in terms of risk.

ive been following the market actively for about a year, so i'm still a newbie relatively.

i watch cnbc, read yahoo, just subscribed to barron's, and these days i visit social picks to get new ideas from people.

Hi christi, sayhello. i'm glad to hear from you two.

Personally, I've been following the US stock markets for about two years now. I don't watch CNBC and I have no subscriptions to any magazines. The only two news sites I attend are Reuters.com and TheOnion.com, while I get all my company and sector specific news from my broker TDAmeritrade which shows them as I check a stock's quote.

I have yet to discover a good period of time to keep my positions open, and so I usually play it by eye and intuition. Not the best way to go, but when you've got nothing else you've got to depend on yourself.

I've noticed on these forums that a great majority of the investors seem to use technical analysis, focusing on charts. My tactic has evolved over time. I began using basic fundamental analysis, then I switched to technical charts. Neither worked for me, so I took a look at the books "Security Analysis", "Buffetology", and "One Up on Wall Street". I also use "Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets" as a reference. My strategy now is to look at a stock that is fundamentally attractive and out of favour. Once I find it, I keep watch over it until the technicals tell me that it is in favour, at which I buy whenever I can. I am hoping this method will allow me to come in at a good time and sleep well at night.

I'd like to hear from some other members on this site, as well as more from either of you, christi and sayhello.

SOCIALPICKS ROCKS!! Joined last year, but have only recently been keeping up since march, using this network as a blog and to track some ideas... not to mention pick up a few new ones.

I'm finding it hard to dig my way out of a whole I created by not paying attention to this site, muchless my SP rank. Though it will help me in the long run.

Have been trading for 8 years, I also use TDA Apex... best broker around!

SP is the best trader network, period.

DP

I check my account a couple of times per week. I've been investing in the stock market for a little over ten years. I generally hold for 12-18 months, but sometimes longer or shorter. I would like to get better at being more patient with my picks and holding on longer. As far as tactics and strategies, I am primarily a value investor. That said, I try my damndest to get behind strong secular trends.

on this site over one year, dont buy anything long, I always use a stop loss, going in I set a exit goal and change it daily. I use social picks to select funds to research. I actively trade from 10 to 20 stocks a month. I started last march with $39,000.00 which is now at $57,4000 but I lost $9,000.00 in the first two months just trying to learn. I use scotttrade becuase of their fast trade performance my trades normaly complete in under 5 seconds. Gene

I have been studying finance for more than 15 years and managing my own small portfolio for about 5 years.

This portfolio is mainly for long term investing. My style can be classify as value/Contrarian. However, a small portion is dedicated to trade and generate income. Options are also use to speculate and generate income.

I work for an investment bank... 12+ hrs/day following the market