Members stopping in to say "HI"

[surgence]

Just thought I'd stop in and say hi. I've been following the stock market for about a year now without ever buying in, just watching trying to learn. I think I'm ready to jump in and get my feet wet!

Little about myself, I'm 24 years old and work for a small (at the moment) home/business automation company. I'm the IT/Systems administrator but means little in the world of small business, at least pay wise. To be honest I dont want to spend the rest of my life behind a desk which has caused me to try and start up some businesses in the past. None have really gone anywhere yet but my mastermind group is still trying to think of new things. I have a blog but its more about getting healthy (as that was a big hurdle I had to overcome)! its at http://surgence.blogspot.com. I may look like a punk kid with tattoos, but dont be fooled!

I came up with surgence a few years back. Basically, to me, it means a rush or wave of energy, power, life, whatever you want to call it.

So I'm starting out small but plan big things with some DD and help from a great forum like this. Also I'm looking forward to the day I can give back to this board, as I've taken quite a bit of knowledge from it!

Thanks!

[BadThad]

Welcome to the forums! You've come to the right place, this is the best stock forum on the internet! :D

[daiello]

Just please PLEASE dont follow badthad.

He kinda sucks!

lol no-no daiello - best to not follow anyone and check things for yourself, otherwise be prepared to pay for not doing so ;)

and welcome to smc surgence

[walter]

Hi, I'm Walter and I'm a web developer / student living in Texas. I'm 24 and have been a casual, long-term investor for a few years now but am eager to learn day trading and techniques to speed things up. Long-term is just too slow.

The only stock I have right now is AAPL. It's been good to me, and I'm a fan of the company and believe it will continue to go up, but penny stocks and day trading seems like too much fun to pass up.

[Weirdharold]

Unless you have been extremely successful as a web developer, you might want to consider swing trading rather than day trading... In Day trading you have to have at least a 25,000 minimal margin coverage to be classified as a daytrader. and you will be classified as a daytrader if you make more than 3 round trips in any 5 day period. a round trip being buying and selling a stock in the same day.

Swing trading you try to pick stock you can hold a week, but at least a day....

But welcome to the board and good luck.

[walter]

Thanks Harold. That kind of margin would nearly clean my life savings out, so you're right: swing trading.

As you can see, I'm still getting the jargon down and learning to analyze all aspects of financial charts. I have a long way to go, and am considering buying Gary Witt's training DVD. I have a few books, but they're written about a decade ago and aren't really relevant.

[Weirdharold]

First off let me warn you it is not a DVD that Gary sales! It doesn't seem to work with a Mac.... but I will assure you it is worth the expense of purshasing it.

Just don't expect to watch it quickly and become a pro... Gary covers way to much information to be absorbed in just a couple viewings... at least in my case! I was so overwhelmed with the information.... I knew close to nothing about T/A .... and felt like I had absorbed a ton by the time I finished watching the 3,5 hours of the cd..... but knew that I had only gotten the tip of the iceburg..... I watch it in shour bursts now and with every watching another piece of the puzzle falls into place.

I think it is a good investment! One you couldn't go wrong with... Again Welcome to SMC and good luck with your trading.

[BadThad]

Welcome to SMC!

[CatFish]

welcome to smc:D