Members stopping in to say "HI"

[Lihualee]

Thanks! Bump!

[chrsb]

Hello!


I found this place through Thad, we both share an interest in coins on another board.

I started trading in 1997 from interest in watching CNBC while I was working nights and the only thing on TV during the day was CNBC. Back when IPO's were the big news and dot com companies were gaining coverage.

I started reading Raging Bull, Silicon Investor and Yahoo boards. I educated myself in trading and started off with 5k. Lost that within a few months and got another 5k. I got involved pretty heavily in the boards and learned to do my own DD, learned the tricks of the trade, could read charts and was good at digging up dirt on stocks.

I gave up on big board stocks and moved to the pennies! That is where the fun began. I, along with a couple other investors (one of which owns a couple popular stock boards and I am a founding father of one) started doing DD on various stocks, one of which we hit it big- ECNC. We were buying boat loads at .06-.10 and watched it hit a high of $29.

After that run and about the time you could buy anything and it would go up(once bought a stock that made trees grow) we started finding stocks with potential(or at least believable). We would go onto the boards and beat them up pretty bad, driving the stock down to good buy-in levels. Some worked out, some didn't.

After the smoke cleared from the dot com burst, stacks of worthless stock and dabbling in large caps I have been on sabbatical from trading. I did jump on the bird flew vaccine for a short time, got in early and did pretty good.

I am an electrical contractor who is about to hit his slow time of year and am looking to get back into the swing of things. I do not give advise anymore, there is nothing worse than getting emails from people who followed your advise on a dog and are wondering how they are going to send their kids to college after they lost it all on some penny stock. I mostly read different boards now and have a few favorites that have paid off well in the past.

With the current situation going on with stocks, this looks to be a good time to ride some waves, let the fun begin!!!


Happy Trading,
Chris B


(now if I can just find my passwords to my accounts)

[Weirdharold]

Welcome to the board Chris, but please leave your old bashing habits at the door... we like honest opinions... good or bad, but honest.

Don't think you could have picked a better time to come back to trading... if..IF Friday was the bottom some of us believe it was... almost anything you buy should head north.

[CatFish]

welcome to the forum chris. we all share and learn things with each other about trading stocks and forex which makes it fun. none of us know everything but shareing with each other we can all learn alot. glad to have you with us!

[BadThad]

Glad to see you here bro!

Don't be shy....state your opinions, we value all input! ....and I get tired of talking to myself. LOL

[chrsb]

"Basher" is a strong word, I was more like the devil and angel on your shoulder. There was a difference between the bashers and what I did, bashers just blurted out false rumors. I on the other hand did my DD, read my 10Q's, all company fillings and spoke with company officials.

Some people marry their stocks, especially penny stocks. It becomes emotional to them, it becomes family to them. When a person shows up presenting facts, sometimes ugly, they get defensive. It gets even more interesting when company officials post on the boards. To some it gives them a warm fuzzy feeling, others it shows how desperate the company is to pump the stock price, watch for a 8k to show up after.

Those days are behind me though, I have a wife and kids now, time is precious.

Anyways thanks for the welcome guys, I think I am ready to roll now. Had to do some password reminders, email some tech support and found some of my old trading buddies.

Thad, who is everyone trading with now, I found my Ameritrade account information, still have some securities, all worthless though. Before I ach some funds into it, is there better places to trade with?

[BadThad]

I like TDA, they have good tools and if you get an Apex account it's even better. You should stick with them since it's already open and up.

[paperchase]

Welcome!!!!

[chrsb]

I liked TDA for pennies years ago, I have been trading with my USAA account today and Friday. With USAA I need so many trades to get my transaction pricing down, plus no unlimited OTC stocks I got 6 trades in already, am waiting for TDA to setup my ACH fund transfers.

[BadThad]

Originally Posted by chrsb

I liked TDA for pennies years ago, I have been trading with my USAA account today and Friday. With USAA I need so many trades to get my transaction pricing down, plus no unlimited OTC stocks I got 6 trades in already, am waiting for TDA to setup my ACH fund transfers.

If you trade enough TDA will give you the Apex account free....I like Apex, some great bonuses come with it.