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I've made big money overnight but also lost big overnight...I find day trading to be 1000x easier than anything overnight, investing is cool if you like waiting months-years. Im the hyper type so day trading is my thing. Ive been trading since 2011 and learned ALOT. The best thing you could do is practice with a paper-trading account for at least a year, then transition to real money when your ready aka making money by the end of the week every week for at least a month. Its tough and Ecommerce is deff easier but you can make those same profits in minutes through stocks...but you can also lose in seconds. ATM Im only doing Ecommerce just to build up my brokerage account etc...Good luck!

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In a nutshell I agree. Would rather have my money work for me than work for my money. Loading up on Junior Mining and Exploration stocks. In my personal opinion this sector is going to see unreal returns in the coming 1-2 years. Everything has risk I agree, investing is not for the faint hearted.

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Going into Uranium Miners about 5% of my portfolio. With the US being the biggest consumer of Nuclear energy as of 2014 I am going with the mining stocks in U.S. and Canada. Fisson, NextGen and I also like UEC. With U.S. still being the largest consumer of Nuclear Power as much as Bernie Sanders may not want to admit. Solar is less than 1% wind is like 5% tops. 60% or more still comes from Coal and Natural Gas. Nuclear is the only other Zero Carbon option. In China they are gobbling this **** up because their pollution is so bad. Quite simply Wind and Solar can't cut it.

The U.S imports about 80% of it Uranium from Kazakhstan and Russia which obviously causes Geo-political risk. I see the future of Uranium for US energy looking for more stable regions here in the states or friendly nations such as Canada. As much of a Liberal granola muncher you may be and I am not a huge Nuclear fan due to the risks. It is the only other Zero Carbon option with real potential for Bernie Sanders Voters!!!! That is why I am tripling down on the commodity!!!



In 2014, the United States generated about 4,093 billion kilowatthours of electricity.1 About 67% of the electricity generated was from fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and petroleum).

Major energy sources and percent share of total U.S. electricity generation in 2014:

Coal = 39%
Natural gas = 27%
Nuclear = 19%
Hydropower = 6%
Other renewables = 7%
Biomass = 1.7%
Geothermal = 0.4%
Solar = 0.4%
Wind = 4.4%
Petroleum = 1%
Other gases < 1%

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trading energy? sweet jesus is that a rollercoaster ride. i'm in and out of a few lately on a weekly basis

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What sectors you enjoy unkown?

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Nothing like early morning ennui.

:violin:

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energy, tech, industrial, biotech/biopharm

want to jump into forex but still too busy at the moment. eventually want to move out of sales/ecommerce altogether.

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Nice variety unkown - I haven't dabbled with forex

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Always good to branch out down the line.

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I trade 80% Resources. I wish I lived in Canada to be honest because 50% of what I buy is on the TSX.V and have to get through OTC in the US which doesn't have liquidity it would if I was there.

Commodities are definitely the easiest to trade in my opinion because they tend to run in 3-4 up and down cycles. It is much easier to make a bundle playing the long term role of contrarian.

Right now my 3 sectors are Gold/Silver mining and exploration, Uranium Production and Exploration and Potash Fertilizer. All are near the lows of a bear market or coming out of a bear market. Found quite a few MicroCap stocks I think have the potential to be 50-100 baggers. :cheer:

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Facebook reports April 27
Netflex reports April 18, 2016

I'm a strong buy for both.. I hope to get some Netflix in the morning. :)

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The only Tech stock I own Yandex and that is because the Russian markets were so beat up. Bought as $12 have a sell trigger at $20.

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netflix, I watched that go down by the minute, 15% down last time I looked last night.....
200 x earnings? madness..........

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Netflix was a mistake... :p

BUT BUT Facebook.. now that's a winner..

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their stock has been an absolute joke since their last split

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Most US stocks are a joke. They trade at crazy P.E. ratios. You have earnings hitting 12 month lows and the Dow soars above 18,000. It's backwards, I am calling it a bubble. I expect it to pop sooner than later.

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Well AAPL just got slammed missing earnings.

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Wow vogeltron - apple also declared quarter loss

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wow 13% decline in revenue

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dont play blue chips like a n00b

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Facebook crushed it.. up 10% after hours.

https://www.google.com/finance?q=NAS...E4eqjAHv9pewBA

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Great call Vogeltron. You killed it on that one.

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all the tech ones were overvalued, only good one was amazon!!

nervous - markets starting to turn in May, especially for us with brexit....

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Mining stocks are up 100-200% since Jan. Its been crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Curious what sites do you use to do most of your research? You seem to invest in interesting industries, would be curious to know your process in figuring out what stocks to invest in

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To be honest I spend lots of time listening to as many people I deem to be smart as I can find on YouTube and reading lots of great articles. Also understanding that they have may certain bias, etc and keep that in mind. Still they have much knowledge to offer. You get that from a variety of sources and on top of your own research you can establish a very informed opinion.

My focus is the resource sector but from time to time I find things I believe are highly undervalued. As to why I have invested in places like Russia who got crushed and are now coming out of economic sanctions a place that everyone hated. Right now I am looking at different opportunities in Brazil because they are basically in a depression.

With regards to commodities and resources they are highly cyclical. They go often times through 3-5 year boom and bust periods. Where capital gets mis-allocated. Like right now in Oil due to the lower Crude prices many large firms have cut back on exploration and development. Exxon is the prime example their credit rating cut and cutting back on CAPEX. Meaning in the future there will become a shortage several years down the line. This does not necessarily mean the lows have passed for Oil but it gives you an idea of of an area to keep and eye on learn about the sector. This is how my view of Uranium is at the moment.

I am a cycles person more than anything. Trading stuff in mature markets is not for me. I like be a contrarian investor in things that I have an understanding of. In the resource sector a stock might drop 70% from its highs not because the business has changed but because the price of the commodity has fallen dramatically.

As mentioned I look for industries and also places in the world that have been crushed. Do as much research as I can making sure that business is still sound. I don't invest in things like Sears that are on deaths door-nail just because they are cheap or PeabBody coal because of pollution its a dead industry.

I invest in things I find where the price can go up and will go up. It is peoples negative sentiment or emotions that are killing it. Resources are very similar to tech in the sense that there is a development stage and a peak stage. They are no heirlooms to children, as good as they may be you may need to walk away at some point. Blackburry, Myspace, Aol, Netscape, Yahoo, Dell, all had days when they were king and are now fractions of what they use to be. Even eBay one near and dear to many of us.

You really are finding a Jockey (CEO) who can pick a good horse (Company/Project) in a depressed market and riding that thing as far as it can go before it looks tired and need to dump it not emotions attached. You must be willing to ride it out though. Like with Gold and Silver mining stocks I thought the bottom was in in early 2014. I rode many down significantly before the turn, constantly adding to my positions. Now it looks like a new bull market has broke out and its been nuts!!! Things I bought that had been down since 2013 are now positive. Positions I added to in November 2015 and Jan 2016 are up 100% or 200% respectively. There easily could be a pull back we will see. Nothing goes up in a linear fashion.

I can not stress enough truly digging into what you invest in and understand the sector. I take high risk high leverage positions knowing I could lose it all. But I am very comfortable with it.

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Mining has been ripping it up

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Great write up, thanks for the interesting perspective! I feel like I rarely have time to do research nowadays and base a lot of my investing decisions on companies I personally believe in. Sometimes it goes well like amzn and others not so well, etc

But in the coming months I'm going to make an effort to really start researching stocks etc

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For UK FTSE would recommend iii.co.uk if that helps some1 ;)
not an advert just my own preference..very hot discussion board with Tons of UptoDate info's

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Well my Gold/Silver mining stocks are up 300-500% in most cases. We will see what future holds. Looking to take profits soon and go hard on Uranium Mining/Exploration stocks.

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I have been looking at a few of the other stock markets....Australia and Japan as a research thing right now - I didn't use software but I did get some Nintendo stock for the h*ll of it through a bank contact with HSBC

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Haha, I saw Nintendo was the most traded stock ever in a day for Japanese company because of Pokemon.

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We always seem to be waiting for what the future holds in our family.

I concentrate on silver. I drive them nuts. LOL.

Older brother is in a similar place to you. Going to depend on what happens in Turkey, at the moment, though.

:dance:

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Yea, I think Metals should continue do well. The mining stocks are getting a bit crazy. Some complete garbage companies are going up like 500%. Anything that is on a US exchange is catching a bid.

There is nothing like investing in resource stocks. When you learn how to find good companies at the bottom of a market and are willing to wait it out and add your position. The returns can be surreal. On the flip-side if you buy at top you can lose 70-90%. It is extremely cyclical.

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Been trading for about 9 years now.

The only sector I'm currently trading is oil. It's the only sector currently undervalued.

Small cap oil stocks will have the best returns but the highest risk. If you can find undervalued small cap companies with solid financials (low chance of BR) you'll make a lot of money in 1-3 years :yar:

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I would disagree that its undervalued. In my opinion its still over valued. American shale is still producing at major losses because no Banker wants to go out and environmentally reclaim a well so they extend and pretend. Same with Canadian producers who get lower prices than Brent or WTI. Not to mention large low cost producers like Iran aren't even fully on online yet. There is a major supply glut and nobody will cut production.

In my personal opinion oil is headed lower. I think there are bunch of horrible energy loans that people purchased indiscriminately looking for yield the past 5 years. When the sector blows up I expect they will sell indiscriminately. I can't wait to shift through the carnage.

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Looking for about $30 USD Oil and several Shale oil bankruptcies before I deploy my cash in the Oil sector. When this happens there will be great opportunities for people who buy with a 5 year time frame.

Those individuals will have to do their due diligence but the Deep Sea Drillers which are already down 90% will be even more of a bargain. Even some of the large caps will be good buys. Personally I plan on skimming through the Junk bonds and will enjoy the wreckage.

Natural Resources are highly cyclical!!! High prices cause over production, low prices cause under investment in resource development. The boom creates the bust and the bust creates the boom.

Uranium right now is trading at $25ish spot price per pound. Any new production costs $60 or more to come online. The cure for low prices is low prices!!! You have more reactors coming online than pre-Fukushima. In the land of the free everyone hates Uranium but they expect the lights to come on when they flick the switch. In places like China the air is so bad the governments are doing everything possible to get rid of Thermal Coal power plants. Nuclear energy is zero emission fuel. One Barrel of yellow cake equates to thousands of barrels of oil or natural gas.

Uranium producers are bargains. Cameco is the one invest grade company. If you dare to venture in the the small caps UEC, UUUU, as well as some of the exploration companies in the Athabasca basin are dirt cheap. You can thank me in 5 years when your investments go up 5-10x or more. Do you due diligence.

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What oil shares are you currently holding?

COPL seems to the oil share this year HUUUGE potential

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did you see the mylan stocks go down and the controversy due to them hiking their epipen prices??

I was sooo surprised to see the cost, even if it is just the deductable you guys pay in USA.......we are subsidised over here and pay between 0 and £8.50, this literally means I have $1200 worth of epipens in my handbags! If you guys want my nearly expired ones, you'd be welcome!!!!