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Stock Market Watch |OT| I've stocked up on market watches, what now?

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asmith906 said:
The Dow Jones isn't the economy. Congress just gave companies Billions of dollars to keep themselves afloat. This doesn't mean these same companies won't layoff people in a down economy. People say the market is unpredictable but from what I've seen there is some predictability to it. It was always going to go up based on the passage of this bill. Now how many days this last I couldn't tell you. It wishful thinking for the people at the top to think this virus consequences will only last a few weeks.
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Probably just corporate stock buy backs causing inflation again, honestly.
 
GulAtiCa

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I use Schwab. That's where my Roth IRA is, so I added a normal individual account there too.
 
molnizzle

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Barzul said:
I've been considering switching after the extended down time a couple weeks back, just not sure what else is as convenient and I'm pretty familiar with how Robinhood works now. What do you use?
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I moved a decent amount of money over to TastyWorks, but honestly the mobile app is terrible so it really only works right now while I'm in school and can trade from my PC during the day. Once I have a day job I'll need an A+ mobile app. At this point I'm probably just going to stick with Robinhood and hope that they fix their network. It has been better in the last week or so since the most recent problems. I've even placed (and filled) some trades right at market open.
 
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I've used Ameritrade for years. No complaints. Trade commissions were cheap for me anyway at $7, and they've been free for a while. The ThinkOrSwim platform they have is quite good too. Customer service is fast and good.
 
Barzul

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LanceX2 said:
Would buying norwegian at 17 now be a good idea?

just looking to play with 500 bucks or less.
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Honestly if we're going based on trends for the last 5 years, long term it looks like it's a great idea. Short term I can't say Market has been really volatile the last month due to coronavirus.
 
molnizzle

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Y2Kev said:
Wasn't that yesterday? lol
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Yesterday was the build-up to it actually passing, which didn't happen until after the market closed. There was always going to be another little pop after it passed.

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MrBob said:
Looks that way to me too. Downtrend still not been broken yet. Big rallies happen in bear markets, this was expected from a technical perspective. Now it should get a little tougher to move higher because coming into some overhead resistance soon. Whether it be spy 260 or 270. The charge higher can't falter now if the trend is going to be broken.

Yup, if anything the stock market is a market of repeating patterns over history. Take a look at virtually any chart and you will see the same patterns happen over and over and over and over again.
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Barzul

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The stimulus had to have already been baked in though, Trump and Mnuchin have been holding conference calls with the market movers, so they know it was definitely coming. I think this push is super irrational.
 
m_shortpants

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Man what is going on with this rally, esp with those unemployment claims...

Is this just one final hurrah? Time to get out?
 

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Tom Penny said:
Norwegian and carnival where at like 10 bucks. Delta was stupid down and obviously Boeing hit like sub 90
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Barzul said:
Yeah I got Norwegian at like $8 I sold at $18. Just not sure we've hit peak coronavirus panic imo. Maybe I'm wrong.
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Yep, crazy times indeed. I didn't look at NCL, but CCL I have a limit order in if/once it hits $7/share to purchase $2000 worth. I understand that they've taken out a line of credit to stifle the bleeding, but if the cruise industry continues to remain out of operation longer than expectations, then I expect the share price to continue to tank.
 
Maxim726x

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Yep, crazy times indeed. I didn't look at NCL, but CCL I have a limit order in if/once it hits $7/share to purchase $2000 worth. I understand that they've taken out a line of credit to stifle the bleeding, but if the cruise industry continues to remain out of operation longer than expectations, then I expect the share price to continue to tank.
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Just be careful , if the company goes bankrupt you get $0, this market is so backwards right now
 

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My strategy right now is to just DCA into an index fund, and to hedge using TVIX in case anything goes south. So far I'm barely breaking even on those two, but the rest of my investments are already recovering quite fast.
 

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feline fury said:
Probably not a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket so to speak.
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Oh, for sure - I have different levels of stock in 16 different companies for better or for worse lol.

I just meant that overall, the industry is suffering from workforce reduction due to our current financial situation so if it worsens, then I may be out of a job and that'll be my primary worry.
 
Steel

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My strategy right now is... keep dry powder and keep going with the strategy that has made me lose basically no money in weeks and only ~7% off my portfolio's highs. Like, if we've seen the bottom (doubtful) I have enough invested still to profit. If we go down, my short hedge and cash reserve will keep me from bleeding too much. Worst case (for my portfolio, not otherwise, and imo highly doubtful) scenario we somehow end up back at 29k and my shorts get purged before losing enough money to be worried about and I end up making money anyway, just missed opportunity of investing and I made some extra money from a few short-term trades on top of it. On the other hand, if things tank again I have the money to buy again. And if things bounce again while there's obvious bad news around the corner, I can sell those new buys again to lock in gains. And if things tank further I can buy more. There are better and worse scenarios for this, of course, but I'm not worried about my portfolio.

I am worried about... everything else.
 
LanceX2

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Anyone have any podcasts or sites for me to read how to buy and sell smartly? I got a Roth Ill max but id like to play with a thousand or two
 
Blue Skies

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just want to say something to people coming in here relatively new to stocks:
Don't mess with calls or puts.
 
m_shortpants

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Maxim726x said:
Last opportunity for short sellers before the shit hits the fan.



Depends. If you're in it for the long haul? Don't touch it. Put some money back in when it craters.

Short seller? Take the money and run.

Just IMO.
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Yeah I know... I'm just a worry wart thinking worst case scenario in all aspects like...will I have a job....how will I pay my mortgage...lol.
 

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Blue Skies said:
Investopedia.com

I say invest 25% of that today, and wait till Monday afternoon to see if you should invest a bit more.
Just get some SPY
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Reminds me of some advice I heard a while ago: invest little bits over time and not a huge amount at once. That way you can react to market conditions as they occur.
 
Blue Skies

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SRG01 said:
Reminds me of some advice I heard a while ago: invest little bits over time and not a huge amount at once. That way you can react to market conditions as they occur.
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yea no reason to go all in right now.
We all look back on the recession from 2008-09 and see all the gains that came with the 12 year bull run that followed and wish "damn I could've invested it all and tripled my money!" Yea it would be nice to have all that info at the time. But who knows where we actually are right now. All I know is: there's a global pandemic and the president of the USA is goddam moron surrounded by morons.
 
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Blue Skies said:
just want to say something to people coming in here relatively new to stocks:
Don't mess with calls or puts.
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Yep I've been trading stocks for just over a year now but I haven't messed with options yet because I need to learn more about. Also seeing the massive L's on r/wallstreetbets has been a massive cautionary tale for me lol.
 
molnizzle

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Barzul said:
Yep I've been trading stocks for just over a year now but I haven't messed with options yet because I need to learn more about. Also seeing the massive L's on r/wallstreetbets has been a massive cautionary tale for me lol.
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But L's and big W's. I've lost big time over the past few weeks but I'm still up like 30% YTD.
 
Blue Skies

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Barzul said:
Yep I've been trading stocks for just over a year now but I haven't messed with options yet because I need to learn more about. Also seeing the massive L's on r/wallstreetbets has been a massive cautionary tale for me lol.
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I'd rather take a 10 percent slow gain, than even have the potential to have a 99 percent loss. People call the stock market gambling, it really isn't, until you mess with options, and then it is.
 
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Blue Skies said:
just want to say something to people coming in here relatively new to stocks:
Don't mess with calls or puts.
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Didn't know brokers force you to consent that you know you're speculating with options trading before giving you access. And I still have to wait 24-48 hrs for approval - kinda like a cool off period when buying a firearm? lol
 
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