Thursday, April 5, 2012

A Traders Guide To Penny Stock Trading

By Billy Moss


Penny stocks might be the best place to start if you are a rookie investor looking to learn the ropes and make a little extra cash. These stocks always trade under $5 but can go for as little as 1 cent. Penny stocks offer beginners a chance to learn the ropes of the trading world whereas the more experienced traders use these stocks to bolster their earnings and improve their portfolios. This means that both beginners and pros can use penny stocks to their advantage.

You may know of some well-known companies that started out their business life as penny stock companies. Take Google into account. That company started out trading for pennies and now it's shares go for $500 upward. This doesn't mean that each penny stock company will have the same success, but penny stocks has that potential. As with all stock trading you will find that there is some degree of risk involved with penny stocks.

Although many traders consider penny stocks to be a high risk venture there is the potential for massive gains to be realized. Lots f traders come to the penny stocks because of this eventual reward. Their popularity amongst traders is because they are a small investment coupled with a quick turn around. Through penny stocks many investors have managed to double or triple their initial investments and those who bought in to Google managed to multiply their earning by thousands.

One of the hardest aspects of trading penny stocks is picking which stocks you think are worth investing in. It is very nearly impossible to find out all the required information you want about each and every company with a penny stock. You need to do your homework if your are thinking about investing in any companies; looking at the price to earnings ratio, the 52-week highs and lows as well as any recent news related to your potential investment are all good things to research. Maybe the thought of sitting in front of a computer for a few hours a week trudging across the internet trying to find the information you are looking for sounds tedious and boring, well it is; but doing this will help you to make an informed decision as to which stocks are worth investing in and which aren't. These informed decisions will help to make the money you earn from these investments all the more aggressive.

You can always pay someone else to do the research for you if you don't have the time necessary to dedicate to this. There are many companies that specialize in stock research that will be able to recommend which stocks are the best ones for you to invest in. These companies will often give investors the opportunity to pool there money with them into an investment fund. You should always keep in mind that the research companies are made up of lots of people and there can still be a certain degree of error in any findings that they send you whether they are professionals or not.

There is still fun to be had trading penny stocks regardless of whether you do the research or you hire the work out to someone else. Whether you are just starting out or well established the challenges are all the same. All you need to be successful penny stock investor is the brains to pick the stocks, the guts to invest and the stubbornness to stick with it. It will all pay off in the end.




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