how do i become a trader?
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Trading is the business of matching buyers and sellers. With international trading, you deal with people from different countries where you act as a middleman between the two entities located in different countries.\n\nFrom the article "Starting Your Own Home-Based International Trading Agency," it says that you need to first have knowledge of trading activities. Credibility and trust are extremely important in this business, and you must demonstrate to your clients that you possess the knowhow to represent them and get the best business for them. If you have no background in trading, you may want to enroll in some classes first (our county for example offers international trading classes for very low rates).\n\nYou may also want to read the following books to get more in-depth information about this business:\n\n- Import/Export: How to Get Started in International Trade \n- Exporting, Importing, and Beyond : How to 'Go Global' With Your Small Business \n- Selling to the World: Your Fast and Easy Guide to Exporting and Importing \n- Start and Run a Profitable Exporting Business \n- Start Your Own Import/Export Business
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You need to open an account with any of online broker.\nI recommended Scottrade, it is good for small individual investor like myself.  Low commission, no extra charge for limit order, and no inactivity fees.\n\nhttp://scottrade.com/
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Learn how to pick stocks.  You need to swing trade.  You need around 10K to start.  And you can be a millonaire in 10 years.  Keep in mind, you need to learn how to pick stocks first.  You can double every 6 months if you do.\n\nAside from that, learn how to play basketball like MJ, or sing like Mick Jagger, or talk smut like Howard Stern, or have a family name like George W Bush.\n\nI say picking stocks correctly is your best bet.
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Heh.  The question was about jobs, not trading strategies.\n\nYou could try compliance if it interests you.  To me, that's not very interesting, but to each her own.  It also depends on what you see yourself doing in maybe 10 years.  If you still think you would be interested in compliance, go for it.  I don't know if there's that much upward mobility, though, if you want to move up the chain in a few years.\n\nInvestment banking is mainly acting as a saleperson if you're part of the actual banking division.  They try to get clients to use that bank to finance deals.  So, if you're great at sales, then i-banking might be a good field.\n\nI know the actual government doesn't have great job prospects, but maybe you could find your niche at some other corporation that is to your liking but you can still apply some of your government knowledge.  It's kind of tough to recommend anything without knowing more.
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Be a realtor or stock broker.\nUsed to do be a stock broker.  Now, I am a private investor investing in private companies, publicly traded companies, real properties and lending people money.
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I would strongly recommend that you educate yourself first and foremost (http://www.google.com.au/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2006-01,GGLG:en&q=courses%2BUS%2Bmarket%2Btrading).\n\nNext you should develop some sort of trading system that you can test on historical data.\n\nOnce you feel your system will work, you should test it with disposable amounts of cash.\n\nThe most critical skills you will need to be a success, by the way, relate to controlling your actions and curbing the natural human instinct to self-sabotage.\n\nAll the best with it!\n\nCheers\nAlister\nhttp://www.marketscience.com.au
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Yes, just set up a brokerage account on-line or in person.  Try E-Trade or something similar.   You can do it!
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Set up an account with an online trader, send them money to invest and once the receive, start buying shares.
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Go to EBay and register online. Buying is very easy as long as you have your ZIP code ready and a valid credit card. Trading and selling can be done at certain authorized dealers.
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As a trader - do you want to know what the best books are: Have a look at the following list:\nhttp://www.mysharetrading.com/trading-bookshelf\n\nTrading for a Living by Dr. Elder is certainly one of the books that will truly influence your trading.\n\nGood Luck!
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Your best option is to use the eBay Trading Assistant program, where sellers register on eBay to sell for other people. You can search for trading assistants in your area using this tool:\n\nhttp://tradingassistant.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?TradingAssistant&page=main
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You have to be old enough (18 I think), and then set-up an account. Make sure you have pictures of the things you want to sell. Have good explanations of the quality and what kind of shape the item is in. Then set a reasonably good starting bid, then hope for buyers!
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Congratulations on getting started. It’ll help you more than you know! \n\nYour first dollars should be spent on getting educated on investing. You don't have to train to trade them professionally, but we are talking about your future here. So the more you learn, the more it'll help you! So let's start there.\n\nYou ask a very broad question, so be prepared for a pretty long answer. Just take it in chunks!\n\n\nHow to invest depends on what you already know. We'll assume that you're beginning since you say you're new!\n\nA good primer is How to Make Money in Stocks by William O'Neil. You can get it cheap just about anywhere. It’s widely available new or used.\n\nAnother good one is one of Jim Cramer's books (he’s got a few). \n\nBut books will only get you so far. At some point, you'll also want to get at least a little training. There are some great education companies if you want to make the investment. Investools.com or optionetics.com are both very good companies as is tmitchell.com\n\nFor free, you can start by visiting thestreet.com and investopedia.com. That'll get you a pretty good primer so at least you'll understand what the markets are and what a stock is, etc. \n\nIf you get a chance, watch Mad Money on CNBC. Don't trade any of his picks until you track many of them over time. Just use the show to get you to understand some basics and get a feel for the market itself.\n\nNext, subscribe to something like Investorsbusiness daily or something like that that can help you identify good stocks.\n\nOnce you understand stocks, go to 888options.com. It's a website that'll help you understand options (what they do, how they work, etc). You don't need to trade them, but the more you know, the more you'll see how options can really be the safest way to invest (once you're educated).\n\nFor discipline (which is crucial to successful trading), probably Trading in the Zone by Mark Douglas or Mastering the Trade by John Carter\n\nI know that’s a LOT to absorb. Just take it one step at a time for now. Start with a book or two to give you an idea of where to begin. Take your time, and let it seep in. \n\nAs you get up to speed, you should papertrade to practice (highly recommended). This should help reduce your losses in the beginning as you get used to buying/selling.\n\nYou can practice for free on almost any reputable broker site (optionsxpress, scottrade, thinkorswim, etc). And yes, you can definitely deal easily online.\n\nStart slow, then as you figure things out, you can buy more shares.\n\nCongrats again on getting started. If you have any questions, please let me know. \n\nHope this helps!\n\n\nAdditional edit: I tried to answer your question, but you haven't confirmed your email yet, so I can't reply.
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building trades is in short supply of skilled people.  you can be an apprentice at being an electrition, plumber, or carpenter.  Or, my favorite (my trade) a Tile Setter.  The nice thing about having a trade is the no matter how bad the job market gets, you can always fall back to it.
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First, you need to be sponsored by a broker/dealer.  After the bear market and the contraction in the industry, the requirements are much more stringent.  If you want to work for a reputable firm, where you can build your own business and have the potential for unlimited income; you will need a college degree, sales experience (preferrably commission only), and a natural market (know people with money or have a network to people with money).  Being a stockbroker (nobody uses this title anymore) or financial advisor, is not about being a money manager (picking stocks).  It's all about gathering assets.  If you can gather assets, you can be succesful.  If a major firm hires you and gets you licensed, they will expect you to bring in $10 million in assets in the first year.  The industry has a 70% failure rate.\n\nIf you just want to make a salary (with little or no upside) and execute trades for a company like TD Waterhouse or Fidelity, you wil still need a college degree, but thats about it.\n\nGood luck with whatever you do!
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1. read vociferously\n\n2. find a good teacher; save yourself a lot of money in losses and invest it in a proper education of trading
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I'm a trader myself and I successfully skim off a profit from market movements regularly for a living.\n\nOne of the books the other answerer mentioned was: One Up On Wall Street( By Peter Lynch) - A VERY GOOD BOOK if you are an investor but not a trader.\n\nI trade the forex markets as well as stocks. The only difference is that forex markets tend to move faster and are open 24 hours a day. \n\nThe successful and proven way of trading stocks is to formulate a trading plan and then stick to it. Don't let emotions rule your trade. Ride the trend - don't gamble against it. Use stop losses and the market is always right. Let your profits run and cut your losses\n\nThere is no secret to trading but greed for money usually kills off the amateur trader.