Stock Trading

does someone know how people trade carbon credit>
I heard about that the trading system is a market/ free trading system. which means that you can buy the carbon credit at low price from someone and sell them at a high price or in other words, the price changes every day > it is that true ?>>

It is true. I could give you a summary of what I know but Wikipedia has excellent writeup about all this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emissions_trading

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_credit

A bit of a long read but well worth it if you are interested in this subject.

I hope it helps.

I’m been a buy and hold investor for 15 years, but have become disenchanted with that approach and am considering learning to trade myself.

Assuming that I’m bright and disciplined – what can be expected in learning to trade – how long does it take to learn, how many hours per day does it take once you learn, what kind of returns? What style of trading do you like? Are there any recommended systems that aren’t scams?

I realize these are open ended questions and there are no fixed answers, but I’d be interested in opinions and estimates from those of you that trade. Thanks!

Yeah the current economic conditions has caused several investors to rethink their investment strategies. But in a volatile market traders can have an advantage.

Trading can be simple or you can make it as complecated as you like. First maybe buy a book or look in the internet on information on technical trading. Technical trading is a useful tool because many investment funds use this to buy and sell.

Traders use news and financial statements to make trades. You can use the news on FoxNews,CNBC or Bloomberg TV to see economic news in real time. You don’t need to be glued to the TV but take a short time to analyze economic news.

Personaly I tend to buy more into large cap companies when the market is beaten down. And when prices are high I short companies that are loosing market share.

P.S if you want to be a day trader maybe open an account with a discount broker such as:scottrade,etrade,tdameritrade or king trade, doing so will cut down on expenses.

How to address this issue when political and legal system is in silent mode? What about international interference?why not America stop nuclear deal with such a country and impose trade sanctions? By keeping mum, are our politicians instigating a bloody battle? Where are we heading?

this is the cruel activities being carried out by the opposition political parties to bring down the current govt. its because of their selfish motives that innocent people r tageted, i hope this does not raise any communal voilence in India which not only destroys the country, its people and its image but also helps these cruel politicians to succeed in their selfish operations.
hindu-muslim communal disputes somehow seem to have deteriorated, so now the politicians r trying hindu-cristianity disputes.
but like every coin has two sides, there is this news that cristian missionaries r forcibly converting hindus and r degrading hindu practices and preaching bad about hindu gods (like lord Krishna), if this is allowed to happen…there will be no sign of hinduism in its own land.
every religion must be respected and people must be allowed to convert to any religion from any other religion only by their own individual wish and not by force or by degrading other religions.
long live humanism….

http://climateprogress.org/2009/02/19/obamas-first-month-31-days-that-made-and-may-remake-history/

Alternative question: Same question as the above, but "as compared with a plan that specifically targets carbon emissions, such as a carbon tax or a flexible cap and trade system".

1) He began the process of blocking the vast majority of new coal plants.

This one is huge, because we still have very large coal reserves, and if we continue to burn them there’s little to no chance we’ll avoid catastrophic climate change. Very effective.

2) He unleashed his Cabinet to start inconvenient-truth telling to the public after 8 years of Administration denial and muzzling of U.S. scientists.

Very important because 41% of Americans think the media is exaggerating global warming. Since the media is actually very conservative on global warming, this means the American public really doesn’t understand the importance and danger of the issue, and in order to pass political measures, you need public support. You can’t get a carbon tax or cap and trade system if the public doesn’t support it.

3) He began the process to dramatically increase the efficiency of our vehicles

Effective since over 20% of US GHG emissions come from cars.

http://cait.wri.org/figures.php?page=US-FlowChart&view=100

4) He signed into law the tax credits needed to achieve his ambitious goal of 1 million plug-in hybrids by 2015

Effective for the same reason as #3 and because the more a vehicle relies on electric motors (and less on internal combusion engines), the more efficient it is.

5) He signed into law a massive investment in high-speed rail, mass transit, and train travel.

Important because recently American use of public transportation hit its highest level in 52 years, and our mass transit systems are just terrible.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/08/AR2009030801960.html

6) He signed into law the tax credits needed meet his ambitious goal of doubling renewables in his first term.

Very effective because 50% of US energy comes from burning coal. It’s critical that we increase our renewable energy production.

7) He signed into law the funding needed to jumpstart a 21st smart grid

Very important for increasing efficiency and enabling the large-scale adoption of electric vehicles.

He signed into law the single biggest investment in the deployment of energy-efficient technology in U.S. history

Energy efficiency is also critical for reducing carbon emissions. In fact, it’s by far the cheapest way to do so.

http://climateprogress.org/2008/07/27/energy-efficiency-part-3-the-only-cheap-power-left/

9) As noted above, for the first time in three decades, he more than doubled the annual budget for advanced energy efficiency, renewable energy, and low carbon technology

Clearly critical to fund technologies which will reduce carbon emissions.

Overall, I think these are very effective measures. As for the alternative question, a carbon tax or cap and trade system would be more effective, but it’s a seperate issue which is also being currently worked on.

http://climateprogress.org/2009/02/25/reid-cap-and-trade-bill-is-third-in-line/

2 trillion dollars traded each and every day. 400:1 on your money. Currency is not easily manipulated, unlike corporations. With proven systems available to the average Joe, why is this forum not loaded with questions pertaining to the foreign currency exchange market?

All trading is tough. The previous posters cite the 90% of forex traders lose money. True. But they fail to tell you that 90% of people trading equities lose money also. Trading, whether it’s equities, fx or futures is tough. Actually, I think the numbers are 90% for equities and 97% for futures/forex traders.

The first poster that said to trade currency futures is insane. Futures contracts possess the potential for unlimited losses. Like the one poster said, you can lose 100% in fx, but you can loss 200% in futures. I’ve seen several instances of futures traders losing their entire account and then having to cough up more money to cover the losses above what was in their account. If you have a $10,000 futures account, you could realistically lose $50,000 on a trade that goes horribly wrong and you’d have to come up with an additional $40,000 to cover the loss above the $10,000 in your account. In fx, you can only lose your entire account.

I am an fx trader and I love it, but I don’t think it’s for everyone. It bothers me when a person knocks a specific investment vehicle because they don’t like it or it doesn’t fit their investment style. I don’t like medicine. The hours are long, the field is tough, but I wouldn’t go knocking being a doctor. Because it’s not what interests me or what I want to do doesn’t mean it’s a bad occupation. There are people out there that love medicine and are geniuses in the field. It’s good for them, but it’s not good for everyone.

The same thing with investments, I love the high risk markets, but only a small percentage of the population are suited for them. Doesn’t make them bad.

I really wish people would stop being so judgmental about things they don’t like or don’t understand. If forex trading is not for them, then they should just say, "Hey, I don’t like it, but that’s me", instead of making it out to be an evil that EVERYONE should stay away from.

I want to setup a multi-monitor computers system. Can someone please explain the various ways to accomplish my goal? I would like to use 3-4 screens for Day Trading. Thanks!

The Three main ways to Setup Multiple Monitors

1) You can buy a pre-manufactured multiple monitor computer. The best place to purchase a multiple monitor computer is at: http://Multi-Monitors.com. They carry a multi-monitor computer line called SUPER PC that can support from 2 to 12 monitors (or more if you ask).

http://www.multi-monitors.com/SUPER_PC_Multi_Monitors_com_Multi_Screen_Computers_PCs_s/23.htm

http://www.multi-monitors.com/SUPER_PC_Multi_Monitors_com_Multi_Screen_LCD_Displays_s/21.htm

2) You can get a USB to VGA Adapter, or USB to DVI Adapter that will allow you to add an extra monitor to your computer via any USB2.0 Port. You can also add multiple extra monitors by using multiple adapters. This is a great option for viewing documents, surfing the web, using Microsoft Office and many other business tasks. This is not a good option for intense graphical situations such as HDTV, Blu-ray, Gaming and 3D / CAD Workstation applications. For those types of scenarios, it is highly recommended that you purchase a high-powered multi-monitor workstation or a Matrox Dual or Triple Head2Go.

http://www.multi-monitors.com/SUPER_PC_Multi_Monitors_com_Multi_Screen_USB_Adapters_s/22.htm

3) You can replace or add an extra video card to your existing computer, depending on how many monitors you wish to support. Although this sounds easy enough, this is a rather complex solution for a beginner, especially when trying to find a compatible graphics card. For this reason, I am going to write an entirely seperate post on that topic and will link to it here, very soon.

http://www.multi-monitors.com/category_s/1914.htm

Once you have your multiple monitor system set up and ready to use, you will need to enable all of your monitors in your “Display Properties” Control Panel. Here is a great link to a complete and animated walkthrough of how to enable your multiple monitors in Windows.

How to Setup Multiple Monitors (Instructions)

http://www.multi-monitors.com/SUPER_PC_Multi_Monitor_Computer_Setup_Instructions_s/40.htm

This is what it will look like when you are done:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_avGStqZOI

what systems do you use and whats been your most profitable day

I don’t have an answer to your question. I’m just writing to warn you and everybody who might be reading this question about "Fine Forex Services". Please see the link below from the Indian Consumer Complaints Forum.

This type of company, and I use the word loosely, is what is known as an HYIP, or "high yield investment plan". The term has, in the past few years, become synonymous with con artist or outright thief.

HYIPs, I’m sure this one included, work by taking the money invested, and returning just enough with the "guaranteed investment profit" to lure in larger investors. As soon as they get a few bigger fish on the line, they pack up shop, stop answering the phone, change their name, move to a different office and start all over again with a different identity.

The best way to make money from crooks like these is to "take the cheese" by investing small amounts. Take your small profit, and instead of making a large deposit, afterward, just stop doing business with them while you have their bait.

This is dangerous. Really, the best thing to do is to avoid these guys, completely. The person who posted the answer before mine giving you the advisory is probably somebody who really still thinks he’s on to a good investment. He hasn’t put enough money into the pot to trigger the scammers to shut down and move on. He’ll find out, soon enough.

The best way to make money on Forex is to read everything you can get your hands on about legitimate investing. Join some investment forums, and open a paper trade account with a reputable brokerage firm. Even then, Forex is a very high risk game.

Isn’t it pretty obvious that ANYBODY who could make 1% per day, or 365% annually, compounded daily wouldn’t need small outside investors? The additional liability of having to pay out profits to all of them in a high risk market like Forex isn’t worth it. The absolute BEST Forex investors on Earth have bad, loss cycles. Why would you want to compound losses with having to owe a huge pack of investors when things go wrong? You wouldn’t. Forex is far too unstable to support a daily payout. I’ve seen literally hundreds of HYIPs using this same formula, and they’ve all been cut and run pyramid schemes.

Think about it. If you could really earn a reliable 1% on any investment, compounded daily, you could easily own a substantial percentage of the entire value of all the monetary systems on the planet before you retire. Sorry, it’s fake.

The above answer/statement is entirely my own opinion, rather than a statement of fact. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

EDIT: About "Ivybot". Never, EVER use an automated trading system unless you understand it’s underlying strategy inside and out! There are several "bots" on the market and while a couple can be useful, none of them can be used safely if you don’t know how they work, or understand the logic of what they’re doing, or know when it’s appropriate to step in and take over before they "automatically" flush all of your money down the loo. Paper trade on "full manual" until you are confident that you can turn a profit using your own noodle before you consider turning real money over to a "robot". Again, my opinion.

The fact is that day trade shorting has a systemic flaw in that the clearinghouse or whomever is in charge of watching a stocks float doesn’t have to track the liquidity of shares traded short vs float available to short until the end of the day, giving some slime bags the ability to sell short naked, more than is humanly possible because the float won’t allow for it.

Therefore, there needs to be a circuit breaker and a real time monitoring system of the total amount shorted vs total float at any given moment for everyone to see. This amount should be published with the quotes so that everyone knows where they stand when they trade a stock. For example there could be the current float 5,617,433,211 vs short interest 1,628,133,080 and that should change real time every time someone goes short or buys back a short.

It is high time that the marketplace became more efficient, transparent and monitored better in real time. I have working knowledge of the fact that something like this could be easily implemented. Let’s face it, wouldn’t you want to know when all of the legal shorting is over so that you could pile in long?

For this to work, the entire float would have to be allowed to be shorted making this an efficient price discovery system as well. Also it would be a boon for brokers who make money in their stock loan department. In addition, this system would stop naked short selling which I believe is just mathematically wrong as there should never be more shares allowed to be traded in one direction and naked shorting allows for that absurd overselling thus allowing manipulation of a stocks price and should not be taken so lightly from regulators. Also loading up stock in a cash account, so that it can not be shorted has the opposite effect of driving a stock price up which is just as manipulative in my opinion. Trade only the float long or short and monitor it real time.

If this wouldn’t work, please explain why? If you think it would work, spread it around before they over regulate everything so that true discovery of pricing will be eliminated by legislation arbitrage.

legislation arbitrage creates a fake market price for all stocks. We all know what happens when falsity becomes reality, it is then only a matter of time until the house of cards collapses in on itself. This system would work fairly and would not allow naked shorting to manipulate, but rather would let the free market discover true price.

wow, you should really consider running for congress. you seem to know almost as much as our lawmakers!

of course, they’re all completely clueless…

Hello, I want to learn game programming so that I can make my own games. What I’m doing now is trying to make a Final Fantasy like RPG (Kind of like VI, so it’ll be 2-D). I asked a question similar to this a little while ago, and someone told me to get Game Maker, so I did. I have three rooms, a bunch of sprites (that only add up to three characters and a group of soldiers chasing them ) and a few other basic things. However, there didn’t seem to be any options to make things like in game speech, trading systems, or a main menu, not to mention a level up/battle system, so I decided I would set out to learn a programming language. At first, I thought C++, because I heard that it was simple (heheh, as "simple" as a programming language can be…) and used alot. Also, my mommom had given me a book on it (though I can’t understand a damn thing it says, because it seems to take something simple and use the most convoluted expressions possible) and I will be taking a class on C++ programming next year when I enter my first year of high school. However, I have also heard that Visual Basic (which I think may be a good bet because of the ‘visual’ part? Graphics, or is that something completely different that I don’t understand as someone who’s completely new to programming?) is good, along with Java. So which do I use??? C++, Java, and Visual Basic are what I’ve narrowed it down to…though I don’t really know a thing at all I have a dual boot system, Linux Mandriva and Windows XP. On Windows, I got the ‘"Code Blocks IDE" for programming C and C++. I wrote my first program (from a free online text tutorial I found, cprogramming.com) and it worked fine. Now, I can make text appear on command prompt , and make it so it doesn’t go away until I hit a button! Yahoo, hahaha! I saw a program to make text appear in VB, though, and it’s 10x longer and more complicated! Well, like I said, I want to make a 2-D game like Final Fantasy VI, with battles and menus and equipment and a levelling up system, and all that good stuff. I think I’ll try C++: I already have an IDE for it, I’ve written a few programs that show text (hey, small steps, right? I’m proud of myself, and seeing that program do what I want, even if I did copy it almost directly from cprogrammings website, was a real motivation booster ) I found a site that gives me tutorials, and I have a book on it that maybe I’ll understand; also, I take a full class on it in my first two years of high school. But please, PLEASE recommend YOUR choice of language. I want to know what you use, the pro’s and con’s, what it’s best for…I just want to do this because it seems like Game Maker’s AWFULLY limited, and who knows: maybe I might want to make a career out of it if I like it enough. Thanks again! Hope to see plenty of answers on here!
No, I’m not going to wait ’til college to learn C++ if that’s the one I choose. Whichever it is, I’m picking it and I’m going to start learning it this week. I’ve heard some good things about C++ so far; by the way guys, thanks alot for the answers, but…did you notice that I mentioned I had Code Blocks in the description? Anyway, I’m leaving this question open so hopefully I can get other opinions…I want to see alot of different people’s different opinions. Thanks again!

Based on people I know who do game coding, C and C++ are the primary game coding languages used today.

Yes, let’s celebrate his legacy of domination, oppression, and colonialism.

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Columbus is responsible for the murder of millions of indigenous people.
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Columbus was a slavetrader in Africa before invading America. He began the slave trade in the Americas. He deserves no holiday, no parades, no statues.
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Columbus Day celebrates the doctrine of discovery – the legal process that stole Indian people’s territories, and that continues today.
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Columbus brought a philosophy of domination to the Americas that persists today – domination of other peoples, domination of the environment, domination of other belief systems, domination of women by men.

In addition to his own crimes, Columbus also became an unwitting tool of calumny against the Muslims through the 1800s American writer Washington Irving. It was Washington Irving who gave rise to the stupidity that Columbus was seeking to prove that the world was round and had supposedly been rejected by the scholars of his day who were all "flat earthers".

This particular lie has great significance for Muslims, because bigots rely on the misconception that academicians of the past were all idiots to try to foist nonsense on people, such as claims that the Qur’an supported flat earth theory. I’ve seen that kind of nonsense posted here recently. Actually, the roundness of the Earth was well-known and long-established among scholars and everyday people of the past.