The first question to ask yourself, why do I want to invest in the stock market? The answer is simple: TO MAKE MONEY! There are several ways to make money in stocks, and I will go over a few with a brief description. I have NOT had experience in all the ways listed below. #1 Investing Long Term: Many Years of buying and holding, think 401k. #2 Swing Trading: Buying and selling in a few weeks. #3 Short Term Investing: Buying and holding for a year or two. #4 Day Trading: Buyin

In "A collection part 2" I described how trading card games relate to the stock market and is the background that motivated me to get into investing. To many people I talk to that do not invest usually say something like, "it's too scary, I do not know enough, the risk is too high etc." There is always risk in stock trading/investing. That is 100% true. While this may be the case, the number 1 reason I wanted to invest, is to stop working the 9 to 5. My goal is to get out of

I titled this group of blogs as collection for a reason. As my stock journey continued, I noticed where I got the love for trading stocks. Can you guess? Before scrolling down, take a guess at what could influence someone to love "trading" stocks. The answer: Pokémon. When I was young, I collected Pokémon, yugioh and magic the gathering. I collected because I loved the game and the artwork. I never thought about how much a card could be worth monetarily. As I got older and sp

I began stock trading just six years ago during right before covid times. I had extra money, and my buddy said invest. Unfortunately for me, I started with crypto. I bought at the top, some meme coins hoping they would continue to moon. Then plunge, all because one billionaire goes on Saturday night live and says dogecoin is a hustle. Well after that, those meme coins all dropped hard, I panicked, sold, and lost some money. I stopped. A few months later I looked into stock tr