Online Stock Trading Small Time Traders Versus Institutional Traders
Online stock trading has taken a life of its own today. The local bourses worldwide are now booming with large amounts of trades being placed in markets like Shanghai and Shenzhen with local officials noting a large rise in the number of share trading accounts being opened.
This article will list three strategies that large trading desks use and explain how the small investor can benefit from these same strategies.
Trading Strategy
Small time investors tend to rack up large losses in the stock market mostly due to a lack of a good online stock trading strategy. The essence of a good trading strategy is two fold. Firstly, always acquire a stock when it is undervalued so that your downside is protected. Secondly, fix an upper and lower selling limit mentally when you acquire the stock so that you sell on reflex and take your emotion out of the trading equation. But always ensure that the instrument or stock that you are trading enjoys good trading liquidity or such trading strategy would not work.
Large capital reserves and margin
Large banks have trading desks that...