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Which products do you/do you intend to trade mainly?  

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hello. i'm glad and i'm happy that i am here as it will greatly help the research that i'm doing right now about my thesis. actually, i'm also interested and hoping that through this site i can meet new friends, as well, i can contribute something bigtime as the site grows also. cheers.

 

Hi Saberkings !

 

Welcome to Traderslaboratory! What is the subject of your Thesis ?

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Hello All-

 

I am new to the tread and hopefully hear to learn more about TA and Options trading as well as much more....

 

I am currently reading the Jason Kelly book "Neatest Guide" which synopses the popular minds in trading...

 

Here is a question I have...

 

When a company goes public, my understanding is that it contacts an IB who then raises the capital and sells shares to private investors first, etc.

 

My question is how are those new shares created...(i.e. say a company before going public has 100 shares and 50 are issues and 50 are in treasury, do the 50 in treasury get allocated to the new money coming in and there are still 100 shares totally outstanding?

 

Or is there all of a sudden 1000's of new shares in addition to the 100 that were privately held (50 in treas and 50 to owners).

 

Thanks

SD

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hello everyone

 

I'm not an active trader, I'm still busy with trying to gain deep understanding of the whole concept. I have been attending seminars on the subject and frequently visit Investopedia to do some reading on the topic. My aim for joining this forum is to gain basic knowledge on interpreting charts,the market and just basically knowing how and when to trade Forex. Your help and guidance is much appreciated

 

Thank you

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Howdy Doody everybody,

I'm an old man learning new tricks,

I gotta make a living trading otherwise

I'm going to be in deep doo doo.

here's a little good vibes to everyone in my shoes

zoom zoom in the boom boom ; )

xxoo

c

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Hi Everybody,

 

This is my first post here.

I am entirely new to trading. I have about 3 quadrillion questions.

Let me start off by saying I first bought Whole Foods (WFM) at 89 and sold it at 91. Feeling pretty good about myself and thinking it was time to expand my repertoire, i grabbed SAM (adams) at 166 and it gapped down opening next day at 156, i didnt get out till it was at 150. Which brings me where I am.

 

 

D you guys have any preferred software to analyze your charts or do you just pretty much go with whatever your platform offers. (Right now im using optionshouse).

 

Any pointers on how to find my way around this site? Or around the web in general?

 

Thanks, Anthony.

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Thats great Troy. Nice to know you're breaking even, but don't let this make you over-confident. Trading in general requires years of practice. Take things slow, focus on the learning...and keep your trade size very very small.. All the best

 

Hari

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Howdy Doody everybody,

I'm an old man learning new tricks,

I gotta make a living trading otherwise

I'm going to be in deep doo doo.

here's a little good vibes to everyone in my shoes

zoom zoom in the boom boom ; )

xxoo

c

 

I've got my suspicions you're about to be in some deep doo doo. All the best.

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Howdy Doody everybody,

I'm an old man learning new tricks,

I gotta make a living trading otherwise

I'm going to be in deep doo doo.

here's a little good vibes to everyone in my shoes

zoom zoom in the boom boom ; )

xxoo

c

 

 

Welcome.

 

Chime in from time to time to let us know how deep the Doo is gettin.

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Hi ATrain,

 

Welcome to the forum. The most important thing you are going to need right now is bucket loads of patience and time. It takes time to read and research and patience to get through it all.

Try to break it down into smaller aspects and research them one at a time. Information overload happens easily.

 

L

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Any pointers on how to find my way around this site? Or around the web in general?

 

Trial and error usually --- much the same as trading.

Oh and dont forget the most important part of it - learning from the errors.

Welcome to TL - you will find lots of info here by searching and reading regards ideas, platforms and such - some info good, some rubbish some hilarious. Basically you have so much freedom with trading and the decisions you make its up to you to squander that freedom as you see fit.

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Here is a question I have...

 

When a company goes public, my understanding is that it contacts an IB who then raises the capital and sells shares to private investors first, etc.

 

My question is how are those new shares created...(i.e. say a company before going public has 100 shares and 50 are issues and 50 are in treasury, do the 50 in treasury get allocated to the new money coming in and there are still 100 shares totally outstanding?

 

Or is there all of a sudden 1000's of new shares in addition to the 100 that were privately held (50 in treas and 50 to owners).

 

Thanks

SD

 

The shares of a company are basically the equity of a company - it can be divided in any way legally possible (and quite frankly for a lot of companies is simply an accounting entry).

I was not clear on your example so i will give a rough guide in the hope it helps?

 

In very basic terms when a company goes public

it is usually either raising money and for that issuing new shares OR

Existing owners are selling some or all of their existing shares

 

Usually a public offering has a restructuring of the share capital of the company first in either case.

This is where the decisions on how many shares to issue, the issue price and other such things. eg; you have a company worth $10mil you can sell 20% of the company to the public in an IPO and in doing so you will be selling 2million shares at $1 each OR you can sell 20million shares at 10c each.

Based on the choice, there will be a total number of shares of the company eg; 10mil or 100mil - but the underlying value placed on the company does not change....this should be the stable part. (unless its a ponzi scheme or similar),

 

For existing owners it will be up to them to decide how many shares they wish to sell, or purchase.

With all the added issues of exchange rules, different types of shares available etc etc - you need to be more specific over and above that.

 

 

more info here -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorised_capital

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Hi Everybody,

 

This is my first post here.

I am entirely new to trading. I have about 3 quadrillion questions.

Let me start off by saying I first bought Whole Foods (WFM) at 89 and sold it at 91. Feeling pretty good about myself and thinking it was time to expand my repertoire, i grabbed SAM (adams) at 166 and it gapped down opening next day at 156, i didnt get out till it was at 150. Which brings me where I am.

 

Why did you choose these two stocks?

 

How did you go about selecting your entry point?

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