“The way to learn to do things is to do things. The way to learn a trade is to work at it. Success teaches how to succeed. Begin with the determination to succeed, and the work is half done already.” -Benjamin Franklin

Chart Base Patterns

In my last post I demonstrated the very basics of reading a stock chart. The next step is learning how to spot chart base patterns and when to buy a stock. A chart base often acts as a foundation for stocks to “jump” off of; to begin a large share price increase. Spotting and understanding [...]

How to Read Stock Charts

A basic foundation of researching stocks is the stock chart. Stock charts give us a picture of how stocks have performed in the past, and can give us clues on how they might perform in the future. A basic chart simply displays a stock’s prices over a certain period of time. The time period can [...]

Starting Small

I don’t buy in to the belief that you need a large amount of money to begin investing. Some “experts” say you need at least $5,000 or even $10,000 to get started in the stock market. I say bullshit. As you can see from my Postions Hstory, I started with an initial deposit of just [...]

Immersing Myself in Stocks

Welcome to LearningStocks.net! This site will chronical my stock trades and my thoughts on investing in financial markets. My hope is that this will become not only a Stock Journal, but also a resource for learning about investing. By teaching myself I hope that others may also learn about stocks, and that this site will be a catalyst to make money in [...]