Sunday, 20 November 2011

Tips That Will Help You Avoid Loss In Virtual Stock Trading

By Harold Glisson


Sometimes know as paper or fantasy trading, virtual stock trading is an online stock market simulator game. This system enables a newbie trader to know the basics of the market. If well used, it can reduce the potential for losing money when one starts to trade the markets.

In most paper or fantasy systems, you the trader will be given seed money which you will use to make profit or loss. There are a few websites that have virtual trading platforms where one can actually make some money. These sites also allow individuals to load actual money to their accounts. In most cases, you will find that a site that has an online trading platform also has a fantasy trading platform. Usually the two are the same except that the virtual one does not involve real cash.

In general, these platforms use statistical analysis to determine the prices of a given stock at any given time. There are others websites that use actual feeds from the market expect that you are now trading virtually. To make profit in most virtual platforms, you must be able to analyze the prices and determine if the prices will rise or fall.

Most fantasy trading systems have a number of indicators that will assist in technical analysis. Some of the most common indicators available include candlesticks, trend and moving averages. Knowing how to use these technical analysis indicators will be vital in helping you earn profits.

These simulators will most likely prepare you for trading in the real market. It should be noted that the game is completely different where real money is involved. When trading with real money, fear and greed usually tend to cloud your judgment

A major difference between these two systems is that in the real thing, real money is involved while in virtual one, virtual money is involved. Profits and loss you make when trading fantasy systems are not real. Mostly, the fantasy platform will give seed money to trade with, usually not real money.

A big similarity between these two systems is that what you do with the fantasy trading can be done in the real thing. Also, most websites will offer the same platform so you actually are familiar with the system before you start trading. The indicators in virtual stock are the same ones you use in trading real markets.

Basically, the essence of using fantasy trading is to get you acquainted to trading stocks online. This system greatly improves your proficiency with the platform plus you learn to use indicators. Other vital skills you learn from these systems are money management skills and how to use fundamental analysis to enter or exit trades. These skills are what will determine whether you become profitable when trading stocks.

Of importance to note is that the stock market bares a lot of risk and is not appropriate for all to trade in. As a rule, you should only use money that you can afford to loose. You must ensure that you are comfortable with the virtual stock system and have got adequate training. You must be making profit in your fantasy account before you can even think of joining or registering a real account.




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