The many fears of a newbie in the stock investment business are not misplaced.

They are real. Perhaps, as a newbie, you may have suffered some form of loss

in your first attempt trading the market – thus making you loss faith and enthusiasm

in your trading techniques and the pursuit of your investment objectives, especially

now that the global stock market seems to be resting permanently in the south.

Such feelings of trepidation is not common to you, even the pros experience it

once in a while. Don’t be perturbed, it’s well. All the same, the guides enshrined

below could positively impact on your trading result if followed and applied

religiously. Use it as a checklist.

(1) Investigate Before Investing: it is very important that you don’t invest your hard earned money in any form of investment without first investigating the firm you

wish to buy into. Find out any means to get information about the firm, if possible

pay a personal visit to the firm for inside information. Result from such findings could

quite revealing. Invest only when the result of such research are positive. Your money

remains your while its yet with you. (Thou shall not invest without investigating).

(2) Research: Its imperative that you conduct research on the best stock to add to your portfolio. Take time to analyze the past performance, dividend payout policy, bonus

history, and other investment index.

(3) Trade With Your Extra Money: Thou shall not invest with money that will not allow you to sleep in your bed. The general rule of all investment that carries some form of risk is that investors should invest with what they can afford to loss. In case you loss your money, don’t loss your savings.

(4) Seek Information Online: Be active in forums and blogs where investors and newbie alike meet on a daily basis to discuss matters affecting members of the group. This will put you in the fore front of investment information and also as leverage for

building relationship.

(4) Follow Up Your Investment: Monitor and nourish your investment. The stock market is unpredictable. Be ready to react swiftly to any information can promote or put your investment in jeopardy.

(5) Attend Seminars and Workshop: As an investor whether newbie or a pro, make it a policy to attend seminars, symposia, or workshop on a regular basis. Attend at least one seminar every quarter and it shall be well with you. The gains from attending seminars can at times not be quantified. Hear this: a woman just retired from a regular

Job once had the opportunity to attend a seminar. During the seminar , she was presented with an investment opportunity about a firm that was in the verge been takeover by a core investor. She acted on the information and invested about $25,000. She made over 800% of that amount in less than 90 days. What an obscene profit!

(6) Check Stock Behavior: Thou shall know the behavior of every stock of interest for in so doing you shall know when the stock will be low or high. The stock trend of price gives you an idea of year low and high. Most stocks take the behavior of the management of the company, and trend in the way the company releases results.

(7) Know the Market: Thou shall understand the market and how it works for in so doing you will know how to plan for profit taking. Know what it takes to make money from the public offer, private placement, and the secondary market.

(8) Know Why Buy the Stock: Do not buy any share because others are buying it or buy under pressure or sentiment. Buy because you have your reason of buying.

(9) Know When to Sell: Thou shall know when to exit the market. Don’t be greedy in your exit strategy. Don’t sell because others are selling. Rather, sell because you have a reason for selling.

(10) Closure of Register: Thou shall apply the principle of closure of register, for it shall guide you on when best to sell. Never buy a stock a day after closure of register.