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Stock market ups and downs

It’s surreal to see the stocks going up and down almost daily, with lately being more down. Is anyone out there profiting from this? If you know a stock is going to go up a couple percent in a day, it’s easy money. I guess the risk is that if the big drop comes you’ll be down hard.

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TI IOlOl0 Dec 21, 2018

Let me introduce you our lord and savior the vix

Facebook Instagrаm Dec 21, 2018

Too late

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New Eng Dec 21, 2018

Ok

eBay NotAmazon OP Dec 21, 2018

I was doing this with a few stocks right when the market started to swing. I made a few grand but it was scary putting 20k on one stock for a day.

Intuit xN1y3k Dec 21, 2018

Considering the market cap of the s&p dropped a few trillion, I’m gonna guess there’s more losers than winners.

eBay NotAmazon OP Dec 21, 2018

Yes, for sure. But if you were doing day trading you could profit on these daily ups and downs. Are HFT traders making lots of profit right now?

Facebook AyyoLeMayo Dec 21, 2018

Most likely not, a lot of the selling right now is algorithmic

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DuQvV7x Dec 21, 2018

The market goes up and down every day. It’s kinda what markets do.

Tableau Zero Cool Dec 21, 2018

Omg, that's brilliant! I don't think anyone's realized it. You can definitely start a business around it. We just need one office in a random street, put up some walls, and we are ready to start making money

Tableau Zero Cool Dec 21, 2018

Since we know which stock will go up or down, we could sell that info so that other people buy. We'll get money for it. Or maybe make them give us the money, and we manage it and charge a small fee. We can call it better money management! Or maybe shorten it to betterment! Or wealth to the front! (can be shortened as wealthfront if you think it's too long) What do you think???

Amazon sos567 Dec 21, 2018

If you trade options and okay to lose all investment, you can try to make money. I made around 50k in October and November buying puts. After taking out initial investment, started buying calls thinking market will rebound. Lost all the profits in last 3 weeks. So there is certainly chance to profit. But you have to do it with some risk limiting strategies and know when to get out

Facebook Seft Dec 21, 2018

Don't touch options or Vix. They are designed for buyers to lose money, like casinos. You can buy stocks or short sell them. Short selling is just the inverse of buying, not any more complicated.

Alibaba madma Dec 22, 2018

LoL, you obviously were too young to experience 2008/2001/1987

eBay NotAmazon OP Dec 22, 2018

2/3s wrong