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webmaster52024
- Jul 29
- 1 min
How does the stock market work in the simplest terms?
I It’s like an ebay for “fractional ownership” (shares) in well know companies. In the US markets, buyers/sellers exchange billions of...
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Matt DeLong
- Jul 15
- 1 min
Is trend-following just a fancy word for swing and day trading?
No. trend following is a strategy (albeit lots of variations of “how” exactly to do it). It’s basically buying a stock in an uptrend, as...
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Matt DeLong
- Jul 8
- 1 min
How do hedge funds merge with mutual funds
and how are they regulated as they engage in consolidating the financial services industry? I’ve never heard of hedge funds merging with...
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Matt DeLong
- Jul 1
- 1 min
How do you outperform the S&P 500 while being a novice trader?
It can be done, anyone can have a good year, however, outperforming the S&P 500 is more than just 1 year thing, right? Can you do it for...
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Matt DeLong
- Jun 24
- 1 min
As a stock day trader, what is the most amount of money you have lost in a day?
I think you are asking about “Realized gains” ~$10–15k a couple times. Most traders mix swing trades and day trades in one trading...
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Matt DeLong
- Jun 17
- 1 min
What is a good trading account size for a day trader?
Short answer: $30k minimum, ideally $50k or more. Everyone says $25k because of the SEC Pattern Day Trade (PDT) requirement, however, if...
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Matt DeLong
- Jun 10
- 1 min
How can you be a successful day trader without losing money and making a profit every time?
I think people misunderstand what “success” means in day trading. It doesn’t mean you never lose on a trade, it means your wins outrun...
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Matt DeLong
- Jun 3
- 2 min
How do I make $60,000 in the stock market as a beginner?
This is my recommendation for new/beginner traders. Learn how to trade wrong (it’s actually my superpower) + lose money. (it’s part of...
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Matt DeLong
- May 27
- 1 min
How do the 5% of day traders win?
EASY!! They do what the other 95% don’t do, learn to lose. Most people Most people spend their time trying to find “the perfect...
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Matt DeLong
- May 20
- 1 min
Do hedge funds really provide a hedge to the market anymore?
Most hedge funds aren’t really truly “hedge” funds, they merely attempt to beat a market benchmark (ie: S&P 500). The term hedge fund has...
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Matt DeLong
- May 13
- 1 min
Would increased global financial regulations help to prevent a future financial crisis?
It’s not about regulations or not — it’s about the RIGHT BALANCE of regulations. Too LITTLE regulations (like in crypto now), it’s a...
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Matt DeLong
- May 6
- 1 min
What should you be, a trader or an investor?
Not sure if better is the right word. A value investor (Warren Buffet) has a long-term viewpoint on investing, whereas traders have a...
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Jerremy Alexander Newsome
- Apr 30
- 5 min
Prosperity
Fun fact: my dad used to say he had a parking genie. That’s because he ALWAYS found a parking spot. And I inherited it. The Thursday...
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Matt DeLong
- Apr 29
- 1 min
If given $5,000,000 how would you invest it?
Pay taxes 1/4 buying shares of AMZN. 1/4 buying shares of SHOP. Remaining 1/2 into down payment on cash-flowing commercial real estate,...
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Matt DeLong
- Apr 22
- 1 min
How common is it that a day trader is a part-time day trader?
It happens more than most think. Depending on what time zone you are in, you can get in a few hours of trading either before you go to...
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Matt DeLong
- Apr 15
- 1 min
How safe is daytrading?
LOL, why would it be safe? It does attract the naive with fantasies of instant wealth who assume you click a few buttons and you are...
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Matt DeLong
- Apr 8
- 1 min
What kind of computers do Quantitative hedge funds use?
BASIC ANSWER: Nothing super secret here. Development is done on Apple iMac’s, actual production & development of strategy, order,...
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Matt DeLong
- Apr 1
- 1 min
How can individual investors sell their trading signals?
Some trading signals / strategies work well as long as they aren’t “over used”. By selling them, they would become “over used”. I...
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Matt DeLong
- Mar 25
- 7 min
Why do you want to become an entrepreneur?
As an entrepreneur, you have to have thick skin, a strong stomach and be comfortable with the idea of “being uncomfortable”. You have to...
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