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Avoid Getting Greedy

Getting greedy with your stock investing can lead to losing it allOne the headiest things about stock investing is success. Especially in the more exciting realm of day trading, it can seem like you are always on the verge of “cleaning up.” Why? Because some days it is terribly easy to make money. You make good trades and you carefully choose two or three contracts. But then something happens. Many stock traders fall into the trap of becoming greedy. They see how easy it was to make that extra $200, and so feel like they can easily make more. And it might even work for a while.

But the problem comes in the fact that the stock market can change quickly. Individual stocks can change. And in the world of day trading stock investments, it can change even quicker. When you start getting greedy and trying to see how much you can get, just to get more, you can run into trouble. Even though it can be heady to make huge profits and keep trying for even bigger profits, you will be a more successful stock investor if you go for steady profits. You’ll build wealth in the long run, rather than just having it for a couple of months.

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Posted on Thursday, August 17th, 2006 at 9:33 am In Stock Market Investing
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