Mom and Pop Are On Epic Stock Buying Spree Fueled by Free Trades

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Mom and Pop Are On Epic Stock Buying Spree Fueled by Free Trades

Post by dualstow » Fri Feb 21, 2020 8:30 am

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/free-sto ... 00721.html
While it’s tough to know what’s causing what -- bull markets are fueled by new converts but also lure them -- trading volume at online and discount brokers has exploded. TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., which started offering free trading in October, has seen million-trade days multiplying at a record pace.
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Post by Cortopassi » Fri Feb 21, 2020 9:02 am

Hmm, never thought of that angle. Here I am wanting to limit trading to yearly or less rebalancing, and others are getting enticed by zero commissions. Years ago I certainly would have been enticed into losing even more money that way.

Maybe just one other indicator of ringing the bell at the top.
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Post by Tortoise » Fri Feb 21, 2020 1:53 pm

Cortopassi wrote:
Fri Feb 21, 2020 9:02 am
Maybe just one other indicator of ringing the bell at the top.
Yes, I think so.

The other day, a coworker told me about a guy at my company who invested $1M in Tesla stock when it was a little over $200/share, then recently cashed out and retired after it skyrocketed.

These sorts of get-rich-quick stories about the stock market, where you hear about people retiring or quitting their day jobs due to sudden success in the stock market, seem to pop up in conversations with random people during the final phases of stock market bubbles.
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Post by Kriegsspiel » Tue Feb 25, 2020 12:42 pm

21 FEB: Mom and Pop Are On Epic Stock Buying Spree Fueled by Free Trades

25 FEB: S&P 500’s 5% Rout Hammers Mom-and-Pop Investors Who’ve Piled In

:P

Thankfully, I managed to sell a fair chunk of stocks in the days leading up to these big drops.
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Post by ppnewbie » Wed Feb 26, 2020 8:30 pm

Not sure but I’ce heard that algorithmic trading is the majority of the trading volume everyday.
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Post by pmward » Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:35 am

Along the same lines: 90s style retail day traders are making a comeback, especially in options markets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... ded4b883a5
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Post by Kbg » Sat Feb 29, 2020 8:19 pm

ppnewbie wrote:
Wed Feb 26, 2020 8:30 pm
Not sure but I’ce heard that algorithmic trading is the majority of the trading volume everyday.
By far.
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Post by mathjak107 » Sun Mar 01, 2020 2:58 am

only 10% of the daily trades are stock picking . 90% is automated trading with no human input .

most pro's use margin . all software is designed to lower leverage when margin calls can happen and raise leverage when the fear is less . so basically selling leads to more automated selling ..like an object that stays in motion until it hits something so do stocks
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Post by boglerdude » Sun Mar 01, 2020 11:11 pm

Why is margin legal. Does it help the economy?
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Post by pmward » Mon Mar 02, 2020 10:08 am

boglerdude wrote:
Sun Mar 01, 2020 11:11 pm
Why is margin legal. Does it help the economy?
Take away margin, watch the stock market and the economy implode, haha.
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Post by Kbg » Wed Mar 04, 2020 1:39 pm

boglerdude wrote:
Sun Mar 01, 2020 11:11 pm
Why is margin legal. Does it help the economy?
Why are loans legal?

Because people like to borrow money and people like to make money lending money.

Margin is nothing more than a collateralized loan.
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Post by Xan » Wed Mar 04, 2020 1:59 pm

Kbg wrote:
Wed Mar 04, 2020 1:39 pm
boglerdude wrote:
Sun Mar 01, 2020 11:11 pm
Why is margin legal. Does it help the economy?
Why are loans legal?

Because people like to borrow money and people like to make money lending money.

Margin is nothing more than a collateralized loan.
Interest-bearing loans weren't legal, for quite a long time. Still aren't among Muslims. Aristotle spoke extremely poorly of it. We may have rushed to judgment with the sudden reversal.
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Post by Kriegsspiel » Wed Mar 04, 2020 8:00 pm

If memory serves, European economies improved when they didn't have to rely solely on Jewish lenders or quasi-loans.

I think it goes without saying that nobody should be trying to emulate the Muslim world.
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