How to Make Penny Stock Fortunes
But you should know that penny stock investing can be risky.
Savvy penny stock investors try to minimize the risk by learning how these market operate.
In this article we're going to look at a very generalized way to find good trading penny stock candidates.
We'll get more specific in future articles.
If you're new to the penny stock markets, it might be wise to find stocks in an industry with which you are already familiar.
You can do a search on such companies and make a list.
You'll want to check out charts on each of these companies once you've got a nice basket of prospects.
You don't need to worry about reading stock charts just yet.
What you're looking for are the common patterns that show significant highs and lows.
These highs and lows are known as volatility in stock market idioms.
What you'll be looking for is a stock that is coming off of a low and positioned to climb.
You'll find excellent free charts at stockcharts.
com.
Another important aspect of building your penny stock fortune is understanding how news affects the movement of a stock.
It is obvious that exciting news showing how a company might become more profitable can be a positive influence to driving the stock price higher.
But you should be careful with news when acting on certain news items.
There are some companies that will release what is known as 'fluff' press release.
Fluff news releases may or may not move a stock.
One of the reasons I suggest you trade stocks in the industries that you are familiar, is that you can evaluate news releases more effectively, and can avoid some effect of 'fluff' news items.
The daily volume of the stock is another important consideration in choosing a candidate for investment.
You should look for a stocks that has significant volume recently.
There is no rule of thumb for this.
But you should make sure that you can sell it easily when you want, especially when the penny stock you buy rises a lot in value.
There should be enough people who are willing to buy it from you.