NexusFi: Find Your Edge


Home Menu

 





Picking a commodity to research


Discussion in Commodities

Updated
      Top Posters
    1. looks_one NoobyTrader with 5 posts (0 thanks)
    2. looks_two Big Mike with 3 posts (5 thanks)
    3. looks_3 tturner86 with 2 posts (0 thanks)
    4. looks_4 baywolf with 1 posts (0 thanks)
    1. trending_up 3,048 views
    2. thumb_up 5 thanks given
    3. group 5 followers
    1. forum 10 posts
    2. attach_file 0 attachments




Closed Thread
 
Search this Thread

Picking a commodity to research

  #1 (permalink)
 NoobyTrader 
Arcata, Ca.
 
Posts: 6 since Dec 2014

Hello all

First post here, I want to begin my trading career and decide on a commodity to research and learn how to trade.

I googled the top ten most traded commodities in the world but I'm not sure what practical information I can get from that.

Any suggestions?


Can you help answer these questions
from other members on NexusFi?
ZombieSqueeze
Platforms and Indicators
Trade idea based off three indicators.
Traders Hideout
Better Renko Gaps
The Elite Circle
NT7 Indicator Script Troubleshooting - Camarilla Pivots
NinjaTrader
MC PL editor upgrade
MultiCharts
 
Best Threads (Most Thanked)
in the last 7 days on NexusFi
Spoo-nalysis ES e-mini futures S&P 500
29 thanks
Just another trading journal: PA, Wyckoff & Trends
25 thanks
Tao te Trade: way of the WLD
24 thanks
Bigger Wins or Fewer Losses?
22 thanks
GFIs1 1 DAX trade per day journal
17 thanks
  #3 (permalink)
 
Big Mike's Avatar
 Big Mike 
Manta, Ecuador
Site Administrator
Developer
Swing Trader
 
Experience: Advanced
Platform: Custom solution
Broker: IBKR
Trading: Stocks & Futures
Frequency: Every few days
Duration: Weeks
Posts: 50,442 since Jun 2009
Thanks Given: 33,215
Thanks Received: 101,603


Start with this webinar "Where to start":



Then read this thread in its entirety. There is no better place to start in my opinion, having been answering this question for over 5 years now.



Mike

We're here to help: just ask the community or contact our Help Desk

Quick Links: Change your Username or Register as a Vendor
Searching for trading reviews? Review this list
Lifetime Elite Membership: Sign-up for only $149 USD
Exclusive money saving offers from our Site Sponsors: Browse Offers
Report problems with the site: Using the NexusFi changelog thread
Follow me on Twitter Visit my NexusFi Trade Journal
Thanked by:
  #4 (permalink)
 NoobyTrader 
Arcata, Ca.
 
Posts: 6 since Dec 2014

Becoming an elite member on this forum looks like somthing I will do, but $100 is a lot of money to me right now. As of now I have less than $100 expendable cash that I wanted to open a trading account with.

Since I'm completely new, how will I know becoming an elite member will really help me? Is there any way I can be given a week or so of trial elite membership?

  #5 (permalink)
 
Big Mike's Avatar
 Big Mike 
Manta, Ecuador
Site Administrator
Developer
Swing Trader
 
Experience: Advanced
Platform: Custom solution
Broker: IBKR
Trading: Stocks & Futures
Frequency: Every few days
Duration: Weeks
Posts: 50,442 since Jun 2009
Thanks Given: 33,215
Thanks Received: 101,603


NoobyTrader View Post
Becoming an elite member on this forum looks like somthing I will do, but $100 is a lot of money to me right now. As of now I have less than $100 expendable cash that I wanted to open a trading account with.

Since I'm completely new, how will I know becoming an elite member will really help me? Is there any way I can be given a week or so of trial elite membership?

I will save you the time and money and say that your time is better spent on another hobby if you have less than $100. Take your girlfriend to dinner and if you have money left over, to a movie. It will be a much better memory most likely...

The only way to make money in trading is if you have money. In practice, a lot of money. Many good brokers won't even open an account with less than 10k, and those that do accounts for $500 or so are the ones to avoid at all costs.

Mike

We're here to help: just ask the community or contact our Help Desk

Quick Links: Change your Username or Register as a Vendor
Searching for trading reviews? Review this list
Lifetime Elite Membership: Sign-up for only $149 USD
Exclusive money saving offers from our Site Sponsors: Browse Offers
Report problems with the site: Using the NexusFi changelog thread
Follow me on Twitter Visit my NexusFi Trade Journal
Thanked by:
  #6 (permalink)
 NoobyTrader 
Arcata, Ca.
 
Posts: 6 since Dec 2014

I broke up with my girlfriend to save up to get in the market, no going back now. I find it hard to believe it's impossible to start with a small amount of money and work it into a larger amount of money when there's people out there taking somthing like a paper clip and trading it up gradually into a yatcht. I'm not giving up that easy, c'mon give e somthing to work with, anything. What would YOU do(in the market) if you had your knowledge and nothing but $100? I mean, $100 will buy 1000 pennie stocks, 1000 is a big number which is at the very least a step in the right direction right?

  #7 (permalink)
 
tturner86's Avatar
 tturner86 
Portland, Oregon
 
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: F-16CM-40
Trading: GBU-39
Posts: 6,191 since Sep 2013
Thanks Given: 10,459
Thanks Received: 12,695


NoobyTrader View Post
I broke up with my girlfriend to save up to get in the market, no going back now. I find it hard to believe it's impossible to start with a small amount of money and work it into a larger amount of money when there's people out there taking somthing like a paper clip and trading it up gradually into a yatcht. I'm not giving up that easy, c'mon give e somthing to work with, anything. What would YOU do if you had your knowledge and nothing but $100?

Put it in an ETF or Mutual fund and get a job...

If you deposited $100-$200 a month from your job in said fund you will do much better then if you tried to trade it.

Visit my NexusFi Trade Journal
  #8 (permalink)
 
Big Mike's Avatar
 Big Mike 
Manta, Ecuador
Site Administrator
Developer
Swing Trader
 
Experience: Advanced
Platform: Custom solution
Broker: IBKR
Trading: Stocks & Futures
Frequency: Every few days
Duration: Weeks
Posts: 50,442 since Jun 2009
Thanks Given: 33,215
Thanks Received: 101,603


NoobyTrader View Post
What would YOU do if you had your knowledge and nothing but $100?

Have a nice steak and a bad bottle of wine and call it a night. Move on.

Mike

We're here to help: just ask the community or contact our Help Desk

Quick Links: Change your Username or Register as a Vendor
Searching for trading reviews? Review this list
Lifetime Elite Membership: Sign-up for only $149 USD
Exclusive money saving offers from our Site Sponsors: Browse Offers
Report problems with the site: Using the NexusFi changelog thread
Follow me on Twitter Visit my NexusFi Trade Journal
Thanked by:
  #9 (permalink)
 NoobyTrader 
Arcata, Ca.
 
Posts: 6 since Dec 2014


Big Mike View Post
Have a nice steak and a bad bottle of wine and call it a night. Move on.

Mike

One grass-fed organic humboldt county filet mingon - $12

One bottle of Chateau ste Michell Cabernet - $10 (from my friends at the winery)

I still got $78 dollars to trade with.

  #10 (permalink)
 
tturner86's Avatar
 tturner86 
Portland, Oregon
 
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: F-16CM-40
Trading: GBU-39
Posts: 6,191 since Sep 2013
Thanks Given: 10,459
Thanks Received: 12,695



NoobyTrader View Post
One grass-fed organic humboldt county filet mingon - $12

One bottle of Chateau ste Michell Cabernet - $10 (from my friends at the winery)

I still got $78 dollars to trade with.

$100 should last you about 2 hrs with penny slots in Vegas... That would be more fun.

Visit my NexusFi Trade Journal

Closed Thread



Last Updated on December 29, 2014


© 2024 NexusFi™, s.a., All Rights Reserved.
Av Ricardo J. Alfaro, Century Tower, Panama City, Panama, Ph: +507 833-9432 (Panama and Intl), +1 888-312-3001 (USA and Canada)
All information is for educational use only and is not investment advice. There is a substantial risk of loss in trading commodity futures, stocks, options and foreign exchange products. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
About Us - Contact Us - Site Rules, Acceptable Use, and Terms and Conditions - Privacy Policy - Downloads - Top
no new posts