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Cypriot Daytrading

Andy George, 16-Nov-2004


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In the time it takes to read the 1st paragraph of this article, a number of market pitbulls across Cyprus can have hit a button on their computer keyboard and acquired a batch of equities using an on the web dealing service. By the time you've read it to the end, those same trading insiders may have had another peak at the stock value and decided to sell the equities either at a bottom line or sometimes at a mark down.

Is this easy $ for little work? Sometimes this may be true but not always.

Unlike traditional stockmarket investors, the have no interest in the future revenues of the concern whose equities they are acquiring. They may not care less about fundamental investigation or even what the house does. Hence one can say that the terms: Profits e.p.s, Premium Eps Ratio, Dividend Yield or Cash Flow will not be in their dictionaries. This means they are extended interested in the arts of technical investigation, size of buy-sell cycle, volatility of shares and bid-depth explanation. They aim to buy stocks whose values are skyrocketing and sell once the momentum slows. Often the worth rises are tiny but can make profits because commissions are low (though the sweet f.a.. 6% turnover levy does not help) and because they buy and sell over and over again.

Theres no question of holding financial instruments last night portfolios are emptied ready for at what time the stock-market opens the subsequent day. The Internet has made all this possible. Their constant wheeling and dealing begets liquidity in stocks one thing that is necessary in any Paper Exchange.
ONLINE City trading HAS TAKEN OFF IN THE USA:
On more international share exchanges, day instrument trading by private market pitbulls existed in the pre-internet era of telephone-based dealing on a much smaller scale. However in the late 1990s with the arrival of online-based dealing that coincided with a buyer City, the number of daytraders soared especially in the United States. In Cyprus on the web stocks trading started in 2000 (after the spectacular rises of 1999) with a number of on the net financial advisors offering such services. In Cyprus there are a handful of chat rooms. Even a number of brokerage firms have ready upward their own chat rooms.

Though in the United States on the web stockmarket list trading has taken off, the same is not true of Europe (especially the UK). In Cyprus most of the daytraders are related to stockbroker firms though there is a small number of private super traders who act as short term players.
ONLINE City trading IS NOT POPULAR IN CYPRUS:
In their opinion there are a number of reasons why day equities trading hasnt taken off amongst private traders in Cyprus.

The numero uno concerns its timing. On the net stocks trading has come at a time at what time the Cyprus Security Exchange (CSE) has been in a severe seller stockmarket. As a result investor sureness is at a low finger and this in itself ought to not encourage players to become daytraders.

Secondly, loading upwards / unloading insiders in Cyprus must pay a revenues tax take of nullity. 6% on top of commissions & CSE fees. 5% that is extremely hard on a per day basis. The following example illustrates how hard it is to make money: If an investor risk moulah CYP 10,000 in ABC Limited and he/she makes a 2% gain then he/she might be making a net gain of only CYP 50 (after deducting various costs). However a 2% mark down can result in mark down of CYP 350. This example suggests that the dice is weighed versus .

Thirdly, a one day dealer thrives on issues that are liquid and where there is volatility. Though there are around 130 equities listed on the CSE, only around 10 stocks have the necessary volatility for the one day dealer. In different words it is no good to the daytrader to but shares in corps that he/she cannot sell later due to a lack of buyers.

Nonetheless it is possible for Cypriot trading insiders with a Computer, internet connection and nerves of steel to try their hands at day equities trading. However before doing so trading masters should read upwards on the subject 1st so that they understand exactly what they are getting into and to find a handful of bucks information websites concerning the CSE.
DAY Paper trading IS A HIGH RISK ACTIVITY:
Make no mistake: day share trading is a high risk activity. e. The regulators used to be worried that if there were said to be fallout in the market place that many investors should dash for the exit and this ought to start panic in the market place. It should appear that this is one thing that did occur in mid Last quarter at what point the DJX and NDQ City dropped due to panic unloading. Hence day average trading is very risky especially if the pitbull borrows to speculate.

Another risk is of being fed false information. should not rely on information from dubious sources. For example on many chat rooms, a number of participants become the victims of pump and dump of rubbish equities by being told that such and such a note might go upward x% due to a heavy announcement by the firm. In fact the rumour may be false and it may be an attempt by the person to dump the shares (at a profit) on some naοve market pitbulls.
Finally, another risk is that of strategy failure that may prevent the short term big swinging dick from unloading at crucial moments. should ask his trade facilitators what alternatives are available should there be a methods failure before opening an account.

CONCLUSION:
Day market place list trading is a very high-risk activity and anyone who aims to become a one day trade jockey needs to carry out proper research on convertibles if he/she is to be successful .


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