Trading Story: Trading Interviews, Tips & Inspiration For Newer Traders

On Monday, we aired the episode with Phil Davis from PhilStockWorld.com with lots of great info about stocks and trading. And it got me thinking about stocks a little more than usual. I got my start trading stocks back around 2000 and before that my introduction into the markets came from a stock options book back in the late 1990s. So I’ve got a special affinity for stocks though I don’t actively trade them. Historically, most people have become interested in trading because of stocks. With the growth of forex trading, that’s not always the case anymore. From what I can tell by researching Google search volume, interest in ‘forex trading’ and ‘stock trading’ is about even these days. But with so much current and historic interest in stocks, it seemed natural to look into stock trading. Most people in stocks aren’t traders. If they’re in the market they’re usually investors, not traders. And there’s a difference between trading stocks and investing in stocks. That’s what we’re discussing today.