Is it getting harder?

Quote from intradaybill:

Think about it: is it possible to get a profit posted in your account if nobody else loses? Where will it come from?

I don't like to start calling soem of you naive, but some people in these threads are trully naive, have no basic understanding how a back office works and how markets transact but believe instead that equities rise magically without someone losing money in the process.

Neither I have time for this. This is too basic.

Bye
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You've been influenced by a myth. I've many many times read exactly what you say, in my first years of investing I had the same opinion... but now.. many years later... I just asked you a simple question, well at least you think it's too simple even to bother :confused:

Ask yourself... why did I even bother write it in the first case?

Well.. I'm still very excited for the prove!
You are hereby given another chance to explain you opinion :)
 
Quote from mdl060374:Again, not complicated..
If I bought a stock at $1 and sell it at $5 3 months later, I made money. if a scalper buys my $5 block, and sells is at $5.10, he made a profit...

Who is the loser in this scenario?
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the guy who sold to you at $1 and bought it back at $5.10


yes, I know you can create a million scenarios of people making profits on either end, but you are just increasing the loss of the last hypothetical person you have not accounted for.

this is how it works. If you want to think you are not taking someone elses money and doing gods work, go work for Goldman Sachs.
 
Quote from mdl060374:

that doesnt make any sense. While yes, that is a viable scenario, my point was it isnt black and white..
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It is black and white, you just need to think about it more and it will make sense eventually.
 
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