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Property deals are somewhat different to share trades. Maybe long term share holding is similar, but with share trading you really only expect to win on a certain percentage, possibly as low as 40%, and lose on the rest. Each individual trade doesn't matter, provided it's managed within your...

That comment wasn't aimed at you, or anyone in particular. As you say, it's like poker players, or lotto players, who tell the world when they win 500 bucks but probably don't even think about how much they've had to spend to get that win. The important point though is that on a forum like...

I'd suggest highly unlikely, assuming you're not leveraged and provided you haven't picked a turkey on the verge of going broke. You'll very occasionally see something drop 50%-60% in a day, usually after some sort of very bad news, but for the larger, top stocks, 10% would be considered a big...

A few comments. Always take everything you read on any forum in relation to share trading or investing with a big grain of salt. Many people delight in telling you about their big wins, or how much they made on one particular day, but it's the long term profitability that counts, not the...

The 45 day rule only applies if you have more than $5k of franking credits for the year. GP

Personally I wouldn't read too much into market depth. Many people don't place their orders into the queues and it's easily manipulated. There have been numerous times when I've seen large buy orders at the top of the bid queue and relatively small sell orders at the top of the offer queue and...