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You may have heard of traders making a killing on the markets or traders getting killed over their financial balances in the stock markets. You may have thought that the stock market was a place to make a fortune. Or you may have thought the markets were too risky. But the fact is more than half of the Australian population have a direct or indirect ownership of shares, either through direct ownership, derivatives or through managed funds and superannuation. And a growing number are share trading with the boom of internet brokerage, infomation accesibility and the boom in financial services and awareness. Share trading may be a dream job for some, having unlimited freedom; no bosses. But trading stocks for a living is not easy.

Share trading to earn a living is a challenge. It requires discipline and planning to succeed. Since trading stocks main purpose is to profit, it is important to treat trading as a business. Since it is considered as a business, a business plan must be set in stone and adhered to or else the chance of failure increases dramatically.

A lot of people think it requires a large sum of money to trade the markets successfully. But today, that is not the case. Many financial services over many tools and services that assists share trading as they offer software, leverage instruments and information. Many firms offer trading instruments across many markets: commodities: from oil to gold, currencies (forex), Aussie Shares, US stocks, UK stocks and other stock markets all over the world! Theoretically you can trade the markets 24 hours a day 7 days a week. At any time of day, any day of the week, a market would be open for business ready for trade.

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