Stock Trading Barriers to Success

An investor can start with practically nothing, buying a few thousand dollar worth of shares. If he buys and holds, his commisions and other expenses will be minor factors in his success or failure. Traders have a harder task. Seemingly trivial expense can break them, and the smaller the account, the greater the danger. Transaction costs can raise and impassable barrier to winning.

Transaction costs. Beginner hardly think of them, yet transaction costs are a leading cause of trader mortality. Adjusting your plans to reduce those costs gives you an advantage over the market crowd.

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