IS STOCK MARKET A CASINO ??

This is definitely the most important thing one wants to know the day they listen to the term, stock markets. For most of the people, it is like a casino, where people come to lose money and go broke.

THIS IS NOT THE TRUTH. IN FACT THIS IS TOTAL BULLSHIT.

Yes, most people blow up their account and go bankrupt but it all happens not because stock market is a casino but because people don't have the required skills, knowledge, understanding and strategies to play this game of stock markets.

Imagine the day when you came to know about the game called "CRICKET" and the same day you decided that you will face Brett Lee straight away. You can expect what probably will happen! Right?

IT IS NEVER YOUR BROKER FAULT

People do the same thing in stock markets, the come to know about stock markets from someone and they think they have found a gold mine. Rather than spending time about learning what actually is a stock market people tend to play the game, without even knowing the basic rules.

And then people rue stock market is a bad place to be. In fact stock market is a great place to be in if you are willing to put time and learn and then apply techniques which you will learn by making mistakes.

So, here we will start learning from scratch about stock markets, using better platforms, techniques and making money.

Have a great day!

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