| In the game of stock market investing, a home run | | | | make a cool $1,000 net profit. However, what is the |
| would be to double the money on your investment in | | | | likelihood that a $50 stock would double to $100? Not |
| the shortest time frame possible, such as within a | | | | very. But if that $50 stock were to go up in value by |
| day, a week, or a month. The vast majority of | | | | $1 to $51, then you would only make $20 net profit. |
| people who invest in the market do so with the | | | | Hardly seems worth the trouble to invest in stocks, |
| intent of seeing at least 8% to 10% growth every | | | | doesn't it, for that measly pittance? |
| year. So how on earth can you game the market in | | | | 3. Are you using the right stock analysis tool? It |
| such a way as to be successful in doubling your | | | | would very difficult to game the market unless you |
| money with stocks consistently? | | | | had some system, some method to research |
| Obviously, it depends on a couple of factors: | | | | hundreds or thousands of stocks in real-time and |
| 1. How risk-averse are you? If you can afford to | | | | selectively pick the stocks that are virtually |
| accept the risk that you might lose all of the money | | | | guaranteed to double in value. That's where stock |
| you are investing with the intent to double, then this | | | | analysis software comes in handy. There are |
| approach will work for you. If not, then you are | | | | computer programs out there that are capable of |
| better off finding a more conservative approach to | | | | analyzing hundreds of thousands of stocks in a |
| investing. | | | | matter of a few hours. They perform millions of |
| 2. How much capital do you have? This determines | | | | computations per second against all of a stock's |
| how many shares of stock you can afford to buy. If | | | | historical data. Based on their calculations, they are |
| you have one thousand dollars to invest, then you | | | | able to make extrapolations about the future |
| can buy one thousand shares of a stock that is | | | | behavior of this stock. If a stock is determined to |
| worth only $1. However, if you wanted to invest in a | | | | have an extremely high probability of doubling in value |
| stock that costs $50 per share, you could only | | | | over the upcoming short-term time horizon, then the |
| afford to buy twenty shares of stock. So if your $1 | | | | computer program can issue a "hot stock pick" alert. |
| stock doubled in value to $2 this month, you would | | | | |