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I think the best investments to make money quickly are:
1) The first 2-3 pages (on the upcoming releases) of wide releases. Those generally just go up. Generally. Hold them through their opening weekend adjusts, along with the weekend deriviates. Buy the opening weekends, calls, and short the puts (except in cases where you expect the movie to come in under predictions, in which case do the opposite, including reversing your position on the film itself the week of release).
That said, in the week or two before release, a lot of wide releases actually plateau off and some may even go down. The money to be made here is more in the several months leading up to the week or two before wide release, and then maybe Tuesday/Wednesday the week of wide release through the opening adjusts.
2) Buy or short every star bond with a $5 difference between current and the next adjust with a scheduled wide release date. Make adjustments to each one involved after the weekly adjust. Obviously how far out you can go depends on how much $ you have in your account. I'd shoot for 6-9 months out at least.
3) I do like RogerMore suggestion of saving some cash to have left for day trading off of news items.
4) Also, you may want to look at Blockbuster Warrants, Funds (the ones that make a decent increase per year, not the ones that sit there relatively stagnant), TV stocks, and Academy Awards options in the spring.
In general, don't:
1) Invest in wide releases near the end of the upcoming release page (6-7). Those are so far off they come down as much as not. Also don't invest in anything still in production unless it's temporarily and off a news item. By the same token, it's not really worth it to invest in limited releases at all... except temporarily when a news item hits. Those stocks may see a jump at that point from a few bucks to around the $10-15 range, but that's about as high as it will go, and there are no adjusts to make holding it long-term a worthwhile option.
2) IPO's without a release date. In general most IPO's go up a little initially, then just start sliding down about a week or two afterwards. The only time that downward slide changes in when a news item hits or there's an advance in production. Usually the stock pops up to a new level, then starts slowly sliding down again. The only time this general trend changes is when it finally gets a wide release date, and that can even depend on how far out that date is.
Portfolio balancing Sep 16, 11:21
What I'd suggest is setting aside a little money ($5-10M or so?) for day-trading. Invest in stocks that have news posted on Sep 16, 12:08
I think the best investments to make money quickly are: Sep 16, 13:15
Thanks! Strategy 1 seems like it would take a lot of cash. No? {nm} Sep 16, 22:54
Just do as much as you can Sep 17, 10:20
Do not forget invest in penny stock {nm} Sep 17, 11:00
for me at hsx wagering on... Sep 17, 21:22