Dear members,

Stock trading and investing in stocks are distinctly different activities. While trading is more like a business (for e.g, wholesale grain merchant) while investment is growing your surplus money.

I am keen to understand the following:

1. Which planet signifies stocks (e.g, Sa Iron/Steel trading)
2. What combinations promote desire on the part of the native to take up either
3. What combinations ensure success

As a learner, I will try and put down a few things that come to my mind and request learned members to contribute.

I have read Ju and Me being mentioned as representing stocks. Me may be important because of speculative valuation of stocks.

Desire to trade may come from 5th house (element of speculation) and 3rd house (enterprise)  and may be 7th house in D-10. Desire to invest in stocks may come from 8th house (unforseen receipts). 2nd house may play a supportive role.

Success in trading may be through linkage of 11th to the above as also a strong 9th and well placed Ju.

I have also wondered what combination represent career in trading. May be connection between 5th and 6th both in D-1 and D-10?

CRS

Nice analysis to start with CRS. For career in trading, shouldn't we consider eighth as well ? If the trader is unsuccessful in multiplying the investments of his client and keeps on gambling with his client's money, he cannot have a career, right ?  so he should have skills of both trading(the ability to take risk and succeed, fifth and eleventh houses) and investing( eighth house matters, understanding of hidden workings of stock market, unearned wealth, wealth from other people's money etc.). Eleventh house and second house connection is essential. Does the logic sound good ?

Thanks projenatorji,

I agree that link between 2nd and 11th is necessary.

But for a career in trading, I feel 8th house is relevant for the entity who hires the trader. In a wealth mgmnt/portfolio mngmt scenario there 3 entities participating.

1. Actual investor - If he has to get good returns from the 2nd entity, I assume his 7th house (partnerships) in D-1 and 11th (advisors?) should be good in addition to other standard wealth indicators.
2. The wealth manager - 8th/5th/11th are relevant. He has to put in place systems and processes for risk management and ensure operational compliance by entities like the 3rd. May be 3rd also is relevant if trader is treated as servant.
3 Trader - He is an employee given some leeway in risk taking but within the overall framework setup by 2. Hence, I thought 6th is more relevant.

pls feel free to correct me.

CRS