Keep insulting my intelligence! It's the only way I can actually grasp the concepts! Keep teaching, I'm glad you exist.

This was so hopeful, I’m a senior taking economics and this really helped me understand how the stock market works. Thank you

I've been looking for something at this level for quite a while. Thank you so much!!!

Now I get it, its so simple. For some reason I thought that if the stock you owned went down then it would mean that you would not only lose the investment but also some additional money too

Him saying "if you understand I get it, its basic but some people don't know, thats why its 101" thank you lol

Wow this is a good explanation 👏. I get now . Thank you so much. I was scared that losing money means that they take more money from your bank account to sustain it.

This 5yr video is exactly what I’m looking for. Thanks

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. You did insult my intelligence and I am glad you did. You just taught me how to ride a bike without stablizer. Thank you. ( P.S. I just wrote in because I saw you actually answer still with all of this great substential number of subs) I was skeptical about it because the thumbnail is so not well thought out. But I am glad I wasn't dumb enough to skip the video because of the thumbnail. Love from Italy. Greatest thing I learned today! Thank You!

Super new to investing, so for long term investors you don't really lose till you sell low, or unless the company goes bankrupt? thanks for any reply.

If i bought a stock. Let's say a weird one. And it's price go down. And people are not willing to pay more then for what I bought, but company is huge and will go up in some time. Few months and all, so i can hold the stock, right? And if I hold the stock and if it pay dividend. Div is gonna be high as its price is low at that time. Right. If that is what is happening It is still profitable. Right? I'll be getting dividend quarterly or whatever, and whenever the price will go above for what I bought, I can sell it.

In Stock market there always a buyer and a seller just not at the price you might like

So if I put $100 into a stock, I can't lose more than $100 correct?

GameStop stonks brought me here.

I know nothing about stocks and finance. First in my family born in North America and I studied psychology and architecture. Thankful for this info!! 🙏

Just an insight... As a medical student.... I will say there is always bounderies to the knowledge the patient can absorb and have compared to a doctor... patients can figure out concepts about the drug and thier symptoms but will never be enough to definitively diagnosed their disease, integrate their knowledge to overall picture of their health and be their own doctor... they can watch youtube videos a learn a lot about their symptoms or disease but should remember that the information is just superficial and is never a substitute to the 4 years of medical school and more years of residency training a physician possess... this also applies to any financial stuff explanation in the internet... watch everything but never trust it is enough for you to pass beginner level until you learn more than what is in youtube and online. It may seem easy and comprehensive but remember it is much more difficult and comprehensive... you will never piece out everything from multiple videos... read books from trusted personalities... take trusted online courses... read more books and integrate them to the videos until you reach the point where you can commentate on what the video failed to explain, does not tell etc... until then can you say i am not a beginner coz i learned more than the basics... that will be the difference of the knowledge a patient have before giving an informed consent for a treatment compared to a physicians knowledge about what, how, when, where and why do the patient need that treatment... Again, just an insight and am pretty sure you all already know this stuff...

Hi everyone, Please kindly answer this basic question: If I buy a share for $100.00 and I lose all of it(100%), that means that money is gone or the money is there and can wait until the stock goes up and the 100 make more money? Like gambling, if you lose your money, you have to put another money and the first time money is gone. The reason I am Asking is that Warren Buffet says that when the market is not doing well in the short term, you have plane for the long term goal and the stock will go up and then you can sell for higher profit. Thank you!

I have the opposite problem from people who think, "I'm going to get into the stock market and become a millionaire overnight". I lack _enough_ confidence. I'm thinking of how many thousands of people through the years have thought they'd get into the stock market and be successful just to lose a bunch of money - and I don't believe I'm any smarter than a lot of them. Ideally, I'd like to start with paper trading/stock simulators, then move on to a small account, then just gradually grow. And I want to do both long and short-term - like invest in something and let it grow for years but also do the short term trend-watching, buy/sell by the day type thing. I'm as dumb as a mud-fence about everything right now, but I'm trying to learn. I've always said it's less about how much you know and more about your _capacity_ to learn - like how much water is in the tank versus how big the tank is. We'll see I guess. I'm 34 and I've literally wanted to do this since I was probably 8-10. My wife makes a lot of money and _a lot_ more than me, but I just mentioned getting in the stock market to her and she said okay - but she wants me to deal with it because she doesn't know anything about it. I just don't want to lose a bunch of her/our money. I have the patience of a saint, so I do have some level of confidence in my long-term investing ability. The main thing I don't understand right now is how people lose everything in the stock market. I understand taking losses on certain stocks, but it just doesn't seem likely if all of your eggs aren't in the same basket so to speak. Because at the very root of it (and I know this is a gross, haphazard over-simplification) it's about buying for a lower price and selling for a higher price - unless the stock/company is just falling through the floor, going bankrupt or out of business, why not hold on to it? And how would one manage to find themselves in that situation often enough to financially ruin themselves? I'm sure I'm being naive, but it seems like with a "diverse portfolio", you're bound to pick at least a few good stocks that'll do well by random chance... I'm sure I sound just like every other person who's ever tried and failed in the stock market. I know if it was as straightforward as all of that, we'd all be millionaires.

Actually if market went down or up if you didn’t sell you just lose or win number to lose or win you have to sell If market went down just down sell will go up but it’s depends on days to go up

Great explanation on how one looses money trading. How about showing it on a real trading platform so we can better understand the dynamics. Thanks for sharing

so i can’t owe anyone money? i think i’m going to deposit 40 and i don’t mind losing it but i don’t want to lose any more so am i ok?

Wait. How do people go into debt from the stock market? Do they borrow the money that they put inside the stock market.

Thank you for the information. But what if we jeep the stock till its price rises. I mean you will only lose money if you agree to sell it for a lesser price but what if I keep the stock till its more than what i paid for it

If the stock is now $0 and therefore worthless, can it at a later stage, be worth something and go up in value and therefore you will regain your at least some of your money?

Pick good fundamentally sound stocks , be very cautious on speculative stocks and crypto and most importantly take emotional out of the equation . You will lose money if you don’t

Let's say I bought a stock and it goes all the way down. Do I still have the stock? And hope that it goes up? Or I lose the money completely

Wow. This was very helpful thank you

This might be a stupid question, but with your scenario for example, is it possible to lose more than the $25 you have put in?

How about if i just hold my share for a long time til it bounces back?

So... am I stupid or can I just wait until the price raises again and everything is fine?!

I am new to the market and I thought if you invest $25 and it went down to $24 then you lost it all. But this video explained that I was way off.

Thank u soooo much for Dumbing it down!

Hi Clay, thanks for this. I'm just getting started and wanting to be clear as to how you lose money on a stock. Could you please clarify for me if it's only when you sell? I.e if you bought it at $30 and it went down to $5, would you have to pay anything if you chose not to sell and instead waited for the value to come back up?

Can't I just hold on to that stock until the bull market comes along? And then sell it then? I'm asking genuinely

But where does the money go when stocks drop?

say i buy stock for 25, i get that i can lose that 25 but can i lose more than that? if so please explain

Only way is you loose money is by having a plan become useless from wrong assumptions or some risk factor applying resulting in change otherwise idk how money is loss other than theft or ppl in company not working

What if you just leave your money there and dont buy any shares?

Here is a obvious question. Can you ever lose more than you put in? Let’s say I have 862 bucks invested. Can I’d ever have a negative balance more than what I initially put in?

Ok i understand but I have a further question, so this would happen if you put it out there in the market to sell it, so if no one buys it could you then wait for as long as you want until someone wants to buy it at the price you want to sell it at?

What happens if u keep the stock long term like thru recession. Do u began to regain your lost or was 0 a total bust?

This is such a dumb question but basically I can't lose more than I put in?

i read somewhere that your able to lose more money than you invest in stocks if you use a brokerage account, is that actually possible? i havent been able to find anything on youtube about it or heard it from any other source

sorry to to ask stupid question but im very new to this and want to learn more and start investing . when i but $50 in with my debit card on a stock is that the most i will lose or can you lose more . they wont take more out of my card when i have only put in $50 . (i.e $50 in Means $50 will be max that i will lose) sorry about the dumb question i just want to be sure before i start lol

I’m 15 gonna buy a stock can it take money away from me or do I just lose that money I put in

What if we KEEP the share for long time till i get some profit? Is this possible?

What if the value of the stock goes down but I don't want to sell it because I feel like it might eventually go back up? Am I obligated to sell or do I lose the stock somehow? Sorry I am EXTREMELY new at this. Today is actually my first day doing research on the stock market

Is there a time limit thoe??? Like can you sell it in like 3-5 years??? Anyone?

Wouldn’t you not lose money if you just held on to the stock, and decide to sell it once it’s over 25$?

So is there any harm in keeping hold of the stock for when it eventually comes up to a suitable position?

Here for gamestonks

This happens to 90 percent of traders and lose. So the rule of thumbs is when you wanna buy just short the stock because when it falls you make money.

But he didn't explain where the $25.00 went! If you give a broker $25.00 it haas to go SOMEWHERE. If the stock you bought is worthless now, that 25 dollars went where???? I just don't get it. The money didn't just vanish. It is a tangible item, it had to go somewhere....

Beginner question... Do you lose money if you hold onto the stock for say a week or so, and then the price goes back above $25? Is this against the "daytrade" philosophy? These videos are awesome by the way thanks for all you do ClayTrader.

Dope. Thanks for the very encompassing overview.

The most popular way people lose money on stocks or cryptocurrency is to sell for less than what you paid for it. If you pay $1.00 for a share and the next day it drops to 1 penny and stays at 1 penny for a year…you didn’t lose .99 cents 😐 Say after that year, the price of that stock went to $10.00 and you’re still holding😃…it may be time to take the profit. The chances of a stock going to 0 are less than the chances of it going higher than what you paid for it 💁‍♂️

Simple and worth watching👍👍👍👍👍

You can never lose more than you invest. So the worst case is 0.

Well I'm kinda new to investing and I do get the basics, the only reason I ended up here is because of a question that was on my mind that I still do not have a answer for, let's say I bought a stock at 15$ it goes all the way down to 5$. Now I'm going to hold ofc because that's my only hope because selling will make me lose more money, but do I lose my because of holding? And no I'm no talking about stock value I'm talking about if my broker account should have money to cover up my losses like fund them thx

Can someone tell me if you can lose more money than you invest? And if you have invested into a stock and they was no buyers, is they a time limit as to when you have to sell or can you just leave it invested and hope maybe it will go up eventually? Literally only just contemplated trading this morning but with no knowledge whatsoever I thought I would just watch some vids and ask some questions. Any help would be appreciated thanks 🙏🏼

Yes, but technically couldn't I just hold my stock until it goes back up, just never sell my stock when it is lower than the price i bought it for. Thank you for all your help.

cant you just wait for it to go back up? say if there is a crash. why sell if it is at its lowest at a certain time?

But clay, I don't care if my stock went to $20 or $1, I am still getting paid dividends, so I will never sell, the only time I will lose if stock goes to $0 and completely bust, am i correct?

Maybe an odd question but do you still pay taxes on losing stock trades? Also, could you do a video on market makers if possible . I've read a few odd comments about them to do with stop losses etc but I've always assumed they were neutral.

How does number of shares increase in our profile on one time investment.....can u plz explain??

This is great and clear but I'm a bit confused re how superannuation works. If I have a lump in my super do they invest all of it or parts and what happens if there are crashes like March 2020? Do I just lose part of my investment? Could I feasibly end up with less super if shares are sold low to cut losses? Also, don't most companies pay out dividends end of financial year? Do you have to be holding shares at dividend pay out time to get that dividend? If you buy and sell all the time I guess that's how you're getting return not waiting for dividends

Does this mean the value increases depends on how much people buy stocks more than the value you bought first? Sorry, i am very new to trading.😁😁😁

What happens if you lose all your money? Debt?

Doesn't that mean you just have to wait a little longer till the stocks you bought get raised for like .50 or dollar? Still no loss right? Help me understand please. 'cause for me its not a a loss, if the price keeps going low I'll just buy it for months, then wait till it blooms. My stocks won't just disappear right? Even tho i bought it for $20 ill just wait for months and wait till it raise and for the meantime I'll just buy another stocks. Doesn't it work this way? Please notice me. I'm so new at this

this might be a bad question but, what if I don't sell the stock and make momey off of dividends?

So I’m new to stock trading, say I invest $100 into a stock the most I can lose is $100 right? And if the stock goes down and I lose $3000 do I owe whatever app Iam using $3000 or no.

Hey buddy. I have few questions. I am getting started and planing my game to earn my first million from stocks, so I am being extra careful with everything, and I for love of my life I can't understand how we lose money in stock. Read next comment

I did see the video and the concept makes so much sense. But I have a question. Let’s say you want to invest in a stock that cost $500 but you don’t have $500 you can only buy about $100. When do you lose money then? If it also until the entire stock value for that company drops to 0 or if it goes down $100 and now it’s worth $400 instead of $500 do you lose the $100 you invested? Or if it drops but never reaches $0 and later on as time goes it comes back up and passes $500 do I still have my $100 y initially invested and now have more than what I started with? Sorry also a newbie tried it a couples years ago but didn’t really understand it and that’s been my question. Thank you.

so you dont go into dept if the market makes the money go down but its more like you missed out on making more money cuz no one is increasing the amount past 25?

But what if after it goes down to zero but the following week it jumps up to $50? If you just let it ride did you still lose it?

What happened when you don't sell

Quick question, can it go negative?

So stocks is similar to looking for something to buy on amazon for cheap and trying to sell it to someone for a more expensive amount?

Can you hold it though... You already put the 25 into it how long can you wait on that number on the value of a stock and definitely and at any point would you ever pay more than the $25 I'm just regular stocks no splits or anything like that

I just started investing in voo and vti a week ago with 2500 ive only lost money will my money even grow? If so when will it start growing?

Is this strategy fine? As I am kind of thinking of doing mix of day trading and long term, I will chose companies after my brief research and analysis, and will make sure they are huge. So that I know they won't close it's door just like that

Will the market price fall to negative and cause me in debt

Hey I know this is really late but I have a question. If I invest money in a stock and I lose money and it keeps going down, will I eventually own the company money after the amount hits $0

What if for x months years stock you buy raises, could you sell it or the stock is lost?

what i dont get is that it isnt too risky right, because at some point the stock will go back up right? im trying to learn this all btw

Question 🙋‍♂️.. if i buy a stock for 20$ and it fall to 15 or even 0. I still have that stock right it may increase in the future. Right?

So let’s say a market does pay a dividend, $1 every 3 months. Meanwhile one share cost $25. If you invested in one stock, $25, and the businesses value dropped dramatically, and it keeps dropping, why not just stay in and wait until you made that money back via dividends? Sure, it’ll take a long time, but if you will barley get any money back by the time you realized you made a mistake and pull out, why not just basically throw the rest away (cuz it’ll keep diminishing) in exchange for free money every 3 months (I heard dividend values don’t fluctuate.) I get that this is a small analogy, but in a bigger analogy you would also be payed bigger dividends, so it’s the same ratio.

Thank you for this video.

Great vid bro

don't worry Clay, you're not insulting me D:

What about if you don't wanna sell right now? And wait till the price goes up again??

Is it possible in any situation to go into a debt from trading stocks? Probably a stupid question.

So, if I buy a stock for 25$ like the example, can I ever lose more than 25$?.

Wouldn't I still own the stock?

i have a question lets say i put like 1000 dollars on some stock software can i lose more then 1000?

If it goes below zero, do I owe money then?

hi clay i started watching your videos as i have taken a great interest and there really informative and great to learn .. this might be a stupid question but in this video you say if you put in 25 into the market and nobody is willing to buy it at 25 and only want it at 24.90 can you not hold onto that and wait to see if the demand goes up so essentially you dont lose money ? thanks for the videos posted there very helpful

Thank you for the information

I have another newbie Q. I want to to buy stocks and it tells me There is a margin call.. So I know I can loss money if I sell... but I wanna keep it but this margin will automatic sell my stonkss if it falls below a % I guess...? Why ? Is there something like margin free? And I saw it can go to a minus ...?! So if the stock goes down do I need to repay or ... I am confused 🤔 Forget it...! I found your video about margin acc. Well shit I almost did a big mistake. Thx Man for the Videos!!! Are there brokers who only offer cash acc.? I just wanna put some few € without borrowing or even own someone money Many EU platforms just shut down their sign up. Any broker recommendation ?

Sorry for sounding dumb but I’m only 15 but how exactly do you buy it where do you buy it from is there an app or something

This video isn't really for me just wanted to say I've been subbed for a long time and I haven't received any notifications from this channel. Just randomly was like oh I haven't seen a clay video in months thought I might of accidently unsubbed but I hadn't. Is anyone else having problems with certain channels?