if every stock transaction has a buyer & seller, does that mean 50% of the people will always be losing money?

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I just got into the stocks market. AFAIK every transaction must have someone selling and someone buying, both thinking that they will be making money. How can both be making money?

Does that mean at least half of everyone in the stocks market will have to be losers?

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Everyone else has made some very good points but I just want to mention that it all seems to be about order-book style trading although there are liquidity-pool systems that dont need a buyer and seller and instead it operates by liquidity ratios and those who put liquidity in get returns from trading fees and stuff

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