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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No. Because the person you are selling to could of bought lower than the current price. The long story short is no 50% of people in the market will not always be losing money based on your theory. Now how much of people will be losing money is dependent on your time period and volume etc and is quite difficult to determine without knowing their buy price

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