had a couple comments abt ppl not having $500 to start.
relax- i don't think anybody will object if you come in smaller. the idea is steady gains. i started in this racket in march 2005 with $212. i'm doing okay now, but i lost a lot of time and money trying for the "big score". i wish somebody had grabbed me by the eyeballs back then and said,
"Look, knothead-- 
you ain't going to hit the big score. the mm's are just gonna steal your money little by little. do this 10% thing with your piddly $200 and in a year you'll have $25,825.98 and in a year-and-a-half you'll have $878,185.56 -- wise up!!" but nobody did- not exactly.
so now i'm grabbing YOU by the eyeballs and telling you the same thing.
if commissions worry you- get a cheaper broker. check out zecco (zero commish, not sure if any minimum to open) or lowtrades ($5, no minimum to open). then come on in here and do BETTER. i see you out there jumping into trades and getting stuck for weeks at a time. i did the same thing. you deserve BETTER. so come and get it!
and another thing, while i'm on this rant!
right now i see 9 members, 130 guests. what's THAT about?? lemme tell you "guests" something abt trading psychology. it's EMOTIONAL. you need emotional support. you don't get tech or emotional support anyplace else like you can here. and the only way to get that support is to be able to post AND be recognized. and the only way to do that is to sign up as a member. so stop drifting around and put down some roots. that's how life works. that's how money gets made.
okay. i feel better now.
