
http://www.alphatrends.net/
http://www.thekirkreport.com/
http://www.slopeofhope.com/
http://www.tradingwithtk.com/
http://www.thinkorswim.com/
http://www.redoption.com/
Also, some good books to start with are;
Trading In the Zone, Mark Douglas
Mastering The Trade, John Carter
High Probability Trading, Link
Trade Your Way To Financial Freedom, Tharp
Learn the basics of "Technical Analysis" before you read these books. Understand Candlestick Charting, Moving Averages, Support & Resistance, RSI, Channels etc.
There are many great books out there…. Don't read any of them until you've gone through these. Don't ever underestimate the importance of money management, position sizing & trading psychology.
This will take at least a year to get through. Do it and you'll save yourself from many costly mistakes.
How do I find a cheap, easy to use broker? There are SO MANY - how do I chose? The ones I've heard about include Ameritrade, eTrade, Sharebuilder, TDWaterhouse, ScotTrade, Fidelity, the list goes on! What makes them all different?
What I know: I'd like do invest relatively conservatively (IE - no day-trading). I'd like to invest in ethanol. I'd like to invest for down the line…
The only resource I'm using now are
http://www.investingonline.org/index.html
Yahoo! Finance.
HELP!
Update:
I'm probably looking to invest a few thousand for now. That may increase but I dont foresee investing more than 5-10K.
As far as where I was planning to put my money - mostly in stocks in NYSE or Nasdaq. Prob not smallcaps/penny stocks, but I did have my eye on an IPO or two. BTW what are franchise stocks?
I was actually thinking about Sharebuilder - it comes highly acclaimed. Why is touted so much? Advantages / Disadvantages?

Investing in a mutual fund IRA for retirement may give you an income tax break. Talk to your tax adviser. You may also be able to invest in a stock mutual fund via a 401K plan at work.
Believing advice you get on Yahoo answers can be risky, so read these websites for further information. If you find it too confusing, contact a professional financial advisor. They will charge you significant commissions, however.
Are there any good sites or books that have that and industry averages for certain whole years?


http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/reports/
keeps the biggest gainers/losers by exchange for the past five trading sessions.

I would recommend you do a lot of research before you get involved with real money. Do "pretend" investing while you study the Motley Fool site carefully. It is full of great ideas.


$3000 is too high a cost to pay to learn what's all free and available all over the net.
Go and download the "OPTIONS TOOLBOX" and play with it. Everything you need to know is there.
You can get this from http://www.cboe.com/LearnCenter/RCTools.aspx
Explore CBOE - Chicago Board Options Exchange, for wealth of free information on options. There you have links to other sites too - Options institute etc.
Buy the book - Options as a Strategic Investment by Lawrence G. McMillan, for lot less than $3000 ( think it's $50 at Amazon.com )
p.s.
Mr.DowJones assessment that Option trading is riskier cannot be more wrong. On $ for $ basis, with respect to Risk & Reward, stock trading is lot riskier than option trading. Options goal is to minimize risk and maximize reward. No such thing with stock trading

stockcharts.com
stockta.com
earnings.com (great during earnings season)

Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets - John J. Murphy
Here's another one I read & enjoyed:
Technical Analysis Explained - Martin Pring
An overview, which I read in French:
Technical Analysis from A to Z - Stephen B. Achelis
There are a number of texts involved in preparing for the CMT exam, see below link on MTA. Just going through the effort of preparing for the CMT exam is a great learning experience.
There is also my own trading website link, last one in the list below.
A final note, there is alot of learning aside from the technical analysis. One friend of mine noted and many traders agreed: "you don't have to be smart to be a good trader, just disciplined." Keep it in mind and good luck!
so how excatly does it work, is it as simple as buy it when its low, and say the share price triples, can u sell it for quick payoff when ever you please? or is it more complicated.

Start by reading the book Master the Trade by John Carter and then read Winning the Day trade game. Those'll give you a primer on which to build and will allow you to better ask your next round of questions. ![]()
You can also visit sights like eSignal and Kwikop to see some of the charting tools/indicators there are out there that you'll be needing once you do get started.
Hope that helps!



