Originally Posted by fsckr

Penny stocks are good just remember to work with stocks that have over 100k shares traded daily, any less and you are going to be stuck with your penus in hand.

For a broker I strongly suggest ThinkOrSwim, they have a great trading platform, awesome education, nice margin (I'm @ 4x for most stocks) oh and $4.99 commissions : )

If you are like me, you'll start with penny stocks and graduate to options & futures (maybe even forex) and learn a whole lot.
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fsckr