I am saying that you would need to weigh that decision to determine if and how much of a profit you would need to put in a stock as it could depend on a variety of variables.
You would have to determine your risks from your DD. Discipline was one of the key points I was trying to make too within that post. Remaining discipline can take you a long way. Of course picking the right stocks would have something greatly to do with it, but it is very doable.
As for the amounts that you mentioned for being too much to invest in a penny stock, to each its own as I think you would be very surprised. Below is a response I made to someone who had some similar thoughts as you. Please consider: http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=25333165
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