Newbie Do's & Don'ts

[SSP]

Do learn to read SEC forms, http://www.nqb.com/quote/filings.jsp?symbol=
Do Daily list searches on all OTCBB for history - many are bad chameleons - http://www.otcbb.com/dailylist/
Do info quotes, check insider trading, http://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/MasterDataEntry.asp?page=InfoQuotes
Do symbol public message searches, to see who knows about "XYZ"

Too many to mention.

Also I have mentioned more, in detail, in an interview I once had made: http://www.goldenlists.com/interview/index.html