Dear Lang-uish...............
I hope for your financial sake, that you are not investing with money that you cannot afford to lose. For example, rent money, etc.
All of us investing in stocks, commodities, etc, UNDERSTAND that we may lose $$$ (nice write off on our taxes) or we may gain money (which we invest again into a new 'idea').
But I shouldn't have to tell an adult this info.
What I will recommend is that you DO NOT invest with emotion.
Investing is not like going to the amusement park or having a great emotional time with your girlfriend, wife, or mistress.
So do your OWN research, and if you do not understand some terms or fundamentals behind investing ask the board members or access the tons of educational info on the NET or in your local library. Learn about candle sticks, short interest, etc.
Just learn, learn, learn !
Then you may gain financially as we all hope you do + you will be able to contribute to our TEAM effort to locate the gainers.
Thanks for contributing !
John "Glowboy" Forbes