I started with $500 in my account a few years back and now am trading nearly 400k shares in GOIG along with several other positions. I may not know it all but what I do know is that I have been green EVERY month since 2005 when I first started. I got started because I had $2k in bills, $500 to my name, and a newborn without a mother... I learned how to trade lean and mean. I had to and I made the money I needed. I make my mistakes, but when I do, I learn from them and do better the next time. So I may talk a lot, but I talk from experience. It may not be your experience or anyone elses but it is an experience all the same. I'm not the greatest trader, but I trade effectively. I make enough to pay my bills and support my family while we are both out of work. That's hard to do on only $20-$25k in the market. I'd like to think it is because I am doing something right. So I share that, right or wrong, it has and is working for me.