Hey I'm still riding on 5k free shares. I ALWAYS leave a minimum of 1k-10k shares in for free of EVERY stock I play with. If just ONE of those hits a dollar, I'm a happy camper.
I trade penny stocks, but I also like buying lottery tickets. I just like getting lottery tickets for free, and making a bit of cash off them.
When fighting commissions so heavily with small investments, I HAVE to lock in some of my profits when I get the chance. Hell, for a noob investor 1 month in ive made over 20% off these penny stocks. I'm beating the DOW, and the TSX so I'm already laughing. Don't get greedy and you make money.