the fees will be minimum of 6-12 months of losses, including one or two blown-out accounts. hehe
if you're a novice and start a stock position from your own dd, you might not get in at the most optimal entry price and not have enough conviction to hold on to it when the shake out occurs. price entry is very important, it allows you to sleep better at night. novice investors will not know when to get in or out of a position.
paper trade for at least several months, and monitor some of the hot hands here, other boards, and Internet.