Recent content by billybigrigger

06-16-09 08:03 PM would love to see some data on the average life cycle of the newbie. ones that absolutely cannot trade last two months before they are shown the door ? those that can churn commish and generate flat to slightly negative returns last about a year ? at what point do...

I am new to trading and in fact made my first real trade a week ago last friday. Before that I set up a practice account on Bloomburg.com last October. I started out with a full set of the usual big names Johnson and Johnson, Microsoft, McDonalds, Exxon, Shell, Costco, ATT, Verizon and so on...