Quote from Pekelo:
Seriously, I don't think there is a need for a newbie area because:
1. The general,basic newbie questions were already answered and could be searched.
Now here I mean the "What is ES?, How much money should I start with?, What kind of books should I read first?, What is an ETF?" type questions that one could find the answers just by googling the question or reading the CBOT and other similar websites.
2. If you ask question like those that you did here, you can simply just ask them in the appropriate section and if you feel intimidated, just state first that you are a newbie. Nobody is going to jump on you, unless maybe if you ask the questions under #1.
The point here is that just because you are new to trading, that doesn't mean your question is a newbie one...
As for those 2 specific questions, I would ask them under Stocks, and make sure you start a new thread, otherwise people who know the answer might not see it if it is inside a different thread...
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