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 NoobyTrader 
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Hello all

First post here, I want to begin my trading career and decide on a commodity to research and learn how to trade.

I googled the top ten most traded commodities in the world but I'm not sure what practical information I can get from that.

Any suggestions?


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Then read this thread in its entirety. There is no better place to start in my opinion, having been answering this question for over 5 years now.



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Becoming an elite member on this forum looks like somthing I will do, but $100 is a lot of money to me right now. As of now I have less than $100 expendable cash that I wanted to open a trading account with.

Since I'm completely new, how will I know becoming an elite member will really help me? Is there any way I can be given a week or so of trial elite membership?

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Becoming an elite member on this forum looks like somthing I will do, but $100 is a lot of money to me right now. As of now I have less than $100 expendable cash that I wanted to open a trading account with.

Since I'm completely new, how will I know becoming an elite member will really help me? Is there any way I can be given a week or so of trial elite membership?

I will save you the time and money and say that your time is better spent on another hobby if you have less than $100. Take your girlfriend to dinner and if you have money left over, to a movie. It will be a much better memory most likely...

The only way to make money in trading is if you have money. In practice, a lot of money. Many good brokers won't even open an account with less than 10k, and those that do accounts for $500 or so are the ones to avoid at all costs.

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I broke up with my girlfriend to save up to get in the market, no going back now. I find it hard to believe it's impossible to start with a small amount of money and work it into a larger amount of money when there's people out there taking somthing like a paper clip and trading it up gradually into a yatcht. I'm not giving up that easy, c'mon give e somthing to work with, anything. What would YOU do(in the market) if you had your knowledge and nothing but $100? I mean, $100 will buy 1000 pennie stocks, 1000 is a big number which is at the very least a step in the right direction right?

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I broke up with my girlfriend to save up to get in the market, no going back now. I find it hard to believe it's impossible to start with a small amount of money and work it into a larger amount of money when there's people out there taking somthing like a paper clip and trading it up gradually into a yatcht. I'm not giving up that easy, c'mon give e somthing to work with, anything. What would YOU do if you had your knowledge and nothing but $100?

Put it in an ETF or Mutual fund and get a job...

If you deposited $100-$200 a month from your job in said fund you will do much better then if you tried to trade it.

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What would YOU do if you had your knowledge and nothing but $100?

Have a nice steak and a bad bottle of wine and call it a night. Move on.

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Have a nice steak and a bad bottle of wine and call it a night. Move on.

Mike

One grass-fed organic humboldt county filet mingon - $12

One bottle of Chateau ste Michell Cabernet - $10 (from my friends at the winery)

I still got $78 dollars to trade with.

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One grass-fed organic humboldt county filet mingon - $12

One bottle of Chateau ste Michell Cabernet - $10 (from my friends at the winery)

I still got $78 dollars to trade with.

$100 should last you about 2 hrs with penny slots in Vegas... That would be more fun.

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