text: Never act on tips (until you check it out yourself)\n\nI would recommend reading a few books, and getting some experience:\n\nBiography-like books:\nReminiscences of a Stock Operator\nhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0471059706?v=glance\nHow I made $2M in the Stock Market\nhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0818403969?v=glance\nBaruch: My Own Story\nhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/156849095X?v=glance\n\nInterviews:\nMarket Wizards\nhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0887306101?v=glance\n(and the others by Jack Schwager)\n\nStrategies:\nStan Weinstein's Secrets for Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets\nhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1556236832\nHow to Make Money in Stocks\nhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0071373616?v=glance\n\nPsychology, etc:\nTrading for a Living (Elder)\nTrade Your Way to Financial Freedom (Tharp)\nTrading in the Zone (Douglas)\nNLP for Traders and Investors (Carroll)\nWinning the Mental Game on Wall Street (Magee)\n\nOther:\nHow to Buy Stocks (Engel)\nTechnical Analysis of Stock Trends (Edwards,Magee)\nTape Reading and Market Tactics (Neill)\nTrading and Exchanges (Harris)\n\n\nIf you just want to gamble for entertainment then ok, but if you want to make money, be prepared to do some work.