I was trawling through a few poker blogs and came across a link to your old blog, which naturally led me here! I’m not really a poker player but have dabbled a little (usually losing due to boredom/lack of patience) – anyway Im just about to graduate University next month and have a job lined up which comes with a small “golden hello” – now I’ve always been interested in stocks etc and using google finance have “play invested” for some time – usually opting for longer term investments rather than day trading, but your last couple of blogs have really interested me!

I figured I might try it our for real but was curious as to how to start (learning) in the world of day trading? Also, doesn’t the cost of each trade mean such small changes in stock value arent enough to make any money- or is it a case of I just need more capital (greater risk)?

Lastly, having never actually bought any real stock, I had a quick scan online and it looks like the cheapest broker I can find will charge me £10 for every stock buy or sell – is this about right or is there a cheaper way? Only considering the amount of money I have to experiment with (<£1500), £20 for each buy and sell means spreading my money over more than one company doesnt make much economic sense!

Would love to hear your thoughts,

Ross