Stock Trading and Other Things

I need assistance in learning the fundamentals of day trading. Where should I begin?

Where do I start?... What seminars should I attend? What accounts should I create for myself? What websites have most day traders found to be esp. useful? I am a newbie requesting legitimate advice pertaining to trading commodities or simply trading in general.
Thank You!

Public Comments

1. forex you can set up practice accounts

2. I watch this every day after market closing;
http://www.alphatrends.net/

Learning to trade (day or swing trading) can take on average 3-5 years. Reading a new trading book every month (for your entire career) is done by many of us.

Pick up a basic intro to technical analysis like;
Technical Analysis for Dummies

Move on to trading books like;
Mastering The trade, John Carter
Trading in The Zone, Mark Douglas
Technical Analysis Using Multiple Time Frames, Brian Shannon

See the book list (Essential Reading);
http://tradermike.net/

My favorite broker. Great charting. Great tools. Great Webinars;
http://www.thinkorswim.com/
https://www.thinkorswim.com/tos/displayPage.tos?webpage=onlineSeminar

Forex, Futurers, Options and Commodities are not the best place to start to learn trading. Stocks are the better place to start your quest.

3. you can begin by reading books. plenty of books on this topic.

dont be asking people about it. believe me the good day traders wont tell you anything while the ones that do tell you plenty of stuff...you shouldnt listen to anyway.

4. Common Sense has some good points.

But I disagree about commodities. When learning to trade, you can get 3-20 setups a day trading short time frames in a market like S&P or Eurodollars or even bonds. Trading stocks is easier, but you need more capital and can spend a lot of time screening and bouncing around between stocks.

I can suggest a few other resources, but I do not want to post them here.