You have to start somewhere. You can"t just get rich by trying your luck. Because that's gambling. You have to start with whatever you have, and work with it around whatever plan you can develop. You must be mindful of risk/reward. Clearly right now the right plan playing the edge of this recession is going to have huge payoffs, but also because it has high risk. I wouldn't play with anything you wouldn't put on a roulette table (that you can afford to lose), but I started off trading literally with $100, with the first goal to get to $1000. If I could do that, thats a 10x I thought. Now look at me, only $2000 left to go to reach that goal.