Most of us ordinary people have no real idea about stocks and shares or any other financial systems or products, but some people do think or are convinced they can simply read an ebook and become successful trading stocks. Well firstly there is a requirement to actually have some capital available to trade. This is in effect the money you are going to gamble on the market and of course some people simply do not have any cash they can afford to lose. If you have the cash then you need to learn all about penny stocks & shares before trying it otherwise you will definitely lose your money very quickly. You need to watch the market and in effect imagine you are trading for a while and see how you would have done. This can be done using software.