Don't be in a hurry, I feel the market will be sideways in 2019. Make sure you trade in a 401k or another tax shelter to avoid paying taxes on your earnings. If not make sure you keep your books accurate, profit and loses on all bought and sold stocks If not you'll have a cluster fck doing your tax return. They have some pretty good software to make it a lot easier. Good luck. Buying stocks are easy, selling is a different story. LOL

P.S Don't buy on margin, it's great if the stock is flying up, but terrible if going down. When I first started in 99' I got a margin call for 6k, you have to settle up quickly. There is a learning curve but not hard to get it. Buy stocks that give you dividend's if possible. And keep an eye on companies that are buying back their own stock.