No expert here, but after being around for about 3 months, hopefully the below tips will be helpful for you: Official Trades: Expect to not get fills for more than 1/4 of the 'official' trades. Watch for discussion threads.  Try to do some analysis of your own (will take a couple of months of following trades to really get a hang of it, but read, ask questions, you'll pick it up).  If you think you'll like some of the 'discussion' trades, set a limit prior to the official entry and h