Hey K- You are bound to get a lot of opinions with this one... let's back up a sec and distinguish between investing and trading. Investing is for the long haul, based primarily on the fundamentals. Trading deals with shorter periods (usually) based in large part on technical analysis. You won't be investing using an intraday scale. Trading on the other hand is a whole different creature. My recommendation would be to start out with a longer time frame until you have experience trading. At least a year or two of successful trades. Maybe use a weekly chart and confirm the trend with a daily chart to identify entries and exits. Once you have a good system that consistently works for you, you can move to a faster time period e.g. 60 minutes. It's easy to spend your equity overtrading with intraday charts. I know. My two cents would be to start slow and gain some confidence. Read all you can about trading. Stick to a particular sector and perhaps a few select securities until you can predict what they are going to do with some degree of accuracy. I think you'll have a much longer career in trading that way. Good luck to you. g_ :D