One of the biggest mistakes I made when I first started investing in stocks was that I tried to be a success all on my own. This was not only foolhardy, but it also proved to be very costly because I ended up losing a lot of money making some silly mistakes. These mistakes would have been avoided if I had seeked the help of some experienced investors along the way.

The worst thing you can do is open a share trading account with Zecco or one of the other brokers, and throw your money into various stocks. You may be successful to begin with, but in the long term I can guarantee you will not make money.

This is why you need to visit some of the forums and learn how to make consistent profits by getting advice from other investors who are more experienced than you. Alternatively you can just read about some of the best investors who have ever lived such as Warren Buffett and Benjamin Graham. The key point is that you should always be learning from people better and more experienced than you.