>I'm new to the stock market, what stocks should I buy? Before you buy anything, make a brokerage account and read investopedia articles and/or the books in the OP list. If you don't have a broker, you can't buy stocks, and if you blindly buy things without understanding how the stock market works or doing any research on the individual stocks you're buying, you will lose money and it will be entirely your fault.
>first time optioning >look at AMD overnight last night, buy 3 contract calls at 19$ strike >climbed to 18.02 today >sold off at 18 >back down to original price I bought the calls at small quick gains, but I can see why people lose everything.