Protect Yourself
When you are getting started, you should keep your investment amounts low. Don't put all your money into one stock, and when you do invest make sure that you understand the company and have a good reason to think the shares will increase in price.
You may even want to try 'practice trading' with fake money before you start with actual cash. Watch the stocks of a few of your favorite companies for a few weeks, to get a feel for the market.
Most importantly, be honest with yourself. If you know you won't or can't do the research required to pick good penny stocks, you should either give up on the idea altogether, or get the assistance of a professional stock picking newsletter. Using a newsletter has helped thousands of people get involved in penny stocks and start profiting from day one.
Did You Know?
Never follow any penny stock picks that come from free sources. If it's a free pick, they are trying to trick you, manipulate the market, or are getting paid by the underlying company.
You can't trust the information, and are almost certainly going to end up losing out.
The best way to protect yourself is do your own due diligence into companies you like, and get your leads and picks from reputable sources with no vested interests.
We have added some links to services and websites with no hidden motivations in the resources section of this website.
And remember the golden rule! If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is!