"everyones portfolio starts small cig."
Exactly right.
I once turned $500 into $18,500 in 5 months when I first started, more asse than class probably.
A mate, who i get a lot of big tips from now, last year took $30,000 to dabble with, outside of his blue chips and other long term specs, and turned it into $205,000 in 12 months.
Everyone starts somewhere...