re: How did you get into the stock market?

No one taught me how. I wanted to start saving for retirement and slowly building wealth. So I had a Robin Hood account and bought and sold some stocks here and there just to get my feet wet for a couple years. Great learning process. But I never really trusted Robinhood with much money. I started with some money I got when my grandfather died.

I used to have a motley fool subscription which had some good research and tips in it and helped me learn a few things then I transitioned to doing my own research. This board has helped a lot.
I transferred my entire portfolio to E*TRADE and started actively investing

I have tried very hard to stay away from swing trading penny stocks and making stupid snap decisions. I’ll keep my AMC and GME stocks forever to remind me how stupid decisions cost money.