The key in the beginning I think is to decide what stocks would you like to invest in and research the companies. My point is that for example when apple has a conference to announce new products, the price of their stock typically goes up unless there is a major error and people are very unhappy with the performance, but that usually does not happen. So pick out some thing you know. If you study some middle school oriented on IT for example, you could research companies within that field to know what is happening where with what company. Lets say sony has a conference coming up and you know from your research, that they are going to announce some new products like a new ps on a VR components that are desireable today. You would probably buy some shares because the price is very likely to go up. The basics dont change with any field or company. You need to know what is happening and with some stocks you need to know the impacts of current economic situation on the particular company or field. For now, I would focus one some basic field of your choice and just monitor a few stocks and what is happening with their companies to see what changes the prices. There is some fluctuation everywhere of course, but it should be somewhat stable usually.
