Main things to look at for buying

Everything you asked is covered in the "Education" section.

What stocks do you have, and why/when did you buy them?

use a screener such as http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.scan to discover new opportunities

depends on what you are doing...trading? investing? etc...also depends on what kind of stocks/companies you wanna play

why dont u just google level 2 quotes? theres etrade. ameritrade. most brokers got em. and theres other services out there as well.

and do u have 20k in stocks already? or u just mean u have the cash...i think u just have cash cuz u are asking what to buy.

i look for solid fundamentals, growth, future opportunities and the micro/macro perspective when pickin my stocks.

chime back in OP. this is a great place to find help.

when looking at indicators on Stock Scan (website above), which indicator(s) do you think is/are the most important to look at? and maybe let me know which ones you think are not relevant when buying a stock.

this dude has $20k in stocks and is wondering what main things to look for buying them?

He's learning by doing :-)

they are all good, you have to find your own flavour... try different ones and see which one fits your trading style and strategy.

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Thats true..

i jumped in with 25k in the beginning and upped the stakes at 67k this year with no experience in stocks....so don't think people will shy away just because they have no expereience.

What Kevin said. If you are just buying and selling in a few hours or days, don't really matter what you buy since you are not holding long term. Buy and hold is different. Long term buying you want positive EPS, lower P/E, and increasing earnings. EPS is most important IMHO. Negative eps means company is not profitable.

MACD:

http://www.informedtrades.com/3925-m...-part-2-a.html

OBV:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGHrOBRHIJ4

No offense, but you need to change your mindset ASAP. Every indicator is great and ever indicator sucks, it all depends on the trader and how they use them. There is no one way to trade or invest, and those two things are entirely different. You are essentially on a journey to discover what works for you, and it's going to take a while. I'll give you two examples of some of the extremes, and then there's everything in between that you'll have to find out for yourself.

Darth Vader Trader is a scalper. He trades off of a 1 minute chart, and on average holds for less than 5 minutes for each of his trades. He uses charts, aka technical analysis to determine his setups, entries, and exits. He sometimes makes 100 or more trades in a day.

Then theres:

Investor Chester buys stocks in companies that have been around for a long time, are extremely solid, and pay dividends. He doesn't read charts, he reads balance sheets, and that's what he bases his investments on. He has no use for indicators, since he doesn't follow intraday or intraweek trends. He may check his stocks every month or so, but he's not looking to buy the lows and sell the dips, he's just buying and holding til retirement.

You're probably going to fall somewhere in between all those, so before you go asking all these questions that are way too vague to be helpful to you, first figure out the basics.

Read the education section here, and here's a site that will break down the indicators.

http://stockcharts.com/school/doku.php?id=chart_school

Great analogy, sums it up pretty well. Most people on here are some variation of a Darth Vader Trader.