Welcome Topgun! First of all, it's great that you're starting this so early! I think you'll have no problem meeting your goals simply because you're starting so young. I'm under 30 as well but wish I would have really jumped into this a year or two earlier.
First of all, I would start by reading Tom's commentary every day. I have learned a ton from just doing that. When I didn't understand something, I would often just look it up (investopedia, wikipedia, google). I am also a big fan of stockcharts.com and their chart school. It's free and will help you understand the basics of chart analysis that most of us here use (moving averages, MACD, stochastics, RSI). After hanging around here and reading like crazy, it took me about a year to develop my own trading system that I feel comfortable with. I highly recommend finding some type of system to follow to keep your emotions out of the game. Many people start with the LMBF system which you can search for in the forum. As for what to contribute, I highly recommend getting the full match out of your contributions by adding 5% (if offered) because its free money with zero risk. But everyone's situation is different so contribute what you can. Read, read, read, in the forum and ask questions if you don't understand something, there is a lot of knowledge in this community!
Good luck!
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