Hello buddies, complete newbie here. Just opened an account at Firstrade and sent off the paperwork. Want to dip my toes with maybe around RM20-30k but it's not pocket change so don't want to lose it all at one shot!

What got me interested in the first place was stratospheric AAPL rise. Many analysts in the last 24 hours are revising target price to $1k, so looks promising still. Have been reading on some basic stuff, but of course when it comes time to actually spend the money it can be a bit scary.

Any quick tips for a newbie? Still somewhat intent on AAPL, but can't help thinking playing with smaller counters would be a little more fun.