The stocks you have been reading about here are ones that are costly to invest in. You do not have to stay with those expensive stocks. You have the option to choose penny stocks. Penny stocks are stocks from companies that trade at very low values. The SEC states that a penny stock has a value of less than $5 per share and would not be listed on one of the major exchanges. On the surface, penny stocks sound interesting because of how cheap they are. At the same time, these stocks are risky and tough to work with because it is impossible to figure out where they might go when you trade them. There are some things you can do to trade them successfully.