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Do the folowing:
Begin buying Investors Business Daily every day. Read and absorb as much as possible each day.

To suppliment read O'Neil's How To Make Money In Stocks (He's the founder of IBD)

Next buy and read Stan Weinstein's Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets. You now have read enough to have a "plan"

Now get How I Made $2,000,000 in Stocks by Darvas. This is a great, great book and will teach you the importance of sticking to your plan.

You will see how well these 3 books compliment each other to give you a comprehensive investing plan in up and down markets.