Read? As newbies, did you come thinking of becoming Rich in the Stock Market is easy?
Read? Safety Net in the Market?
"For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them." - Aristotle
(Aristotle is a towering figure in ancient Greek philosophy, making contributions to logic, metaphysics, mathematics, physics, biology, botany, ethics, politics, agriculture, medicine, dance and theatre.)
Likewise, stock investing is a life-time skill to be learned. You have to learn it by exactly doing it; and by doing it ONLY if you are fully aware that if you should fall at least there is a safety net to break your fall. It may not be so scary and dangerous as you have thought. May be you can start small e.g. 10-30% of your total saving and keep to that limit until you graduated from ......