>>26866254
>1-2k USD tops (and it's gonna be a large part of my savings)
Frankly I wouldn't do it. Maybe a few hundred, and only in stocks with low volatility. It's very alluring to go for a high volatility stock that seems to do nothing but go up, but that money could go poof at the drop of a hat. If you want to get into trading sign up at etoro (it will take a few days to verify). They have a "social" component, you can see people's stocks and you can copy their portfolio. There are no/few fees and you have many depositing options. They have also "virtual" money you can practice with. Do not get lulled by success, you could have one trade go very well and when you think you can play big now and plonk down 10x of the investment you played with, it tanks to hell.
There are other platforms such as Robinhood or Webull but I can't use those because they're US only. If you want to trade there, look for a referral link to get a small starter bonus. Hint: look up Andrej Jikh on Youtube. There is no guarantee how stocks will perform, you'll have to investigate yourself. Again, that's easy on etoro. I'm following Tom Nash on Youtube, he seems to be pretty good. Look up his older recommendations and check how well they actually performed. Also, learn the lingo, at least the basic stuff like limit order, stop loss, etc.