Thanks Maynard, I was going to move about $500 from my temp emergency fund, and another $2k from my long term emergency fund to start out with $2.5k but i'm thinking on waiting for the ol' Christmas Bonus and do $5k.

The one thing I do know is that there is no way I want to trade on the margin, i'd rather use my own funds.

I'm going to check out Fidelity tonight and compare.