[ainarssems]

Thanks for suggestions gents, will have a look at those books. Not looking for long term investment at this point, I would rather put extra money in mortgage to pay it off sooner for now. What I am looking at is buying low and selling high to make some extra cash on the side, I know it's a gamble and that usually low risk=low return, high risk=high return or high loss.

We have SAYE option scheme at work where you save for 3 years and at the end you have option to either take your money out or buy company shares at a fixed price which was determined at the start of period with a 20% discount from the market price. I have taken part in the scheme twice as there is one every year and since followed the share price and I have noticed seasonal trends which made me interested in trading. For example it appears every year before the dividends are assigned price seems to be 10% higher that average dropping a lot straight after even if dividends are usually below 3%.