Ask Lemmygrad

You should not make stock investments with money you can't afford to lose. You need to read up on private economics and yourself decide what your preferred risk-profile is, but all investments come with a risk. If you currently dont have a lot of money and no stable income, I would strongly advice you to not put money into the stock market. The shorter the time-span the higher the "risk" (= the more gambling it is), which is why you should first get your esssentials in order: a roof over your head and a sustainable income. Stock market gains are never sustainable income due to the inherent risk of the investments and the amount of capital required to sustain a lifestyle by the passive yields.

Once the essentials are in order then you can start working on your risk-profile and potentially look to invest whatever leftover money is there at the end of the month to protect it from inflation.

The first step is thus to always try to identify where you can find work, upskill, try to use public resources like libraries or public education institutions which sometimes run programs for skilled employment - and only after start thinking about investments and the like.

Investing in the stockmarket is to be viewed as a way to potentially grow a portion of your leftover money that you can afford to lose, not as a way to get that money in the first place.