just a quick question, I'm new to the markets are there any licenses required? Laws or rules I need to be aware of going forward?
Not as long as you are an individual investor working for yourself. Rules: Try not to lose all your money.
There are rules about not executing more than 4 day trades per week unless you have at least $25K in your account. You also need to be conscience of what kind of account you have because of tax reasons at the end of the year. Other than that, I can't really think of any. If you don't plan on being a day trader, and are only using a retirement account, then you have nothing to worry about.
