Combined average daily turnover on Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange ran 2.8 billion shares last year. A decade ago the figure was a tenth of that. Hundreds of thousands of people out there watch the stock pickers on TV, their fingers almost literally itching to hit those keys. The market-moving power of news, both real and synthetic, has increased tremendously. In fact you are out of control.
Trading is good for the brokers, but bad for the investors.
Don't be seduced by those low Web commissions. Just because your favorite saloon cuts the price of martinis doesn't mean you double your daily consumption. Use the Web to cut commission costs, not to get more trades for the buck. Stick to it. You will save on commissions.