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fibo_trader - why do you say this? Isn't social trading legal? At least in the UK it seems to be legal for both leaders and followers with no caveats. Whereas the US seems to have restrictions that make things more complicated From https://socialtradingguru.com Social Trading in UK Though...

I have a similar need and a related question too: Also very much a beginner and looking for a handy app to get more detailed information on a variety of classes and also news (e.g. today's US non-farm payroll report) all in one place. Question 1: I found Investing.com's app and saw...

https://www.financemagnates.com/forex/brokers/fxcm-publishes-data-of-snb-mishandling-of-the-swiss-franc/ WOW.

Thank you Talitare - could you share a link or the full name for this broker?

Thank you MasterOfCoin. I've been recommended Degiro by some friends who have used it, but I understand this is Dutch. One of the main selling points for this was that it's one of the cheapest (I saw comparisons which seemed to indicate it costs a small fraction to trade on Degiro compared to...

Thanks for your reply NVP - how would this happen? Apologies if this is too basic a question, but I am a beginner so would appreciate it if you could elaborate. My understanding is that if you were to buy a contrarian Put for say 10p (cheap because it's a contrarian bet you're making, and it's...

Hi Rossored - I'm based in the UK and looking to trade equities, forex and options. To reiterate, I'm a beginner and from some of the reading I've been doing it looks like a couple of key criteria should probably be education features and demo account. Would appreciate any guidance and...

sminicooper, I haven't read 'The Boy Plunger' but read up about Jesse Livermore on Wikipedia, and looks like he basically shorted the market, and had the good fortune to time it close enough to the event to ensure that he was still around and solvent to benefit when the '29 crash happened?

Looks like this kid anticipated a Black Swan (maybe not technically a black swan, but at least made a contrarian bet on an event with a known date) and hit pay dirt big time: https://www.quora.com/What-secrets-are-you-hiding-from-your-parents/answers/47243692/ Is something like this* even...

Hi All: I'm new to trading (and investing too) and looking for recommendations for the best broker.. I'd really appreciate any suggestions and criteria for evaluating brokers.

Hi All - I'm Acme. I'm totally new to trading but curious, and looking to learn from the folks on this forum Cheers Acme