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I know from speaking to them today http://www.gftforex.com offer 1%, min deposit is $2500.

Thanks again Sid, the only issue i have with IG is the size of their spread. 18 points is a lot of movement to see go to waste. Finspreads operate on a 6 point spread. Whats your MSN handle? Mines: jamesketchell

I've had a few hours using the system and your right it does start to come together OK. The interface is very smooth. After speaking to their customer service guy, i found out the min deposit is $2500 and the margin percentage is 1%. The spread is 4 points on the GBP/USD. Minimum trade is 1...

Thanks Sid, reading through their dealing handbook i could make sense of their requirements as its focused mainly on none limited risk account holders. Your explanation makes sense as to what i expected to see. I noticed that finspreads offer £0.50 per tick trading, do you know if its worth...

I appreciate there is a learning curve for any financial instrument, but surely money must being made in this market or why trade it in the first place. My situation is slightly different as my primary business trades in US dollars and accounts for about 90% of our revenues. Day to day we have...

OK, I downloaded their trial software and it does look very impressive, but as i suspected its a little too advanced for what I'm looking for initially. Can you tell me what their opening balance requirements are, and their min trade values? Alternatively a system that might be a little less...

Thanks GotGold, Thats the route ive started leaning towards. I'll give GFT a look. I'll ignore the tax comment......;)

Thanks for the quick reply. I was hoping to trade in a small way until i found my feet. Are there any spread betting accounts out there which offer limited risk accounts that don't require excessive margin requirements?

I'm very new to the currency markets and as such haven't opened a specific forex dealing account. I've been monitoring prices with my IG index account and effectively paper trading behind the scenes. My question involves the level of margin required to spread bet currencies. I currently use a...

136 point drop on opening. (5.5% off Fridays closing price).

I dont think being aware of issues likely to effect the companies earnings does you any harm. Charts are not perfect and only provide part of the formula in my opinion. Intra day maybe, but any longer than that and real world information does effect share price movements. I dont need a chart...

The Guardian has a bit more info on the meeting and the possible consequences. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1302336,00.html

Well I believe that certain stocks are traded out of hours in the US, and the quote came from Reuters last night. "After the meeting, AstraZeneca's shares fell more than 3 percent in after-hours trading on Friday to $42.21 after closing down nearly 1.5 percent on the New York Stock Exchange to...

Mark, I totally agree with you. I believe it will open well down on Fridays close. In fact something strange happened with the price on close anyway. My etrade screens were telling me the close was 2495 and so was yahoo and Reuters, but all the charts showed a fall right on close to 2450...

I haven't traded them again this week, i was really just making a comment about the likely impact of the drug trial results. AZN fell a further 3% after the US market closed today. The results weren't known until just after 10pm GMT tonight so i would expect (not going to trade unless...