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How many times have we seen posts with “ I’ve opened account with XYZ…what do you think about it?” theme. Why do people open trading account without proper research is beyond me!

Oanda.com - 2 pip spread - tiny account size needed.

I started by finding out what not to do - opening spreadbetting account was at the top of my list.

...or find your lost remote...:)

It's not so hard, snip. Just instruct your UK bank to wire the funds to Oanda (see the site for exact details) specifying your Oanda account.

A happy (real) trader. :)

It is for your own good, Al, fast moves can wipe you out very quickly.

www.oanda.com Spread for the Euro/Dollar is 2 pips and $your choice per pip.

christoff, you must maintain $2,000 in your account in order to: trade futures or SHORT stocks. To go LONG stocks you can go below $2,000 in your account (I think $100 is minimum).

Both, FXCM and OANDA have a free demo facility (fxcm is limited to 30m days I believe). I tried them both and made my choice based on costs/spread. Others might have different criteria.

www.oanda.com has the best spreads, good simulator, facility to open an account of any size and trade very small for as long as you want. Charts are far from perfect but still...a happy profitable client!

Not very mature reply, Skimbleshanks, for a very valid point bartlett4america has made.

Yes, iwish, it can be done. If you follow YM every day on 1 minute chart you will start recognising setups that will give you consistently 10-15 points for every 4-5 points you risk. After a while you will "know" when to enter (and why) and when to exit (and why) and be able to pull the...

If I tell you that my stop loss with YM is 5 points – you might understand my aversion towards SBs. :)

Okwon I believe that Naz and this board have some kind of agreement that allows him to advertise his LII courses. Otherwise this blatant hype would have been shot down in flames long time ago. Another hint, try to rate him “Bad” – it wont work. :)