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Haha don't know if that one will ever see the light of day! :cheesy:

Well a book is a book after all, a continuous narrative. Completely different to Twitter. I think it's like the internet in general or even online forums, there's a lot of crap out there, but there's a lot of good stuff too.

Margins is a key factor, I always believed a clear margin calculator would be pretty handy.

It can certainly be a 'time suck' for sure. But in my personal experience using Twitter, it's as safe as any other area of the internet, just don't click on dodgy links etc. If you wanna search for topics on twitter a good link to use is http://search.twitter.com/. Anyone else had an...

We've heard about websites like Twitter and Facebook becoming all the rage recently, in fact a lot of FX/Spread Betting/Share Trading providers have started building a presence in this area. The question is though, do you use sites like Twitter etc? Would you use them to find out more...

For me, a quality spread betting provider has to have a robust trading platform and decent customer service to deal with the inevitable issues that come up. How about you? What are your top 'must haves' for selecting a spread betting provider?

This is excellent advice. If you're serious about a particular market, you really need to be willing to invest the time to learn about the market, its history, what events impact it, who's made money trading it, how its value is determined, literally absorb as much information about it as you...

I like this analogy!

Fair enough, I'm sure there must be a decent service out there, another provider you might try is SpreadCo, I know they offer a demo acccount but they are not a SIM. In any case good luck!

Can't your own employer offer you a demo account? I'm not sure where you're based, and depending on what type of product you want to use (i.e. futures, CFDs, Spread Trading) but there are a number of providers that offer demo account with a wide range of equities. Try IG Markets or CMC Markets.

This is so key. In fact, this unlocks another secret of trading. People often ask why people who can teach you about the markets, don't just go and trade for themselves. Emotion is the answer, they may logically and rationally know what to do, but when their own money is on the line, their...

I don't personally have much regard for demo accounts either. How many traders here deposit 50k into their trading account to start with? Even if they can, the emotional difference between a fictional 50k and 50k of your children's inheritance is HUGE.

Wise words!

It seems a lot of people new to trading explore the use of paper-trading and demo accounts. My personal take is that paper-trading eliminates a key element of trading success - EMOTION. Unless you're trading with your own actual money you'll just be playing with a trading simulator, this isn't...

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