Recent content by westham010

Hahaha, nice one:clap::clap::clap:

I have noticed that both spread betting and direct access brokers have real disadvantages; Spread betting: you are trading with the spread betting firm (not other traders) and relying on their quotes-which may well be in their favour. Direct access: More profitable but you have to pay capital...

Hi there, thanks very much for the prompt reply, Yes I would say this is a much better appproach having thought about it. Although people are always saying the emotions are so much more powerful when you are trading with real money, if you are a complete newbie like myself, you have to tackle...

Thanks for all your comments. Having looked on IG and read reviews elswhere, I have seen that they have an excellent online trader education resource that lasts six weeks called TradeSense, which allows you to trade with real money at first, but only in tiny amounts (i.e 10 per point in weeks...

Hi there, I am looking to slowly get into trading starting off first with reading the many posts on this forum, buying books and then getting a demo account with a major spread betting firm like cms or ib. I fully understand that it is a real skill and takes years and years before you can...