Recent content by dawnwhistler

Thanks all of you, this is all helpful (tho I've still got a lot of reading to do, sigh). Can I ask what experiences you've (any and all) had with specific brokers? Reading on-line reviews, almost all of them have *some* negative reviews, and some of the ones on my "recommended" list have...

Oh ouch, more Greek! :p Sorry, I am pretty much right at the beginning. What's an interactive broker, and what's a Java platform? (Does Mac do it, or do I need parallels or the other for that?) Shannon

Thanks, those are new to me. (I gather better than Virtual PC, which I guess is yesterday's news?) I'll look into them.

Can anyone tell me which FOREX brokers and software can be used from a Macintosh?

Well, I don't know if this is a simple question, but... I'm all set to dive in, and find that, apparently, very few broker platforms work with Macintosh. The only two names I have that do, are Forex.com--which got awful reviews--and Oanda (which I'm trying to use for something else). Does...