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I'd second the vote for TradingView if your broker supports it. Trading wise its not brilliant but its good enough. Charting it second-to-none.

You can start trading with £200. But no matter how much money you have you cannot earn an income from it until you've mastered it. And it is the HARDEST thing you will ever try to master. Do not underestimate that fact. I had an astounding level of arrogance when I started out. Once you're...

Switch to a higher timeframe and get the OHLC off the previous bar on that chart? Or draw a line on your current chart and see what the price lands at? Sorry if I'm misunderstanding here.

I reckon trading is something that is easier with experience and with more capital. Therefore I think the most successful traders are going to be older.

Are FXCM still doing their trading competition? Now that I can actually trade I'd like to give it a shot

I've not been able to find ANY good futures brokers in the UK with reasonable margin requirements like you get in the USA. By the way the data costs for FTSE100 Futures are pretty high - $150/month for only the index futures. It trades on the ICE UK exchange.

Looking for trading buddies in the area

If you're new to trading then I would plan to lose money for the first 2 years at least. I consider myself pretty smart. Got a first class degree in computer science from an Elite University. I've always been good at everything. Trading was a big struggle, even with a highly technical...