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It depends on the purposes of trading. If you have an alternate source of income, then a few thousand dollars could get you started.

AWS is the solution You may try Amazon Web Services. They had a trial offer for a month or so & then charges move up as per use.

You can use https://tools.pingdom.com

The human nature Human emotions are prone to be influenced by the external environment. It is easy to write a number of rules for your trading decisions but following them up in a situation where the market is against you, is extremely difficult. You may actually lose a sight of the actual...

Any investment that can be backed by strong fundamentals is a reasonable option for long-term investment. Bitcoin is pretty new to investors and it is extremely volatile. Always remember that the purpose of bitcoin is the decentralized transfer of money and is not a substitute for traditional...

In case you're determined to invest in cryptocurrencies, invest the amount that you can afford to lose which means that taking a bank loan might not be the best option.

Please feel free to share your views about the short-term trend in crude oil in this thread. At this moment, I am of the opinion that crude oil is destined for profit booking. The next lower target according to my assessment is $55/bbl. What do you think?

In this thread, I will share my views on Global Equity Indices such as: -S&P500 -FTSE -CAC -DAX I make use of a proprietary market timing model to make these predictions. Today's view: Banking and finance-related stocks look positive for Monday. A decline is possible on Tuesday. Overall, the...

I am looking forward to organizing a meetup of traders in Mumbai & Indore. Primary agenda: discuss the prototypes of Artificial Intelligence in Indian equities and commodities.

Please share your views on the direction of equities towards the end of year 2017.

I and my team have developed a framework of applications (on Android, iPhone and Windows) that help stock brokers and advisors send trading signals to clients. Let me know if you're interested.

Yes, you are right - at 1:1 leverage, you'll loose your entire money if the stock you bought goes down to 0.

You could try FXCM.

How about a powerful laptop / tablet hybrid? Several manufacturers have introduced laptops with detachable keyboards! It will prove to be helpful if you have to travel a lot.

You could begin testing with Yahoo Finance API. I had recently uploaded a python program on github which is pretty simple to understand and may assist you in implementing your knowledge of computational finance over the variables provided by yahoo finance in .CSV format. Have a look at...