Ok thanks, I will ask one further question if that's ok then, I see many services offered and do not know if any of them are any good, so is there a service out there that anybody has found to give consistently good results, possibly as tips or something similar, something that you could follow and do reasonably well over a period?
That's a fair question HH - but again it will have many answers for you.
So much depends on your own risk profile - whether you can take a loss of 60-100 pips before seeing a trade come into profit, and not get white knuckles.
Or whether your personality is better suited to the faster action of scalping.
And could you be happy trading equities, or currencies or CFD's?
It's something you have to trial for yourself. I am not sure how much experience you have had already, but sometimes it is good to find a good thread on a forum like this, and read it until you understand the method, and then attempt your first trades on demo. Some say to demo for a few months, until consistently profitable.
Others say you should put some live cash right up front, in order to learn from the commitment. I favour demo first, then real money. Otherwise, you might as well fund an account and be willing to sacrifice it bit by bit as an apprenticeship. I wouldn't.
Do a search for Trader_Dante on this forum, and learn to trade his way first.
You won't go too far wrong.
It takes a few years to be able to trade profitably and consistently, though it is hard to convince new traders that this is so. Just tread warily, is all.
I am currently expanding a thread on a commercial system here:
http://www.trade2win.com/boards/commercial-systems/65072-forex-profit-monster-4h-tf.html
and the Trader_Dante thread is here:
http://www.trade2win.com/boards/first-steps/26947-making-money-trading.html
Either of those would benefit you even if purely to see the struggles other traders face. But the T_D thread is a ripper.
I do not recommend using a service atm for you, unless you have quite a bit of experience under your belt. The service may be spot-on, but you will not know when to take profits, or cut losses, even if you had the very best service available. Only experience can give this to you.
Stick around and ask questions. The forum is good to newbies who show they are serious about learning. Get involved in a discussion, and try to get a feel for trading through what you are seeing and feeling with others.
Best wishes
Ivan