Recent content by dfishkin

Well, I've been playing around with Leader for a little while now, and I must say that I'm impressed with it. Seems like a small company, but they developed a nice platform. I think I may open a small acount with them to see how it goes.

IQ would be irrelevant because you don't need to be intelligent in every aspect of life to trade. In fact, you don't have to be intelligent at all. But generally, you only need to be able to read charts, which may require some mathematical knowledge, to trade. You can still have a very low IQ...

In the long run, due to the spread, the average trader will lose money. But that doesn't mean that many traders can't get significant gains in the short run.

I hadn't heard about LeaderFX before I read this thread, so I found their site and downloaded their demo. I've been playing around with it, and it's looking pretty nice so far. More "user-friendly" than most of the other ones I've tried. I'm still playing around with it. I tired GFT before...

It's really not too hard for these companies to make money off of the spreads. It's kind of like a casino in that they don't have to cheat to win. They start out winning. The rest averages out to be a wash for them, but they keep their spread gains on each trade. The odds are already stacked...

I just think that if you are passionate about trading, which I'm sure most people on this forum are, then you can make it sound good enough to attract whoever you want to the profession. I love trading, and therefore I have no problem telling that to people. I've never gotten negative...

Although it's true that you can't hedge a single mini position, you can hedge based on the volume of trades. If you consider the amount of trades coming in constantly at any of these companies, you'll realize that to get you a quote within a reasonably short time period will not allow them...

Just like in any business, there will always be companies that try to take advantage of their clients and lie and cheat their way to profits. But that doesn't mean that every company manipulates their spreads. If you have had bad experiences with one firm, just close your account there and...

I know that my fiance supports me in trading, but she finds that it gives her a lack of security because there is no guarantee of a steady income. But she does understand that this is what I love to do, and understands that this is how I make the money that we live on

I tend to have the same outlook. I don't like to see losses on my positions. Sometimes I tend to hold them too long because of that. Other times, I'm rewarded because postions that I would normally get out of rebound and make me some money. I guess it's just a risk that you have to take...