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I do not know if I can talk you off the ledge. I funded a trading career with a much larger home equity loan 14 years ago. I survived and still trade full time, but I got to visit some very dark places I never want to return to. Your dying to trade, but starting with borrowed money makes much...

Been there. You must figure out what is causing despair ? Is it strictly the losses ? Or something else ? Trading smaller and smaller to isolate the cause of the problems, helped me by studying my trades , what I was trading, how I was trading, and my reactions to them. The sources of problems...

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I built my account up this way to become a full time trader 11 years ago. There are some pros to this method but some real cons. Two big cautions : 1) Make sure you have a significant reserve of your own cash. Otherwise you will be closing out positions you do not want to close, to pay the...

Yes, comission is step if your trading small amounts. But quickly lowers if trading size increases, it is easy to get .5 pip spread fills on any major pairs. Also they are much "fairer" on there carry costs of interest paid, and more generous on interest paid.

I have used Interactive a lot for forex as well as other products, execution on forex trades has been very good, especially during high volatility periods like after big economic reports. I have not as good luck with others.

I trade a lot of equity SSFs, mainly on more expensive stocks with large volumes. On these execution is quick if you hit the bid or ask, if you go between the spread , you will sit there until market to it. Do not know of any options issued for SSF, but have used a few simple strategies with...