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Carry trade maybe? It's hard to speculate manually in FX nowadays because algo make a lot of noise on low timeframes.

It's impossible to learn trading 'in-depth' with demo platform, rather you can learn how to click buttons, open or close positions or choose lot size. Even in terms of technical analysis tools, most broker platforms are inferior to TradingView.

It's the first time I hear about a 'fee' that brokers charge and that depends on the amount you want to deposit. From what I see they try to make their fees less obvious, putting it inside spread markups and commissions. They even started to pay deposit and withdrawal fees for your to make...

The sole reason is to avoid paying taxes. You can label those transactions as remittances and no questions asked. Also withdrawals to online payment systems are pretty fast, mine at Hotforex paid in 3-4 hrs.

What is the average execution speed? It depends a lot on speed of execution that's why its really hard to find fast broker. Most of such brokers are basically crowded place and execution starts to slow.

OP asked a wrong question. Because it is not possible for a new person to profit reliably . It is like to ask what is the best method for a new chess player to get world chess champship. Or how to become a NBA player after you learn playing basketball for a few months. Experience builds slowly...

And what are the other criteria?

Yes, GBPUSD, USDJPY, USDCHF and some other majors. They all possess similar features, have volatility and low entry costs.

If you would pay tax on every trade irrespective of the outcome, then there would be double tax issue, since your loss is someone's else profit and clearly he has to pay tax on his profits.

Do you mean sub-indices of stocks following major indices like S&P 500 or Dow? I don't understand your question. Why don't just look at SPX or DOW session start to judge about performance?

What's average speed of orders execution with your brokers? Any FX brokers which offer execution of CFDs within 100 ms? Most brokers I checked execute orders within 350-1200 ms bad which is too slow..

There are much better brokers with reliable regulation out of there like Tickmill, Hotforex, IB. Why wasting your time on bucketshops??

Nevertheless MT5 is fast and programming capabilities are great. After learning C I could start to code some sophisticated trading systems which coupled with low VPS produce satisfactory results.

What's the source of such scary rumours :D. This industry is thriving as it attracts newbies, however if you know what you are doing, MT4 is pretty good choice for CFD trading. Brokers like Hotforex, Tickmill, Exness have been existing for years I doubt scam would last for such a long time. FCA...

The concept of margin is only applicable to trading with the use of leverage. There is no need in insurance when you trade on your own money, and no borrowing happens.

Tried my hands too with RSI and MACD and but failed to find right parameters which produce accurate signals. When analyzed, I made 2 mistakes, firstly going long since the market seemed to be oversold and secondly, perceiving that the market will reverse because I stopped a divergence.

The most crucial difference which produce significant changes in performance is slippage. Transaction costs' impact may be not so obvious but you start to notice it after 100-200 trades because impact accumulates.

Just place it below support and above resistance and the problem is solved I guess. But after all it should depend on your ability to identify S/R correctly.

I primarily use Skrill and sometimes BitPay. Not sure about the other

There are plenty of good strategies, but none is truly safe. You have to buy risk, i.e. uncertainty in exchange for higher returns. Not a single strategy works 100% of the time, according to experience there are short-term market opportunities you have to watch for and grab when they appear. I...