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I reckon these contracts to be a great tool for hedging. In fact short hedging crude oil earlier last year proved to be one of my best investments of all time. In shaky times I just had to pay some extra dough as maintenance margin besides the initial partial margin that I had paid. December was...

Same here. It’s safest to use USD, being the reserve currency. And no way is its value going to fluctuate like other currencies, meaning no major swings.

I would even add faster order execution to the list. Easy withdrawals are important too.

My broker is cysec-regulated, that’s one of the things I had checked before opening an account with them.

Broker’s credibility grows manifold with licenses, regulations.

Yes I think there's no better way to test a strategy.

I can give you a list of many who are not!

I suppose same rules can't apply across all securities, markets and pairs. A broker will always work as per trader's strategy.

It's so important to keep that in mind and not be under the false impression that demo profits are real. It's a fact that everyone knows but every new trader ignores and starts thinking of being an expert trader in no time with huge profits.

I have noticed that 1 thing will be good in 1 broker and something else in some other broker. It is so hard to get all "good" features in 1. It is not possible in my experience.

True there's no point trading mils when in real the investment is going to be just a few hundreds or thousands at the best. That's just a waste of time spent on a demo account because it will not tell anything about a trader's skill or strategy isn't it

You mean losing real money, even if small amount, is the way to learn patience!?!

Don’t go for FXTM. They’ll rob you off the little profits you might make. CFD fees, inactivity fees, withdrawal fees, all are high

Yes it's like the curse of the new trader. To let mind play over what one feels needs a hell lot of practice I must say. I am still at the fag end of getting there.

Is 0.4 pips during less active market hours? Because then I think it might be good.

If you practice with higher spreads you will face no issues in live trading. It's a good thing that you are not getting unreally low spreads in demo. Because in live trading you won't get low spreads all the time.

Emotions really act up when it comes to trading real money, can't help it.

You can try to compare different charts and see the difference.

That was really an interesting article. Enjoyed reading it.

The volume was pretty high in the last few days and that chart looks good. Thanks for sharing.