Quote from nitrene:
Also, southbeach4me's commentary of using a demo account is a good idea. Thats a good way to learn the basics of trading with no risk. Ultimately however trading without risking money is like playing poker without betting.
That's the nice thing about practice trading FX with Oanda, you can trade a practice account with no risk, but better yet you can fund a very tiny account and at least have a bit of skin in the game.