hey guys, its obvious he hasn't been demo trading. I'd say he has to do at least 3-6 months of demo, and thats not even considering the fact that he needs to find a strategy that will at least keep him on break even profit/loss.
DonCard, have you been practicing forex trading on a demo acct yet?..if not then DO NOT open an acct with real money yet, you'll just blow it all within days or weeks. Im just telling you as an experienced trader who manages FX futures accts for clients. Generally speaking, over 90% of people who start forex trading with real money without prior experience and don't have at least a semi profitable strategy end up regreting it later. In otherwards, your 3-5k will EVAPORATE...QUICKLY
** quick invaluable tip: one the the best indicators you can have on your MT4 platform is the autopivot indicator which will automatically plot daily, weekly, and monthly support/resistance lines on your charts. These pivot lines are probably the most important tool professional traders use.
http://useasearchengine
when you hit the link, scroll down the page to a file posted by member "Karmo..." the name of the file is ###Auto Pivot
click on the file to download it onto your computer, you can put it in your ""My Pictures" file for easy access.
now download the ### AutoPivot file into your MT4 platform by going into your computer, right clicking on the start bar located on your taskbar, click "explore", go to "program files" and click on it, then click on the MT4 platform U have installed, click on "experts", then click on "indicators". Then drag the indicator which you should have already downloaded to your computer , and drag it into the list of indicators already there. Then close the program. You now have autopivots installed on your MT4
The major pairs like euro/usd,gbp/usd, aud/usd, etc, love to hit those S/R levels.
Good Luck
One more thing.... MB Trading(which is whom I use for charts even though I execute thru Ninja on fx futures market) is one of the best MT4 brokers out there. Their MT4 download doesn't have the dealing desk interference module . I think Alpari UK and Alpari USA have it set up the same way.