Yes, and than also check that whether the broker is included in spam section of any forum or not. You can check it on some reputed forums like FPA and BabyPips.
Forex is fine. Trades the same as anything else. More trendy in my experience. Pullbacks more sloppy. Requires a longer term approach. Gauge trend off hourlies etc.
Forex is great for two reasons. Leverage. And ability to hold overnight with no margin penalty.
This game is all about letttin winners run. So if ur in stocks and futures the overnight margins can be problematic for greater then a daily hold period. Which in my experience is essiential to successful trading.
Forex Trading is the best way to make some good money online, if you wanna become successful in Forex Trading, you need to have lots and lots of practice.