Dear Nich,
I agree with Vinigar, no better time to start. BUT!! I also agree that you should start with stocks (yeah, who am I to say, not even a novice rookie yet) because futures are darn tough and you really have to know what you are doing and be well capitalized for it.
Plus, my mate from The states (hes like 35 or so) started like a couple of months ago w. acct of like 25k to trade SINGLE ES contract and has wiped more than half of it away...yep, futures are hard.
I can get you some nice links if you can tell me how to export them from I.Explorer as there are way too many to write them down.
Just PM me and give me your e mail, Ill attach the file and mail it to you. If not, hang on a day or two, Ill post there here.
Have a great weekend,
Alex (21 he he)
UPDATE :
I tried mailing you via ET board but nope, It wouldnt allow me. I figured the way how to export my favourites so Id send it to you as a html file. PM me or something so I can have your e mail. Cheers Mate!