Quote Originally Posted by edyzmedieval View Post
Husar, you can go for the demo account, it's free to use and it gives you virtual capital to test out your skills.
Sorry, I forgot to address this. Demo accounts, otherwise known as " paper trading" are useless. They remove the one key ingredient to trading.......emotion.

When you paper trade you have no emotional connection to the trade. You will know exactly what I am talking about the minute you put on a trade with " REAL MONEY."

All the emotions of hope, fear and greed come into play. That is why it is of utmost importance why you should be in a good mental state even before you put on any trades.

Instead of using a demo account it would be best to " backtest " your trading ideas. This will give you a parameter of how your strategy would have worked, although past results are NEVER guaranteed.

You can even backtest strategies using excel. Here are some computer programs that might guide you through the process. http://quantpedia.com/Links/Backtesters