Now You have the amount you want to
Invest (
trade) be it 200$ - 400$ I recommeded at least a 1000$ or will find yourself with
money managerment problems and margin calls (more about that Later).
So Now your Ready to
trade, maybe you have been
Trading a demo account for lets say 3-4 months, and you seem to be doing very well, well not to burst your bubble almost every who has ever tried
Forex Trading makes gains on a
Demo Account, and then when they open a
Live trading Account something seems to go baddly wrong (more again on this in later posts).
For this Reason it is Very Important to choose the Right
Forex Broker, and yes there 100's of them all different in many ways.
Listed below is Three Quick things and there is more we all need to know when chooseing a
Forex Broker. (there are more very important things to consider as well More about this in later post's)
1. Trading Platform
In online
forex trading, most trading activity happens through the
brokers'
trading platform. This means that the
trading platform of your
broker must be user-friendly and stable.
When looking for a broker, always check what its
trading platform has to offer.
Does it offer free news feed? How about easy-to-use technical and
charting tools? Does it present you with all the information you will
need to trade properly?
Do you want to use a web based platform, or the popular Meta Trader 4 (5).
What Type of chart surport Does it offer, will you have to pay for this.
Does it allow EA's ??? (Expert Advisor)
2. Execution
It is mandatory that your broker fill you in the best possible price for your orders.
Under normal market conditions (e.g. normal
liquidity, no important news releases
or surprise events), there really is no reason for your broker to not
fill you at, or very close to, the market price you see when you click
the "buy" or "sell" button.
For example, assuming you have a stable internet connection, if you
click "buy"
EUR/USD for 1.3000, you should get filled at that price or
within micro-pips of it. The speed at which your orders get filled is
very important, especially if you're a scalper.
In this regard not all
Forex Brokers are the same.
If there is a dely due to your
Brokers Execution, your Order (
trade) wont get filled at that price and the spread could widen limiting your profit, and causing you to pay a Higher Spread.
A few
pip's makes all the difference to your profits, when you come to close the
trade.
3. Customer Service
Brokers aren't perfect, and therefore you must pick a broker that you could easily contact when problems arise.This is very important if your internet Connection goes down.
The competence of brokers when dealing with account or technical
support issues is just as important as their performance on executing
trades.
Brokers may be kind and helpful during the account opening
process, but have terrible "after sales" support.
Hence you should be able to contact your Brokers and get the same servcie you had when you opened your Live Trading Account.
If Not the alarm Bells should start ringing.
Do your research remember It's Your Money, and you need to be 100% happy with any Broker you Choose to Open a Live Trading account With.
Feel free to ask as many Question as you like before parting with any off your Hard earned Cash.
If any Broker seems unhappy with any Questions you ask it's time to Walk Away.
Please feel free to leave your thought's, do you agree, have any thing to add it's all good.