I think the first thing you need to take into consideration is the power of a demo platform. You're not going to learn to be a million dollar trader with this. Demos serve the purpose of helping you learn the basics and develop the routines that are essential to becoming a great trader. Experts, for some reason, like to bad mouth them, but I seriously think they forget the days when they weren't good at this. Demos are meant to help you get past the rather large initial learning curve. It is essential that you take advantage of it, to help motor through this curve faster.
The next thing I'm going to share with you is something alarming that I see. I have bad trades, just like the next person. We all have bad trades. I've noticed what separates good and bad traders is how we handle these bad trades. I've always followed the philosophy of cutting my losses. I always thought that I should sell, get some money back and use that money in another trade. I know a lot of newbies hold the philosophy of "it will go back up". It might. What you probably don't understand is you might not see it go up for another year and it'll probably get worse, before it gets better. Save yourself a headache and cut your losses.
Lastly, take advantage of a good broker. Brokers are the businesses and firms that hold your money. They make the trades on your behalf. The integrity of this business is essential to how you plan to do in this market. Goto online forex forums and get in the discussion. Brokers are constantly talked about and you should be able to find a consensus on which is good.
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