Forex Trading: What are the Best Sites and Applications?
Choose from a multitude of sites and apps that offer resources to the forex beginner based on your background and future intentions in forex.
The best forex trading resources are often subjective to the individual trader’s experience, risk tolerance, and personal style. While there might not be an unequivocal “best” place for learning about forex, there is a spectrum of choices each with their own individual pros and cons.
Forex for the Casual Learner: Investopedia
Investopedia offers beginner’s guides and a multitude of definitions that can be of great resource to the casual learner trying to pick up a thing or two in a short amount of time without need for a structured syllabus.
While picking up knowledge a la carte might be enough for some, Investopedia can lack hands-on, practical material for those looking to actually trade the market. They also lack a thorough trading environment with real-time prices for the full menu of major and minor forex pairs.
Forex for the Active Learner: IG
IG is a forex provider that hosts educational courses – IG Academy – as well as strategic news-based pieces. IG also gives free access to a demo trading environment that lets new traders monitor prices with real-time data and test strategies with example buy and sell orders; additionally, both demo and live accounts can be accessed through IG’s mobile platform.
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Though IG supplies a solid training ground for the independent learner, the experience can lack strict guidelines and a community feel that some new traders might prefer.
Forex for the Structured Learner: ForexSignals.com
ForexSignals.com combines guided education with a community of analysts and traders for an experience that could entice the beginner looking for A-to-Z help in getting started. After wrapping up their educational courses, new traders can tune into their trading room for live reviews of potential trade ideas and signals.
Costs can be a big deterrent for those getting started in any trading environment, and ForexSignals.com does require a monthly subscription fee for all their resources after completing the initial free trial they offer.
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