Over the past few weeks I have been playing around with the new trading platform and trying to develop a new trading system. Working during the day I don’t have the flexibility to keep track of my trades and make decisions when necessary. Whilst I can keep an eye on the markets I can’t devote time to managing trades. Too many occasions have arisen where trades have been stopped out because I had to leave my desk for twenty minutes.

IG Index has a beginner’s offer that allows me to trade at .30 cent for the first few weeks. The result of this is that I have lost only a few euros instead of a few hundred euros while learning the ins and outs of their package. No matter how good a trader you are each trading platform is different and each company has individual ways of operating. Learning these differences can cost you allot of money which is why I always like to use either a demo account or trade in small amounts to start with.

Initially I tried to manage trades during the day but quickly realised this was a losing battle. Since then I have been looking for my trading Zen. Most trading packages allow you to trade futures after the markets close (most trade futures anyway and not the markets). So when I go home in the evenings I have been trying to establish trends and find some type of system that suits my style. Whilst this may seem like an easy enough task, it has proven quite the opposite.

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