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The best part of Demo account is that, you learn a lot without loosing you capital, its a must for newbies as you can test your strategies that you have planned theoretically.
It doesn't matter what the leverage is, a trader should know how to make use of leverage, if you are unable to utilize high leverages then there is no use of it.
Initially people think that forex is very easy, they only get to know about the seriousness about the market once they start trading, its not that as it seems.
its all about how you takes it, forex is gambling for a person who throws in money without knowing about the market and its business for a person who studies the market well before investing.
if dont have enough time daily, you can go trading long term, as most of the trades are profitable in the long term, you can see pair which as negative trend in the short term but when its long term path is seen its in a positive trend.
basically they both are same the difference is that the live account has real money involved, although you have traded in the Demo accounts , their is this psychological factor comes into play which might hinder your decisions.
get some good internet connection, its a big problem in some countries, as far as software is concerned you broker will provide you you necessary platform and software needed for trading
i think yes , when a country goes bankrupt, it needs money to operate in such cases government will definately freeze bank accounts, or any such options which will generate money, it has happened in Argentina too..
it was very difficult in the beginning, getting in and out of the market was very confusing for me, sometimes i made it too late and sometimes too early.