Broker selection is really hard however important as well since we need a broker to meet our trading needs. I believe regulation matters but reputations should also be noted before finalizing any broker.
Many brokers have started offering copy trading opportunities to their traders however the only thing is to find out the right trader to follow trades which can be time consuming job initially and once we find the right trader we can earn money from copy trading feature.
It is really hard to find or recommend a reliable broker these days since many new brokers joining the trade industry while many at the same time also winding up their operations too. We need to do some thorough research while concluding a broker and need to shortlist reputed brokers like hfm...
Leverage is a double edge sword which can turn higher profit expectation in to huge losses if used incorrectly. New traders being unaware of the market conditions should keep the leverage low in start to avoid such losses.
Without necessary skills the forex trading is just like a gamble and that is why there are many new losing traders who lose money and some even lose more while chasing their lost money.
Signals can sometime become hard nuts to crack in my opinion, we need to consult sites like economic activities like economies or investing and churning them with the economic calendar to conclude which side the markets can move.
With the volume of over five trillion dollars which revolves around the globe on daily basis, i think we can learn the skills to start taking our share out of this market. Yet it is not that easy as it looks like to be, we have to learn it and spend time before we can start making money.
There are many bad examples of the past where even the properly regulated brokers turned into scam and stop paying their traders so better to be on the safe side we should withdraw our profits leaving the necessary capital behind with the broker.
Agreed since the major pairs can be placed in our bucket list for analyzing them since they are co-related with the USD making it easy to follow their movements.