I'm a beginner. I started trading stocks one and a half year ago. Knowing nothing about trading (and being naive about how easy it would be), I reached a near disaster, with almost all my trading capital gone. I stopped all trading activity and started learning properly, reading lots of books and reading stuff on the internet. During that period of time, I discovered the Forex and found that it matched my personality. I did some paper trading on demo accounts. I'm now in the process of opening a real account. I discovered this fantastic forum and am looking forward to participating in the very interesting exchange that I see here.