Looking back, I started my trading career around eight years ago and my first exposure to the markets was with stocks. This seemed like the ideal place to start my journey as most people are familiar with the act of buying and holding equities at some point in the their lives, and what better place for me to also get started? However, although I do still enjoy the stocks arena, it can be an expensive market to trade and if you are looking for more flexibility in what times of the day you can trade, then you can be very much limited. So, naturally looking to expand my trading horizons, I decided to get further ... (full story)