total noob introduction

Hello, I thought I'd give an intro as my first post and ask a few questions. I'm a total noob to forex trading. I had a friend a while ago that toyed around with it and I thought it was very interesting but didn't pursue it any further.

Recently I decided to download and setup a demo account at cmsfx.com and found these forums, so thought I'd spend a little time trying to learn about this market.

The only parallel to trading I can draw any experience from is poker. I'm a fairly successful winner at micro and small stakes poker over a decent sample. Hopefully some of the tools I've learned from poker like managing my money and emotional control will help me with forex as well.

Some basic questions for you guys that I have are:

1.) Is cmsfx.com a good site to trade with or is there something more highly recommended? In poker there are many sites people can play on but the majority stick to the major 2, anything like that in forex? It should probably be noted if/when I go live I will be starting with a fairly small investment and probably traiding mini-lots.

2.) Being a total noob, are there any must read threads on the forum, books that I should review, or training videos I should watch?

3.) Any other advice or help that can be offered? I'm sure there are things I need to know and don't even know to ask about them at this point.

Thanks, Guy

ok i will be the first to welcome you here.

glad to see you just didnt jump in and ask questions later.

good place to start is the top of the rookie section in articles and peterfms help for newbies all the stickys in the rookies actually are a good place to start. thats why there stickied. cms ive never used them so cant comment you can check out brokers here they are a lot of the preferred ones i think. also i suggest viewing james16 chart thread and clockwork71s silent service method are good reads to start with.

also dont rush you have all the time in the world to learn.

regards damien

My cookie cutter answer to these types of questions:

* BabyPips School (Go through twice) [FREE].
* Read the stickies in the Rookie Section HERE [FREE]
* Two books - Pring on Price Patterns & Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom [$$]
- FxStreet Learning Center (I have not personally read this all, but it looks pretty good). [FREE]

That should keep you busy for a few months. Oh, and welcome.

Thanks for your post LasVahGoose. I was hoping to find some direction of what to start with