The sort of short term trading being advertised is more or less gambling, it is weird they have started going mainstream after betting Giants were evicted from this side of the Sahara... investment banks, trust funds and pension schemes buy and trade the same commodities but invest in terms of years and based on projected economic, population and market projections, you can't realistically master this in a few days/weeks...even experienced professionals and large investment banks make mistakes and lead to recessions, how every Tom, Dick and Harry will survive is nothing short of miraculous. A few will win, because the system is designed as such to bait the rest and after a while, we'll complain of forex trading ruining jobless youth.... following closely