Take a look at emini, if you can trade during regular US trading hours. You can get more information at www.cme.com. I would stay away from forex, they are more like a bucket shop deal. Every SP emini is worth $50 and trades in $0.25 increments. If you make 4 pts a day that is $200 profit, where as if you lose 4 pts a day it is $ 200 loss. If you guys want to discuss strategies and how to trade and devlope trading systems, I will be more than willing to share(not everything but more than necessary). If you are a complete newbie and want to learn about markets, get some books from your local library and understand the terms. Here are some of the books to start. Reminiscenses of a Stock Operator, Market Wizards 1,2,3 How I trade for a Living by Gary Smith How I made 2 million dollars by Darvas Trading for a Living by Elder (this is for basic understanding of the technical analysis that people use) Later