how does one use a practice account 
many online brokers including fortrade provide a practice account free of charge when traders register on the site and fund the account with a sum of money fortrade for example starts traders off with 10 000 of imaginary money once the practice account is set up you can start trading as though you were investing actual funds it is a good idea to trade conservatively at least at the beginning a trader who invests unrealistic sums of the imaginary funds in the practice account simply because he has nothing to lose in real life is not able to benefit from the purpose of having the practice account which is to develop effective trading skills for when actual funds are being invested most experts and experienced traders recommend trading on a practice account for several months before investing real money click here to create a fortrade account and you can start with the practice account today 