The good news for would-be traders is that it’s possible to try before you buy, thanks to the availability of demo trading accounts.
Most brokers and trading platforms offer potential clients the chance to test the platform and their trading aptitude in a simulated trading environment, which behaves in a very similar way to the live markets.
This provides the perfect opportunity for you to get familiar with the way that markets move  and how the trading platform operates.
However the demo environment can lull traders into a false sense of security because you are not trading with real money and that makes a big difference to your trading psyc...