What do you think? Nowadays, when you can open an account with as minimal as $1 deposit, does a demo account works for the best interest of the trader or not?

I will clarify; the point of a demo account is to get a feel of forex trading, however it creates the psychological illusion of not caring of any losses/wins and taking enormous risk without having to confront consequences (psychological side).
Short term, a new forex trader won't need to deposit any funds to try trading, however longer term, he/she is most likely to lose his/her first deposit after trading a demo as those are 2 different trading environments.

So why not start with a real account in the first place? A demo account will just make a newbie trader over confident thus causing him to deposit more than what he/she would deposit for testing purposes in the first place. Therefore, I think a demo account is simply disastrous for new traders and is actually achieving the opposite of what it should.

But demo accounts are andavantageous for experimenting new skills or strategies. We can test new strategies without risking money.

I would add that a demo account is good for estimating a trading idea's possibility, however it fails to measure: slippage, execution and real pricing (spreads) which can have an enormous impact on a trading system.

TheLastBear posted:
I prefer PaxForex No Deposit Bonus. You get $200, and the money you make you may keep and it may be transferred to your real account. It makes much more sense to me and you don't waste your time.

Yes, I agree with you. No deposit bonus are good for newbies. I am too using one.

I have traded both a Live and Demo account. I feel like I managed to get a better grasp of my system through using a demo account. I understand that the feeds are not the same, however it helped me develop my ideas. I never thought of it as a quick money making scheme nor did I take huge risks with the demo account, I treated it as if it was real money which I believe is what most people do wrong.