How Do You Open a Stock Indices Demo Account?
Once you install the stock indices trading software, the next step is to open a demo account. The demo account will be used to learn how to trade, place orders & analyze the movements of the various Stock Index available for trading on this trade software.
The steps to open a demo account are explained below:
1. A trader should first open the trading platform & then choose "File" at the top left corner of the platform as illustrated below, a drop down menu will then appear & the trader can then choose the option to "Open an Account" as shown below.
1. Once a trader clicks the open an account option the trader will then be taken to a registration page as illustrated below, the trader should then enter their details so that to register for a Indices practice account.
Once the above registration form is complete a trader will then receive login & password details that they can use to access the demo account that they have just opened. The following confirmation pop up window will show these details.
The same login details will also be sent to the email address that is used when registering the demo account as is shown below.
The next step is to use these details; login & password to login to the demo account on the stock indices trading platform as shown and illustrated below - click "File" at the top left corner of the platform, then choose the option "Login".
The following Login pop up window will popup & the trader should now use the login & password to login to the account as is shown below.
Once the trader enter the login details, they should also make sure the "Save account information" check box is checked, this will save the details on the trading platform so that there is no need to retype these details every time a trader wants to login to their demo account.
The trader should then click the "Login" button key so as to login to their demo account and begin trading Stock Index.
After login in, the demo account will be as illustrated and shown below.
The demo account will show the charts as well as the account balance shown above. For our example above the demo account balance is $100,000 dollars - this pop up window will show the account balance & profit will be added to this balance & losses deducted.