Hi Simon,
I have no experience of Trading 212, so I can’t comment upon their service. Starting with a demo account is a very good idea, and IG is a good broker platform.
To get you started, I can recommend a company called marketsmastered.com which provides a complete package of training, strategies and a signal service of sorts (they send out a list of imminently actionable, daily trades in forex/gold/S&P) which you can action in accordance with the strategy when the conditions are met. This is an excellent service - the training manuals cost about £60 from memory and then the daily signal service costs about £30 per month I think. This is low-cost, excellent novice training.
I’ve emailed the owner, Nick, to ask him whether it’s okay for me to give out his email address so that he can look out for anybody from here who is interested - I’ll let you know if/when I hear back from him. The good thing about Nick is that he will answer questions and help you get to grips with his strategies.
Another excellent company, but based in the US, is simplertrading.com. This is a Rolls-Royce service with superb education, chart indicators, live trading rooms and live signals for forex, futures and stock options trades. It’s really, really good but comes at a price. Most of my technical analysis knowledge has come through this company.
Another excellent source of knowledge is through free education which is offered by a man called Rob Smith, who calls himself “RobInTheBlack” and has a YouTube channel called “smithsintheblack”; his Twitter handle is @RobInTheBlack. He has devised a trading system based upon price action and quantitative analysis called “the strat” which is absolutely brilliant. This is where I got the concept of “broadening formations” from. He also has a live trading room ($200 per month) on a platform called tickerticker.com.
Hope this helps!
