When you open a new live trading account you will probably get a phone call from your broker, and this can give you a chance to establish a good relationship with someone at that company.

It is also important to keep the phone numbers of all the places where you have live trading accounts.

One of the benefits of trading in a global marketplace is that you can trade the price fluctuations that occur due to market activity in different time zones.

Imagine that you are sitting in your home in Ohio trading during the evening, which would be the market open for Japan and the Asian markets, and there happens to be a thunderstorm that knocks out the electricity in the area.

If you have any open positions at this time, they will likely stay open until you can log in again and close them. In times such as this it is important to be able to use your landline telephone.