Trading currencies is not complicated at all, only the trading platform/station may look a bit complicated but once you know the basics you'll get to realise that the main challenge is not really the platform or trading currencies but instead handling emotions when you have trades running... Only if one can be discipline while trading and be in maximum control of your emotions, that's when a trader is on the right track and close to be successful in the foreign exchange industry. Another reason why most of the traders lose in this business, specifically beginners is simply because of not having a "Trading Plan" and again not knowing what the market is capable of doing... Most of us learned trading the hard way, I learned most of the tactics while trading live account...