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I favor floating spreads than fixed spreads. Good broker provides you zero spreads accounts with commission. However, I found it more rewarding than no commission accounts. In no commission accounts generally spreads are greater.Spread plays an important role in your making profit. It can be a great issue to earn a little amount of profit. So, be careful about selecting spreads.
Yes you are right. Once someone told me to watch only one or two pair. I choose one and start observing that pair a lot. I waw surprised by the result. Now I only trade 1/2 pairs.Any pair from major currency pairs would be good for beginners. But initially I would suggest to choose a single pair. Every pair has some unique characteristics. When you trade only one pair and observe that pair a lot, you get to know a lot of unknown aspects of that pair.