Yes, practice helps a lot in trading. As an old saying, “Practice makes a man perfect”. Similarly, practice on your demo trading account will help you perfect in your trading style. Let me give you a few reasons to practice trading. 1. Allows you to learn how price action develops around news announcements. 2. Allows you to understand how to uses the platform. 3. Allows you to check the trade size which can affect your overall profitability. However, there are some limitations of using practice accounts as well. 1. You won’t develop healthy fear required for successful trading 2. You may get overconfident while making profits on demo 3. You will not see how to actually act when your money is on line