I think one of my worst trading habits was fear. Then I was very scared to take a step beyond certainty; I always followed the crowd. This fear played a big role in my choice of running to regulated brokers onshore. I was scared to explore the opportunities (hedging, scalping, tight spreads, good leverages etc.) all in the shallow belief that licensed brokers can't scam at all. It didn't take me a long time to think twice after suffering bunches of negative requites, most time the platforms go very slow and fills the wrong orders- but when it gets in your favour, my licensed but dubious broker rejects my orders. Can you believe this bucketshop broker is very much licensed and is proudly on the NYSE list? Then let one tell me why getting a transparent offshore broker is bad if we still get scammed onshore.