Answers to your Q's: 1) Only the spread - and of course your losses ;-) No graphic/data feed costs 2) Nope - not as far as I know. Normally they recommend $3k as the minimum startup - with 1:100 leverage you could lose that money pretty quickly - I nearly did... 3) I live in SA they simply wire across money to my bank account which is in Rands. 5)So far I've been with them for 3 years and I'm still there - 'nough said.