Hi there , as a newbie, my experience so far is with two demo accounts, one with oanda, has $100,000 to start, and in the first week I was up to $132,000, amazing, I know. But it was just really gambling and luck. The other account was a system that I downloaded ,I think it was FXCM, anyway, that was not so lucky.
I have now done my pips school and college, and I am still using the OANDA account, I think when I eventually use real money, the story will be very different, i.e, I will be a lot more careful, stick to risking only 1% etc,.