I finally had the guts to trade on IB, after going through the tutuorial a couple of times. I had to buy a stock on the London Stock Exchange and I did that this morning. Then I had to buy some Pounds (Sterling) to complete the transaction.
The workstation is relatively user friendly but it was a little bit nerve wracking for the first time and I called the service desk a couple of times to ensure I wasn't going to disturb the world currency markets.
Bottom line, I would recommend it to anyone wanting to trade stock on another exchange.
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