Trading - a little survey, ta.

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1. What software is good to invest in, and what is considered the bare esentials? 2. I have a reasonable amount of capital and want to trade for a living. What is considered an easily achievable average return as % 3. What are the best products to trade? As in, futures, warrents, small caps, blue chips? What is the best platform to trade on - is this site sufficient? 4. A little survey - what do YOU trade, how long have you been trading it, and over that period, what's been your average return %