ohh yeah mr fed friday night, page-4

I've started following this thread just this week and am baffled by how knowledgeable you regulars are, and how well you guys seem to be doing regardless of market movements. I thought HC was just Up/Down rampers to try and tempt newbies into buying stocks.
Anyway, I was wondering if you guys would assist in pointing my in the right direction for learning more about technicals and also what trading platform you guys use to trade the markets.
Also, are you guys mainly trading Index CFDs?