Hello all, and please foregive my ignorances.

I've been demo trading a couple of distinct softwares for a couple of months now and seem to be leaning toward two that may be worth my investment. I am obviously very new to all of this, but I've a couple of great friends that refer to themselves as chartists rather than day traders, however... well I'll save that for another time. The reality is that I am looking to find some guie on some shortterms and any systems of trading that will assist me in my decission making. I've observed the EUR/JPY and the GBP/JPY quite closely that the last week and they seem to be the biggest movers and many often move together, with the EUR/JPY having the smaller spread. So, I have chosen my pairs along with my appliions, but can anyone tell me about trading egies and the basics there-in?

Thank you for taking the time, also Decent pipping.