I'd like your opinions on what trading platforms you use, why you use them, and how do they compare to other trading platforms.
From my current understanding, a lot of people are using Poloniex and Bitrex, but I currently cannot create a Bitrex account.
Just a little piece of advice for a newbie trader, and your help would greatly appreciated.
Comparison of those platforms will be based on your research as we have different perspectives on where trading platform we are going to deal with trades.
The first thing you need to understand when you are first time on a trading platform is how to used that site. Yes you need to take some time familiarizing yourself in their interface including, how to get into this page (either account details, withdrawals and deposits history, balances, how to deposits, how to withdraw, going into coin market to placed trades etc.).
As far as my own knowledge is concern, there is a restriction or should I say new policies involving new accounts at both Bittrex and Poloniex so I can't advised it to newbies who still don't understand how trading platforms behaves because maybe there will be a problem involving withdrawals in the future for newly registered accounts as user verifications is mandatory at some of the cases at that mentioned trading sites.
Maybe you can try Crytopia, HitBTC, Coinexchange or Etherdelta (the simpliest). Just remember, like I said above, it's up to your own experienced who will you tagged as the best trading platform. Take note also that your preferred altcoin to trade might not be present on your preferred trading site.