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Forex Expert Advisors are seen as an easy way to make Forex profits, simply pay a few hundred dollars, plug them in and hey presto you have an income for life with no effort! This is the myth the reality is losses. Here we will look at why these systems in more detail and why they fail to deliver gains.

Most traders get blinded by greed, when they look at these systems; they simply dont see there is no back up to the claims of profit made by them. Let’s take some common claims these Expert Advisors make.

- You can double your income each month
- You can trade with less than 1% drawdown
- You will only have short losing periods of a few days

Well Warren Buffet or George Soros don’t do that well and neither do any of the worlds top traders; so do you really think a cheap piece of software can do better than these super traders?

If anyone does their very naive.

The reality is the track records presented are never verified by an independent source; there either a simulated back test (done knowing the closing prices) or presented by the vendors with no audit or independent verification.

It’s temping to believe that you can make money with no effort but that’s not true in life and certainly not true in Forex trading. In Forex trading 95% of traders lose money and if it was as easy as the Forex Expert Advisors say, a lot more people would win and they don’t.

If you want to win at Forex trading understand this:

You have to make an effort and you have to acquire skills. You then need to apply these skills with confidence and discipline to enjoy currency trading success. You will be well rewarded if you make an effort in Forex trading, as no other business can offer you such great rewards for the effort you make.

Most novice Forex traders want to make money using mechanical Forex trading systems but most lose money, as most systems lose. This article is all about finding the right system and trading it for long term currency trading success.

Here are your 3 steps to Forex trading success with a mechanical trading system.

1. Get Verified Evidence of Performance

Any system that terms itself a Forex robot or Expert Advisor will lose you money. They have catchy names, cost a hundred bucks or so and tell you, they can double your money each month with no drawdown and no effort. These systems lose money and never have an independent track record of gains to back up their ridiculous claims of profit. All you get are simulations and unverified figures.

Look for a system which has an independent and verified track record of gains over at least 2 years. So what realistically can you expect from the best systems? This leads us onto the next point.

2. Performance to Drawdown

The best systems will give you 50 – 100% annual gains compounded and these are the best. These gains are great but you will get drawdown and the bigger the long term gain, the bigger the short term drawdown will tend to be.

You should expect a 20 – 50% drawdown at some point and it will probably last for a few weeks. Short term drawdown happens to all trading systems, even the best – so you need to be able to be confident in your system and trade it with discipline through these periods. We will discuss how to trade with discipline in the next point.

3. Confidence in the Logic to Trade with Discipline

You need to be confident in the logic of the system to stick with it when it has a losing period so learn how and why the system works and make sure you agree with the logic. If you don’t have confidence in the system to win long term, you will struggle to trade it with discipline in the short term. Keep in mind, if you can’t trade a trading system with discipline, you don’t have one!

If you follow the above simple steps, you will be on the road to making Mechanical Forex Trading Profits and 30 minutes a day or less.

I know everyone who wants to succeed in forex trading and make extra money online thinks that they will only be successful if they have something special. They think they need the ‘holy grail’ of forex trading.

Well, I hate to repeat this for so many times when people asked whether I have a forex trading guide that can win 100% of the time. My answer here again will be no, I do not have it and I do not think anyone has it.

If you want to be a successful trader, you don’t really have to go until such extends to search for the strategy or system. All you need is a mentor or coach who can give you free forex trading advice. On the internet, you can find plenty of them and of course this blog here is one of them.

A common mistake made by many beginners is that they think they can buy success in forex trading by buying a trading system or strategy for $67, $97, $147 etc. Even if there is some forex trading advice sold on the internet, you have to judge whether it’s really worth the money and not some marketing gimmicks.

If at any time you will need to pay for those forex trading advice, how do you decide if it’s good? Some forex tips here.. Look for a real time track record and a money back guarantee. If you don’t get both, then don’t buy. This involves your hard earned cash, so you should do some research on the products that you are interested in.

You can find plenty of stuffs and education related to forex trading on the internet and they are free. Here are some of the topics that you may want to look up and study more on them.

1. Technical Analysis – You can find information on chart formations, candlesticks patterns, fibonacci numbers, support and resistance and many more that are used in many forex trading strategies. These mentioned technical stuffs are very important if you are a chartist or technical trader, and can be combined to become a powerful forex trading system.

2. Technical Forex Indicators – Most of the traders will trade using their favorite technical indicators and you should too have some in your trading system. However, do not flood your charts with lots of indicators because large quantity of them will only give you more restrictions to your trading.

When you draw your charts with trendlines, chart formations etc, you will also need some timing indicators which include Stochastic, RSI, MAs, MACD etc. There are many more besides those that I mentioned, but in general, they are good enough for entering the forex market.

When you look at the most successful forex traders, most depend upon an effective forex trading system that has proven time and time again to be profitable for them. Every forex trader will need a good forex trading system to help them make consistent profits from the forex market. But how do you select the best forex system that suits you, especially the internet is full of scams and false claims? Well, here are some forex tips that can help you on your hunt for good forex systems:

1. Look Out For Logic Of The Forex Trading System

There will always be a description of what the trading system will be like, how does it trade and the functions of it. I know this may need some experience before you can even comment on the logic that the trading system has.

Let me give you an example, if the vendor claimed that the forex strategy can make you 300% ROI within one month, then you really have to verify whether the trading system uses a scalping strategy, swing method or what.

If the trading system is based on a set of forex indicators, at least know what kind of indicators are they using. I said all those above is because you will need confidence to follow a system with discipline, and if you can’t, you have no system at all.

2. Search For Forex Reviews

Before you decide to purchase any forex trading system, you MUST look for reviews in either forex forums, blogs or other websites that allow people to comment on the products that they bought. This is important because you will want to know how other people feel about the trading system and whether is it working or just another scam.

Besides that, if you can’t find the answers that you are looking for, you can post comments or questions on those sites to clarify your doubts on the trading system that you are interested in. You should be in total understanding of the product and have confidence in it before you actually put it in your shopping cart.

3. Know The Vendors Well

Be more enthusiastic and find out more about the vendor. Find out who has developed that forex trading system and his track record. If he has not made any real money from the system that he created, then why should you trust him and risk your money?

This is the time to ask them more questions which you still have it in mind. You should see how keen and responsive are they to your questions and what kind of support do they provide. If you ask some questions that normal vendors will answer, but they don’t, then something must be hiding from them.

Last but not the least, you must make sure that the forex trading system that you are buying should include a money back guarantee. Most of the products out there in the forex market have a 56 days guarantee, this is to protect you so that if you are not satisfied with the product, you can get all your money back minus the exchange rate.

So the point of the forex training that I have given to you is to help you choose the best and the most comfortable trading system for yourself. Once you have chosen it and if it is a good system, you should stick with it in times of bad periods because no system is holy grail and it’s the long term results that count. Good luck and find a trading system that suits you well. If you came across one, you can let me know and I’ll see if I can give you some feedbacks on it.

Every Forex trader finds himself literally drowned in all of the trading methods, systems and automated programs, day by day we are finding it hard the method that really works —at least for us. Any method out there, no matter how complicated, simple or “effective”, cannot guarantee you financial success unless YOU understand and learn to use it to your advantage.

I have made another article regarding the method validation for whatever trading method you are using, here is another in relation to that.

1. Technical Indicators. Any good trading method out there will avoid too many or wrong technical indicators. Any trader with too many forex indicators will find themselves confused and will have conflict in their profit potential. The key here is simplicity. The more simple indicators are to understand, the more it is effective.

If you want to find a good trading method, few forex indicators together can identify whether you have a strong trade opportunity or not. I have discovered 3 to 4 indicators working together to accomplish this. An easy trading method may mean simple; and simple is the key of being effective. Forex traders should be cautious if using more than 4 forex indicators.

2. Another, any good method should not be purely mechanical. By mechanical, I mean there will be no room for market interpretation. Any good method will allow a forex trader to see the larger picture. E.G. is a forex pair in an extended downtrend? If so, is now the time to buy an uptrend? A mechanical system will tell you “buy” but a forex trader who succumbs to this will not see the bigger picture or have his own interpretation and instead just follow the signals and may face a disappointing consequence.

3. A good method makes a good trader. The method you should be using should help you establish discipline. This means the actions of trading — buying, selling, setting stops, and the like. If you have to face too many decisions, you are more likely to end afraid, and may not profit because you did not make a trade. Fear brings you to nothing. A method you use should be easy to follow, because the way to remove fear is understanding.

The trading method that can make you rich should use simple indicators to identify a trending forex pair, and such a way provide a lower risk and higher profit potential. Any fx master’s method is more simple than you think, because it is easy to understand, apply therefore easier to lower risk and pull in the profits.

With these keys , I hope you are enlightened on what trading method you should follow. This information here and the other information in the articles I wrote should help you be saved from the headache and the heartbreak of a Forex loss.