As more automated forex robots are released on to the market we are seeing people who are not familiar with trading looking at buying them as a way to earn passive income.
Yes I agree that this can happen however you will not always make the profits that are advertised. Why, because you will be trading in different Lot sizes and this will affect the value of the pips gained and or lost. You will also set your account up differently, be comfortable with different leverages and obviously have a different margin with your broker. I believe the more you know about trading the more success you will have using automated robots.

First of all let me explain pips. Pip is an acronym for Price Interest Points. In the wholesale market, all currencies are quoted to four decimal places, with the last placeholder called a point or a pip. The pip is 0.0001 ( one /10,000th)of the currency rate, with the exception to the rule being the Japanese Yen, in this case one pip is 0.01 ( 1 /10 ). If the currency pair EUR/USD was trading at 1.3525 and then moved to 1.3575, the movement is said to be 50 pips. The pip is the smallest measure of price movement used in Forex trading and when Traders refer to their wins or loses they usually refer to the number of pips gained or lost.

The other very important point is the actual value of the pip. This relates to the Lot size you are trading (the value of your transaction).
If you start with a full Lot($100,000) the pip will be worth around $10 USD, depending on the currency pairing, however if you trade with mini lots ($10,000)the value of a pip goes from $10.00 value to $1 or 0.10c in a micro lot ($1000).
The point to remember is the value of the pip affects both your profits and losses. When the trade goes against you and the pip is $10.00 if you have high leverage it does not take long to build up hugh losses.

One other thing to remember is the brokers are there to make money from your trading, Brokers realized that they can offer very high leverage as this will draw investors from other markets, but as traders you do not have to use it.

New traders all want to know how much capital (margin) do I need to start trading. Brokers will offer 100:1, 200:1, 400:1 and this means you need 1%, 0.5% or 0.25% of the transaction value as your margin (capital).
That is what is available, but when you are working out the leverage you feel comfortable with it might be you only want 5:1

Example. You have $2000.00 capital, broker offers 200:1 (which means you will be able to trade with a transaction value of $400,000) but you only want to trade a mini lot ($10,000) your real leverage for that trade is 10,000 divided by 2000 = 5 or 5:1. That is no problem you can do that.

“Leverage is measured by dividing the value of the transaction by your own capital”

When you first start trading high leverage is very risky(actually it is always risky) and is the number one reason most people fail. Using a robot that is basically scalping (small pip gains over a very short period) is one of the safest ways to trade. However it will lose trades and a slower approach , quietly building up your margin using small leverage is the way I would recommend.

Lyndsay Wilkinson
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When it comes to getting started in FOREX trading, there are quite a few things that you have to consider first. The first thing that you need to do is to find and choose the right broker that is going to help you in making your trades. When you are choosing a Broker you need to know that there are many FOREX brokers to choose from, just as in any other market. Here are some things that you need to look for in making the right choice:

Low Spreads
The spread, which is calculated in pips, is the difference between the price that currency can be bought and the price at which it can be sold at any specific point in time. FOREX brokers don’t charge a commission for this, so this difference is how they are going to make money. You will want to look for a broker that offers low spreads.

Institution Quality
Unlike equity brokers, FOREX brokers are usually attached to large banks or lending institutions because of the large amounts of capital that is needed. Also, FOREX brokers should be registered with the Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) as well as regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Tools and Research
FOREX brokers offer many different trading methods for their clients just like brokers in other markets do. These different trading methods often show real-time charts, technical analysis tools, real-time news and data, and even support for the various trading systems.
Basically, you will want to find a broker who will give you everything that you need to succeed.

Many Different Leverage Options
Leverage is a key necessity in FOREX trading because the price deviations are just set at  fractions of a cent. Leverage, which is expressed as a ratio between total capitals that is available to actual capital, which is the amount of money a broker will lend you for trading. Basically if you have limited capital to start with, you need to make sure that your broker offers high leverage.

If capital is not a problem, you can rest easy knowing that any broker that has a wide variety of leverage options should suffice. A variety of options lets you vary the amount of risk you are willing to take. For example, less leverage (less risk) may be more preferable if you are dealing with highly volatile currency pairs.

Account Types
Many brokers will offer you two or more types of accounts. The smallest account is known as a mini account and it requires you to trade with a minimum of maybe $300. The standard account allows you to trade at a variety of different leverages, but it also requires a minimum initial capital of $2,000 to get you started.

Finally, there are premium accounts, which often require significant amounts of capital to get you started. It also lets you use different amounts of leverage and often offers you additional tools and services.

There are a lot of forex trading software online available which can make you a lot money. Take just the right one.

Mirko van Anken
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Many traders are daunted by the thought of forex trading so they decide to get help from an expert mentor or guru.

Let’€™s look at some tips on how to choose one.

Firstly, the vast majority of advice sold on the net is either available free anyway, or simply does not work.

Think about it:

If you do trades with 70% accuracy, you would be to busy trading your way to millionaire status than bothering to crow about how good you are on the net, for $100 or so.

The Day trading myth

You have seen them guys promising you 10 to€“ 100 pips a day in profit, or systems that are so accurate and consistent they can’t possibly be true.

Day trading is where the bulk of the courses are sold.

The myth is you can make money consistently and long term – Absolute rubbish.

Day trading is done in short time spans and all short term moves are random, so kiss goodbye to your equity.

Ask for a track record and see if you get one.

I never have! And by track record I mean a real not hypothetical one.

And don’t fall for the testimonial from a friend, or guy with lucky trade.

The More Expensive advice is the better it is.

Some advice costs a lot more than $100 or so, you can pay thousands for it.

The novice trader thinks it must be good as its expensive – not so.

Judge A vendor simply by if they have made money that’€™s the only criteria that counts.

Then decide if you understand the logic (if you don’t you wont be able to follow it with discipline) and without discipline you have no method in the first place.

Really want to succeed?

Go to your local bookstore and pick up some classic trading books, by traders who have walked the walk rather than are all talk.

Get these three great books

Market Wizards & The New Market Wizards – Jack Schwager

These are interviews with some of the top traders of all time and are great insight into what makes a great trader.

Trader Vic – Vic Sperandeo

This is a fantastic book – giving you everything you need to help you trade from money management to ideas on systems.

The above will cost you around $50.00 and will be money well spent.

There are other books but these are my favorites.

And if you read them:

They make clear that for success you rely on yourself and no one else.

Devise your own system (we have done loads of articles on this ) keep it simple, trade with discipline, show patience and perseverance and you can make it all on your own.

If you must buy advice get a track record and find one you understand and have confidence in but the best way to make money ( or the only way) is to do it on your own.

Sacha Tarkovsky
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There are a lot of people looking to get into the Forex market now that are looking for good Forex trading advice. After all, trading Forex is a great way to make money through currency trading, regardless of the economic climate. There is real money to be made currency trading, and it is not just for the high powered investor either.

So, if you are looking to get into the Forex market like I was, let me give you some common sense advice. No, this is not going to be complex investment strategy or sophisticated market indicators. (Quite frankly, the way I trade I don’t need to become an expert on all that stuff). This is just some simple things you can do to make generating consistent profits in the Forex market as fast, stress free and profitable as possible.

Forex Trading Advice: Be Realistic

Yes, there is a lot of money to be made in the Forex market. Regardless of the economic times, currency is rising and falling in respect to one another. Even in the best of times this happens. The trick is the be able to trade in a way that consistently produces more winning trades than losers.

So, don’t look at currency trading as a gimmick, or get rich quick scam. It,s not. Trading Forex is serious business and there is tons of money to be made (or lost) in the currency market. Be realistic about your goals. Understand that creating great wealth is a long term goal. Keep a cool head and you’ll do fine and can be amazed at the results.

Forex Trading Advice: Start With A Demo Account

Always test things out with a Demo account. I don’t care if you are convinced you have the perfect Forex system. Test it out first with a Demo account. Then if it performs well, invest money in the strategy.

I know you are excited to make money currency trading. But keep in mind, no system or trading strategy is perfect. You will make winning trades and you will make losing trades. The trick is to have everything work out in your favor in the end. So, test everything first with a Demo account to make sure before you put any real money on the line.

Forex Trading Advice: Start With A Small Account

The more money you trade, the higher the potential for profit. But the higher the risk as well. This is a balance you will have to determine according to your financial situation, goals and needs. But I recommend starting small.

You should have already tested everything with a Demo account first. But the dynamic changes when real money is in play. It is very exciting, but you are also vulnerable to things like greed, fear and lack of confidence. You can curb those feelings somewhat by starting with a small account until you get used to the emotion of currency trading.

My Best Forex Advice: Use A Proven Expert Advisor

I don’t know about you, but I have other things to do in my life. I don’t care how profitable Forex trading is, I can’t devote 24 hours a day from Monday to Friday to making it work. This is why I use an Expert Advisor. Basically, this is a computer script that is attached to the Forex Trading Platform you are using (like Metatrader4). This script keeps track of the currency market and makes trades for you based on a set of predetermined indicators.

Using an Expert Advisor doesn’t only save you a ton of time, they can be more profitable as well. Imagine, using a computer program set up by real Forex professionals that trades based on market conditions… not emotion. I use an automatic Forex robot…. and my biggest Forex Trading advice is that you do too.

Edward Lomax
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Have you ever wondered why is it that very few traders succeed in the Forex trading market while 90% of forex traders fail to achieve success? Below are 10 major reasons:

1. Looking for Easy and Quick Money

I have to stress that foreign currency trading is not a get rich quick scheme. Achieving consistent profitable results out of forex trading is tough. It requires some Forex education, patience, discipline, emotion control, etc. to get you into the world of successful currency trading.

2. Looking for the Holy Grail

I have people asked me, “What is the best forex trading system around?” There isn’t such trading systems in currency trading. Many Forex traders spend years trying to find the Holy Grail of foreign exchange trading, but failed to find one. The main reason is the Forex market changes every single moment.

3. Inadequate Right Education

One of the reasons forex traders fail is because they don’t have enough right education. Some people who came into forex trading don’t even open a forex book or educate themselves about currency trading. You need certain forex training education, a forex course, a forex trading system and then a mentor to coach you.

4. Lack of Discipline

Discipline is so important in fx trading that it will reward you by accumulating your profits if you abide to it, and could turn your forex trading account into nothing when you lack of it.

5. Lack of Patience

Forex traders chase after the price because they do not want to miss a golden trading opportunity. In currency trading, there is no such thing as golden opportunity to me because every forex trading setups are equally important.

6. No Money Management

Most forex traders totally forget about the risk of forex trading. They only think about how much they will win and never plan for the worst. Money management limits your risk on every single trade so that you are able to trade tomorrow, the next week, month and years.

7. Failure to Control Emotions

Be a perfectionist in following your forex trading plan. Stay calm if you lost a trade, you know that there are infinite chances to earn an winning opportunity back. Don’t let greed take over you!

8. Having Unrealistic Expectations

People come into fx trading thinking they are going to be successful and earn tons of cash, from $1000 and then reaching $100 000 in a very short period of time. You will know why that is untrue if you have gotten my free Forex ebook.

9. Lack of Mentorship and Support

Once you have a trading system, having a mentor not only gives you Forex advice, but also the ability to get nearer to success as your learning curve will be shorten, your doubts answered and confidence boosted.

10. Looking for Excitement

Some other Forex traders may think it is very exciting to trade the Forex market, but to me, Forex trading is boring if I want to be profitable and stress free.

Daniel S.
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Are you looking for a part time job that you can work after all your daily obligations are met, no set schedule and you can work anytime?  Have you ever thought about forex trading?  So what is forex you ask?

The foreign exchange (currency or FX) market is where currency trading takes place. FX transactions typically involve one party purchasing a quantity of one currency in exchange for paying a quantity of another.

Today FX market is one of the largest and most liquid financial markets in the world, and includes trading between large banks, central banks, currency speculators, corporations, governments, and other institutions. The average daily volume in the global forex and related markets is continuously growing. Traditional daily turnover was reported to be over US$ 3.2 trillion in April 2007 by the Bank for International Settlements. Since then, the market has continued to grow. According to Euromoney’s annual FX Poll, volumes grew a further 41% between 2007 and 2008

As far as the freedom from any external control and free competition are concerned, FOREX is a perfect market. It is also the biggest liquid financial market. According to various assessments, money masses in the market constitute from 1 to 2 trillion US dollars a day. (It is impossible to determine an absolutely exact number because trading is not centralized on an exchange.) Transactions are conducted all over the world via telecommunications 24 hours a day from 00:00 GMT on Monday to 10:00 pm GMT on Friday. Practically in every time zone (that is, in Frankfurt-on-Main, London, New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong, etc.) there are dealers who will quote currencies.

What do you need to start forex trading and making money with Forex?

1. A computer (PC or MAC) with Internet connection. You can even use a computer in an Internet cafe or library – it doesn’t matter.
2. Money of course.  You must sell or buy other currencies using your money.
3. Knowledge when to sell or buy. This could take some time if you just studied on your own. I am not suggesting you don’t, educated yourself on the Forex but all you really need is an automated forex trading software.

The automated forex software application that I found to be successful and easy to use is Forex Automoney.

This automated forex trading software is really easy and requires a minimal amount of your time. All you have to do is to log in, read the forex signals and click to trade. That’s all! The most amazing thing is people around the world are trading and making money.

How Forex Automoney signals works.

It automatically analyzes currencies markets and determines when to buy or sell. It can generate forex signals in 3 timeframes:

Intraday – 6 times a day a buy or sell message is generated

Daily – forex signals are generated once a day

Weekly – using these forex signals you can trade once a week

Of course you can use all 3 systems – you can trade intradaily and daily and weekly! This maximizes your profits. For example, if you want to trade with $99 – you can divide it and trade $33 intradaily, $33 daily and $33 weekly. That’s very simple. There are no minimum or limits on the amount of money when executing a trade.

Of course forex signals are generated for all major currency pairs, and using all of them also maximizes your profits.

Here is an example of an actual signal generated.

Currency Pair:

Type of Trade:

Time to Enter:

Get Profit:

Stop Loss: EUR/USD

BUY

10:00 PM EST

120 Pips

50 Pips

In this trade a 120 pips profit was recorded! This equals to over $1000 trading 1 standard lot or $100 trading 1 mini lot. It only took a minute to enter the trade!

What is so amazing about the FOREX is that you can live anywhere in the world, be a full time worker, student, single mom, retired person, an unemployed person and trade anytime day or night.

http://www.forexautomoney.com/?hop=home2sell

http://www.forex-money-exchange.com/forex_products.php

Tracy Lenyk
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Almost everyone wished to be successful in forex trading, but has anyone planned on the path to be a successful currency trader? I believe not many. If you have not or not sure how to plan, below are the steps that can lead you to the path of success in forex trading:

Step 1: Get yourself a forex ebook or forex course to begin with, so that you can understand the basics of forex trading and how does it work. If you have gotten my free ‘Forex Trading To Riches’ ebook, you should be able to grab hold of what foreign exchange is about.

Step 2: Open a FREE forex DEMO (practice)account with online brokers.

Step 3: This is an important step. Make sure you read the psychology part and money management rules of forex trading before you start on demo trading. Take note, always start with good habits. Getting rid of bad habits is much harder than to build good habits.

Step 4: After you have gone through the whole ebook or forex trading course, you will probably know how a forex trading system works. Moreover, my PIPS MOVER™ trading system is easy to understand. So let’s get practical and practice it on the demo account. Practice makes perfect!

Step 5: Demo trade for about a few weeks until you get used to the forex trading system. If you have developed some bad habits along the way, carry on demo forex trading until you get rid of them, you do not want to make those mistakes when you go live trading! I would recommend students to go live trading only when they hit a success rate of 70% and above.

Step 6: You should be already quite consistent in your demo trading when you have come to this step. Open a LIVE forex trading account, either a mini account or a standard account. I understand that many traders start off with mini account first to build their confidence. That is absolutely alright, but do not get stuck in mini account for too long as you might have psychological barrier to go through. Move on to standard trading account when you feel confident, consistent and making profits in your currency trading.

Step 7: Increase your lot size slowly as your trading skills improve. You may want to increase it when you have 30% ROI(return on investment) in your forex trading account. Refer to the money management rules on how you can keep increasing your trading lot size.

Step 8: At this point of time, you are a successful forex trader if you have consistent profits every month. You don’t have to be a institutional trader to be successful! And you seriously should start planning and considering to be a full time forex trader from here onwards.

The above may sound easy, but trust me, it’s not easy at all, or else why 95% of the people failed in forex trading? So you really have to drill on the psychological, discipline and money management parts before you can go far in forex trading.

Daniel S.
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Visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLYMsu-s-r8 for an introduction to forex trading for beginners
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If you are new to forex or have only a small amount of capital available right now, mini forex trading could be the way to go for you. It allows you to trade with real money while limiting your risk to a relatively small amount. Generally the lot size of trades for a mini account is only one-tenth of the lot size for a standard account with the same broker.

Mini Forex Trading Or Demo?

Somebody starting out in forex has several options:

1. Start out right away with live trading in a standard brokerage account, investing from $1,000 to $5,000. This would be very risky for a beginner and is not recommended.

2. Begin with live trading in a mini forex account. Generally you need $250 for these accounts but you may be able to find brokers who will let you start with even less.

3. Start out with a demo account where you are picking up trading skills without investing any real money at all, then when you are consistently making profits, switch over to either a mini account or full brokerage account depending on your capital and your strategy.

Advantages Of A Mini Forex Trading Account

Most people choose option 3, the demo account. They feel much safer using ‘toy money’ online for several days, weeks or months. A demo account also gives you the opportunity to try out the various different strategies that you are probably reading about.

However there can be problems with running a demo account for too long. Some forex traders and trainers say that it lulls you into a false sense of security. It is much easier to take risks when there is no real cash involved, and you will be practicing with strategies that you may be uncomfortable using in real life trading.

So what can happen is that the demo account teaches you to make profits using medium to high risk strategies, but when you are faced with a real money situation you may lose your nerve. This usually results in poor decisions made on the spur of the moment and ‘strategy hopping’ where you are constantly switching from one plan to another. Losses are almost inevitable in this situation.

For this reason, some experts recommend starting with a mini account and using real money almost from the get-go. You would only use a demo account for a small number of trades to familiarize yourself with the technical side of operating your account and making trades. In this way you are likely to learn strategies that can work for you in the long term.

Disadvantages Of A Mini Trading Account

When you are trading small amounts, you must expect to pay more in percentage terms to the broker. This eats into your gains. In the long term this can have a massive effect on your results and can make the all-important difference between profit and loss. Therefore, most people operating a mini account will be aiming to switch to higher value trades as soon as they have the capital to do so.

However you choose to start, you will need to accept that forex trading is high risk by its very nature, like all forms of investment that offer the possibility of large gains in a short time. You should only invest money that you are prepared to lose if things go against you.

Starting out with a mini account can be a great way for someone who is new to forex to pick up the techniques for real. Mini forex trading could be the best way to find out for sure whether foreign exchange trading is right for you.

Mirko van Anken
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