Finance & Investment, Automatic Forex Trading Systems - a Great Way to Lose Your Account Equity Quickly


by KELLY PRICE - Date: 2008-07-07 - Word Count: 503 Share This!

Automatic forex trading systems sound great in theory, no study, a few minutes a day to operate and sit back and make huge profits but the reality of most is they will wipe your equity out and do it quickly...

So why do traders never make money with them?

1. Most People Pick the Wrong Forex Trading System

They buy one online with what appears to be a profitable track record - but they don't read the small print which has the words "simulated" and in "hindsight" written all over it. The system has never been traded in the real world and the track record is paper money in back testing making it unproven.

For some reason that puzzles me, traders see that this is not a recipe for currency trading success and learn a hard lesson - that you don't get financial freedom for a hundred bucks or so, for making no effort, with a system that hasn't been traded.

The market quickly gives them a reality check though and they get a swift wipe out of equity.

2. Lack of Confidence

You cannot just plug and play and think money will pile up with a trading system even the ones that have real track records are going to encounter the one thing all traders have to cope with - weeks of losses.

While the system if soundly based will hit a home run and make profits, you have to have the discipline to stick with it and this means understanding the logic of how and why it works.

You wont follow any system unless you have confidence in it - its essential for discipline.

Not only this put you should measure the worst drawdown, by assuming you join the system at the worst time and see how long it takes to recover - always assume your worst drawdown is ahead of you and be prepared for it.

Be Realistic

Automatic forex trading systems can and do make money but the good ones are few and far between. An excellent one though is the free one we write frequently on - the 4 Week Rule.

This simple system is free piles up huge profits and is simple to understand and you can find out more about it in our other articles.

Look at gains over 2 year periods and expect periods of drawdown to be long and sustained and keep in mind if it's a sound system it will ride these periods out.

The good automatic Forex Systems out there can make between 30 - 100% per annum and if you are making these gains you are up there with the best traders.

Use common sense, choose wisely, and look for real time performance, expect periods of losses as normal and look over the longer term and you can enjoy Forex trading success.

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