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Should You Use Forex Robots?

By Daniel Hoffner -

Before you consider purchasing a Forex Robot, you have to pick a Forex broker to work with, and a “platform” to use. Which trading platform to use? There are hundreds of brokers in the market, which means that you connect to them through the internet, and trade through them. Usually each broker has his own platform – how your screen looks, how to track of your funds, etc. When choosing a broker its important to pick a big, regulated company, so that one morning you won’t wake up to find that your company has gone bankrupt, together with your money.

It is preferable, but not a must to pick a broker who uses a “metatrader 4″ platform. Since it has become popular lately, many robots are written for it. Some brokers offer free money, but that doesn’t mean too much, as you can’t redeem it, but it lets you enlarge your margin. Pick
a broker that gives a margin of at least 100:1 (not more than 400:1). Since we’ll recommend later on working with intraday trades, therefore its important to pick a broker who uses tenths of pips. This decreases the spreads, which is meaningful in intraday trading.

Lastly, always when starting to work with a new broker using his demo platform. Mistakes made by unskilled fingers can cost a lot of money (I meant to buy not sell).

Forex robots (also called expert advisors) cost money. The ones that cost no money are usually worth that much. Robots can be very useful, especially for people who don’t have the time or patience to sit in front of the computer all day. Of course, they don’t profit 100% of the time, so its advisable to buy a robot which has a high percentages of wins, and a refund offer if you are not satisfied. My experience tells me that robots are better on opening the positions, than closing them. The best way, therefore is to let the robot open the position, then monitor the trade carefully, and decide for yourself when to close the position – if the robot hasn’t closed it yet.

There are all also mechanical systems that indicate to you exactly when you should buy/sell. But you have to be in front of the computer to do the trade, but you have more control.

When deciding manually to close your position, if you’ve reached your take profit level, let the position close. Don’t let the position remain open in the hope that it will continue in your favor, because many times the profit you could have earned will be wiped out. A bird in hand…

Even if you haven’t reached your desired profit, but the trading becomes wobbly over a time, that means that the trading can go against you, so its better to quit while ahead. This is especially true when all the trends/indicators that caused you to open the trade, have changed direction.

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