Things To Look For When Choosing A Forex Signal Provider
Red flags hover about that you should be able to spot rather easily that can assist you in protecting your forex account. Traders normally come equipped with third party signal providers, some only stay that way for a couple of months, or even worse, weeks. The truth then comes to the forefront that they are really ticking time bombs ready to go off at the least opportune moment.
This article is intended to highlight a few things to look for and avoid. It is in no way intended to cover every problem that traders may or may not have. Now, what to look for:
Trading With No Stops
Avoid any and all traders without stops. The trader may look fine but there are uncontrollable factors that are lurking that you cannot avoid. Factors such as power outages or connection failures can effect you because the market runs fast and far on incoming news. You must avoid this type of trader like the plague. It is the first pitfall that a trader learns to steer clear of.
Huge Losses/Small Wins
Some traders get excited and pull profits off of the table far too early. Generally this is a good idea for a losing trade. You want to cut your losses short and let your winners run. This should cause your winners to be bigger than your losers. Any trader who regularly takes 10 pips of profits and has 200 pip losers on his books is no one that you want trading your account.
New Trading Accounts
Just because a trader is a newbie doesn't necessarily raise the red flag. You should avoid them as a live one anyway, though, for a lack of track record. You might try running them as a demo for a while and check their results, but if this is a good trader, they will hang around for at least 6 months or so. At that time, there is a traceable history to analyze to determine if this trader is worth the plunge.
Large Gains Following a Draw Down
Traders who have abnormally big winners at the end of a sizable draw down have usually given up and are taking one last shot. Their account recovers and to the untrained eye it looks like a solid winning trader. For every 10 traders that try this maybe 2 will survive and bounce back. This means that those 2 are floating around waiting for you. When they have their next draw down they will likely try the same "hail mary" play and the results may not be so favorable. Don't let someone trade your money on a wing and a prayer.
That wraps up this article. As stated earlier, this treatise is only a glimpse of the evils that can befall the unwary forex explorer. - 23210
This article is intended to highlight a few things to look for and avoid. It is in no way intended to cover every problem that traders may or may not have. Now, what to look for:
Trading With No Stops
Avoid any and all traders without stops. The trader may look fine but there are uncontrollable factors that are lurking that you cannot avoid. Factors such as power outages or connection failures can effect you because the market runs fast and far on incoming news. You must avoid this type of trader like the plague. It is the first pitfall that a trader learns to steer clear of.
Huge Losses/Small Wins
Some traders get excited and pull profits off of the table far too early. Generally this is a good idea for a losing trade. You want to cut your losses short and let your winners run. This should cause your winners to be bigger than your losers. Any trader who regularly takes 10 pips of profits and has 200 pip losers on his books is no one that you want trading your account.
New Trading Accounts
Just because a trader is a newbie doesn't necessarily raise the red flag. You should avoid them as a live one anyway, though, for a lack of track record. You might try running them as a demo for a while and check their results, but if this is a good trader, they will hang around for at least 6 months or so. At that time, there is a traceable history to analyze to determine if this trader is worth the plunge.
Large Gains Following a Draw Down
Traders who have abnormally big winners at the end of a sizable draw down have usually given up and are taking one last shot. Their account recovers and to the untrained eye it looks like a solid winning trader. For every 10 traders that try this maybe 2 will survive and bounce back. This means that those 2 are floating around waiting for you. When they have their next draw down they will likely try the same "hail mary" play and the results may not be so favorable. Don't let someone trade your money on a wing and a prayer.
That wraps up this article. As stated earlier, this treatise is only a glimpse of the evils that can befall the unwary forex explorer. - 23210
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