Buying Internet Systems to Trade the Forex Market

Buying Internet Systems to Trade the Forex Market
Richard Cox
12/5/2013
Updated:
4/24/2016

Buying Internet Systems to Trade the Forex Market

In many cases, traders that have experienced excessive losses (possibly even losing their entire trading account) will look for an easy way out and buy a trading system that is advertised on the internet.  These purchases could involves things like trading tutorials that describe trading strategies that are “fool proof” or that will lead to amazing gains in short periods of time.  It can also involve automated trading systems that rely on Expert Adviser (EA) robots where all of your trades will be determined by predetermined mathematical algorithms.  In all of these instances, the trader is looking to remove the responsibility for finding new market opportunities, instead relying on the ideas of another person.

But the problem with these systems is that traders will usually take these systems at face value and assume that because they are being widely advertised, they must be accurate and successful.  “Unfortunately,” said Haris Constantinou, currency analyst at TeleTrade. “there is little or no oversight for these products and there is no way to verify their accuracy before they are used.”  It is possible to look for testimonials in other internet locations to see if the product is simply a scam, but there is no way to verify these testimonials either, so you can never really know what you are dealing with when you purchase one of these systems.

Avoid Quick Fixes and Magic Bullets                 

Again, what needs to be remembered in these situations is that there is no quick fix for a losing strategy. Traders using these methods are usually in a desperate frame of mind and this can very easily lead to illogical trading decisions and misplaced purchases.  This is a poisonous mindset for traders and should be avoided at all costs.  It is always a better approach to research your own methods and weed through all of the available material so that you can decide on your own which methods will best meet your trading needs and analytical style.   So, instead of wasting your time looking for quick fixes and the “holy grail” of trading that is available for purchase, it is a much better plan to educate yourself about trading strategies and pick the one that is best for you.

Of course this takes a lot more time and effort and places the responsibility back on your own shoulders.  But the reality is that quick fixes and “magic bullets” rarely work if they ever do at all.  The only person that can truly understand and adapt to your trading needs and investment goals is you.  Looking for solutions in the proposed strategies of other traders is a recipe for failure, and this destructive mindset must be avoided at all costs.