A Real Forex Apocalypse Review

By Kathy Alonso

I should have known to stay away from any product who's sales page claims 100% success. I had little knowledge about Forex Trading. There were few reviews most of which were more like advertisements but since i was unable to find any negative reviews I decided to to try forex trading with the Forex Apocalypse EA. Not having to experiment with or change the settings of the EA sounded very appealing to a Forex Novice and its track record of not having lost money in years seemed unbeatable and made it sound like a good investment. I also signed up for the recomended trading platform to use with this EA which was MetaTrader which had a length sign up process. Unfortunately this platform only runs on windows so i was unable to use my Macintosh computer and was forced to borrow a windows computer. I was able to fund my account through paypal and installed the Apocalypse Expert Advisor. Though I thought i was ready to go, I had trouble getting the EA to begin live trading. When I contacted the MetaTrader support and reinstalling their software didn't help, I was told to contact the Forex Apocalypse support.

I looked through the forex apocalypse website where i had purchased this EA and was unable to find any contact or support information. Luckily I was able to find the email which i was sent when I had first bought it and sent my support questions to this email. Their response came sooner than expected and i heard back from them within 24 hours although by this time i had already figured out what the problem was. The MetaTrader program settings were not set to give the EA permission to do live trading. I just changed the permissions and was on my way.

The settings of the EA were left on the Default which are the following: magic number : 20202111 eachtickmode : true Lots: .5 stop loss: 250 takeprofit: 500 trailing stop;: 65 slippage: 3 Nothing was changed.

The EA was working on 30 minute graphs and all major currencies. As expected, it took a few days to make the first purchase. Unexpectedly, that same day I lost over $250. I had read that for best results the EA had to run 24 hours a day and because i didn't have much confidence in that borrowed windows computer I decided to invest in ForexHoster. I set up Forex Apocalypse to run on their remote server, a service which costs over $60 a month. I also read through the Forex Apocalypse manual again which stated that the graphs should be set at 4 hours and 1 hour for best results/accuracy. The changes were made and the EA was left running again, this time 24/7 on my new ForexHoster account on 1 hour and 4 hour graphs. I was hopeful when this EA made another purchase a few days later but again sever hours, i had once again lost almost $300. Very much dismayed, I wrote to the Forex Apocalypse support, telling them of my problems and asking for any help or suggestions. Once again I received a timely response. They suggested that I use shorter time frames and that "EUR/USD is the recommended currency pair as it produces the most stable signals". Once again the changes were made according to the recommendations given. Unfortunately the continuous losses continued and three weeks from when i first purchased Forex Apocalypse, I had lost over 800 dollars. Needless to say this was a hard learned lesson. I will be attempting to get a refund and I'll also be canceling my ForexHoster account.

Please learn from my mistake. If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is. Forex trading is far from being a science and no matter what you use or how you do it, it is more of a gamble than an investment.

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Determining The Primary Trend

By Ahmad Hassam

A picture is worth more than a thousand words. Trading would be almost impossible without charts and technical analysis. Trading is all about anticipating and predicating rather than forecasting. Technical analysis is the best tool a trader can have.

Always remember, trend is your friend. Trading in the direction of the trend is the best trading strategy. Never try to trade against the trend. So determining the primary direction of the trend is highly importanct for you. Primary trend is the direction of the market that offers the least resistance forward making money. When you follow a primary trend in a bull market you look for strong stocks and in a bear market you look for stocks showing weaknesses. The most important thing that you should in a market is its primary trend. In order to determine the primary direction of the trend, you need to draw correct trendlines. This is an art that traders learn with experience. A wrong trendline means lost trades. You use the following tools to determine the primary trend! Knowing the primary trend and trading in its direction increases your chances of making money. So how do you find the primary trend and what tools you need to determine the primary trend?

Trendlines: Knowing how to draw and use trendlines gives you an excellent start on any trade. To correctly draw a rising trendline on the chart, start with the lowest low on the chart and connect it to the lowest low preceding the highest high in the chart without bothering about the prices between the two points. Similarly to draw the down trendline, draw a line connecting the highest high on the chart to the highest high preceding the lowest low of the chart without passing through the prices between the two prices.

Moving Averages: Moving averages are the most basic but the most widely used analytical tools in trading. Before you understand what a moving average is first try to grasp the concept of support and resistance. Support level is the price where the prices stop falling and the buyers step in overcoming the selling pressure. A break in the support level is an indication that more weakness may be ahead. Moving averages are used to smooth out the market's trend over a given period of time and serve as an important support and resistance levels.

Resistance level is the price where prices stop rising and the sellers overcome the buying pressure. A break above the resistance level is an indication that the market is going strong.

Oscillators: Oscillators are graphic depictions of points derived from the mathematical formulas that are plotted below the price charts. Knowing these mathematical formulas is not important as a trader. What is more important to know is the fact that oscillators produce useful mathematical data that can help you tell whether the market is overbought or oversold and whether the momentum of the primary trend in the market is still strong or there is a potential change in the primary trend ahead? Two important oscillators that you should be familiar with are RSI and MACD.

Bollinger Bands: Bollinger bands are calculated by plotting points one or more standard deviations above and below the 20-day moving average. However, you can calculate Bollinger Bands with any moving average. Bollinger bands are also known as volatility bands or envelopes. Bollinger bands give you visual evidence when the market has travelled too far in any one direction. After you identify the primary trend in the market, you should determine your trading timeframe. These timeframes are a sort of vague and can range from a few weeks to months. Short time frame for market timers is a few days to a few weeks. Long term time frame is something like six months. - 23309

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