Forex trading software has a noble aim: to completely automate the forex trading process. It can either produce trading signals and you make the actual trade, or the more sophisticated programs can be set to make the trade as well.
When you trade on the stock market, you ideally have to study the financial statements of the companies involved. You have to know how much profit they made during the last year and how much profit they are expected to make during the next year. You should also be aware of little known 'inside' information that can have a dramatic effect on the share price of a particular company.
The forex market is somewhat different in this regard. At least theoretically it's a level playing field. All traders have equal access to market information. What's left for the traders then is to analyze that information, come to a trading decision and start making money.
In reality there are hundreds of different currencies. Price movements in one currency will very often result in similar price movements in another currency. To study all the factors involved will still take a lot of time and require that you have access to sophisticated charting and data analysis software. If you are a part-time trader this is not always practical.
This situation led to the development of software that can to a large extent automate the trading process. It will study all market movements and its effect on technical indicators, like Bollinger bands, analyze that information and then produce a trading signal whether you should sell or buy a specific currency.
All of these software packages don't come equal though. The really good ones will do all the analysis, arrive at a trading signal and then give you a detailed report on how it came to that recommendation. This way you will learn to understand how good trading decisions are arrived at and eventually be able to override the program with an even better trading decision of your own. The less sophisticated - and cheaper - packages will still analyze the data and very likely arrive at the same recommendation, but it won't give you the detailed background that will enable you to understand that recommendation better.
The weak spot of automated trading software is what traders call 'fundamental analysis'. In real life the price of a currency is determined by factors such as interest rates, inflation and supply and demand for the currency. Sudden political instability in a country can also adversely affect the value of the currency overnight. We all know what can happen after a military coup in a country.
Sworn supporters of technical analysis will of course explain that there's no need to worry. The indicators will pick up when the currency reacts to any such incident and the forex trading software will in turn respond with a buy or sell signal for that currency. - 23309
When you trade on the stock market, you ideally have to study the financial statements of the companies involved. You have to know how much profit they made during the last year and how much profit they are expected to make during the next year. You should also be aware of little known 'inside' information that can have a dramatic effect on the share price of a particular company.
The forex market is somewhat different in this regard. At least theoretically it's a level playing field. All traders have equal access to market information. What's left for the traders then is to analyze that information, come to a trading decision and start making money.
In reality there are hundreds of different currencies. Price movements in one currency will very often result in similar price movements in another currency. To study all the factors involved will still take a lot of time and require that you have access to sophisticated charting and data analysis software. If you are a part-time trader this is not always practical.
This situation led to the development of software that can to a large extent automate the trading process. It will study all market movements and its effect on technical indicators, like Bollinger bands, analyze that information and then produce a trading signal whether you should sell or buy a specific currency.
All of these software packages don't come equal though. The really good ones will do all the analysis, arrive at a trading signal and then give you a detailed report on how it came to that recommendation. This way you will learn to understand how good trading decisions are arrived at and eventually be able to override the program with an even better trading decision of your own. The less sophisticated - and cheaper - packages will still analyze the data and very likely arrive at the same recommendation, but it won't give you the detailed background that will enable you to understand that recommendation better.
The weak spot of automated trading software is what traders call 'fundamental analysis'. In real life the price of a currency is determined by factors such as interest rates, inflation and supply and demand for the currency. Sudden political instability in a country can also adversely affect the value of the currency overnight. We all know what can happen after a military coup in a country.
Sworn supporters of technical analysis will of course explain that there's no need to worry. The indicators will pick up when the currency reacts to any such incident and the forex trading software will in turn respond with a buy or sell signal for that currency. - 23309
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