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My name is Chris and I have a passion for finding profitable forex trading systems. The problem with forex trading today is that there is so much information available online, it's overwhelming. There are hundreds of different trading strategies out there and choosing one to put your money on can be a frustrating task. There are many scams and false review sites online and finding honest information is definitely not easy. In this blog I put some of the most popular forex trading systems to the test and hope to add some value to your forex trading journey with honest reviews and real world trading results of these systems. Check this blog regularly or sign up for my mailing below to stay up to date with my latest reviews and recommendations. I hope you enjoy your visit!

Fap Turbo FAQ

Posted by | Posted in Automated Forex Trading Systems, Fap Turbo | Posted on 18-12-2008

I receive many questions regarding Fap Turbo and because many people have the same questions I decided to put together this FAQ to which I can refer visitors with questions. Please note that there is an FAQ at the bottom of the Fap Turbo Homepage that already contains answers to many of the common questions customers have, so remember to visit them if you can’t find an answer here. This page will be a work in progress and continuously added to as I receive new questions.

1. What should my Fap Turbo settings be ?

Fap Turbo has many settings and new users are often unsure about the best settings to use for their accounts. The Fap Turbo support team suggests the following settings for the best results:

  • Don’t run the long term strategy on small accounts (less than $10,000)
  • Run the short term strategy only on EURGBP and EURCHF
  • Enable auto lot management for the scalper (Scalper_UseMM = true )
  • Set the percentage risk to be 20 for EURGBP and 10 for EURCHF (using Scalper_LotRiskReductor)

The only other setting that should be changed is the GMT Offset, all other settings can be left on the defaults.

2. What should my GMT Offset setting be for the scalper ?

It is important to understand that the GMT setting has nothing to do with the country you live in.. it is all about the timezone that your broker uses. The timezone where I live is GMT +2, but this has no relevance to the GMT setting of the scalper. My broker (Interbank FX) uses the GMT timezone, so my GMT Offset setting will be 0, NOT 2. The easiest way to determine your broker time is to look at the time displayed in the Market Watch window of your Metatrader client:

Market Watch

Market Watch

All you need to do them is go to www.greenwichmeantime.com and compare your Market watch time with the current GMT time, then set the GMT setting accordingly. For example - If your market watch is 5 hours behind GMT, then your GMT Offset setting would be -5. If your Market watch is 3 hours ahead of GMT then your GMT Offset setting will be 3.

3. Will Fap Turbo work in my country ?

Many people who don’t live in the US or UK wonder if Fap Turbo will work in their country. The answer to this is simple - yes it will. Forex trading is a global industry and most Forex brokers are global companies that support customers from all over the world. No matter which country you live in, you can open an account and start trading within days through most of the popular brokers. Live accounts normally work in US Dollars and can be funded using credit card or wire transfers.

4. What are the tax implications if I have a Forex trading account in another country?

Usually you will only pay tax in the country you reside in, so if you live in the UK and have a Forex account in the US, then you will pay tax on your profits in the UK just like you do with any other local income you have. The only complication is that your profits will probably have to be converted to your local currency for tax purposes. Please note that I am not a tax expert, so please confirm this answer with a consultant from your own country.

5. What are the best Forex brokers to use for Fap Turbo and will it work with broker x ?

Fap Turbo can be used with any broker that uses the Metatrader 4 trading platform. Some of the most common Metatrader 4 brokers are: InterbankFX, Alpari, FXDD, FXCM, Forexmeta. If there are any doubts, then the support desk of your broker will be able to confirm if they use Metatrader 4 or not.

6. Why do the results on the Fap Turbo Homepage look different from my own results ?

The settings used for the live accounts on the Fap Turbo Homepage are changed frequently to test new versions, so it is never a good idea to compare these accounts with your own. These accounts also use lot settings that are too risky for the average trader, so lot sizes will be much bigger than what you are likely to use in your own account. Another thing to keep in mind is that Fap Turbo will never perform exactly the same trades for all it’s users..even accounts with the same broker will differ slightly from each other due to a variety of factors.

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Auto Pilot Review

Posted by | Posted in Automated Forex Trading Systems, Fap Turbo | Posted on 18-12-2008

Forex Autopilot image
Forex Autopilot
Success Rate: 5 star
Consistency: 4 star
Ease Of Use: 5 star
Customer Support: 5 star
Profitability: 5 star
Overall: 5 star
Forex Autopilot is the pinnacle of forex trading robots. It is the system that has outsold and outshone all of its competitors ten fold. Like the other Expert Advisors (EA) the software is designed to plug straight into the MetaTrader4 platform. Its job is to enter and exit trades automatically for you, ideally you just let the program run without lifting a finger. The key difference with Forex Autopilot as compared to other trading platforms is that it focuses on small profits on lots of trades, rather than big profits on few trades. The advantage of this is that you will very rarely lose large sums of money in one hit.
Go to the official Forex Autopilot site

Testimonials

"So far I'm testing the latest version of the forex autopilot system on NF and IBFX and so far so good the system shows good performance. One thing to keep in mind that I just found out about recently is that the system CAN carry a pretty big floating loss. However, I am told that all losing positions that do not turn around or break even are closed at the end of the next month."
Portion of actual user review from moneyguruforum.com
"As a relative newcomer, they've sure managed to make a splash in a marketplace that's as jaded and skeptical as they come - especially considering the initial 'turn off' that some of us might have regarding the 'infomercial-style' website"
Portion of actual user review from ForexShortcuts.com
"The Forex Autopilot has now undertaken 17 trades in 3 weeks( 6 of them today!). It has made 20 pips on each of 16 trades. The other trade lasted a week and I got impatient with it and closed it myself. It has just entered another one! I think it's time to go live."
Portion of actual user review from Trade2Win.com

Our Verdict

This one is the grand daddy and the system everyone is talking about and it delivers. Forex Autopilot and other automated robots are designed for people who can't watch their trading 24/7. For this purpose it is very hard to go passed the software. The real question is does it work? Is it profitable and should you buy Forex Autopilot? So far, according to all proof and back testing we give it a glowing recommendation. Up until now it has performed very well and consistently on our demo account. Our recommendation if you choose to buy the software is to trade for a while with a demo account, if you see success you can switch over to live trades. As an extra icing on the cake it comes with an unconditional 100% money back guarantee. So you can always purchase, test it out on a demo account and if it doesn't deliver return it for your full refund.
Go to the official Forex Autopilot site

Specifications

Format:Software Download - Compatible with MetaTrader4 Platform
Delivery:Instant Download
Price:$99.50
Warranty Information:60 Day Money Back Guarantee
Created By:Marcus Leary
Customer Support:Email Support
Official Site:www.forexautopilot.com

Another Fap Turbo Price Increase ?

Posted by | Posted in Automated Forex Trading Systems, Fap Turbo | Posted on 11-12-2008

For those that are considering buying Fap Turbo.. in a newsletter that was sent to their subscribers this morning they mentioned the following:

  • FAPTURBO POSSIBLE PRICE INCREASE TO 399 USD
    We are totally overworked and we are thinking about increasing the pricing of Fapturbo to 399 usd.. just to limit the purchases.. please understand we do not want to close anybody out from this opportunity but the price increase to 149 usd did not help .. as people realize how good the robot works once the settings are in place word of mouth drove even more to our site..

I dont know if they are serious about this or not, but I can imagine that this has turned into a support nightmare for them, so keep this possible increase in mind if you are thinking of buying in the near future. Check the latest price here.

Fap Turbo is up and running in my live account and I am happy with the results so far..it’s been rather quiet the last day or so, but it has made some profitable trades and my account has grown with $88, so there is nothing to complain about. I will make a more detailed post about the live account and the settings I’ve used over the weekend. Below is a screenshot of some of the trades that the scalper has performed in the live account so far (with personal information removed).

Live Account

Click to Enlarge

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Week 2 Fap Turbo Results

Posted by | Posted in Automated Forex Trading Systems, Fap Turbo, Trading Results | Posted on 09-12-2008

It has been 2 weeks since I installed Fap Turbo and even though I expected good results, I have to admit that I am blown away by what this robot has achieved so far. In fact, I have decided to stop trading in a demo account and switch over to my newly opened live account today. I will post more details about this once everything is up and running. In the meantime, here is a detailed report of the performance of Fap Turbo over the past 2 weeks.

My $5000 demo account has almost doubled to $9466 over the 2 week test period. A net profit of +1818 pips were achieved, consisting of +1468 pips from the long term strategy and +350 pips from the short term strategy. At first glance the long term strategy of Fap Turbo seems a lot more profitable, but it is important to note that the short term strategy is incredibly safe and has a very high success rate, so it’s a much more conservative strategy. The long term strategy of Fap Turbo has bigger profits, but also bigger drawdowns and ultimately presents more risk. Both strategies have a success rate of roughly 92% so far and there has only been 7 losing trades out of a total of 91.

See the full statement of my demo account below.

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Week 1 Fap Turbo Results and Report

Posted by | Posted in Automated Forex Trading Systems, Fap Turbo, Trading Results | Posted on 02-12-2008

There’s been some requests for testing results, so I decided to post the results for week 1 a bit early and then maybe post an update after the end of the week. I installed Fap Turbo on a $5000 demo account on 25 October 2008 and let it trade using the default settings. I enabled auto lot management, but apart from that all other settings were left on the defaults.

Over the past 5 trading days the Fap Turbo robot has made a number of profitable trades using both the short term and long term strategies and the account has grown to $6940. The detailed statement for this account can be seen below. As you can see, there is 1 big losing trade of $598 at 2008.12.01 00:00. This trade was closed as a result of the setting that specifies that all losing trades should be closed at month end. This setting can be disabled, but I’m not sure if this is a good idea yet.

As of yesterday, the long term strategy shows a status of “NO Trade Today”, which means that according to the internal indicators, the market is not safe to trading. This is a good example of how Fap Turbo is different from the original Forex Autopilot.

I have decided to take my testing of Fap Turbo to the next level by opening a live account with InterbankFX. This will take a few days to process, but if all goes well I will be live trading with this system early next week. More detail on this later.

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Fap Turbo Review

Posted by | Posted in Automated Forex Trading Systems, Fap Turbo, Product Reviews | Posted on 27-11-2008

I’ve been using Fap Turbo for only a day and a half now, but so far I am impressed with what I’m seeing. The long term strategy has made some big profits and the $5000 demo account I installed it on is already more than 500 pips in profit for a net profit of over $1000. There are many settings that can be customized inside Fap Turbo, but more detail on this in a later post. See my full review here: http://fxtradingreviews.com/fap-turbo-forex-robot-review/

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Initial Impression of Fap Turbo

Posted by | Posted in Automated Forex Trading Systems, Fap Turbo, Product Reviews | Posted on 25-11-2008

Fap Turbo was launched today and I must say that I was very excited to get a copy.. a few minutes before the launch time I was already sitting in front of my pc refreshing the Fap Turbo homepage every couple of seconds, afraid that I would somehow be too late.

Well I got my copy and as of 10 minutes ago the Fap Turbo robot is activated on 5 currency pairs in my demo account at Interbank FX. I have spend a couple of hours reading the manuals, watching training videos and checking out all the various settings of the system. So far I am VERY impressed with what I’m seeing.

The Fap Turbo system basically consists of 2 seperate trading strategies - Firstly, a long term strategy that is basically an improved version of Forex Autopilot, but with much more detailed documentation, a fixed stop loss strategy and various other changes that make it more profitable. Secondly, a short term strategy that is something completely new, very profitable and very low risk by the looks of things.

I will try my best to post a detailed review of Fap Turbo over the next day or so, but in the meantime I would definitely recommend that you check it out for yourself, because they are apparently only selling a limited number of copies. I have decided to suspend my testing of Forex Autopilot for now so that I can focus on testing this product for a while.

Click Here to Visit Fap Turbo Now

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Fap Turbo Forex Trading Robot Launch Review

Posted by | Posted in Automated Forex Trading Systems, Fap Turbo, Product Reviews | Posted on 24-11-2008

Is Fap Turbo Just Another Scam?

Click Here to Visit the Fap Turbo Homepage Now

There has been an incredible buzz around the launch of the Fap Turbo Forex trading robot and like many others, I have been caught up in the hype. The question is, am I going to waste my money or will this robot be the real deal ? The reason for all the hype is quite simple: Fap Turbo offers solutions to the problems that are commonly experienced with other Forex trading robots. The common problems with trading robots are:

  • High Drawdown
    Drawdown is usually the biggest problem with Forex robots..many products show a very high percentage of successful trades, but the successes are accompanied by large losing trades that can be devastating to your account. In the case of Fap Turbo, the real and back tested results show maximum drawdowns of 1% or less which is better than the most conservative manual trading systems out there and unheard of in the Forex robot industry.
    See the Latest Live Trading Results of Fap Turbo Here
  • No Stoploss
    The secret to the high percentage winning trades of many Forex robots is the fact that they employ very wide stop losses or even no stop loss at all, resulting in large drawdowns inside single open trades. While this strategy greatly increases the number winning trades, it also introduces a large risk factor, because a single losing trade can effectively wipe out a whole account. In contrast to this, Fap Turbo uses a conservative, fixed stop loss to greatly reduce the risk. In addition to this, the developers also went one step further by introducing a feature they call “Stealth Mode”, which virtually eliminates the risk of broker interference as well.
    Read More About the Fap Turbo Stop loss and Stealth Mode Setting Here
  • Misleading/Fake Backtesting Results
    Backtesting reports are currently the most common methods of proving that Forex robots work. The backtesting feature inside Metatrader is in fact a very effective tool for testing automated trading strategies but it also has some loopholes and unfortunately these loopholes are exploited by many of the Forex robot developers to produce impressive results that are not achievable in live trading at all. Due to this, backtesting reports should always be taken with a pinch of salt. While Fap Turbo has a very impressive backtesting report on their homepage, they have put a lot of effort into proving that their system works in real trading accounts. To accomplish this they are streaming live trading results on their homepage.
    See the Latest Live Trading Results of Fap Turbo Here

These are the main reasons why I decided to buy Fap Turbo. I have spent the last few days reading their promotional material, watching their videos and checking out the live accounts that they have on their site and so far haven’t come across anything that raises the alarm bells yet. At the time of this post they have not launched the Fap Turbo yet, but I will be one of the first in line when they do. I dont know if there will be a limit to the number of copies sold, but this time I’m not waiting around to find out. I will post more detail as soon as I have had a chance to see how the product works.

Click Here to Visit the Fap Turbo Homepage Now

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Fap Turbo - The Most Advanced Forex Trading Robot in Existence?

Posted by | Posted in Automated Forex Trading Systems, Fap Turbo | Posted on 23-11-2008

During the last week there has been a lot of hype about the release of Fap Turbo, a new Forex trading robot that promises to be the best there ever was. The main reason why there is so much expectation around the release of Fap Turbo is the fact that they use live trading accounts to prove how well their system works.

A very impressive 9 year back testing report is given that shows a success rate of 95%, with a maximal drawdown of only 0.35%, but because of the bad reputation that back testing has in this industry, the creators of Fap Turbo have really gone out of their way to prove that their system works on live accounts of all sizes, trading with real money. The fact that Marcus Leary, the creator of Forex Autopilot was involved in the development of this product tells me that this is not just some poorly written robot that doesnt work, so I’m interested to see how thing develop towards their launch date.

I have read all their pre-launch material and watched all the videos and I have to admit that I am sold already. The product launches sometime over the next week and I am definitely going to jump on it as soon as it becomes available. I will make another post about this closer to their launch.

See the Latest Fap Turbo Pre-Launch Information Here
(Click on the Link at The Bottom to Watch The Live Trading Reports)

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Interview With Dean Saunders from 10 Minute Forex Wealth Builder

Posted by | Posted in 10 Minute Forex Wealth Builder, Manual Forex Trading Systems | Posted on 21-11-2008

During this week I made contact with Dean Saunders, author of the popular 10 Minute Forex Wealth Builder system and he agreed to answer a few of the questions that I had about his product. See his responses below.

  • Are the techniques taught in 10 Minute Forex Wealth Builder effective under all market conditions, including the current economic crisis ? In other words - is 10 Minute Forex Wealth Builder a good long term strategy that can withstand the type of volatility we are seeing in the markets today? Answer: Yes it is performing better than ever right now, especially the swing system. Stops have to be larger at the moment but it’s just a case of controlling the risk on each trade by using the correct lot size.
  • What are the advantages of using a manual trading system like 10 Minute Forex Wealth Builder over an automated system like Forex Autopilot? Answer: One thing a Trading robot will never get is experience and a feel for the markets. Nothing can substitute real trading experience, it gives you a further edge on your trading system.
  • Do you still personally trade with the techniques taught in 10 Minute Forex Wealth Builder on a daily basis? Answer: Yes, I have been trading them for many years.
  • Besides the 10 Minute Forex Wealth Builder, do you use any other trading systems on a regular basis? Answer: Apart from the 10 Minute Forex Wealth Builder strategy, I also do day trading with my Blade Forex system.
  • Lastly, do you have any advice for new Forex traders? Answer: Make sure you demo trade until you are consistent for at least 3 months. Focus on daily time frames and stick to only the best setups.

I did some trades with the 10 Minute Forex Wealth Builder system this week and so far this really looks like a very solid system. I’m only about 20 pips in profit at the moment, but I made some mistakes and really should have been up by at least 150 pips.

I’ve done 2 Breakout trades and 2 Swing trade so far and I have to say that the swing trade is my favourite so far..it occurs lesss often, but it seems to be a very accurate trading technique and the logic behind it makes a lot of sense. The mistakes I’ve made so far have been with my money management - Dean suggests spesific stop loss and take profit values for each currency pair, but I’m already learning that common sense should always prevail.

For example, in a Breakout trade on the USDCHF, I placed my take profit target 100 pips away at 1.2001. The price moved up by 99 pips to 1.2000 and then hit strong resistance, because 1.2000 is a signififcant round number that the USDCHF hasnt broken since 2007. Instead of expecting the price to break through 1.2000 to hit my target at 1.2001, I should have just put my target below 1.2000 at maybe 1.1999, but instead I was later stopped out by my trailing stop and made 50 pips profit instead of 99.

The 10 Minute Forex Wealth Builder system definitely requires a bit of practice before you go live, but after working with it for a week I really have high hopes that this is a very effective part time strategy. Next week I will start posting some trading logs and results for this system.

Read my Full Review of 10 Minute Forex Wealth Builder Here

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1 Month Forex Autopilot Case Study Results

Posted by | Posted in Automated Forex Trading Systems, Forex Autopilot | Posted on 18-11-2008

I have come to the end of my first month of Forex Autopilot testing and I am very happy with the results I’m seeing so far. Week 4 was another good one, with 11 winning trades and 0 losers. After one month of testing the situation looks as follows:

Week 1: +409 pips
Week 2: +100 pips
Week 3: +86 pips
Week 4: +220 pips
Total: +815 pips

Total Trades Executed: 58
Winning Trades: 56
Losing Trades: 2
Success Rate: 96.55%

Some people say that the Forex Autopilot is a scam, simply because it does not use a stop loss and while I agree that not having a stop loss is risky, it is also very hard to ignore the high success rate and for now I’m not going to write off this system just because of that.

I have been tempted to start trading with this system on a $500 mini account, but I think I’m going to test it for another couple of weeks before taking the big step. I first want to learn as much as possible about how this system works and possibly join FAP Winner before I enable this on a live account.

I have also made some trades with the 10 Minute Forex Wealth Builder and Forex Avenger systems, but will post more details about this later this week.

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