Using Forex signals is a popular way for people to enter the Forex market without years of training and learning everything for themselves. In the most basic form, you are told when to buy and sell, where to put your stop loss and when to take profit. There are different ways you can get Forex signals… they can be provided by a service or created on your trading platform by software.

In this article, I’m going to discuss some issues you should take into consideration when choosing a method for receiving Forex signals. This should help you be able to decide if a service or software is right for you. I’ll even go over a more advanced option you might not have thought of FX SIGNALS

When using either a Forex signals service or software, your success is determined by the accuracy of the signals themselves combined with how well you execute the signals. There is no system or individual in existence that can predict with 100% accuracy what the Forex market will do in the future… so losses are to be expected.

So, when looking for the “best” FX signals option, I would focus on the system being used to generate the signals and the time frame the signals come out on to determine what option is best for you. For example, if a service comes out with signals on a daily chart and only creates signals 1-3 times every two weeks, you need to know this going in. This might not be the type of trading signal you can execute properly.

Forex signal software is more flexible overall. They can focus on certain time frames or currency pairs… but are flexible enough for you to decide the time frame and currency pair you want to use. Therefore, this gives the trader the option to use the signal software on the currency and time frames they feel most comfortable trading.

Another thing to keep in mind is the amount of experience you bring to the trading… even when using a service or software that creates Forex signals. While it is not necessary to have a great deal of experience to use FX signals… it helps. As stated above, any trading system will suffer losses, and inexperienced traders often don’t give the service or software the necessary usage before abandoning it.

Looking from every angle, I think combining either a signal service or software with mentoring is the best way to go. I know we would like it to be as easy as buy and sell every time the signal comes out… trading Forex is often more challenging than that. Therefore, look at the signals as a way of being alerted to a high probability trading opportunity… and your training as a way to execute the trades profitably.