{"id":18725,"date":"2011-01-31T00:52:29","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T05:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/?p=18725"},"modified":"2011-01-31T00:52:29","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T05:52:29","slug":"forex-simulator-a-tool-for-serious-traders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2011\/01\/31\/forex-simulator-a-tool-for-serious-traders\/","title":{"rendered":"Forex Simulator: A Tool For Serious Traders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jovan Vucetic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many novice traders rush into forex trading enticed by broker ads of  400:1 leverage; free real time demo accounts or simply by the thrill of  getting into the action. Even those that test their signals service or  trading strategies in real time to see how they perform don&#8217;t do so  adequately. In any case, there is a limit to how much you can gain from  real time practice: testing trading strategies with live demo trading  accounts is only useful if you know what you are doing.<\/p>\n<p>The first  step in refining your trading skills and strategies is to accept that  this is a process that involves repetition, practice and reinforcement.  This is where a Forex Simulator is very useful. It can save you money  and ensure that you don&#8217;t start out a loser.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike a live forex  demo account which functions in real time, a forex simulator enables  users to upload, view and review historical data at any given point in  time. Used to confirm one&#8217;s understanding of pattern recognition and  trading signals, data can be rewound and fast forwarded to test and  retest your knowledge and understanding.<\/p>\n<p>Using a Forex Simulator  enables you to get months of training in just a few days work because  you can pause, rewind, fast forward. You can set up 5 minute timeframes  to up to what ever you choose. You can take snapshots of trades. You can  use any indicator you like. You can keep a trade journal and refine  your strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Remember buying those PC games and being able to  save a mission before coming back to it, repeating it over and over  again until you got good enough to pass the stage? Well a forex  simulator works in a similar way. Practice, reinforcement and repetion  until you get good. Imagine getting a year of practice in a month!<\/p>\n<p>When  you are finally ready to open a live demo account you will see your  confidence skyrocket. Why? Because you are finally starting to  understand what you are doing. A Forex Simulator is a serious tool for  serious traders who want to learn to trade first before trading with  real money.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.margin-strategies.info\/forex-trading-education.html\" target=\"_new\">http:\/\/www.margin-strategies.info\/forex-trading-education.html<\/a><\/span> for more information.<\/p>\n<h3>About the Author<\/h3>\n<p>Jovan Vucetic is the Editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.margin-strategies.info\/\" target=\"_new\">http:\/\/www.margin-strategies.info<\/a>. Margin Strategies provides <a href=\"http:\/\/www.margin-strategies.info\/free-forex-lesson.html\" target=\"_new\">Free Forex Lessons<\/a> and Unbiased Reviews of Forex Trading Systems, Brokers and Forex Courses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlike a live forex demo account which functions in real time, a forex simulator enables users to upload, view and review historical data at any given point in time. Used to confirm one&#8217;s understanding of pattern recognition and trading signals&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18725\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}