{"id":19102,"date":"2011-02-06T12:13:07","date_gmt":"2011-02-06T17:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/?p=19102"},"modified":"2011-02-06T12:13:07","modified_gmt":"2011-02-06T17:13:07","slug":"free-trials-in-the-forex-industry-some-points-to-consider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2011\/02\/06\/free-trials-in-the-forex-industry-some-points-to-consider\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Trials In The Forex Industry &#8211; Some Points To Consider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By James Woolley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The trouble with many forex products and services is that they can be  really expensive. Some courses alone can cost several thousand dollars,  and even regular membership sites can cost upwards of $100 per month.  So it is easy to see why companies are increasingly offering free trials  when promoting their products and services.<\/p>\n<p>Free trials allow a  potential customer to try out a product or service for a certain period  of time. Once that trial period is over they can either pay for the full  product or service, or decide that it&#8217;s not for them. So it really is a  no-lose situation.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what you might assume anyway. The  trouble is that there are some very dodgy companies out there, and they  have been known to employ some dubious practices. One of these is to  automatically deduct the payment when the trial period is over. In some  cases this may be legitimate if they state that they will do this in  their customer agreement, but in some cases they will not mention this  at all when you sign up for the trial.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily these companies are  in the minority, but it can happen. That&#8217;s why you should always do  your research before signing up to one of these free trials.<\/p>\n<p>You  certainly should not discount them altogether because this can be a  great way to find out whether or not a product is worth buying. For  example there is one forex training course that I am aware of where you  can download the first three chapters for free for 14 days, before  deciding whether or not you want to go ahead and pay for the full  course. Indeed I know of at least one other really good forex course  that has a similar arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>You can also get free trials to  various different signal providers, which is a real benefit. That&#8217;s  because many signal providers claim to be profitable, but it is only  when you sign up and get live signals, that you can really assess how  good they are for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>It was always the case that you had to  sign up for at least a month to check them out for yourself, but  luckily there are now plenty of opportunities to get free trials to  these services. Therefore what this means is that you can find  profitable forex signal providers without actually having to make any  payments.<\/p>\n<p>So the point is that you should certainly take full  advantage of products and services that offer free trials because you  may uncover a few gems. However you should be aware that a small number  of companies will automatically charge your credit card at the end of  the trial period, so always do some thorough research before committing  yourself.<\/p>\n<h3>About the Author<\/h3>\n<p>Click here for more information about a <a href=\"http:\/\/theforexarticles.com\/forex-course\/\" target=\"_new\">forex training course<\/a> that will teach you all the basics of currency trading, and to read a full review of <a href=\"http:\/\/theforexarticles.com\/2009\/05\/14\/forex-nitty-gritty-review\/\" target=\"_new\">Forex Nitty Gritty<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trouble with many forex products and services is that they can be really expensive. Some courses alone can cost several thousand dollars, and even regular membership sites can cost upwards of $100 per month.<\/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-19102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19102","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=19102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}