Forex Trading Robots Forex trading robots make up one of the main types of automated trading software currently available to personal forex traders. Most of them install quickly and run as Expert Advisors on the popular metaTrader 4 trading platform. Many of these robots are scams and even if they are not they don''t live up to the promises they make in the sales pitch. In general stay away from this type of forex products but if you do consider using one be very careful and do not trust the historical performance. Other things to watch out for with forex trading robots is that their vendors often provide profitability numbers based on back-tested trading results over periods for which the robots are optimized to perform well. This means that future trading results might differ substantially and usually do. It therefore pays to test such robots in a demo account before setting them trading on live funds. Also seek out unbiased Internet reviews and check online discussion forums for user comments about any forex trading robot software you might be considering buying. Furthermore since most of these forex software products sell via Clickbank you will usually have 60 days to return them for your money back if you are dissatisfied with their performance. Be sure to have done your testing by then in case you need to take advantage of this offer. In other words be really careful and do your research - most of these products are not what they say they are!