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The Expert Advisor is a very sophisticated trading software tool. Each one is built upon a specific set of rules, sits on your trading platform and executes your trades. Actually, it is a robot.

The majority of forex traders fail as a result of the human emotions of fear and greed. When trading with an Expert Advisor - a purely logical tool - the emotions are removed from the trading decisions.

So often a trader will hold on to a trade in an effort to grab that last pip of profit even when his/her logical mind says to exit. Conversely, many times a trade is exited prematurely out of fear, leaving profits on the table. The Expert Advisor has a plan, sticks to it without regard to outside influences, and does this 24 hours a day during market hours.

The Expert Advisor is constantly scanning and monitoring the market, and executes trades based upon its underlying parameters. And unlike a human, it is also capable of monitoring indicators, support and resistance levels, and a host of other factors in a variety of timeframes with lightning speed, and making immediate trading decisions.

There are many Expert Advisors on the market today, and the prices run from OK to ouch. One must be sure to do some research and get answers to questions such as; are they timeframe or currency specific? Do they follow trends or attempt to predict them? How do they handle risk management? Do they recommend a 2-4% risk or something lower, such as 1-3%? Do they support stop losses? How do they handle take profit levels? Do they ride downturns and only exit trades once they’re in profit?

There are alot of questions to be answered prior to purchasing your Expert Advisor. You need to be sure that it will run on your trading platform, and that you can run multiple EA’s on one account. If you have a mini account, be sure that your EA of choice isn’t only for regular accounts.

Prior to installing an EA on your trading platform, there’s one more thing to think about. What happens if your computer dies, or the power in your area goes out? Remember that the EA handles your trade, and resides on your computer, but open trades are in the hands of your broker. In this case, you would have an unmanaged open trade.

If you’re in an area that has frequent power failures, you might want to look into opening a VPS (virtual private server) account. If you run your trading platform on a virtual desktop, you don’t have to worry about power outages or crashing computers. Your trading platform will continue to run wtihout you, and it can be accessed from any location.

More and more traders are relying on Expert Advisors to do their trading. Do some research, get all your questions answered, and you should have a very successful trading experience.