Do any of those FOREX software bots work?

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Forex trading is simply high risk with high return. More than 90% of forex traders are making losses. Only the very good forex trader able to consistently making profit in forex trading.

As a newbie, I suggest you start learning from trading using a demo account. All forex brokers now offer demo account where it work just same as real account. Learn everything about forex trading, fundamental and technical analysis. Trade in demo account for at least 6 months. If you can consistently make winning, then you may want to move on opening a real account with mimimum deposit that you can afford to loss.

Here are some articles that could be useful for you as a newbie in forex trading:
http://www.forex2u.com/guide/category/forex-newbie/

Good luck.

what is/are the best forex trading software?

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Hi,

perhaps you can be more specific in your question?

forex trading software as in the trading platform? ( for eg MT4 )
forex trading software as in a trading signal service? ( for eg ZuluTrade )
forex trading software as in automated trading? ( for eg One of the many Expert Advisers out there )