ConfirmedTrades

Guides

Long-form, plain-English explanations of how track records are verified, what the numbers on an account page mean, and how to vet an EA or signal before you trust it.

• Getting started · 11 min read · 3 Aug 2026

  Forex and EA glossary: 59 terms beginners meet in the first month, in plain English

  Pip, lot, leverage, drawdown, EA, martingale, copy trading, backtest, VPS and more: every term a beginner needs to read a forex robot's track record.

• Getting started · 8 min read · 13 Jul 2026

  Five forex scams that target beginners, and the one question that stops them

  Free signals, guaranteed robots, copy-trading gurus, recovery scams and the hidden demo. How each works, with numbers, and the one question that stops them.

• Getting started · 7 min read · 22 Jun 2026

  How to read the rankings as a beginner: Score, badges and the columns that matter

  A beginner's walkthrough of the ConfirmedTrades rankings: what the Score and grade mean, which filters to tick first, and why not to pick the steepest line.

• Getting started · 6 min read · 8 Jun 2026

  Demo vs real account: what the badge means on a trading track record

  A demo account trades pretend money; a real account trades the trader's own. Why that changes how you read an EA track record, and what the badges show.

• Getting started · 7 min read · 18 May 2026

  Forex for complete beginners: what a track record is and why you should ask for one

  New to forex? Learn what a trading track record is, why a screenshot is not one, and how to tell a real record from a story before you follow any trader or EA.

• Getting started · 7 min read · 4 May 2026

  What is an Expert Advisor? A plain-English guide to forex robots and auto trading

  An Expert Advisor (EA) is a program that trades your MetaTrader account for you. What it can and cannot do, what a free EA really gets you, how to check one.