This is just a quick reminder that from December, FXCM.com managed accounts (click the link to see the Shark Investor pick) is raising the minimum investment from December 1st, 2007. It is still just $1,000 and will be raised to $5,000.

If you have not registered for their managed accounts yet, there is no time to catch the low minimum. But if you have an account which is not yet funded, hurry up.

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Since few months I am observing the performance of a managed account known as “DEV”.  It’s managed by a trader from Boston who’s said to have 16 years of experience.

You can find the full details about this service at Managed Forex Pro

There are very few managed account which accept only $5,000 and at the same time the trader  knows what he/she is doing. At least based on the results, DEV seems to be pretty safe - as long as this can be said for forex trading.

I don’t have experience with this service. If you are already using it, please share.

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FXFareast is a forex managed account service offered by Alexander Kim. You can see the first shark investor pick here.

Unfortunately the last four months aren’t at all good:

• 16% loss for July
• Only 2% profit in August
• 12% loss in September
• Flat October

Obviously these who have invested recently have no much reasons to celebrate. I would wait for some positive signs before investing in this managed account now.

A positive thing is that they honestly report their result without delays unlike many other services. So for sure it would be good idea to keep your eye on the site.

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A couple of years ago I was naive enough to believe everything written on websites. So I came across ZuluTrade.com and was really impressed. They show thousands of pips profits each and every month and it’s almost impossible to see any loss.

Now that’s a service that I would dream to have.

But it’s just too good to be true:

• All these stats are from demo accounts and most people say they are fake
• My Demo account hit a margin call and I am not the only one
• There is no reliable contact information - only email addresses

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I saw this link on a forum where a guy claimed that earning more than 6% monthly by trading is something normal. I am quite suspicious to such bold claims so I wanted to carefully check it.

SwingTrades really looks good at first (and second) look. It’s a service offering signals for Swing Trading, Day Trading and Futures. There is an additional “Day Limited Trading” offer that is same as the Day Trading signal service with some restrictions (and lower price).

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Some time ago I wrote about few Bulgarian mutual funds (Capman for example), but I understand you could have some concerns investing in Bulgaria if you are not familiar with the country.

Have you heard about Pioneer Investments? They are one of the most popular mutual funds company in the world. I am not saying they are the best, not at all. In fact most of their mutual funds don’t perform better than average and their fees are kind of high.

But there are a couple of funds which may catch your attention:

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Best Trading Systems is a German managed accounts service. It is in some way related to FXFareast that I wrote you about a month or so ago. I signed LPOA for Alexander Kim, the trader of FXFareast, so this is how I know this.

The Best Trading Systems site is updated relatively regularly, but I have experienced some troubles getting reply to some of my email inquiries (well, I am often asking too much so that might be the reason).

There are two systems offerred, both with only $5,000 minimum:

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If you have not tried, you are probably asking yourself what the heck is that.

In the standard betting you usually bet on the horse which will win. Of course there are favorites and all that, but still your odds are one to many.

With horse laying you place your bet on the outcome where the horse is going to lose the race. Of course, considering how many horses compete, there is quite big chance that your guess will be right.

You can see this explained better at Horse Layer website, the service that I am presenting you today.

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