Earning for Forex Signal Providers trading the currency markets

As a forex signal provider trading the currency markets larger earnings are generally made when earnings are based upon volume's traded. ie Lot sizes. This earnings model is more lucrative than the standard base rate of earnings being based upon only on a specific set monthly amount per each individual subscriber.

Lets take a look at some specific numbers with some large reputable firms allowing traders to offer their signals to their customer base. The figures used below are those provided by the firms as at 13 February 2015, and may change into the future but at least they will serve as a ball park figure.

Myfxbook.com

How much money can you make?

AutoTrade providers earn 0.5 pips per a winning trade. Let's check the following scenario:

• You have 250 subscribers.
• You make on average 100 trades per month.
• 65% of your trades are profitable.
• Total volume of all subscribers is 800 mini lots.
• Your income is: 800*0.65*100*0.5=$26,000 each month.
  

Requirements;

If you're an experienced forex trader with a proven track record, you can offer your system to the Myfxbook enormous user base (over 90,000 and counting!) and earn as much as 0.5 pips per a winning trade - there is no upper limit!

What is a proven track record?

• A connected real and verified MetaTrader 4 account with Myfxbook with at least 3 months history.
• Drawdown of no more than 50%.
• Return of at least 10% and higher than drawdown.
• Average pip win per trade of at least 10.
• Average trade time over 5 minutes.
• System must not use any martingale/grid techniques.
• An account balance of at least $1000.
• At least 100 trades.

SignalTrader.com

[update March 2019 : This company may no longer be operating?]

How we calculate your revenue:

Overall number of trades executed by you, per month 80. Number of profitable trades 60. Number of followers 100 Client account types Both large and small accounts Generated volume of profitable trades 500*60= 30,000 mini lot Total monthly earnings 30,000 x 0.5 = USD$15,000

Requirements:

• MT4 live trading account with a minimum balance of USD $2,000
• At least three months of trading history on the account
• Draw down percentage of no more than 15% over the lifetime of the account
• Net profit of at least 3% over the lifetime of the account

Pro's of SignalTrader

• Exposure to thousands of clients from all over the world
• Full client support from Signal Trader, allowing you to concentrate on trading
• Unique live trading room, with real time results visible to Signal Trader clients
• USD 5 per standard lot (USD 0.5 per mini-lot) traded in followers' accounts, for profitable trades only (a standard lot = 100,000 units)

MyDigiTrade.com

Signal providers make up to 50% of the commission/spread that we get from brokers. On average, a provider gets $2-$12* per each lot traded in accounts of signal followers.

• Example of profit calculation:
• You carry out 50 trades per month
• You have 450 followers
• The average volume of trades in followers’ accounts is 0.1 lot
• Your profit is $4,500 – $27,000 per month*

* Profit depends on trading instruments and the brokerage company
that the signal follower has his account in.

Pro's of MyDigiTrade

• Fast and free trading strategy connection to our signal provider platform
• Possibility of connecting any broker’s current account and downloading previous trading history
• Fully-automatic process that requires no active action from you (expert advisers aren’t required)
• Promote manual trading strategies, forex automatic trading robots and expert advisers
• Possibility to have all rights reserved and provide trading signals instead of trading expert advisers
• High and stable payments to a bank account or ATM card without delay
• No risk, win-win strategy
  

Requirements:

You need to have an account on MetaTrader4 platform (any broker) and your Average P/L must be greater than 3 pips and average trade duration must be greater than 2 minutes. You must have at least three (3) months of trading history.

Metatrader5 Trading Signals

Earnings are based upon a dollar amount each month which the signal provider chooses, less 20% service fee paid to Metatrader as a administration fee. The net 80% subscription fee is paid each month regardless of any other conditions. ie Whether the signals are profitable or not, nor the amount of signals.

Example of say 250 subscribers as example above of Myfxbook. If signal provider was charging say $40 each month, that would equal earnings of $8,000 each month. (vs $26,000 through Myfxbook).

Or to equal the same amount as through Myfxbook the signal provider would have to charge $130 per each Metatrader subscriber.

2nd example of say 100 subscribers as example above of SignalTrader. If signal provider was charging say $40 each month, that would equal earnings of $3,200 each month. (vs $15,000 through SignalTrader).

Or to equal the same amount as through SignalTrader the signal provider would have to charge $187.50 per each Metatrader subscriber.

Summary - Which firm is best for the signal provider

It must also be remembered that the above examples will vary depending upon the popularity of the signal providers system within the respective firms (ie Total volume traded) as well as the signal providers actual trading statistics too. Remember that with Myfxbook example, the amount calculated was based upon a trading system that achieved 65 profitable trades each month. While, the Signal Trader example was based upon a system having 60 profitable trades each month.

In some cases if the signal providers trading system / strategy is more longer term and does not produce "many" profitable trades each month, then it may prove more profitable to offer the signals through Metatrader5?

It's a matter of selecting the right firm for your trading systems statistics or why not offer your signals through them all? (You may want to make a same changes to each trade so your signals are unique to each firm your using?)

If you have any thoughts on this subject, we would appreciate to hear them below.

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