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Scammers scammers scammers
Scammers i can share with prove they are scammers plz plz plz don’t risk your hard earned money i have been with them over 2 months they blown my 2 accounts worth around 4000£ each time they blow your account will give you stupid excuse ooh its server error or technical error or slippage whatever plz don’t get trapped by seeing their false profits screen shots
Its not me i know some my other colleagues they have the same issue each day showing profit but your account will continue to go in loss and might be some of day they give you few pounds profit just to capture more innocent people but trust me less than a month they will blow your account
I can share my 2 month journey with 2 accounts blown over 4000£ and funny thing is their stupid response after that i ma trying to get any clarification from them from last 2 days what happened to my account but they are continuously refusing to give me any explanation i have all chat record and all trading history
Just want to say plz plz plz don’t trust them they are scamming
March 27, 2026
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Reply from James Riston FX
Hey, as explained already for all other fake 1 star reviews, we have only very very few people losing their money. And even then it is 99% fault of the customer because they get greedy and increase the lot size. We have very strict safety standards and I can understand that in most days you could use 0.01 on 300$ however when market gets too volatile, we need bigger balance, that is why the bot is only for 1k+ accounts. So you guys just increase lot size without our approval and then loose it. When we ask you to share screenshots with us, you just dont answer anymore and leave a bad review haha. Over 5500 members in VIP and as you can see only very very few 1 star reviews. So in % we have only 0,0002% of our customers. This means 99,99% of our customers are very happy! Also some traders add extra trades from other copy groups and at the end when there is no free margin because there are too many trades, they blame us! We have myfxbook, metatrader videos on real accounts and anything else that you need! You will see that we are the best group our there!
AVOID AT ALL COSTS
Been in there for a month now and not made any profit. They send false profit pictures without showing clearly the period they’re “in profit” for. There was the odd day where you can make £30-50 on 0.01 lot size however they hope on you blowing your account so the get their cut. Numerous days where my £600 account would be wiped clean. These “companies” rely on you blowing your account so they get their commission.. avoid at all costs. If something sounds too good to be true that’s because it is! There is no such thing as a bot that makes you free money… sadly learnt the hard way.
March 27, 2026
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Reply from James Riston FX
Hey, as explained already for all other fake 1 star reviews, we have only very very few people losing their money. And even then it is 99% fault of the customer because they get greedy and increase the lot size. We have very strict safety standards and I can understand that in most days you could use 0.01 on 300$ however when market gets too volatile, we need bigger balance, that is why the bot is only for 1k+ accounts. So you guys just increase lot size without our approval and then loose it. When we ask you to share screenshots with us, you just dont answer anymore and leave a bad review haha. Over 5500 members in VIP and as you can see only very very few 1 star reviews. So in % we have only 0,0002% of our customers. This means 99,99% of our customers are very happy! Also some traders add extra trades from other copy groups and at the end when there is no free margin because there are too many trades, they blame us! We have myfxbook, metatrader videos on real accounts and anything else that you need! You will see that we are the best group our there!
SCAM
SCAM! He will reply to this message with some excuse even though I have screenshots of proof. Blew my account that I put £500 into and was up to £715 then put in the chat he made €164. He does this so you redeposit more money through the broker so then he gets more commission. Should be shut down avoid at all costs.
March 27, 2026
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Reply from James Riston FX
Hey, as explained already for all other fake 1 star reviews, we have only very very few people losing their money. And even then it is 99% fault of the customer because they get greedy and increase the lot size. We have very strict safety standards and I can understand that in most days you could use 0.01 on 300$ however when market gets too volatile, we need bigger balance, that is why the bot is only for 1k+ accounts. So you guys just increase lot size without our approval and then loose it. When we ask you to share screenshots with us, you just dont answer anymore and leave a bad review haha. Over 5500 members in VIP and as you can see only very very few 1 star reviews. So in % we have only 0,0002% of our customers. This means 99,99% of our customers are very happy! Also some traders add extra trades from other copy groups and at the end when there is no free margin because there are too many trades, they blame us! We have myfxbook, metatrader videos on real accounts and anything else that you need! You will see that we are the best group our there!
Total scam of a service
Total scam of a service. Their bot uses the martingale strategy which they massively over risk resulting in liquidated accounts. I lost a £7.5k account (over 100 positions open) they said its normal for "small" accounts to get liquidated sometimes. They moved servers so I tried again, trusting them as they said they'd amended their strategy to only open a few positions, lost a £1k account because they opened 28 positions and price went the opposite way. Just a really irresponsible way of trading. I am fairly sure they take a cut of the spread from the broker so to them it doesn't matter if its a winning or losing trade. Don't use their service unless you want to lose money.
March 27, 2026
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Reply from James Riston FX
Hey, as explained already for all other fake 1 star reviews, we have only very very few people losing their money. And even then it is 99% fault of the customer because they get greedy and increase the lot size. We have very strict safety standards and I can understand that in most days you could use 0.01 on 300$ however when market gets too volatile, we need bigger balance, that is why the bot is only for 1k+ accounts. So you guys just increase lot size without our approval and then loose it. When we ask you to share screenshots with us, you just dont answer anymore and leave a bad review haha. Over 5500 members in VIP and as you can see only very very few 1 star reviews. So in % we have only 0,0002% of our customers. This means 99,99% of our customers are very happy! Also some traders add extra trades from other copy groups and at the end when there is no free margin because there are too many trades, they blame us! We have myfxbook, metatrader videos on real accounts and anything else that you need! You will see that we are the best group our there!
The auto trader system
This is for the auto trader system he operates. I don't use signals,
I had a very small account - 400 balance which in 4 weeks James turned into 1800 before it was liquidated, seeing this profit I put 5k in and left lot size small. James and his squad recommend 0.01 lot size per 1000 in your account. I have(had) a 6k account and acknowledge the risk involved with his scalping strategy so used 0.03 lot size.
Numerous messages were sent out from James saying you need bigger accounts with bigger lotsize, passing it off as an occupational hazard that he can't take responsibility for. Partially true, completely agree, however...
At least 30 sell positions opened concurrently today as an aggressive uptrend formed. I closed a total of 24 losing positions, closed an additional 6 profitable trades with 5 remaining live... I'm now 3255 down today.
His own recommended lotsize can't cope with the number of positions he enters. Half the lot size recommended and more than half of the account gone, this account would also be liquidated if I wasn't keeping an eye on it...
Edit:
As you can see by the generic response, James has some sort of persecution complex, it's always someone else's fault - ie mine for using 'too big a lot size' as if I hadn't explained my lot sizes in the review that clearly hasn't been read. The response appears to be a copy and paste considering it touches on none of the issues raised initially. Nonetheless, use more common sense than I did when putting any money into this scammers system.
March 27, 2026
Unprompted review
Reply from James Riston FX
Hey, as explained already for all other fake 1 star reviews, we have only very very few people losing their money. And even then it is 99% fault of the customer because they get greedy and increase the lot size. We have very strict safety standards and I can understand that in most days you could use 0.01 on 300$ however when market gets too volatile, we need bigger balance, that is why the bot is only for 1k+ accounts. So you guys just increase lot size without our approval and then loose it. When we ask you to share screenshots with us, you just dont answer anymore and leave a bad review haha. Over 5500 members in VIP and as you can see only very very few 1 star reviews. So in % we have only 0,0002% of our customers. This means 99,99% of our customers are very happy! Also some traders add extra trades from other copy groups and at the end when there is no free margin because there are too many trades, they blame us! We have myfxbook, metatrader videos on real accounts and anything else that you need! You will see that we are the best group our there!
Every signal from James has proven to…
Every signal from James has proven to be very effective. I got a lot of benefits because of them.
March 16, 2026
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it started nice
it started nice, but i lost all my money. every day it was like sorry for the los we wil try to win it back. there were more losses then wins in this group. very dissapointing. luckely it was money i could afford to loss. but the way it was presented looks more like he wants to lose money and deposit every time in the hope the it will get better. it didnt. just study this yourself. these pages dont really care if you make it or not.
March 10, 2026
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Reply from James Riston FX
Hey, could you please send us your full name? Most bad reviews are from competitors, so this could the same. If you are a real user, feel free to share your contact details with us.
In our group nobody loses without a reason. It can happen of course, but only if you did not follow risk management, got greedy (99% of cases when people lose money is because they increase lot size) or did not meet the min capital for the automated trading.
So I can guarantee you if you followed risk management, you are in profit now. And if you lost, you made a mistake somewhere. Happy to help you and discuss, but probably you are a fake review anyways. So good luck heh.
I’ve been trading for over seven years
I’ve been trading for over seven years, and during that time I’ve experienced more scams and empty promises than I can count. Because of that, I’m extremely cautious about who I trust in this industry.
March 5, 2026
Overall
Overall, a decent trading service. Good for trying automated trades, but beginners should be careful and start small.
February 13, 2026
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Not every signal is obvious at first…
Not every signal is obvious at first glance, but James usually explains the bigger picture shortly after. That context turns confusion into learning instead of doubt.
February 23, 2026
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My guy really built something different…
My guy really built something different here. Never saw before anybody making such huge profits like 300$ using 0.01, James you’re crazy man haha! Respect Jamieee.
February 13, 2026
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Very happy with the results so far
Very happy with the results so far. Everything is simple and well structured, very beginner friendly.
February 11, 2026
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This is one of the few services where I…
This is one of the few services where I actually read the messages instead of just checking for entries. James gives enough insight that you start seeing patterns yourself over time 📊.
February 20, 2026
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AVOID - READ BELOW
AVOID!
James will no doubt reply underneath this review with the same old waffle about yesterdays 'black swan' event where gold crashed through the floor.
However he offers no explanation as to why he used a Martingale trading technique during an event such as this! Incredibly poor and highly risky trading! In layman's terms he placed 9 trades in 30 seconds in the hope the market would change direction. It did not it crashed! Not for one second did he think the accounts that have the copy bot attached (copies the trades) would be able to handle this - as a result lots of accounts were liquidated. He's did not due to a high balance.
James now hides behind high traffic messages (although responses came quick before) to avoid dealing with those who have lost their accounts.
You will also notice he states a strategy change now - useless for those who lost their accounts. James has an excuse list longer than the list of followers that went into liquidation because of him.
EDIT: As predicted there is the waffle! :)
Just a copy and paste message! Not even a single part of what you say is helpful to anyone like me who's account now sits at zero.
Amazing you did not have a solid strategy before launching a bot. I don't believe this will be the last time you lose followers.
What I am saying is completely logical - you tried to out run a crash and you failed. As a result you lost a lot of money and for most their whole account. Take responsibility and don't downplay it.
2nd edit: James has since tried to have this comment removed for defamation. Sadly for him there is none and the truth can be seen by all.
3rd and last edition: wow Jimbo this review has really got to you hasn’t it. 3 replies and an attempt to get rid of it - which like your trades ended in failure.
And for everyone reading and interested - he is spreading more lies - I’m still in the group and no one is back in profit and No one has recovered from the gold crash he tried to outrun. Please spend less time replying to reviews and failing to get them removed and more time on sound trading strategy - your back with Martingale’s again!! Make your mind up. Have a good one James thanks for showing me how to not trade.
February 13, 2026
Unprompted review
Reply from James Riston FX
Very last edit:
You cannot be in my group haha, at this point I really believe it is a fake comment with a weird name. I asked Trustpilot about your emails or name, they could not help. Obviously a competitor.
Last Edit:
Well we answered everybody in our VIP chat mate and even you. And everybody is back to profit already haha. 99% of customers are happy, and yeah 1% had bad luck, you are one of them. If you would not quit, you would be now happy again, but you wanted to leave reviews instead of trading professionally haha. So nobody hides behind high traffic. Answering within couple hours is normal, especially when something like a loss happens many people message. During profit days traffic on our account is slow and we answer quick. So it is simply funny what you try to do here haha. I wish you all the best G, I hope one day you will be rich and happy (p.s. I already now know that you won't because of your shitty mindset)
You logic does not make sense mate. Before that event nobody knew that it will happen haha.
Hey, it was a black swan event and over 3 billion were liquidated. Such events happens once in 3-5 years and from one to the next event we accumulate huge profits. Also the bot is run by a real person, it's not a robot. We updated in the VIP group already and many people did not get liquidated because they already doubled or tripled their accounts before. So unfortunately you joined shortly before such black swan event. However we implemented new rules to our strategy, so that does not happen again. It is a pity that people do not leave 5 star reviews when they make money, but only leave bad reviews when they lose. Losing sometimes is the way to go and there won't be any liquidations anymore. Still out of all trading groups we are the only one who bring long term profit and our customers trade with us for multiple years. UPDATE: Most of my clients have plenty of it and were never wiped out. We just closed the trade today at the loss. All screenshots in our group, I can't attach it here on Trustpilot unfortunately. Nothing too bad happened, just profits of 3-4 days got taken out one an event like that. Yes that can happen sometimes. It is like a car crash, it happens, but you still don't stop driving cars because it solves your problem. Same for my customers, they are used to lose sometimes, but still trade with me because until next black swan event like that we will make 3-10x and a small loss is not a problem. Also it should be fair if you told everybody that EVERYBODY who followed me doubled or tripled his account 2-3 Days before this happened. And still, because we are such professionals and transparent, we sat down and discussed, from now on: • from now only 1 trade (so the worst case is just -100 £ for example for such an event) no martingale and no liquidation • manual close if liquidity zone is sweeped and the resistance is broken (earlier we were waiting because 90% of the time it is a fake breakout and manipulated by institutional players) We are pretty sure that with this strategy there won't be any newbies wiped out anymore and car crashes won't happen. No demo account is used, you can check myfxbook, screenshots and I can give you personally my investor password, if you don't believe it hahah. And I already now know, that within couple weeks you will be back our customer once you see that nobody is liquidated. Thanks for your 2 star review and no positive review while you made money from us :)
No risk management - if you aren't prepared to lose it
I installed the bot, and for a few days made a little profit with James automations. Which is great, but there is little to no risk management so certainly do not use this if you aren't prepared to lose your account. Trades don't have a SL and today when gold was tanking, the account was completely overleveraged and lost 445 in half an hour, and he blew my account. There was 6 trades running concurrently, and even though I was on the smallest possible lot size it still blew it. I understand this was an anolomy in the market today but as an experienced trader I would expect the pro's to STOP entering and protect capital.
I appreciate losses, but to just keep layering when the market is tanking is concerning.
Proceed with caution and withdraw daily if you do proceed. It's a shame as the bot is great, but there needs to be some more risk management applied.
Update: I’ve been flagged for a defamatory comment, no idea why as the comment is literally a reflection of what happened. I had no previous profits as I joined that week so the blown account was my money not profit. I’m sorry James if you don’t like the honest review I put.
I do appreciate the profit that has been made since (£50) and hope this continues, if I get all my capital back and make some profit on it I will update again.
Final Update: so after the black swan wipeout I added another £100 to my account for James to automatically trade. There’s been a few days profit, and luckily I withdrew £170 as again yesterday there was another account liquidation of my final £100 so my account is now blown.
So my overall deposit was £450, I have withdrawn £170 and loss of £280.
Apparently (according to the signal group) bigger accounts are fine, but personally if my small account is blown twice in 2 weeks then I am not prepared to add anymore into this. Disappointing but don’t invest what you can’t afford to lose. On the good days it’s great and there is profitable days but as you can see by the figures above the loss is over 50% of my account and there has been multiple days where the risk management is just too risky on a smaller account.
February 12, 2026
Unprompted review
Reply from James Riston FX
Hey, it was a black swan event and over 3 billion were liquidated. Such events happens once in 3-5 years and from one to the next event we accumulate huge profits. Also the bot is run by a real person, it's not a robot. We updated in the VIP group already and many people did not get liquidated because they already doubled or tripled their accounts before. So unfortunately you joined shortly before such black swan event. However we implemented new rules to our strategy, so that does not happen again. It is a pity that people do not leave 5 star reviews when they make money, but only leave bad reviews when they lose. Losing sometimes is the way to go and there won't be any liquidations anymore.
Still out of all trading groups we are the only one who bring long term profit and our customers trade with us for multiple years.
UPDATE:
Most of my clients have plenty of it and were never wiped out. We just closed the trade today at the loss. All screenshots in our group, I can't attach it here on Trustpilot unfortunately. Nothing too bad happened, just profits of 3-4 days got taken out one an event like that. Yes that can happen sometimes. It is like a car crash, it happens, but you still don't stop driving cars because it solves your problem. Same for my customers, they are used to lose sometimes, but still trade with me because until next black swan event like that we will make 3-10x and a small loss is not a problem.
Also it should be fair if you told everybody that EVERYBODY who followed me doubled or tripled his account 2-3 Days before this happened.
And still, because we are such professionals and transparent, we sat down and discussed, from now on:
• from now only 1 trade (so the worst case is just -100 £ for example for such an event) no martingale and no liquidation
• manual close if liquidity zone is sweeped and the resistance is broken (earlier we were waiting because 90% of the time it is a fake breakout and manipulated by institutional players)
We are pretty sure that with this strategy there won't be any newbies wiped out anymore and car crashes won't happen.
No demo account is used, you can check myfxbook, screenshots and I can give you personally my investor password, if you don't believe it hahah.
And I already now know, that within couple weeks you will be back our customer once you see that nobody is liquidated. Thanks for your 2 star review and no positive review while you made money from us :)
The communication is on point
The communication is on point. Questions get answered fast and explanations actually make sense.
February 1, 2026
Unprompted review
I love the automated bot
I love the automated bot, was positively surprised, now I don’t need to do anything manually.😍😍
January 12, 2026
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What I like is the consistency
What I like is the consistency. No crazy promises, just a solid system that actually delivers over time.
February 7, 2026
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Everything is laid out in a very clean…
Everything is laid out in a very clean and simple way. Even as a beginner, it was easy to understand what to do and how to get started.
February 5, 2026
Unprompted review
STAY WELL AWAY.
This company simply will not take responsibility for the fact they launched a faulty product that cleared out a number of accounts. They market a product that claims to have a much higher success rate than it does and dare you question this you get rude responses and thrown out of “VIP GROUPS” and get told your only human. Very happy to take the broker’s commission for signing you up but not so happy to return lost money from their fault bot. STAY AWAY. Awful company with awful staff
February 4, 2026
Unprompted review
Reply from James Riston FX
Hey. You just joined 1 day ago and the software was having a bug because it is very new and it didn't close a trade by accident. We repaired it already, we are sorry about the mistake, but when something new launches, mistakes can happen too. We are real people, not robots. And you are just greedy. We had 4-7 days 300 pounds on 0.01 profits daily and on the day you joined the software had a bug and did not close the trade on your account. I know it is not an excuse, but we are not a scam lol.
Also we don't get any signing up commission from broker, only if you trade long term. So if you lose your money and go away, we don't get anything from that. So we have a clear interest to make you happy longterm.
As I always say, we have 6k VIP members, and only 1/2 negative reviews. It must have a reason, think about it
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