The Realistic Trader Reviews 160

I have learned so much in the space of just a week and given myself confidence going forward to pick my life up and take it to a totally higher place. I also love the feeling of a family community being in a group of like minded people and Siam is showing full transparency throughout so I feel safe and comfortable in my new journey. Thanks so much, Dean

Overpriced course - with no unique information or a clear strategy / trading plan for trading forex. Much of the content is a mish mash of and could easily be found on YouTube. Have had to watch video's on double speed to skip past the incoherent ramblings and dancing around topics.

Despite the Facebook adverts, once you sign up it's evident from the Facebook group that the RT bot barely scrapes a profit and nowhere near profitable to justify the insanely high monthly membership fee! Money would be better spent just using an off the shelf MT4 EA that will eat away at your account instead for less of a premium!

What's shocking is that it's almost a joke on the FB group at how much people loose using the bot - might as well join the free WSB community on reddit to laugh at losses!

I would steer well clear as I wont continue to spend my hard earned money on what must be a ridiculous money maker.

Edit: In addition to the above and response below, I am a customer - despite your protests to the contrary.

Your videos ramble on about 'naked charts' and then in a subsequent incoherent video you spend hours talking about an 8EMA bounce aided with a rather poor use of Microsoft paint, for which the set up fails many times.. and appears to be completely discretionary. It's just amateurish content and no real process other than relying on a wing and a prayer.

I can honestly state that the integrity and honesty of the principle educator "Siam Kidd" has demonstrated to me that he is totally trustworthy. I have been through much of his free educational videos and there is a consistent level of honesty which I feel reassured by.

I have evaluated MANY training providers, some I felt so sure about from the begining and then suddenly, disappointed by inconsistency, blatent uncovered lies and mis-information after the money has been paid.

The important fact that everybody should (reading these reviews) is that the effort taken in the free course elements is very informative and useful. He is an outstandingly smart guy. He should be judged only upon first hand experience and your own evaluation of his course and its contents. I have already committed to another course at great expense, I can't get out of it otherwise I would. However, I am so pleased that I took up the free trial that I will conclude my education (after the other course) with The Realistic Trader.

Having evaluated the top 8 courses out of the 29 I know about based in the UK and USA (via meticulous investigation, going through many online review), I can say this program is one of ONLY THREE that stand scrutiny.

R.A.O.

This is the best online trading content I have come across. If you are seriously considering getting into trading safely then this 2 month trial is a must. Once you have done the 2 months you will be much better informed and know if trading really is for you. The best part it really is completely free.

I am 5 weeks into the 2 months free trial. For someone with no prior Forex trading experience, this is a steep learning curve as there is a massive amount of valuable information to soak up. That said, I am loving it! The information is down to earth, relayed in layman's terms and presented in manageable sized modules. Siam is honest with all the mistakes he has made over the years and constantly reminds you that this is not a get rich quick scheme. He is aiming to arm you with the basic principles of trend trading and give you a broad overview of how the economic markets work. The trial is also supplemented with a closed Facebook group and 3 live online meeting sessions a week, where no question is too silly to ask. I wish I'd found this course about 10 years ago! Highly recommended for people who are serious about wanting to improve their wealth generation.

Don't waste your money giving it to this grifter.

I've signed up for the 2-month trial course with RT. It is definitely a very good and comprehensive course, the material is pretty dense so you need to devote some time every day, and you need to follow your arithmetics. I recommend the course without any hesitation. I am saving money right now to do the proper 12-month course.

Great Content Not just technical details around trading but the whole world in general to get your mindset ready for trading itself. Followed on youtube before taking the course worth it

I have been an RT member for a full year and this is what I wish I'd known.
Clearly Siam set up the realistic trader because he was losing money trading; a direct quote from him after losing his shirt trading.. "In 2011 months from bankruptcy I begged my dad for a 10k loan to avoid bankruptcy".. Within 18 months of this he had set up the Realist trader (you can check this for yourself on Companies House)! So just after going cup in hand to his Dad he went about setting up a trading school charging thousands.
The course itself is haphazard and involves watching series of videos that don't really stay on point so they take up a lot of time - though I watched them all and made notes.
One of the main reasons I signed up was how well Siam sold the bot as a 'gamechanger' and how amazing the consistant profits were. It turns out these reults were based on backtesting and the results are consistantly bad and I've made pretty awful losses despite being on Siam's 'recommended settings' the whole time. Despite this I still see Siam trying to sign people up telling them how great the bot is and seemingly being deliberately selective about the data he shows, despite the fact myself and others in the forum are making consistant losses despite being on the recommended settings. Since the poor performance Siam has been making out that he only ever said it was a tool to trade with and not a fire and forget thing - this is a complete climbdown from how he actually sold it when I and others signed upand he refused to take any ownership of how it was sold to us using backtesting data vs the real time performance - a decent trader would know backtesting is not a reflection of a bots performance, unfortunately myself and a lot of other beginners are too green to know this.
The actual strategies he uses (which are also coded into the bot) don't work hence the bot's poor performance maybe they worked for him years ago but I have friends in the community and they are losing using his strategies despite having previous trading experience. There is a leaderboard where those at the top have made modest gains but this would be expected of any decent sized group where the bell curve covers a wide span - most people are losing and those at the bottom are losing big (obviously he only reports the top of the leaderboard-I wonder why).
Siam says in his book that you should always use an STP broker and he also lambasts 'scam' traders for signing as many people up to their broker who gives them kickbacks - in his book he explicitly says he would NEVER do this. Well it turns out Siam has a deal with possibly the worst Broker in FXCM (most legal decisions against them scamming their customers of any broker) who also are NOT an STP broker!
Siam is offering a free trial - getting you to fund a bot account which you have to do through FXCM and then he get's money from them every time you do this. This kind of practice is pretty frowned upon in the industry which is why good mentors and teachers wo

It's telling that Siam doesn't have a Myfxbook to prove himself as he says it can be manipulated (which it can't really if you fund one account), but then uses an account that he traded up as 'evidence' despite the fact that is much easier to fabricate. I think he has had one or 2 big wins in the 10+ years he's been trading (all after he set up RT) but what trader hasn't-and these would be when there has been a big fundamental news event he's been on the right side of which he advises you not to trade anyway.

Siam's constantly talks about his idol Elon Musk and I think he tries to copy Elon in that Siam also wants to set up his own school and also call it Ad Astra (or something very similar)- and it looks like your money will largely be going towards this childish hero worship/emulation ego project. Obviously Elon gets his money from being an amazing designer and technological visionary, he doesn't try to fund ego projects with money from being a fake trading guru or Broker sign up kickbacks.
At best Siam is a self absorbed, naive, ambitious man with slight delusions grandeur, at worst he is a deliberate scam artist - either way please be aware that his best skill is self promotion. Please also check the employee reviews on GLASSDOOR.CO.UK for further insight into this fake guru.
I know Siam monitors any mentions on the internet so I am hoping there will be retort which will no doubt claim those raising concers didn't do the course or didn't understand what he meant etc generally gaslighting and rationalising but the facts speak for themselves.
There are a lot of good reviews but bear in mind a lot got the course free and it is difficult to differentiate excellent training from awful training as a newbie. Look at Lifestyle trader who Siam calls out as a scam (which I think they are too) and they also have hundreds of 5 star reviews
Please DYOR

Literally everything about trading you will ever need, a skill for life, but it will also transform how you see business and economics.

Thank you Siam!

I purchased a basic trading course a few year back and, although my commitments at the time didn't give the the time to get into trading the knowledge on the course gave me enough to make significant improvement to my investments. I have messaged him a few times over the year with random things (never for any investment tips) and despite how busy and active he is, I have always had a well thought out answer and/or conversation.

The course was sold with lifetime access to the lessons and wow this is where Siam really excels beyond anyone else. Although I have no access to the groups and live session, a large majority of the course has been redone to keep with the times, old strategies removed and new ones taught and explained. Once my current ROI covers the investment cost of his full course I will 100% be subscribing and joining his community properly.

The Realistic Trader 2-month free trial is very informative, breaking down complex trading systems in an easy to understand way, especially for the novices out there. I really wish I had learnt all this at school! Siam and his team are fantastic mentors, giving you the tools and the knowledge to trade with confidence. Also, check out his Wealth Action Plan website.

I came across Siam and the RT community from a Facebook ad, maybe because it detected I am interested in financial matters, but I had never considered FX trading until reading through Siam's material and YouTube vids. Straight away I got a good feeling from the way Siam comes across, judging him to be genuine, honest, candid and open, positive, and approachable.
I signed up for the Trading Test Drive (well worth it) and from there I am now a full member. Since signing up and speaking to friends and acquaintances about it, I have come across a few sceptics - mainly because there are a lot of disingenuous people out there in this field, and it's easy to tar everyone/everything with the same brush, but I genuinely feel Siam has set this up out of a desire to help others and pass on knowledge so that others won't fall prey to the same mistakes as he and pretty much every other trader has along the way.
The community is really friendly and helpful, and everyone is really positive, not least of all Siam who is bursting with enthusiasm for all things FX and crypto.
Full membership gives access to the trading bot - where you can sign up to and connect a trading account, and it will place trades for you.
I want to give an honest review and so far through the last year I feel like the bot has not quite lived up to expectation. I would hazard that a large percentage of the course fee goes toward the hosting, running, and development of the bot so I feel I should bring this up, but given the market situation since I signed up at the start of the 2020, this might explain things in part. There has been a lot of improvements in the relatively short time I have had it up and running, and it is also in constant development by the RT team so it's still really early days, I will continue to monitor it and with a bit more steady profits I see no reason not to upgrade from 4 to 5 star review.
For me, the bot is just a part of it and a bonus, the benefit and value for money I see is not just the FX course and the potential the bot has, but the community as a whole, and the knowledge that goes along with it.
I have already recommended the RT community to others and will continue to do so, and will more than likely sign up for other courses here such as the WAP course as well once I have fully completed the FX course.
Massive thank you to Siam and his team at the Realistic Trader, and looking forward to seeing the community grow!

Update: I have upgraded my review to 5 stars, not due to the bot which I believe to be out of action now, but for the sheer positivity and support the community give, and for the insights from Siam throughout. I understand focus changes as things grow and develop so maybe the bot will be investigated more in the future but for now the trade updates and market sentiment updates from Siam are giving me more confidence in my own abilities, and the times I’ve got it wrong I have been able to learn and talk about with the community.
Thank you to all at RT not just Siam and the community, but as well the behind the scenes staff such as Lewis, who are all extremely helpful, positive, and dedicated

First became aware of Siam Kidd 3-4 years ago via a crypto currency course. Since then I have found so much value from his videos. I genuinely can't think of anyone else who has a broader knowledge of finance and the history of finance. His content is authentic and delivered with humour. Seems a genuinely lovely guy.

I've know Siam of RT for a number of years now, and first completed his Crypto-currency course. I've avoided trading for a long time, but following RTs free training has been enlightening and has got me started on a journey I will now not give up on (previously attended other trainings that scared me 5 or more years ago from other trainers). Siam should really charge for this course. Even if it was just £49 it would help remove the tyres-kickers to free up time for serious students. Thanks Siam and team

I am only one month into the membership but I am already impressed. The level of detail and examples in the training. The live trading 'meetings' every week. It is all unfolding nicely and I am confident that this will be a worthy training experience. I like that my expectations were managed correctly instead of bamboozled with sales-speak. The Bot is a superb bonus.

This course is fantastic. Totally easy to follow. Transparent, friendly and informative. It's has transformed my learning. I highly recommend this
Is course for anyone wanting to get into trading.

I enrolled in the 2-month free trading test drive trial because I had always wanted to learn to trade but had been thoroughly confused by all the myriad of ads with competing strategies, bots, platforms and “trading” experts willing to share their secrets. I had watched a few Siam videos and liked his down to earth open and honest style so thought I would take the punt.
From the very beginning Siam makes you feel welcome and part of the group and is frank about setting expectations around trading, making the statement that it’s not for everyone and even if it is it may not be for you right now, but the two months will get you to a point for you to make that decision.
The quantity and quality of content that is made available from his 12 month trading course for free is exceptional, coupled with the weekly 2hr mentor and market analysis calls and access to the automated trading bot and the FB group for the duration of the trial is overwhelming as there is almost too much content to consume within the trial period.
There is absolutely no hard sell and at the end of the two months you can just walk away with an exponential increase in your knowledge of trading or join the Realistic Trading community to continue you learning journey.
100% recommend

I've taken the free course offered at RT and it's comprehensively informative, lives up to it's name of being "realistic"! Tons of videos packed with information about how to approach this, and definitely not a get rich quick scheme. Thanks Siam!

Over the last year, I’ve sifted through a range of online educational trading material of varying quality, but the largest concern for me here has always been regarding trust in educators as the vast majority are pushing market maker agendas. However, I can confidently say that Siam’s teaching style is honest, clear and well, realistic. Having completed the first four levels of this trading diploma, my financial perspective, expectations and vision for the future have now significantly shifted for the better. The bot is awesome, and I’m very excited to continue to use it further when I join the community. Thanks Siam, you’ve been incredibly generous with your knowledge, time and access to the bot; I really can’t express how grateful I am.