Some Forex trading systems are based on the idea of going against trends
. Other Forex trading systems are based on the idea of going with trends. Some Forex trading systems are based on the idea of tracking breakouts of a particular currency and these Forex trading systems rely heavily on the averages of a currency's highs and lows, and utilize "Bollinger bands" that track the average highs, the average lows and the moving average of the two.
Traders utilize Forex trading systems in order to work against human characteristics that can hamper trading, like greed, addiction, impulsivity, compulsivity and fear.