Currensee
Currency Investment Information Community
Published on
04/21/2010

Rated
3
out of 5 stars by
AppAppeal Editor
What can you use the app for?
Currensee is a social network for Forex traders. Traders can use the application to share information and network with others who have similar interests, collaborate, see trades in real time, discuss the market, and more. Each user is linked to a live brokerage account so the real-time trade information is accurate. With this tool, traders can also see and compare their win/loss percentage with other traders. Anyone who actively trades in the currency market would find this extremely interesting.
What is the history and popularity of the app?
The application was founded in August of 2008 by software developer Asaf Yigal and Forex trader Avi Leventhal and is led by CEO Dave Lemont.
What are the differences to other apps?
Currensee is completely transparent; traders can see exactly what others are doing, allowing insights into the market and communication with like-minded traders. This facilitates trust, as the trades are seen in real-time. There are no demo accounts, so all visible transactions are verified.
How does the web app look and feel to use?
The dashboard shows what pairs are being traded, long and short position ratios, average buy/sell prices and more. This screen also shows how others in the Currensee network are doing, including strategies, stop loss, and profit.
In the Strategy Zone, various traders have entered strategies for others to view and monitor the success of the plans. The Community area is the social network component of Currensee, where users search for and find traders with similar interests and styles.
The application is intuitive and relatively easy to navigate. The dashboard is laid out well and the interface is well-organized.
How does the registration process work?
Members must provide first and last names, email address, password, date of birth, and website referral source. Members are then asked to answer questions that identify an individual’s trading style. This includes choosing the pairs of currencies that they most often trade, approach, technique, experience, average weekly sales, and trading session (time). Members must then provide a telephone number which is required, country, biographical information, blog link and picture, all of which are optional. Members must then choose their broker from a drop down list and enter the broker’s credentials, including username and password. Users must provide this information to join Currensee and will not be admitted to the site without it.
What does it cost to use the application?
The application is free to use. Company profit is based on their role as Introducing Broker, meaning that when they introduce a trader to a broker, they collect a fee from the broker.
Who would you recommend the application to?
People who would enjoy Currensee might include: Forex traders interested in meeting others with similar interests, perhaps in different time zones; those looking for new ways to ride trends; traders looking for ideas and information; and traders interested in networking with others and observing their trades in real-time.
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Rewards club for members to redeem for educational materials and widgets
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Webinars with professional traders
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Transparent trading – see transactions in real-time
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Community for networking with other traders
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Chat and forum social areas available
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Ability to compare personal strategy with others
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Analysis of other traders’ strategies to compare with individual results
Currensee pricing

Permanently free version

English
Website
http://www.currensee.com/
on 26 Feb 2011 at 23:40
Ok I will spill the beans here. I've been with Currensee as an Investor now since Dec 12th. And to say the least the performance has been subpar and what they are doing is either misrepresentation of their profits or they have some MAJOR bugs to work out in the system. This has bee based solely on my experience, for 6 weeks some of you may make the jump and have a great experience. But as always people change when it comes to money, even though I try to separate emotionally from it. But to keep the story short and simple, I put $30,000 in as my original deposit. I actually didn't deposit the money in until Dec 27th, 2010 and had my money allocated to my selected trade leaders on Dec 29th. In the last 2 days of Dec 2010 I got a nice 2% from Winsor Hoang (the trade leader) Over the first 2 weeks of Jan I made a healthy 16% on my money and was convinced that this was legit. then on January 18th it seems my account hit a wall. Losing on an average $350 per day, sometimes as much as $1,000. Bringing me down to a modest $2500, left in profit in my account. As I browsed the website 1 day I just stumbled upon one of my current trade leaders profile sites. And he still had a posted 29% return for Jan 2011. I was shocked as he was the culprit behind my major loses for the previous few days. I made a call to Jeff Garcia my only contact at the company, and he had no explanation and said he would look into the discrepancy. Over the next 2 days my account took a combined $1700 dollar loss and "LW tradings" profile, who I had the discrepancy with, his posted return rose to 35.7% for Jan. So as of now my account has made a combined profit of $344.40 with "LW Trading" having lost me $1718.50 between his two $10,000 allocations. Yet his posted return as of now for Jan is still reflecting 37.8%. So either they are either falsely presenting their numbers to the public, of they have some SERIOUS bugs to work out in their system. I have filed a complaint with the NFA against Currensee. My recommendation based on my experience in this last month, is to not invest your money now. At the least wait a few months and let the NFA look into my complaint matter and give them time to work the bugs out as you may not be as lucky as me, and could end up losing thousands of dollars if not more. I have uploaded several screenshots of my Currensee login info to Photobucket for viewing to back up my story. Also over the course of the last month I did not interfere with my account AT ALL, I did not even trade it myself. The reflected profits and losses are solely the trading of the Currensee trade leaders. http://s1141.photobucket.com/albums/n588/Bridger_Cottle/