1. Depends. Mostly have copy-trading with AUM style but without MLM structure.
2. Broker licensing does play a certain reputation/integrity of the broker.
If Broker A have Tier 3 License, they're consider Tier 3 broker. If Broker B have Tier 1, Tier 2 & Tier 3 License, they're consider Tier 1 Broker as well.
It's not easy to get Tier 1 to 2 Licenses. (FCA, BaFin, CySEC, ASIC etc). If a broker has that, eventhough they have other tier licenses, the broker is considered as a good broker as well.
3. Pepperstone - Only solely for retail traders. No copy-trade, no fund management, just pure retail.
AvaTrade - Have Copy-Trade, Fund Management, Retail. But their Fund Management MLM is just until 3-5 Compressive levels & commission mainly based on Lot Rebates. They do have Profit Sharing from Downlines as well.
TFXI - Retail, Copy-Trading, Fund Management. TFXI focus heavily + specializes more on Fund Management due to on-growing demand. TFXI Fund Management have Lot Rebates/Profit Sharing as well. Their MLM structure is up to 10-12 compressive levels (customizable by MIB during FM account application).
4. Question 4 is a question or a statement? Don't really get the sentence. Kindly re-elaborate.
5. Past Performance is a thing, next we have to consider on
- Lot Sizes Open per trade (Whether its Fixed Lot Opened or Non-Fixed)
- Win/Lose Ratio
- Risk Reward Ratio
- Cut Loss per trade / Max Cut Loss in a fund
- Trading Pair & Instruments
- Trading Strategy (Martingale, Elliot, S&P, BBMA etc)
- Trading time-frame (Swing/Intra-Day/Scalping)
- Human or EA (Expert Advisors) or Pure Robot Algorithmic Trading.
Each of the above have to take into consideration as different style have different risk.
6. Any investments, Stocks/Properties/Forex Funds/Mutual Funds/REITS etc etc can make money to curb inflation. The question should be, is it a long-term or short-term investment?
Long Term InvestmentsStocks/Properties/ETFs/Mutual Funds are Long-Term investments. Long term investments poses lesser risk in fundamental aspect, but it still does pose risk of the time-frame or time-period during the investment. For example, if you're investing in Stocks/Properties, you're looking to go Long (price increase) for long term in order to profit. But the time taken for the price to increase vs the risk of market crash, recessions, depressions is there.
Many people say they're a risk taker & don't mind to take such "Short-Term Dip". But only 20% of the people will. The others will then leave the investment & say its a scam, non-profitable etc.
Short Term InvestmentsShort term investments are more of "Trading Investments" such as Crypto/Forex Trading/Options Trading/Futures Trading. They do not hold for long-term. Get in & out in an instant. Most short term investments involves CFDs (Contract For Differences) such as High Leverages, Short-Selling.
The application of short-selling really helps investors to gain profit *regardless of market trend*. Even when the trend falls, traders can open a short-selling position to profit from it. And vice-versa. Ofcourse with higher opportunities comes with higher risk. Short term investments have the chance to wipe your investments in an instant or gain 100% in half year to a year.
When it comes to Forex Fund Management like TFXI, it is in Short-Term Investment category. It doesn't mean TFXI last short-term, but I'm saying about the time-frame of the trade (get-in, get-out period). If a Fund Manager knows how to get-in/get-out for 10 years, then you may consider its a good investment due to high returns + long lasting.
Many people are not aware/understand the concept of Long Term Investments vs Short Term Trading Investments. Hence, barking all around at LowYat saying TFXI is Too Good to be true, Warren Buffet doesn't have that kind of profit, "I can loan bank a million and dump everything in" bullshits.
Hope that answers your question.
Some pple like to quote Warren Buffet to compare with tfxi. But they doesn’t seems to realize that Berkshire Hathaway as a company has so much intangible value & their shares are worth so much. Grew by 20% pa since 1965. Can anything including forex perform so well & consistent for 47 freaking years 🥶🥶🥶