Counting bot and click-farm hits as 'leads' because your tracker can't tell

Counting bot and click-farm hits as 'leads' because your tracker can't tell

Many forex trackers report raw clicks and registrations as wins. The mistake: no bot/IVT filtering between click and lead, so your CR and EPC are inflated by traffic that will never deposit.

The symptoms:
— High registration rate, near-zero FTD rate, and the broker's quality score on your account quietly dropping.
— A 'great' campaign that the affiliate manager flags for low FTD-to-reg ratio before you notice.

The fix:
— Add an anti-fraud / IVT layer (FraudScore, Anura, or your tracker's built-in click filters) before the registration step, not after the deposit.
— Watch the reg-to-FTD ratio as a fraud signal: if registrations spike but FTDs stay flat, you're being fed fake signups, often from a sub-publisher.
— Cut sub-IDs by FTD quality, not click volume. The loudest source is often the dirtiest.

Who should skip this: direct-buy SEO traffic from your own ranked pages — bot exposure is real but lower than on third-party pop/push inventory.

Verdict: Filter clicks, judge on FTDs.