Fort Myers, Florida
Experience: Master
Platform: TradeStation
Trading: Currency
Posts: 25 since May 2015
Thanks Given: 0
Thanks Received: 7
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I've used Ninjatrader. You program in c#, Microsoft C. It's easier than C++. I was at a west coast broker and using a west coast server and trading forex. This dealer wouldn't take or execute my automated trade. I don't know what was wrong with it. So, I started trading manually. I was playing chicken with the BOJ, Central Bank of Japan. They are a money manipulator. When Shinzo Abe came in, that's when you could have made a killing. It's all timing. I've never tried automated trading with IB which is out of Chicago. I had fun with futures on TradeStation. But, their "Easy Language" isn't so easy. It's possible to pay through the nose and buy an automated system. They say trade 2% of your account, so you won't blow your account. I've blown a couple accounts. In the 80's, I used to call in my commodities trades; but I would get a broker who would push me into trades I shouldn't have taken. There are some brokers that what you to use their already made up programs and auto trade on IB. I wouldn't trust those, possible scam. Some automate to get into a trade and get out manually. Some get in manually and get out with an auto trade system. I believe getting in is easy, but getting out is the hardest of all. It's the mental part of trading that's the hardest. If you somehow can take the mental part out and control your fear and greed, be detached, trade fast and furious; it may work. Some people have a simple trending system. If it's trading sideways, they don't trade. To not trade is a trading decision. They set profit targets, money limits, stops, etc. I think you already have a good system. If you've conquered think-or-swim, that's the best I heard. Just perfect what you got. Extreme Greed is a bottomless pits which will swallow all you money.
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