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moresauce · 2017-06-29T13:07:45+00:00

Hello everyone, I traded stocks for a few years then switched to spreads/technical trading (manual trading) around the end od 2015. I have had mixed success, and would like to move from manual trading into programming / automatic trading. I have browsed this site a few times, and am quite excited at the wealth of knowledge and assistance that is shared among members. What would be your first bit of advice getting into this? I have limited programming experience, so will be a sharp learning curve. Looking forward to meeting you all, and will share my strategies as they develop over time. Cheers, Ian

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06/29/2017 at 2:07 PM #39406 quote

moresauce
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Hello everyone,

I traded stocks for a few years then switched to spreads/technical trading (manual trading) around the end od 2015. I have had mixed success, and would like to move from manual trading into programming / automatic trading. I have browsed this site a few times, and am quite excited at the wealth of knowledge and assistance that is shared among members.

What would be your first bit of advice getting into this? I have limited programming experience, so will be a sharp learning curve. Looking forward to meeting you all, and will share my strategies as they develop over time.

Cheers,

Ian

06/29/2017 at 6:05 PM #39435 quote

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Welcome!

When you have the gist of the programming, what will limit you is not your technical skills, but your development process. You need to know more about how to judge systems, than how to create them. For learning the programming, look up the ProRealCode guide or learn from already made code on this site. What will help you most of all is to try a lot of hypothesis, learn statistics, how to not curve-fit, hidden costs (slippage, delays, transaction costs, spreads), system errors, risk management, and persistence.

The most critical phase is when you go from finished strategy to implementing it on a live account. This is where your most important and costly lessons will be, so do not rush into things even when you think you have created a fool-proof strategy.
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