Automatic Alpha: How to Build a Winning FOREX Trading SystemiExpertAdvisor, LLC |
Contents
Preface | 4 |
Anatomy of a Typical Trading The Ideal FirstTime Mechanical Trading System | 12 |
Introduction to the TrendFollowing The Trading System Development Lifecycle | 22 |
Section Summary of Building an Expert Advisor | 29 |
AutoAlpha Post | 49 |
Applied Money Management | 56 |
Getting Started | 66 |
Appendix | 72 |
Common terms and phrases
24-period ATR AutoAlpha entry AutoAlpha exit AutoAlpha Expert Advisor Average True Range backtesting bars behavior Chandelier Exit Concept Elaboration consecutive losses currency pair defined Directional Movement Index exit testing exit-bar test Exponential Moving Average Fixed Ratio method flip high number high winning percentage historical back testing Identify and wait input losing trades lots traded Market Setup maximum drawdown mechanical trading system medium-term trend-following system MetaTrader 3.0 MetaTrader brokers MetaTrader platform minor pullback money management moving average newStop number of lots number of trades optimal Ord(cnt performance price chart Relative Strength Index robust Ryan Jones simple moving average slippage spread is set Step stoploss and takeprofit System Concept System Development Lifecycle System Lifecycle System Outline system trading Table takeprofit values technical indicators test period test results trade Setup trade Trigger Trading System Development trailing stop trend UserFunction winning trades