Trading Tact
✔ Your resource for automated trading strategy development
✔ Empowering retail traders to create efficient income streams
Why Automated Trading?
Efficiency & Diversification
Simultaneously trade multiple strategies, markets and timeframes, any time of the day.
Determine Strategy Viability
Backtest your strategy to quickly determine its long-term profitability and risk profile.
Minimize Mistakes
Keep emotions at bay with the automatic execution of your trading rules.
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Step-by-step Guides
Trading Strategies
What’s the Best Time to Trade Forex?
The forex markets are open 24/5, but not all hours are created equal. Here I dissect my broker data to determine the best time to trade forex.
Forex Weekend Gaps: Can You Exploit Them?
Have you noticed that forex weekend gaps usually reverse within 3 days? Here I’ll program a mean reversion strategy to exploit gaps over the last 18 years!
Dynamic Position Sizing: Is It Time to Go Big?
Should you increase your lot sizes for higher probability trades? Let’s code a dynamic position sizing scheme to capture more outsized wins!
Pivot Points: A Reliable Support & Resistance Indicator
Pivot points are the perfect tool if you trade using support & resistance. Here’s how to develop an automated pivot points forex strategy!
Money Flow Index: An Improved RSI?
The Money Flow Index is sometimes called the volume-weighted RSI. Can it outperform the RSI in this trend following strategy?
Automated Bollinger Bands Squeeze Forex Strategy
StrategyQuant’s BBWR indicator is the perfect tool to detect a Bollinger Bands squeeze. Here I explain how it’s calculated, and use it to program a breakout strategy for the AUDJPY!
Strategy Development
Book Review: Building Winning Algorithmic Trading Systems
Serious traders invest in quality education. Should you read “Building Winning Algorithmic Trading Systems” by Kevin Davey?
Trade Slippage: How Can You Simulate and Minimize It?
Are you a victim of excessive trade slippage? Here’s how you can minimize slippage, and more realistically simulate it in your backtests!
Edge Ratio: A Unique Way to Quantify Entry Profitability
Selecting a profitable entry is a critical step in strategy development. Here I’ll demonstrate how to use the Edge Ratio to maximize your profit potential.
Do You Know Your System Quality Number?
The System Quality Number measures the profitability & consistency of your trading system. Here’s how to calculate your SQN and use it to improve your trading!
Using Maximum Adverse Excursion for Stop Loss Placement
A catastrophic stop loss is a vital risk management tool for many traders. Here I’ll show you how to optimize your stop loss distance using maximum adverse excursion.
Multiple Timeframe Backtesting – A Quick Robustness Test
Multiple timeframe backtesting can be a valuable addition to your strategy development workflow. Here I explain why you should do it, and how to conveniently do it in MT4 and StrategyQuant.
Live Trading
Who Are the Major Players in the Forex Market?
With its daily turnover of over $6 trillion, who are the major players in the forex market? Let’s see how retail traders stack up!
US Nonfarm Payrolls: What’s Considered a Big Miss?
A big miss in the US nonfarm payrolls can wreak havoc in the markets. What’s considered a big miss? I analyze historical values to find out!
What’s the Best Time to Trade Forex?
The forex markets are open 24/5, but not all hours are created equal. Here I dissect my broker data to determine the best time to trade forex.
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