{"id":41001,"date":"2015-05-29T11:59:25","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T15:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=41001"},"modified":"2023-06-08T10:22:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T14:22:31","slug":"are-you-ready-to-build-an-automated-trading-system-heres-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/are-you-ready-to-build-an-automated-trading-system-heres-how","title":{"rendered":"Are You Ready to Build an Automated Trading System? Here’s How"},"content":{"rendered":"

Automation is at the heart of technological innovation.<\/p>\n

Automatic transmissions
\nAutomatic coffee makers
\nAutomatic soap dispensers
\n… You get the idea<\/p>\n

In trading, automation is what allows you to become ultra-efficient, find your best\u00a0opportunities, scale up with more trades, control risk with less emotion, and become more consistent.<\/p>\n

As a trader, you already take advantage of automation in today’s markets.<\/p>\n

Here’s a slide from a recent presentation I did for SMBU Premium<\/p>\n

\"trading-in-the-80s\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Less than 30 years ago, if you wanted charting analysis, you got some graph paper and drew it yourself.\u00a0No automated order routing either.<\/p>\n

These are just simple luxuries we enjoy today. But there is so much more available to help your trading. Do you want to learn how?<\/p>\n

Don’t worry — you don’t need to know how to program a computer or have an advanced degree is physics.<\/p>\n

There are several levels of automation. You can automate\u00a0filtering for your discretionary trading — or automate a full black-box trading machine.<\/p>\n

Either way, the first step is to know the language of systems.<\/p>\n

To get you started, we have a free series of videos and articles called “The Seven Steps to Systems Success”<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this series you’ll learn what we believe are the 7 most basic and critical components of a trading system. And we have even put them in the order we believe is most important to focus on.<\/p>\n

No relevant positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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