Trading
Robots.
trading robots carry out operations in the forex and exchange markets while the trading mobile app runs unattended.
trading robots are the applications behind algorithmic trading — robots that analyse quotes and trade to an algorithm.
Trading Robots in Short.
A trading robot is the working form of automation in a trading mobile app for operations in the Forex and exchange markets: an application that watches quotes, applies an algorithm and places orders, whether or not anyone is at the screen. In Trade Master 9 they can be bought, rented, ordered, downloaded free, or written from scratch.
Most traders arrive from the ready-made end. The free tools library offers thousands of free applications, the library holds more than 2500 algorithmic products — every one with a free trial version — and The custom development service connects you to programmers who will build to a specification. Trying two or three on a demo account is the quickest way to learn what a robot actually does to an account over a month, as opposed to what a description promises.
The second stage is usually modification rather than replacement. You discover that one parameter matters enormously to how the robot behaves, and one other does nothing at all. At that point you either adjust it yourself in the development environment or hand the change to someone who knows it well, and the platform includes the full development environment for exactly that work.
Running two robots with different logic on one account is another common step, though it needs care: two systems can agree at exactly the wrong moment and double the exposure you intended. The discipline that separates success from expensive lessons is restraint in optimisation. A robot tuned to perfection against past data often performs worse in live markets than a simpler version with fewer moving parts, because the tuning fitted noise rather than behaviour. Test it, run it on demo, then size it small. The neighbouring page covers algorithmic trading in more detail, while the home page covers the app.
Inside Trade Master 9.
trading robots are the applications behind algorithmic trading — robots that analyse quotes and trade to an algorithm.
Where Robots Come From.
Trading robots for Trade Master 9: build your own or choose from thousands of ready-made applications.
Where they come from
- Free applications from the free tools library.
- Purchased or rented products from the app library.
- Custom robots ordered through the custom development service.
- Your own, built in the development environment.
A full development environment
The Trade Master 9 system provides the entire development environment to help you create and optimize your own trading robots.
Heavy calculation, handled
The built-in development environment lets you create trading robots that handle heavy calculations for accurate technical analysis and forecasting.
Written, Bought, or Commissioned.
Three notes on three routes that all end at the same testing step.
In practice
Most traders start with a ready-made robot, discover which parameter actually matters to them, and either have it modified through the custom development service or learn enough of the scripting tools to adjust it themselves.
Worth knowing
Optimization can be overdone. A robot tuned perfectly to past data often performs worse live than a simpler version, which is why the development environment includes testing rather than just an editor.
Who it is for
This page suits traders moving from manual to automated trading, and developers evaluating the platform before writing for it.
Where a Robot Comes In.
Downstream of a strategy, upstream of a live position.
Three routes, one gate
Build your own in the development environment, take one of the thousands of ready-made applications, or order custom work from a professional programmer. Whichever route you take, the gate is the same: historical testing to see how the rules behaved in conditions you have not lived through, then a demo account to see how they behave in live spreads.
Good to know
TM9 is a software development company and does not provide investment or brokerage services. The platform supplies the trading terminals, analysis tools and automation; your broker holds the funds, sets spreads and leverage, and executes the orders the platform sends. Trading carries a real risk of loss, and signals or robots are tools rather than financial advice.
Read next
Algorithmic Trading. Trading Robots. TM9 App Library. Or open the Platform Guide for all 77 pages.
More Pages to Read.
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Or jump to the TM9 Guides and Platform Guide hubs, or the home page.