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Friday, June 5, 2009

Expert Advisers for MT4 Platform

By Albert Schmidt

Many Forex traders prefer to trade using MetaTrader software. It is easy to install and has so many features useful for trading as well as price chart analysis. Variety of the technical indicators makes it valuable tool to analyze the price movement. Other features like opening an order from the chart or trailing stop make MetaTrader a convenient trading platform.

Besides all of that, what makes MetaTrader the most attractive trading platform is that you can automate your trading system. You can easily write a code with the rules of your system and let the software to open and close the orders automatically. Such peace of software is called Expert Adviser (EA).

Such tool as EA can come very handy in an emotional environment of trading. Since machine does not make errors due to emotions it will follow the trading system signals no matter what. Even though an automatic trading software will not make you rich overnight it can help you to overcome some difficulties in your trading.

To be honest Forex trader's job is monotonous and boring. It requires constant monitoring of the price charts to identify the trading opportunity. Therefore Expert Advisers can take this job for themselves since they don't get tired watching the market 24 hours a day. That doesn't mean however that you can leave it to run and come back to collect the profit at the end of the month. You still need to monitor the tendencies in the market. If conditions change dramatically EA can start losing money.

There is a specific programing language designed especially for writing your own indicators and automating the trading systems. Since that language is only used for writing the programs for MetaTrader it's quite simple one. I think anyone can learn to write some simple indicators or even automate a trading system.

In my opinion there is a significant drawback in trading with Expert Adviser. Since it needs to monitor the price movement constantly computer connected to Internet with MetaTrader software should run continuously 24 hours a day. The best way is to leave that computer alone otherwise family members or friends can accidentally disconnect the trading platform from the server. That can be detrimental for your trading account if EA places an order at that time.

But there is a solution even for this problem. MetaTrader allows you to log in to your trading account from any computer, as long as you know your broker's server IP address and your login name and password. Therefore you can setup the MetaTrader software on a remote server that has 100% up time and runs continuously. That will allow you to free your own home computer for other tasks. - 23229

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