Saturday, January 31, 2009

What is a Metatrader Expert Advisor?

Some traders new to Forex may not have a good understanding about what an Expert Advisor really is, even if they have seen the term thrown around. An Expert Advisor or EA is a mechanical or black box trading system that completely automates the trading process in Forex, by utilizing a set of rules and various indicators to determine entries, exits, stop loss, etc.

An Expert Advisor will only work on the Metatrader (MT4) trading platform, which is fortunately offered by a large number of Forex brokers. Using an EA is a good way to diversify your risk within the Forex market. It is good to use for beginning traders who have not learned to successfully trade on their own, as well as seasoned traders as a method of risk diversification.

The good part about Expert Adivors is they eliminate the human emotion aspect of trading. The EA will trade based on set rules without emotion getting in the way. The downside is that they are not able to adapt and develop an instinct for how to trade, which is often what turns a mediocre trading into a great one. I suggest learning to trade manually, while running a solid autotrader at the same time. That way you can balance all of the strengths & weakness of both trading methods within the Forex marketplace.

Developing an EA requires an understanding of solid trading principles along with the ability to code .mql programming language. Fortunately there are Metatrader coders available for hire in coding an EA, once you have developed a strategy that you think will work. Also, you can purchase an EA that has already been built and tested, such as the Five Gold Coins Forex autotrader available at my website www.topforextraining.com. This is often the best way to go, as you will spend more money having your own EA coded, and you won't know if it is a good strategy until you have thoroughly tested it.

If you like the idea of trading with an Expert Advisor for Metatrader, please check back at my site soon as I am currently developing a brand new EA that will be rich with features, and able to trade various time frames and large number of currency pairs.

Happy trading!

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