Investment Technology Labs builds software development tools for creating trading and investing software. By "Successful Computer Trading" we mean using computer software to help you make analytical decisions based on research and testing. This method is called Technical Analysis and it is widely used among professional traders. It can be used to create profit in stocks, futures, funds, options, etc. So how does one successfully trade the market using computer software?
The goal of investing and trading in the markets is simply to make money. It may look easy. If you are successful on your first trade, and the stock market trends for several months, then life is good. When the market trends for long periods, the brokers and money managers can look like real "Pros". However, the markets can turn on a dime. Securities markets can shift dramatically for any number of reasons, and the great profit that was expected may evaporate and turn into a painful loss. Over the long haul, few professionals consistently have returns that significantly exceed the SP500 index.
But there are some smart traders that make huge profits! There are traders that do much better over the long term than most investors. Who are they and how do they do it?
There are several books that thoroughly interview and discuss several of the elite successful traders. You can find these books at most bookstores and they are very interesting reading. These traders are not all made from the same mold. They are definitely individuals. However, they have several traits that set them apart from the crowd. Besides enjoying trading, and being confident that they will succeed, they all have the following traits:
Before computers, traders had to draw charts and do calculations by hand. Today the professional traders have computers, the Internet, and online trading. They use the best tools. They all use Technical Analysis. The pace of trading has increased because of the speed of communications and rapid computer analysis. The successful traders do the following:
Creating custom trading software allows a trader to develop trading strategies that are at the cutting edge. Specialized day trading software, analyzing large data bases of market data, Artificial Intelligence, and many other trading applications are best done with custom software. However, the time and money required to develop these systems used to be beyond the means of most individuals.
The majority of investors are using canned software. If millions of traders are using the same approach as you, then it has very limited workability. Since you are able to program, and by using our software, you can advance an order of magnitude beyond what the public is doing. Here is how you do it:
With our software, great trading systems are not only easy to build, but they can be built in a fraction of the usual development time. How will you do in the investment game? The public is using a trading system comparable to an ordinary car, while your trading system can be like a Formula 1 race car.
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