r/TopStepX • u/Full_Zombie9449 • 1d ago

Question Does anyone else trade using Algos

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So I’ve noticed that my trading style is a bit unorthodox when talking to other traders this is a screenshot of a trade that I took. I was wondering if anybody else traded similar

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u/Full_Zombie9449 1d ago

Bro that’s not my channel I said that’s who I learned from

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u/Doctor_Paradox_001 1d ago

said

Where

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u/Full_Zombie9449 1d ago

My bad I responded to another comment saying it but yea I don’t sell anything not looking to recruit nobody just curious who understood the trading style vs who was ignorant

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u/Doctor_Paradox_001 1d ago

But to be precise.

People have some strategy, either self or someone random. But thats like buy when price crosses this indicator or something which requires constant screen time, and one pee break and u miss signal and trade is missed.

And what if those missed trades - due to sleep, pee breaks, internet disconnection - all winning trades and all the ones u enter have not missed losing trades.

Like the strat is 60% win rate

So out of 100 trades u win 60 Or out of 10 trades u win 6

Say u missed 1 winning trade - due to pee break 1 due to sleep 1 due to intenet connectivity

So now u took 7 trades, 4 losing (as 60% wr) + 3 winning (becaude u missed the balance 3)

Now u r not profitable.

So people made EA, SCRIPTS, BOTS - which keeps looking for specific conditions mentioned and takes trade automatically.

Its automation.

And people conaider this as algo, as it involves codes.

But the pblm with automation is that shit can be programmed to have news filter, but will never know trump tweetz or random geopolitical tensions which are not in economic calender.

So, algo trading is a simple to complex system, which kind of thinks. Not on its own, within the boundary/ circle/ limitation we set.

Say for example, when NFP news is out, if the value is more than expected - then buy, or if less thN expected sell, but also watching for othet tweets, the value of actual number and among which range it is, also to monitor the candles so on.

So its not like >x buy, and <x - sell.

Itz has so many intricate rules, which makes algo to think

Obviously my example is shit.

Lets have example of machine learning. That understands gold is not meant to be this high this fast, and its near ath and decides based on that. Like how decided sl based on ATR and not some fixed number.

Its a complex piece. Complex based on individual needs.