Here's What You Are In For!

1. What are Trading Robots? (And why should I build them?) (Part 1)

05:51

2. What are Trading Robots? (And why should I build them?) (Part 2)

05:02

3. Downloading Our Software (MT4)

04:02

4. Introduction to MT4

04:14

5. Structure of a Trading Robot (Part 1)

03:46

6. Structure of a Trading Robot (Part 2)

04:36

Programming Basics: Variables And Conditions

1. Syntax - The ABCs of Coding (Part 1)

04:17

2. Syntax - The ABCs of Coding (Part 2)

03:33

3. Variables - The basic building blocks!

05:38

4. Expressions and Operations (Plus, Minus, Multiplication and Division)

07:09

5. Conditional - If this then that (Part 1)

04:49

6. Conditional - If this then that (Part 2)

05:51

Robot 1: Adeline - Our First Robot!

1. Theory behind Robot Adeline

04:29

2. Coding Adeline (Part 1)

08:12

3. Coding Adeline (Part 2)

07:40

4. Dry Run! - Our Robot Testing System (Part 1)

04:32

5. Dry Run! - Our Robot Testing System (Part 2)

05:35

Uncommon Common Sense: Design Effective And Logical Robots

1. Trading Robot Development Guide - Everything You Need To Succeed (Part 1)

05:09

2. Trading Robot Development Guide - Everything You Need To Succeed (Part 2)

04:45

3. Trading Robot Development Guide - Everything You Need To Succeed (Part 3)

06:03

4. Calculating Long Term Expected Payout of a Robot

06:40

Garbage In, Garbage Out. Understanding Data

1. Data Sources and Storage

05:57

2. Cleaning Data (Part 1)

06:44

3. Cleaning Data (Part 2)

07:23

4. Cleaning Data (Part 3)

06:15

Programming Basics 2: Loops

1. Loops - Running a piece of code many times (Part 1)

07:22

2. Loops - Running a piece of code many times (Part 2)

02:45

Robot 2: Belinda - Utilising Volatility!

1. Introducing our 2nd Robot: Belinda

04:27

2. Coding and Testing Belinda

06:08

To Buy Big Or Small? Position Sizing And Money Management

1. Coin Flip Game - Understand Bet Sizing by Flipping Coins

07:10

2. Theory behind Bet Sizing (aka Position Sizing/Money Management)

07:17

Robot 2A: Belinda 2.0 (No Gambler's Ruin for Me!)

1. Coding our Sizing Algorithm!

02:59

2. Upgrade time! - Adding Sizing Algos to Belinda

03:32

Where To Start? Idea Generation and Expectations

1. Expectation of Strategies and Equity Curves (Part 1)

08:13

2. Expectation of Strategies and Equity Curves (Part 2)

10:55

3. Preliminary Research - First step to building Robots (Part 1)

08:59

4. Preliminary Research - First step to building Robots (Part 2)

08:53

Programming Basics 3: Functions, Time And Self-Learning

1. Debugging Demonstration - Understanding the Thought Process

10:24

2. Functions - Little Factories

10:21

3. Coding User-Defined Functions

04:39

4. When 2 lines cross - Creating a Cross Function

10:24

Relevant Statistics 101!

1. Statistical Significance and Law of Large Numbers - More is better

06:53

2. Minimum Sample Size and Application to Trading

10:55

Validating Your Robot: Backtesting!

1. 4 Main Types of Market Conditions

01:33

2. Checking Trades - Ensuring Accuracy in the Codes

07:10

3. Every Tick Testing Issue - Once Upon a Bar (Part 1)

04:07

4. Every Tick Testing Issue - Once Upon a Bar (Part 2)

06:45

5. Robustness - Staying Effective through Change

03:31

6. Period and Timeframe Robustness

04:28

7. Seasonal Robustness - Repetitive Behavior in the Markets

04:32

8. Instrument Robustness Analysis

04:49

9. Strategic Market Conditions - Building Robots for Specific Market Types

04:39

10. Black Swans - Stress Testing our Robots through Tough Times

04:34

11. Butterfly Effect: Start Point Phenomenon

06:24

12. Pass or Fail? Backtest Performance Analysis

04:33

Programming Basics 4: Arrays And Indicators

1. Math behind Technical Indicators (Part 1)

05:43

2. Math behind Technical Indicators (Part 2)

04:57

3. Arrays - Invisible Tables of Data

04:10

4. Programming Arrays (Part 1)

07:28

5. Programming Arrays (Part 2)

04:34

6. Code Structure of Indicators (Part 1)

02:39

7. Explaining Indicator Code (Part 1)

06:04

8. Explaining Indicator Code (Part 2)

07:26

9. Indicator Coding Practice 1: Replicating an Indicator Manually

04:07

10. Indicator Coding Practice 2: Multiple Buffers

10:07

11. Calling Self-Made Indicators - Using iCustom

03:59

Robot 3: Clarissa - Playing with Time

1. Coding for Seasonal Effects - Managing Date and Time (Part 1)

06:15

2. Coding for Seasonal Effects - Managing Date and Time (Part 2)

08:31

3. Introducing our 3rd Robot: Clarissa

05:31

4. Coding and Testing Clarissa (Part 1)

07:37

5. Coding and Testing Clarissa (Part 2)

10:49

6. Coding and Testing Clarissa (Part 3)

04:18

What A Mess - Managing Trades, Orders and Positions

1. Managing 4 and 5 Digit Brokers

04:31

2. Adjusting for Yen Pairs

06:13

3. Upgrade Time: Introducing Falcon Template 1.0

07:32

4. Managing Orders with Code

06:12

5. Upgrade Time: OrderSend Function Falcon 1.0

07:40

6. 4 More Order Types - Send Pending Orders

07:34

7. Managing Multiple Positions with One Robot

04:01

8. Closing Positions and Orders

06:38

9. Risk Management - Limiting Trades when Things Go South

07:15

10. Handling Errors In Falcon

05:28

Robot 4: Desiree - Turtles

1. Introducing our 4th Robot: Desiree

06:40

2. Coding Our Turtle Indicator - Donchian Channels

10:59

3. Coding and Testing Desiree (Part 1)

02:01

4. Coding and Testing Desiree (Part 2)

08:51

5. Coding and Testing Desiree (Part 3)

10:43

6. Coding and Testing Desiree (Part 4)

03:46

Design Theories - Improving Robots By Manipulating Time, Entries and Exits

1. Modelling Transaction Costs: Commissions, Spreads and Slippages

08:56

2. Why We Dislike Lower Timeframes

09:29

3. Understanding Stop Loss - Prudence and Noise Buffer

05:09

4. Adaptive Components in Strategies

08:14

5. Which should I use - Stops vs Trailing Stops

05:28

6. Which is more Important - Entries vs Exits

09:08

7. Asymmetrical Rules - Long Short Bias

11:20

Add A Twist To Your Orders - Advanced Order Management

1. Don't Get Targeted - Hidden Stop and Take Profit (Part 1)

06:46

2. Don't Get Targeted - Hidden Stop and Take Profit (Part 2)

05:44

3. Coding Hidden Stop and Take Profit (Part 1)

09:09

4. Coding Hidden Stop and Take Profit (Part 2)

09:47

5. Coding Hidden Stop and Take Profit (Part 3)

05:53

6. Coding Trailing Stops

09:49

7. Coding Hidden Trailing Stops (Part 1)

09:15

8. Coding Hidden Trailing Stops (Part 2)

08:26

9. Coding Volatility Trailing Stops (Part 1)

09:05

10. Coding Volatility Trailing Stops (Part 2)

05:40

11. Coding Hidden Volatility Trailing Stops

08:05

12. Manage Uncertainty - Limiting Trades When Volatility Spikes

04:23

Robot 5: Desiree 2.0

1. Coding Desiree 2.0

10:39

Buff Up Your Robot Responsibly - Optimisation Without Curve Fitting

1. Introduction to Optimisation

04:00

2. Optimisation in MT4 (Part 1)

09:18

3. Optimisation in MT4 (Part 2)

07:01

4. Past Doesn't Predict Future - Understanding Curve Fitting

09:32

5. Limitations in MT4's Optimisation

06:44

6. Too Much Freedom is Bad - Understanding Degrees of Freedom

11:59

7. In and Out-of-Sample Data - Training and Testing

07:10

8. Optimisation Evaluation - Parameter Space Analysis (Part 1)

09:53

9. Optimisation Evaluation - Parameter Space Analysis (Part 2)

08:53

10. Independent Variables Optimisation - Breaking the Process Apart (Part 1)

08:41

11. Independent Variables Optimisation - Breaking the Process Apart (Part 2)

07:24