Desire To Trade Podcast | Forex Trading & Interviews with Highly Successful Traders 193: 5 ALGORITHMIC TRADING Lessons (learned the hard way)! - Alejandro Perez
In episode 193 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I am sitting down with Alejandro, a hybrid swing and day trader that became a collaborator at Desire To Trade Academy. Today we discuss 5 trading lessons related to algorithmic trading that we learned the hard way.
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Topics Covered In This Episode-
Who is Alejandro Pérez and has been his trading path 00:54
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Alejandro's development as an algo trader 03:38
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How to handle drawdowns when implementing an algo strategy 07:51
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Have alerts at the extremes of "normal" risk limits 10:18
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When to know your strategy stops working 12:52
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Thinking of algos strategies stats like "investment" profiles 16:18
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Turning your algos during economic events/ news 17:44
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The importance of always keep running your algos in demo even when they are already live 20:20
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How often you go back and test potential improvements to your algos 22:17
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What platform Alex uses to program his algos 25:22
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How to know that you are ready to advance to the next step with your algo strategy development 28:02
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The importance of keep working in your development process 34:55
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Having different strategies to work on different market conditions 36:12
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and much more
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