Algorithmic futures trading - Investing with no experience

Name: Algorithmic futures trading - Investing with no experience
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Algo Trading Course - Learn how and where to choose a trading strategy and build an investment portfolio!

Created byViktor Neustroev

Last updated 11/2016

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What you'll learn

Choose a perfect automated trading strategy
Build a portfolio consisting of trading algorithms
Learn what criteria a trading algorithm should match
Learn when to exclude a strategy from portfolio
Learn advantages of using trading algorithms
Learn where to find automated trading strategies
Understand why it’s better to trust an algorithm than a human
Learn what markets to trade using trading algorithms

Course content

5 sections • 19 lectures • 1h 37m total length

What this course is about2:21
This course introduces beginners to algorithmic futures trading, showing how to evaluate trading algorithms, diversify across multiple strategies, and craft a profitable portfolio without programming or market expertise.
What do you need to start this course2:50
Learn to start algorithmic futures trading with no experience using Excel and a drive for passive income. The course shows how to set up demo accounts and choose automated strategies.
Live Results3:37
demonstrates live results of a virtual futures portfolio with excel statistics, risk-based strategy selection, exclusions of underperformers, and about $23,545 profit on under $65,000 capital.
Performance Update (November'15)4:17
Review my futures trading portfolio's performance in November'15, detailing profits, losses, and strategy adjustments amid market volatility and trend shifts.
Performance Update (January'16)5:25
Update your understanding of algorithmic futures trading as the course demonstrates a portfolio update, diverse strategies, and monthly profit and drawdown analysis.
Performance update (June'16)6:20
This performance update reviews the algorithmic futures portfolio: January losses, February profits, a system halted due to drawdown, March gains, and diversification with new strategies to manage risk.
Performance Update (October'16)6:07
Review the performance of my trading portfolio from June to September, detailing drawdowns, strategy outcomes, and pivotal changes to improve consistency and profitability.

What are Financial Markets?4:33
Identify how financial markets facilitate price discovery, liquidity, and lower transaction costs while trading futures, options, forex, and securities, and manage risk and leverage.
What is algorithmic trading?3:51
Learn how algorithmic trading uses advanced mathematical models to decide when to initiate and manage trades—without or with limited human intervention—driven largely by technical analysis, backtesting, and rapid execution.
Risks from using trading algorithms5:20
Identify key risks of using trading algorithms, including internet and infrastructure failures, data quality, backtesting vs live data gaps, and potential model limits.
What markets to trade (Futures against Forex)6:39
Compare futures versus forex for algorithmic trading, noting broker behavior, spreads, regulation by CFTC and NFA, segregated funds, backtesting, and volume and depth indicators.

What criteria to use to choose a strategy9:10
Evaluate futures trading strategies using criteria like smoothness of the balance curve, maximum drawdown, profit, and real money track records to build a diversified portfolio with prudent risk.
How to create a portfolio2:00
Build a portfolio by assigning specific weights so each strategy contributes similarly, then compare last year's profit to its drawdown to rank and refine strategies, excluding astrology.
How to exclude a strategy from portfolio3:03
Explain three criteria to exclude a strategy: profitability in the last three months, current drawdown versus max drawdown, and last trade versus maximum loss, with a live example.
Where to invest5:46
Explore automated trading systems and following professional traders' signals, with live accounts and backtesting, while evaluating strategies and avoiding martingale money management.
iSystems in details9:55
Explore how iSystems enables building and running algorithmic trading strategies, including selecting a strategy, subscribing, funding an account, and monitoring performance with metrics like drawdown and profit factor.
What strategy will you choose?

What strategies to use. Creating a portfolio (part 1)8:12
Learn to select algorithmic futures trading strategies using real-money performance, drawdown, profit factor, and trade frequency. Evaluate strategies and build a diversified portfolio suited to current market conditions.
What strategies to use. Creating a portfolio (part 2)7:28
Evaluate various futures trading strategies to build a diversified portfolio, examining drawdown, profit factor, real-money performance, and trade frequency to select robust options.

Requirements

No programming skills required
Just an open mind
Basic Excel

Description

Updated in June'16! Learn how to make 95% of profit in just 14 months!

Learn how to choose automated trading strategies and force them to earn money for you!

In this course I will show you several platforms where you can find a variety of trading robots. But, more importantly, I will give you a list of criteria to choose perfect strategies and teach you how to select them in practice.

I will explain what to take into account when you have to choose between two similar strategies. You will also get a basic knowledge of trading algorithms, their advantages as compared to manual trading, which markets it's better to trade using automated trading strategies.

I believe by the end of this course you will be able to build your own portfolio and make profits.

Take this course now and learn from my 12+ years of experience.

This course is for beginners as well as for advanced traders and algorithm developers! All you need is just your aspiration to learn!

With this course you also get:

unlimited lifetime access at no extra costs
all future additional lectures, live trading examples
never any questions asked full 30 day money-back-in-full guarantee

Do not hesitate to ask me any questions concerning this course or trading financial markets!

Viktor

Who this course is for:

Anyone interested in trading Financial Markets
Professional traders and algorithm developers
Anyone who wants to create a passive income on Financial Markets, but has no time to spare how to trade
Forex, stocks, options and especially futures traders
Those, who want to trade algorithms, but don't know where to start
And finally, anyone who has bad experience in trading

Algorithmic futures trading - Investing with no experience

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Course content

Introduction7 lectures • 31min

What instruments do you prefer to invest?4 lectures • 20min

The external side of the robot5 lectures • 30min

Learn from experience2 lectures • 16min

Bonus Lectures1 lecture • 1min

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