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Algorithmic Trading for Beginners 2026-Build Custom Bots
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211 students
Algorithmic Trading for Beginners 2026-Build Custom Bots
Build Custom Bots Without Coding Experience-MT4-MT5-Ninjatrader-Free Trading Bots Included in the Course
Created byJavier Héctor Comi Paricio
Last updated 3/2026
English
What you'll learn
- Learn to create a trading bot using different types of platforms and tools.
- Learn how to create a workflow.
- Learn how to perform a proper backtesting by analyzing the results.
- Learn the steps to follow to start trading with bots on a real money account.
- Importance of proper risk management.
- Learn the basic concepts of trading to generate ideas for new bots.
- Importance of the robustness of a strategy.
- Importance of always trading first on a demo account
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Course content
11 sections • 52 lectures • 3h 59m total length
Requirements
- No prior knowledge of trading or programming is required; just a PC, an internet connection, patience, and a bit of imagination will be enough.
Description
In this course, updated for 2026, you will learn the basics of building a trading bot from scratch without any programming knowledge, compatible with MT4, MT5, and Tradestation.
In this course, we will cover different platforms and tools that will allow us to learn how to create and configure a trading bot, going through the necessary stages before deciding to trade with real money.
This course includes a free trading bot, where we will teach the applied strategy and how to configure it.
Understand the differences between trading manually and using trading bots.
We will explore the current relevance of algorithmic trading in the markets.
The importance of conducting prior backtesting to understand the bot’s past performance in the market.
How to manage risk effectively.
How to open a demo account with a broker.
How to install an Expert Advisor (bot) on MT4 and MT5.
Is it possible to use only indicators in a trading bot?
Basic theoretical knowledge of trading that will provide ideas for creating your own trading bots.
Categories of different types of technical indicators we can use in bot construction.
Analysis and optimization of different types of strategies.
Difference between a filter and an activator in a trading bot.
Technical analysis VS fundamental analysis.
Is it possible to obtain a funding account with FTMO?
Very important note about this course:
Past results are not a guarantee of future performance.
This content is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, tax, or professional advice.
Who this course is for:
- This course is aimed at individuals who want to get started in the world of trading but don’t have enough time to be trading in front of the charts all day or part of the day.
- Students who want to learn about algorithmic trading from scratch
- For traders who lack experience with automated trading and who often let emotions influence their trading decisions, a bot offers a more objective approach, making trades based solely on predetermined rules and conditions.