Autotrading: An Expert or Novice Pursuit?

Monday, 02/02/2015 | 00:01 GMT by Leon Yohai
  • The nature of autotrading is suitable for both categories of traders.
Autotrading: An Expert or Novice Pursuit?

The nature of autotrading is suitable for both categories of traders. Sophisticated traders and field-beginners benefit from the same service, fulfilling their gap for either lack of time or knowledge to trade manually. To elaborate, autotrading is a perfect starting point for novices that want to invest in the financial markets but lack the knowledge and expertise to do so themselves.

Autotraders do not pick trades as manual traders do, but strategies whose performance and trading pattern matches their risk profile and appetite. This way, it is possible to start trading efficiently without having to first master the complicated markets. Instead, you simply follow other talented traders that have done this already and exhibit good track records.

Autotrading is also a great alternative solution for experts that simply do not have the time to follow market developments. The service allows you to day-trade without having to spend immense amounts of time in front of a platform. As many individuals lack the time necessary to follow fast-paced financial developments, autotrading becomes a great alternative to those traders who can simply select their preferred strategies and Risk Management settings instead.

Autotrading platforms nowadays provide an extensive range of customization settings that can adequately meet the requirements of the most experienced traders.

The nature of autotrading is suitable for both categories of traders. Sophisticated traders and field-beginners benefit from the same service, fulfilling their gap for either lack of time or knowledge to trade manually. To elaborate, autotrading is a perfect starting point for novices that want to invest in the financial markets but lack the knowledge and expertise to do so themselves.

Autotraders do not pick trades as manual traders do, but strategies whose performance and trading pattern matches their risk profile and appetite. This way, it is possible to start trading efficiently without having to first master the complicated markets. Instead, you simply follow other talented traders that have done this already and exhibit good track records.

Autotrading is also a great alternative solution for experts that simply do not have the time to follow market developments. The service allows you to day-trade without having to spend immense amounts of time in front of a platform. As many individuals lack the time necessary to follow fast-paced financial developments, autotrading becomes a great alternative to those traders who can simply select their preferred strategies and Risk Management settings instead.

Autotrading platforms nowadays provide an extensive range of customization settings that can adequately meet the requirements of the most experienced traders.

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Leon Yohai was born in Athens, Greece in 1974, and began his entrepreneurial career when he founded fleamarket.gr, Greece's first and largest e-auction website in 1999. In 2001 he founded InternetQ SA, the company that introduced premium text messaging billing in Greece. Later, Leon came to the United States to launch Qmobile, a mobile entertainment startup that quickly gained 25% of market share in the first 3 months of its operation in the US. Leon has been trading futures for his own account, in equities and money markets since 2000, and recognized a need for a service for individual traders, who have busy schedules and cannot follow the rapidly changing markets, yet need total control of their funds – the rationale behind the company he founded, ZuluTrade. Leon Yohai was born in Athens, Greece in 1974, and began his entrepreneurial career when he founded fleamarket.gr, Greece's first and largest e-auction website in 1999. In 2001 he founded InternetQ SA, the company that introduced premium text messaging billing in Greece. Later, Leon came to the United States to launch Qmobile, a mobile entertainment startup that quickly gained 25% of market share in the first 3 months of its operation in the US. Leon has been trading futures for his own account, in equities and money markets since 2000, and recognized a need for a service for individual traders, who have busy schedules and cannot follow the rapidly changing markets, yet need total control of their funds – the rationale behind the company he founded, ZuluTrade.

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