The Discovery
Then I discovered algorithmic trading. I became obsessed. I spent years purchasing, testing, and building forex robots — spent thousands of dollars in the process. Forums, private sellers, developer communities, you name it. At my peak I had over 300 bots sitting in folders on my desktop.
And here's what nobody tells you — they work. Just not the way most people think.
The Truth About Robots
Most traders buy one robot, plug it in, and expect it to print money forever. Then the market shifts — institutions change their flow, volatility dries up, a trend-following bot suddenly gets chopped to pieces in a ranging market — and they declare "robots are a scam."
They're not. You just didn't understand the game.
Robots are tools, not employees. The traders winning with automation aren't running one bot — they're running portfolios of them. Different bots for different market conditions. Trend bots, scalpers, range traders, news filters. When one sits out, another performs.
That's the edge institutions have always had. Multiple systems. Diversified execution.