Building Trading Robot Using Black Algo Video Course

Curriculum For This Course

• 1. Here's What You Are In For! 6 Videos 00:27:49
  • What are Trading Robots? (And why should I build them?) (Part 1) 05:51
  • What are Trading Robots? (And why should I build them?) (Part 2) 05:02
  • Downloading Our Software (MT4) 04:02
  • Introduction to MT4 04:14
  • Structure of a Trading Robot (Part 1) 03:46
  • Structure of a Trading Robot (Part 2) 04:36
• 2. Programming Basics: Variables And Conditions 6 Videos 00:31:17
  • Syntax - The ABCs of Coding (Part 1) 04:17
  • Syntax - The ABCs of Coding (Part 2) 03:33
  • Variables - The basic building blocks! 05:38
  • Expressions and Operations (Plus, Minus, Multiplication and Division) 07:09
  • Conditional - If this then that (Part 1) 04:49
  • Conditional - If this then that (Part 2) 05:51
• 3. Robot 1: Adeline - Our First Robot! 5 Videos 00:30:35
  • Theory behind Robot Adeline 04:29
  • Coding Adeline (Part 1) 08:12
  • Coding Adeline (Part 2) 07:40
  • Dry Run! - Our Robot Testing System (Part 1) 04:32
  • Dry Run! - Our Robot Testing System (Part 2) 05:35
• 4. Uncommon Common Sense: Design Effective And Logical Robots 4 Videos 00:22:40
  • Trading Robot Development Guide - Everything You Need To Succeed (Part 1) 05:09
  • Trading Robot Development Guide - Everything You Need To Succeed (Part 2) 04:45
  • Trading Robot Development Guide - Everything You Need To Succeed (Part 3) 06:03
  • Calculating Long Term Expected Payout of a Robot 06:40
• 5. Garbage In, Garbage Out. Understanding Data 4 Videos 00:26:19
  • Data Sources and Storage 05:57
  • Cleaning Data (Part 1) 06:44
  • Cleaning Data (Part 2) 07:23
  • Cleaning Data (Part 3) 06:15
• 6. Programming Basics 2: Loops 2 Videos 00:10:07
  • Loops - Running a piece of code many times (Part 1) 07:22
  • Loops - Running a piece of code many times (Part 2) 02:45
• 7. Robot 2: Belinda - Utilising Volatility! 2 Videos 00:10:35
  • Introducing our 2nd Robot: Belinda 04:27
  • Coding and Testing Belinda 06:08
• 8. To Buy Big Or Small? Position Sizing And Money Management 2 Videos 00:14:27
  • Coin Flip Game - Understand Bet Sizing by Flipping Coins 07:10
  • Theory behind Bet Sizing (aka Position Sizing/Money Management) 07:17
• 9. Robot 2A: Belinda 2.0 (No Gambler's Ruin for Me!) 2 Videos 00:06:30
  • Coding our Sizing Algorithm! 02:59
  • Upgrade time! - Adding Sizing Algos to Belinda 03:32
• 10. Where To Start? Idea Generation and Expectations 4 Videos 00:37:00
  • Expectation of Strategies and Equity Curves (Part 1) 08:13
  • Expectation of Strategies and Equity Curves (Part 2) 10:55
  • Preliminary Research - First step to building Robots (Part 1) 08:59
  • Preliminary Research - First step to building Robots (Part 2) 08:53
• 11. Programming Basics 3: Functions, Time And Self-Learning 4 Videos 00:36:03
  • Debugging Demonstration - Understanding the Thought Process 10:24
  • Functions - Little Factories 10:21
  • Coding User-Defined Functions 04:39
  • When 2 lines cross - Creating a Cross Function 10:24
• 12. Relevant Statistics 101! 2 Videos 00:17:57
  • Statistical Significance and Law of Large Numbers - More is better 06:53
  • Minimum Sample Size and Application to Trading 10:55
• 13. Validating Your Robot: Backtesting! 12 Videos 00:58:25
  • 4 Main Types of Market Conditions 01:33
  • Checking Trades - Ensuring Accuracy in the Codes 07:10
  • Every Tick Testing Issue - Once Upon a Bar (Part 1) 04:07
  • Every Tick Testing Issue - Once Upon a Bar (Part 2) 06:45
  • Robustness - Staying Effective through Change 03:31
  • Period and Timeframe Robustness 04:28
  • Seasonal Robustness - Repetitive Behavior in the Markets 04:32
  • Instrument Robustness Analysis 04:49
  • Strategic Market Conditions - Building Robots for Specific Market Types 04:39
  • Black Swans - Stress Testing our Robots through Tough Times 04:34
  • Butterfly Effect: Start Point Phenomenon 06:24
  • Pass or Fail? Backtest Performance Analysis 04:33
• 14. Programming Basics 4: Arrays And Indicators 11 Videos 01:01:52
  • Math behind Technical Indicators (Part 1) 05:43
  • Math behind Technical Indicators (Part 2) 04:57
  • Arrays - Invisible Tables of Data 04:10
  • Programming Arrays (Part 1) 07:28
  • Programming Arrays (Part 2) 04:34
  • Code Structure of Indicators (Part 1) 02:39
  • Explaining Indicator Code (Part 1) 06:04
  • Explaining Indicator Code (Part 2) 07:26
  • Indicator Coding Practice 1: Replicating an Indicator Manually 04:07
  • Indicator Coding Practice 2: Multiple Buffers 10:07
  • Calling Self-Made Indicators - Using iCustom 03:59
• 15. Robot 3: Clarissa - Playing with Time 6 Videos 00:43:11
  • Coding for Seasonal Effects - Managing Date and Time (Part 1) 06:15
  • Coding for Seasonal Effects - Managing Date and Time (Part 2) 08:31
  • Introducing our 3rd Robot: Clarissa 05:31
  • Coding and Testing Clarissa (Part 1) 07:37
  • Coding and Testing Clarissa (Part 2) 10:49
  • Coding and Testing Clarissa (Part 3) 04:18
• 16. What A Mess - Managing Trades, Orders and Positions 10 Videos 01:03:32
  • Managing 4 and 5 Digit Brokers 04:31
  • Adjusting for Yen Pairs 06:13
  • Upgrade Time: Introducing Falcon Template 1.0 07:32
  • Managing Orders with Code 06:12
  • Upgrade Time: OrderSend Function Falcon 1.0 07:40
  • 4 More Order Types - Send Pending Orders 07:34
  • Managing Multiple Positions with One Robot 04:01
  • Closing Positions and Orders 06:38
  • Risk Management - Limiting Trades when Things Go South 07:15
  • Handling Errors In Falcon 05:28
• 17. Robot 4: Desiree - Turtles 6 Videos 00:43:12
  • Introducing our 4th Robot: Desiree 06:40
  • Coding Our Turtle Indicator - Donchian Channels 10:59
  • Coding and Testing Desiree (Part 1) 02:01
  • Coding and Testing Desiree (Part 2) 08:51
  • Coding and Testing Desiree (Part 3) 10:43
  • Coding and Testing Desiree (Part 4) 03:46
• 18. Design Theories - Improving Robots By Manipulating Time, Entries and Exits 7 Videos 00:58:01
  • Modelling Transaction Costs: Commissions, Spreads and Slippages 08:56
  • Why We Dislike Lower Timeframes 09:29
  • Understanding Stop Loss - Prudence and Noise Buffer 05:09
  • Adaptive Components in Strategies 08:14
  • Which should I use - Stops vs Trailing Stops 05:28
  • Which is more Important - Entries vs Exits 09:08
  • Asymmetrical Rules - Long Short Bias 11:20
• 19. Add A Twist To Your Orders - Advanced Order Management 12 Videos 01:32:23
  • Don't Get Targeted - Hidden Stop and Take Profit (Part 1) 06:46
  • Don't Get Targeted - Hidden Stop and Take Profit (Part 2) 05:44
  • Coding Hidden Stop and Take Profit (Part 1) 09:09
  • Coding Hidden Stop and Take Profit (Part 2) 09:47
  • Coding Hidden Stop and Take Profit (Part 3) 05:53
  • Coding Trailing Stops 09:49
  • Coding Hidden Trailing Stops (Part 1) 09:15
  • Coding Hidden Trailing Stops (Part 2) 08:26
  • Coding Volatility Trailing Stops (Part 1) 09:05
  • Coding Volatility Trailing Stops (Part 2) 05:40
  • Coding Hidden Volatility Trailing Stops 08:05
  • Manage Uncertainty - Limiting Trades When Volatility Spikes 04:23
• 20. Robot 5: Desiree 2.0 1 Videos 00:10:41
  • Coding Desiree 2.0 10:39
• 21. Buff Up Your Robot Responsibly - Optimisation Without Curve Fitting 11 Videos 01:30:59
  • Introduction to Optimisation 04:00
  • Optimisation in MT4 (Part 1) 09:18
  • Optimisation in MT4 (Part 2) 07:01
  • Past Doesn't Predict Future - Understanding Curve Fitting 09:32
  • Limitations in MT4's Optimisation 06:44
  • Too Much Freedom is Bad - Understanding Degrees of Freedom 11:59
  • In and Out-of-Sample Data - Training and Testing 07:10
  • Optimisation Evaluation - Parameter Space Analysis (Part 1) 09:53
  • Optimisation Evaluation - Parameter Space Analysis (Part 2) 08:53
  • Independent Variables Optimisation - Breaking the Process Apart (Part 1) 08:41
  • Independent Variables Optimisation - Breaking the Process Apart (Part 2) 07:24