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The S&P 500 index has gotten off to a hot start in 2019, so I decided to dive in and see just how hot the stock market has been on a historical basis. And what it may mean. On a closing basis, I calculated the rolling drawdown (peak to trough) and the return for each year through the first week in April starting since 1960. BuildAlpha : Using a profit to drawdown ratio of those two values, 2019 ranks as the fourth-best year since 1960. Here is a quick list of the top years and conversely a snapshot of the bottom years 1995 +8.19 1964 +7.71 1961 +6.77 2019 +6.15 1967 +5.08 1977 – (0.95) 1992 – (0.87) 1973 – (0.84) 1962 – (0.69) 1974 – (0.63) Of course, we cannot capture the bullish strength through the first week of April at this point. So how did the top years do from April onward? Across the top of the chart you can see the year, the percentage return from the first week of April until year-end, the peak to trough drawdown from the first week of...

Many years ago the hurdle to entry for a trader or trading association looking to begin an investment fund based on a completely automatic or algorithmic system was extremely high. Access to the data was restricted, the information could not be conveyed as rapidly and processing time was slower. Thanks to continual improvements in technology this is no longer the case. Today, technology has changed everything for the better in trading as well. Traders these days utilize automated trading software like  Build Alpha  to obtain more benefits in less time and without programming needed. Using automated trading software, traders can run multi-account trading fund out of the basement of their home! Large investment funds do not need to hire expensive programmers or IT departments. There are a lot of benefits of automated trading. Let’s have a look: Trade while you sleep: This advantage does not unavoidably plea to the FX junkies who remain stuck to their computer ...

Wouldn’t it be good to have a robot trade on your behalf so you could focus on other things like research, monitoring or even enjoying a nice day outside? It’s a dream of many to find the perfect computerized trading system for automated trading that only requires modest input from the trader themselves. Whilst there are lots of automated trading softwares available these days, none quite compare to BuildAlpha . There are some questions which need answers like what is an automated trading system? How can you automate your trading strategies and of course how can we increase our trading profits while decreasing our risk? Is automated trading software safe? Is it easy to use? This article will answer these questions and much more. What is an automated trading system? Automated trading systems permit traders to set specific inputs they may find useful for both trade entries and trade exits. Then a computer can automatically execute these inputs whenever they ...