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Careful... If I was making a lot of money via an algorithm; I'd want to keep it secret. Otherwise, once other people knew about my algorithm, they'd try to game the system.


There are a lot of people using the very same algorithms for trading, and still make money.

Using a simple EMA crossover signal with RSI and volume support is quite sufficient to make lots of good trades, one big reason being the fact that a lot of traders actually use the very same indicators, and self-fulfilling the prophecy.

It takes more than just reading a few indicators to consistently trade successfully, but my point is that many 'algorithms' and 'trading systems' only really work when they are well known.


This is mentioned in the question itself.




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