catching the spikes with a trading robot
Every trader knows the frustration: you’re in a winning trade, but your take-profit order closes you out just before a massive, high-momentum "spike" takes the market further in your favor. You captured a small move, but you missed the opportunity to truly maximize the profit. In my years of trading, I’ve found that trying to manually catch these spikes is a recipe for emotional exhaustion. You spend your day glued to the screen, only to blink and miss the move. The Solution: Algorithmic "Spike Catching" I’ve been developing and testing an automated approach—an Expert Advisor (EA)—designed for one specific purpose: to identify and capture high-momentum spikes without interfering with my core, rule-based trading. The Logic: How the Trigger Works The effectiveness of any algorithm lies in its trigger. This robot doesn't trade frequently; it is "dormant" until the market signals a high-probability spike. The Trigger: The algorithm monitors the slope ...