Does automated Bitcoin or other crypto currency trading bot can make some good benefits ? Is it good to use it ? What is the best bot ?
Hello Shogunisback.
I am new here and I have some years of manually day trading several different markets. I am new to bitcoin trading.
About 7 months ago, I made the decision to move from manually trading to automated trading for the follow reasons:
Pros1. I always doubted the manual trading method I was using even though I manually back test it for about 200 trades
2. Time: Working a part time to full time job, it's tough taking trades and watching the charts.
3. Programming and backtesting a strategy lets me see what the odds of that bot being successful in the future. It just make sense to me why risk money in the future on something that made less profits in the past.
4. I can test any trading method I choose. No longer do I have buy a trading system and HOPE it works. Program it and click back test.
5. Reduces stress. manually taking trades all day, every day can become stressful if you not careful.
6. My odds of winning is increased because I tested the strategy.
Cons1. Trusting the backtesting simulation and the historical data is the upmost important thing with bot development. garbage in, and garbage out. you will be tested and optimizing alot, if the historical is not trustworthy, then the profit and drawdown will lie to you. Test test test test that your back test is not lying.
2. Slippage. Tradig BTC/USD manually, i notice the spread is just outrageous. You lose money when first enter trade. So slippage needs to be 20pts in the back test simulation.
3. You have no control, once you click Start, that's it. let it run til drawdown is hit.
I agree with everyone else, I would not buy someone else bot. If it works so good, they would not be selling it to me. better yet, give me the trading method and let me test myself first.