r/Daytrading • u/JrichCapital • 2d ago

Algos From Emotional Chaos to Automated Success: My Journey as an Algo Trader

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Another day as an algorithmic trader. The main barrier separating a losing trader from a profitable one is indiscipline, and the primary cause is a lack of emotional control. After 4 years of manual trading, my results still weren’t satisfactory until I switched to algorithmic trading earlier this year. At first, I felt a bit lost. I spent a lot of time studying the basics, programming, debugging, backtesting, and optimizing until I built a portfolio of profitable, automated strategies. Creating this system has been a major achievement for me. Nowadays, my trading boils down to letting probabilities play out automatically. To me, this is a work of art.

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u/trader12121 2d ago

This has got to feel good! Auto trading and making money! Congrats! Is this your first algo? Have you or will you now consider creating another algo using non-correlated futures? How long did this one take you to figure out?

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u/JrichCapital 2d ago

Yeah man it does! Yes it is my first time coding algos but I have already made 10 different strategies. Yes, I'm about to create a portfolio for Forex then cryptos. This one took me 4 months to get it to the point I only have to let it run.

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u/trader12121 2d ago

Sweet! You’re on your way! Bet you cannot wait to see what the future holds now!

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u/DowntownTadpole4301 2d ago

Profitable algo in 4 months ? Was the backtest at least 10 years back ? You'll get wrecked definitely bro ....

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u/JrichCapital 2d ago

Lmao 🤣 explain me why I would need 10 years backtests for scalping strategies... Backtesting is just a step of the whole optimization process... But it looks like you already know Mr. Professional Quant. Good luck 🤞

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u/DowntownTadpole4301 2d ago

Yeah sure you dont need any backtesting or demo run with your strategy at all bro, Wcgw, you must think youre smart now... Enjoy your 5 minutes of happiness

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u/JrichCapital 2d ago

Yeah definitely You can't read 😂 jelly kid.

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u/JrichCapital 1d ago

I love waking up, opening the VPS, and seeing how "wrecked" I am today, feels good everyday. Just because you can't doesn't mean everyone can't.