Challenge automated trading using MT4!! Let's get started! EA Life | Episode 6: How to Create an EA [Makoto Kakizawa]
Masanao Kakizawa's Profile
Kakizawa Masanobu. Since 2009, he has been developing automated FX trading systems, providing numerous systems such as EasySniper and MultiAgent to brokerages and users. At Invast Securities' automated trading service "SILTRADER 24" (Sistore 24), the provided strategy MultiAgent achieved an overwhelming performance and high evaluation in the 2016 Annual Awards. Also, at Himawari Securities' automated trading service "EkoTorē," the provided strategy "Hikae Venus" maintained the No. 1 user count for over a year from 2013 to 2014, with more than 700 users. He currently offers Dream Agent FX, an evolution of MultiAgent.
In this series, we focus on FX automated trading systems, specifically EA (Expert Advisor) that runs on MetaTrader 4 (MT4), and have Masanobu Kakizawa as a professional trader to guide you through the knowledge and know-how needed to operate them. If you are considering using an EA, or if you are already using one, please take it as a reference.
*This article is a reprint and revision of an article from FX Tactics.com, November 2018 issue. Please note that the market information described in the text may differ from current market conditions.
Programming may sound difficult, but…
Hello everyone. Until now, we mainly examined from the perspective of EA users, detailing how to use, choose, and combine EAs. In this sixth installment, we will change the perspective completely and talk about "how to create an EA."
Even if you have substantial experience in automating trades with EA, not many people may know how to actually create one. Since EA is an automated trading system, it is built through "programming," but this programming task itself may feel intimidating to many. Despite the accessible environment that makes creating an EA easy for anyone who wants to try, it is often perceived as challenging.
In reality, at the school where I serve as an instructor, many people gather for lectures on EA operation, and everyone seems happy listening, but as soon as it becomes an EA creation lecture, attendance drops, and even those who do attend look puzzled. Today, I would like to give you a concise overview of the task of "creating an EA" to pique your interest.
