Automated Trading Systems

Automated trading systems are computer programs designed by expert developers to follow a given market algorithm, every minute of the day. You should consider automation if you want to participate in the futures market but lack the time to monitor, formulate and implement your own trading plan. Automated Systems are programmed to look for trends, analyze market data and apply specific mathematical / technical formulas which in turn generates signals - buy and sell orders - to go long or short. The performance - whether hypothetical or live- is tracked in real-time and you can subscribe, activate and deactivate any system at any time.

Select A System And Have The Trades Placed Automatically In Your Optimus Futures Account.

  • STEP 1 Subscribe to a System
  • STEP 2 Open and Fund your Optimus Futures Account
  • STEP 3 Sit back and monitor the results while we auto-execute your selected system.
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After you select an automated system(s) that meets your trading objectives, the next step is to open a trading account. Once your account is funded, Optimus will auto-execute your selected strategy for you while you simply monitor the results.

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Help Me Pick A Strategy

If you need help or some guidance in determining the right strategy, please contact us using the form to the right and one of our licensed brokers will help you choose an automated trading system that best fits your specific needs. We will consider your overall investment objectives, your risk tolerance, your trading time horizon, and the amount of risk capital you can invest.

Why choose Automated Trading Systems over Self Directed Trading?

To be a successful futures trader, you have to understand different market trends, know all the factors that affect the markets, and follow both long term and short term price shifts caused by technical factors and fundamental news. This is not an easy task. While some traders choose to dedicate their lives to studying these different approaches to market cycles and price movements, some choose to participate in the futures market by letting an automated futures trading strategy make the trading decisions for them. Automation enforces discipline, where every trade, regardless of consecutive losing and / or winning streaks, will continue to trade a pre-defined methodology, bypassing the emotional capital that accompanies self-directed accounts.

What are the benefits of systems trading?

  • SAVE TIME: When your trades are automatically executed, you don't have to spend any more time studying charts, formulating trading strategies, and placing orders. You should consider automation if you lack the time for discretionary trading but would like to take advantage of another traders proven methodology. You can still get the benefits of diversifying your portfolio with futures, and have more time attending to the other priorities in your life.
  • ELIMINATE STRESS: When you are making your own trading decisions, it is easy to be swayed by fear, greed and other emotional biases that may cloud your judgment. With an automated trading system, you will be taking a disciplined, unemotional and systematic approach to trading. A system trades only when its method tells it to and it does not change the number of contracts as it trades (beyond your set parameters). Therefore, the emotional side of trading does not affect your decision-making.
  • SAVE MONEY: When following a trading system, you don't have to subscribe to a costly market quote or data feed, or have a robust computer to handle trading software. In addition, our fees are very reasonable, and can be deducted from your account.
  • PERFORMANCE: Trading systems can help you meet your investment objectives since all of your decisions are based on formulas developed by an experienced trader. Automated trading systems are algorithmic, and behave according to the formulas and input programmed into them. They are developed by testing against historical data. Systems are designed to exploit price inefficiencies in the market and take advantage as soon as one has been detected. The “making money” part is a result of the system’s ability to predict the price action in the right direction.

Want to automate your own method?

We can help you design a system based on your methodology, risk parameters and risk capital. We work with a number of programmers with expertise in Genesis Trade Navigator, TradeStation, and Traders Studio. We can also design strategies in C++, C #, Multicharts and other programming languages. We have access to expert trading developers and programmers who can turn your ideas into automated trading methods. Or if you are system vendor looking for system execution for your clients, you can use us for proper execution and superior customer service. You can allow Optimus to execute all of the trades recommended to you by your trading system. All you have to do is sit back and watch your system work for you! This is an easy solution that takes the burden out of executing your own trades. If you need to speak with someone who can help you make this choice, call us toll-free at 1.800.771.6748.

Still have questions? Lets talk.

Please feel free to contact us using the form to the right or call us at (800) 771-6748.

HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, SINCE THE TRANSACTIONS HAVE NOT ACTUALLY BEEN EXECUTED, THE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER-OR-OVER COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED TRADING PROGRAMS, IN GENERAL, ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN.