The ArcisTrade Blog

Straight answers about automated trading.

Written for people who are not traders and never want to be. Almost everything you will read on this subject is written by someone with something to sell — so here are the questions people actually ask us, answered plainly, including the ones where the honest answer is don't.

How to Build an Automated Trading System That Lasts

How to Build an Automated Trading System That Lasts

Most trading bots start with an entry and hope the market keeps behaving the same way. Robust automated systems are built differently: measure behaviour, form a hypothesis, test it, define risk, validate it and automate only when the evidence survives.

Will Simpson · 31 Aug 2026
How Many Losing Trades In A Row Is Normal?

How Many Losing Trades In A Row Is Normal?

Quick question. You’ve spent months testing a strategy. Hundreds of trades. The maths looks good. Then Monday happens. Loss. Another loss. Then another. By loss number four, your b…

Will Simpson · 27 Aug 2026
How To Build A Trading System That Gold Doesn't Destroy

How To Build A Trading System That Gold Doesn't Destroy

A trading system can win 91% of its trades and still be completely misunderstood. Here’s why professional trading system development starts with the behaviour of the asset — not indicators — using gold, risk, probability and a live tracked account as the example.

Will Simpson · 25 Aug 2026

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