But automated trading has disadvantages:

• Cannot incorporate trader’s market intuition that cannot be reduced to rules
• Cannot incorporate some visual patterns which the human eye can readily see, but the computer cannot “see”
• A new broker and trading environment may be required, as most brokers do not offer sophisticated automated trading.
• Special expertise is often required to automate a trading system.
• Significant time and effort may be required of the trader to test and tweak the automated trading system.

Emerald Trading Technologies can help with the entire “life cycle” of automating a trading system.