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Writing entry and exit rules you can actually explain
A rule is only useful if it is unambiguous. How to phrase entries and exits so automation — and your future self — reads them the same way.
Tutorial · 7 min read
Read article →Entry rules
MA (50) crosses above MA (200)
AND
Price ch is above average
THEN
Buy
Backtest result (2020–2024)
+18.2% sample outcome
Worked example. Not a performance claim.
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Explore the basics →Tutorial · 5 min read
Choosing instruments: what your strategy actually trades
Crypto pairs, ETFs, equities or a mix — how to pick the instruments your automated strategy should operate on, and what changes when you do.
Read article →Tutorial · 6 min read
Market conditions: teaching a strategy when to stay out
Trend, range, volatility regime. How to describe the market states in which your rules are allowed to act — and when they should stand aside.
Read article →Tutorial · 7 min read
Writing entry and exit rules you can actually explain
A rule is only useful if it is unambiguous. How to phrase entries and exits so automation — and your future self — reads them the same way.
Read article →Tutorial · 5 min read
Risk limits: the numbers that decide whether you survive
Per-trade risk, daily loss caps and total exposure. The three limits every automated strategy should carry before it goes live.
Read article →Tutorial · 6 min read
Position sizing: turning a risk limit into an order size
Fixed fractional, volatility-adjusted and fixed-notional sizing — what each does to your equity curve and when to use them.
Read article →Tutorial · 6 min read
Stop-loss and take-profit: where to place them, and why
Fixed, trailing and structure-based exits. How to set protective levels that reflect the market rather than round numbers.
Read article →Safeguards · 5 min read
Fear & Greed protection: removing emotion from execution
Why most investing damage is behavioural, and how rules-based execution keeps panic selling and euphoric buying out of your portfolio.
Read article →Safeguards · 5 min read
Crash protection: what happens when the market gaps
Sharp, fast drawdowns behave differently from ordinary volatility. How to define rules that de-risk before a decline becomes a disaster.
Read article →Safeguards · 5 min read
Volatility suppression: sizing down when the market gets loud
Volatility changes the real risk of an unchanged position size. How volatility-aware rules keep your exposure steady in risk terms.
Read article →Safeguards · 5 min read
Loss controls: circuit breakers for your strategy
Daily, weekly and drawdown-based stops that pause a strategy before a bad run becomes an unrecoverable one.
Read article →Guide · 4 min read
No-code investing automation: build strategies without writing a line
How My Metric Trade's visual builder turns plain-language investing ideas into automated strategies — no programming required.
Read article →Guide · 4 min read
Guided strategy building: from investing idea to automated rule
How My Metric Trade guides you through building your first automated strategy, step by step.
Read article →Guide · 5 min read
Automated investing: what it means and how to start
Automated investing removes the execution step from your investing process. Here is what that looks like in practice.
Read article →Guide · 5 min read
Multi-broker strategies: one automation layer, many accounts
How to run the same strategy across multiple brokers and what to consider when you do.
Read article →Guide · 6 min read
Advanced trading strategies: layering rules for better outcomes
How to build more sophisticated rule sets using condition stacking, multiple timeframes and dynamic sizing.
Read article →Guide · 5 min read
Risk controls: the guardrails every automated strategy needs
How to set per-trade, per-session and portfolio-level risk limits that protect your capital from a bad run.
Read article →Guide · 5 min read
Rules-based investing: why discipline beats discretion over time
The case for systematic, rule-based decision-making — and how to build rules that hold up under pressure.
Read article →Guide · 4 min read
The visual strategy builder: from idea to automation in minutes
A walkthrough of My Metric Trade's visual rule builder — what each step does and how to get the most from it.
Read article →Guide · 5 min read
Explainable AI in investing: understanding what your automation is doing
How My Metric Trade's AI Copilot turns natural language ideas into transparent, human-readable strategies — and why explainability matters.
Read article →Guide · 4 min read
Human-approved automation: why your sign-off matters
Why My Metric Trade requires explicit approval before any strategy runs — and how that single step changes the relationship between investor and automation.
Read article →Business · 5 min read
White-label investing automation: your brand, our infrastructure
How financial platforms and brokers can deploy automated investing under their own brand using My Metric Trade's infrastructure.
Read article →Business · 5 min read
API integration: adding automation to your existing platform
How to connect My Metric Trade's automation engine to your existing product via API — without a full rebuild.
Read article →Guide · 5 min read
Systematic investing: the case for process over prediction
Why a consistent, rules-based process outperforms prediction-based approaches over time — and how to build one.
Read article →Guide · 4 min read
Multi-position strategies: running several trades simultaneously
How to manage multiple open positions without letting one dominate your portfolio — and why automation makes this practical.
Read article →Guide · 4 min read
Automated execution: what happens when your rule triggers
From condition trigger to order confirmation — how My Metric Trade executes your strategy and what you can see in the activity log.
Read article →Guide · 4 min read
Clear explanations: why every strategy decision should be readable
How plain-language explanations build trust in automated investing — and why My Metric Trade makes transparency a core feature, not an afterthought.
Read article →Guide · 9 min read
Algorithmic trading for everyday investors
Algorithmic trading without a line of code. Build rules visually, validate them in paper trading, and let My Metric Trade execute 24/7 at your broker.
Read article →Guide · 8 min read
Invest without emotional decisions
Fear sells at the bottom. Greed buys at the top. DALBAR QAIB (2025) puts the behavioural gap at −848 bps per year. Here is how to close it.
Read article →Guide · 7 min read
Looking for a trading bot? There's a more transparent way.
Most trading bots are black boxes: you never see the logic, and you approve nothing. Here is what a transparent alternative looks like.
Read article →Guide · 7 min read
3Commas EU alternative: what to use after the July 2026 exit
3Commas.eu closed on July 1, 2026, with no migration of bots, strategies or settings. Here is what EU investors should know — and what a MiCA-aligned alternative looks like.
Read article →Guide · 6 min read
My Metric Trade vs 3Commas: a direct comparison for EU investors
3Commas exited the EU on July 1, 2026. Here is a direct comparison of what the two platforms offered — and what EU investors should consider when choosing an alternative.
Read article →Guide · 6 min read
EU crypto trading bots after MiCA: what is still legal and what to avoid
After July 1, 2026, automated trading tools serving EU investors without a MiCA licence are operating outside EU law. Here is what changed, what it means, and how to stay on the right side of regulation.
Read article →Paper Trading
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+12.34%
Illustrative sample figures.
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