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<\/span>Trading Talk with Eman · Ep. 30<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Expert advisors and trading bots are useful, but they show their limits fast when something unexpected hits the market. Look at the conflict in the Middle East. A bot cannot trade those political and economic shocks because they were never in the plan.<\/p>\n

That is why human intervention still matters, even when you run a bot. In short, a bot can execute, but you still confirm and double check what it analyses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Most reliable firms ban HFT bots<\/div>\n

High frequency trading bots are prohibited across most reliable prop firms, and the firms that do accept them are usually not reliable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Why firms reject them<\/div>\n

The textbook reason is that these rapid bots take advantage of inefficiencies in the market, which many liquidity providers will not accept.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Human intervention stays essential<\/div>\n

A bot that helps your own strategy may be allowed, but it still needs you to confirm and double check the analysis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Unexpected events are not programmable<\/div>\n

A bot cannot read whether Iran was attacked, where, and how badly, and that detail is what actually moves oil up or down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Systems keep changing<\/div>\n

The way price moves changes all the time, so a bot that works today can hit massive drawdowns once the market shifts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Use AI as an assistant<\/div>\n

Let AI summarise the news or outline patterns, then you do the full analysis and make the decision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Why prop firms prohibit trading bots<\/h3>\n
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Most prop firms prohibit high frequency trading, which is basically the very rapid bots. Some brokers reject them outright.<\/p>\n

The main reason is that these bots take advantage of inefficiencies in the market, and a lot of liquidity providers do not accept that. It goes deeper than the firm itself.<\/p>\n

However, a bot that requires human intervention, or one you built yourself around your own strategy, may be accepted. That just comes down to you double checking with the specific firm you are interested in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Most reliable firms do not accept high frequency trading bots.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Bots cannot trade what they cannot see<\/h3>\n
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Take the attack on Iran. Yes, it was attacked, but where and how? That detail decides whether oil goes up or down, and an AI at the moment would not pick it up.<\/p>\n

Same during COVID, when oil prices dropped below zero. That made sense given real events with ports and ships, but a bot cannot see that with its eyes. It has to be inputted by a human.<\/p>\n

So a binary answer like attack or no attack is not enough information. The bot needs a human to assess the degree of what happened.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Bots break because the market keeps changing<\/h3>\n
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The way price moves changes all the time. You see bots with a balance climbing steadily and then suddenly a massive drawdown appears.<\/p>\n

It is the same problem as back testing. A strategy can work perfectly on back testing and then fail in real trading, because it is always a new system you have to adapt to.<\/p>\n

In practice, bots are not very good at adapting. That is why blindly trusting one is risky.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Use AI as an assistant, not a decision maker<\/h3>\n
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The best way to use AI to your advantage is as a tool and an assistant, not as the one making decisions. Think of how writers use conversational AI. It helps, but it still needs a human to double check.<\/p>\n

As an assistant, AI can analyse the news and give you an overview instead of you checking different channels. It can also help with technical analysis by outlining important areas and patterns.<\/p>\n

Then you do the full analysis yourself. Overall, you confirm the signal at the end, and that keeps your win rate up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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