u/Vegetable_Fun4932 ·
Reddit — r/algotrading
· June 15, 2026 at 12:13
· ⬆ 15 pts
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The post describes a user with a profitable manual futures strategy who seeks advice on automating it, including platform selection, hiring a programmer, protecting intellectual property, and cost estimates.
The author’s thesis is that their strategy is mechanically definable and consistently profitable, and they want to transition to algorithmic execution without prior coding experience.
Quality assessment: This is a personal anecdote/advice request, not a researched analysis or trade thesis — low signal for actionable investment ideas.
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I have been trading a strat manually I developed on a specific futures market over a year now, had 30+ withdrawals with it so I know it works. I have no experience with algo trading and need advice from start to finish, starting if it's possible to automate my strat and also how to do it.
It is very mechanical but it is rather complex.
First step it looks at the daily chart to determine if it can enter on both sides (long or short) or is it looking entries only on one side.
Next it checks if it should be trend following or mean reverting on a different chart.
After that on a different chart again it is looking at swing points (I couldn't replicate this with existing indicators but I think it can be described well enough even with simple math).
Entries are always with limit orders with a fixed emergency stop.
Trade management is needed but only by moving the take profit level by set criteria.
Ideally it would have to be able to check for top of book offer size cross-instrument.
And have a timer when it runs (2 hours only in a day).
My questions are:
What platform should I use?
How do I find a programmer for this?
How do I make sure my strat is not stolen?
How much should I pay for this?