
I have never traded a forex strategy live using any advanced automated methods. At the most, I've placed a limit order. Most, if not all of my experience has been with expert advisors in Metatrader. I realize more than ever that if I could automate my strategies, this may take me to the next level of trading and keep me more involved in the market.
At this point, I need the motivation. The subject of automated trading has always interested me but my issue has always been with trusting a broker and the platform with a live account using an expert advisor.
If you've used Metatrader, have you found success with any particular brokers? I know there are other automated trading software available that mostly allow trading via an FXCM API but are they any good? I know Oanda also has an API but it costs about $600/mo. If you could, please send any experiences you have to my email address at rich@forexproject.com