Trading Platforms & Automation terms

Use of coded rules to generate, route or manage trading orders automatically.

Trading where software executes orders based on predefined rules or signals.

Testing a strategy against historical data to estimate past hypothetical performance.

Service that replicates another trader's positions in a follower account.

Algorithmic trading using very fast systems to submit and manage orders.

Delay between sending an order or request and receiving a response.

Popular retail trading platform supporting charts, indicators, scripts and EAs.

Multi-asset trading platform with advanced order types and strategy testing.

Person, system or service providing suggested trade entries and exits.

Model where users follow, discuss or copy other traders' activity.