1. GUI-Robots
as Trading Technology Trend
Mr. Igor Suzdaltsev, Deputy CEO
Kalita-Finance, Moscow, Russia
EXTENT Conference
Kostroma, 13 April 2012
EXTENT Conference: Trading Technology
Trends & Quality Assurance
2. Basic Definitions
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Graphical User Interface (GUI) is the type of user interface that
allows users to interact with electronic devices with images
rather than text commands.
Strategy builder is the tool for creation and testing of trading
strategies.
GUI-Robot is the algorithmic trading tool that
1) is based on electronic trading platform’s GUI,
2) has built-in charts,
3) doesn’t require programming skills.
Algorithmic trading is the use of electronic platforms for
entering trading orders with an algorithm and without human
intervention.
3. Strategy Builder and GUI-Robot
3
Two tools for
manual GUI of
electronic trading
platforms are
popular today:
Strategy builder
and GUI-Robot.
Let’s review and
compare these GUI
tools.
4. MT5 with Strategy Builder
4
MT5 offers to
clients the strategy
builder MetaEditor
that requires
programming skills.
6. Strategy Builder vs. GUI-Robot
6
Comparing
parameters
MT5
MetaEditor
by MetaQuotes
iTrader8
Robot iTrader
by Kalita-Finance
1. Trading robot
No Yes
2. Programming skills
requirement to create
the trading strategy
Yes No
3. Usability by FX, MM,
equity & derivative
traders
5% 100%
7. Conclusion
7
GUI-Robot that doesn’t require programming
skills is the most promising business idea and
major trading technology trend in financial
markets these days.
We have reasons to believe that by the year
2015 the majority of brokers and single-
dealer electronic trading platforms will
employ the GUI-Robot concept.
8. More Information
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Web: http://gui-robot.com, http://kalita-finance.ru
Per request:
Igor Suzdaltsev, Deputy CEO, Kalita-Finance
14 - Malenkovskaya Street, Bld 3, Office 3
Moscow 107113 Russian Federation
Phone: +7 495 788 7706
Email: suzdaltsev_in@kalita-finance.ru
Following: the live demonstration of Robot iTrader
