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Utilizing Options Trading software to improve your trading success

 Effective options trading software is often the difference between a successful trader and an unsuccessful trader.

Much has been written and continues to be written about the continuing volatile global economic conditions. Most people wake up each morning to discover that some new socio-economic, or geopolitical event has impacted the global financial markets. As a result, there seems to be very little chance even of financial analysts successfully predicting current market trends, or it’s probably more accurate to say that there is no guarantee that what is predicted today will apply tomorrow.

This is partly driven by the current geopolitical instability. We never know what is going to happen in the world tomorrow. For example, according to the Independent news site, we woke up on 20 December 2016  to discover that a Pakistani refugee, who was sheltering amongst Afghani refugees at Tempelhof, Berlin, hijacked and killed a Polish truck driver and then used the truck to ram the Christmas market crowds in Breitscheidplatz, Berlin. He has since been released as there isn’t sufficient evidence to hold him. German officials are now looking for rejected Tunisian asylum seeker in connection with this incident.

Consequently, as all stock and financial market traders know, the greater the socio-economic and geopolitical instability, the more difficult it is for business to prosper or make sustainable protracted business plans.  Moreover, it is difficult to keep track of price movement trends of the assets (i.e., stocks; commodities; currencies) that binary options traders trade on. As a result, more so than ever before, the utilization of efficient, reliable, and dependable software is an essential tool for the guiding binary option traders to greater success.

What is options trading software?

Options trading software is the tool that is responsible for analysing and predicting the movement of the underlying financial assets that options traders primarily trade on. Therefore, the better the software, the more successfully you will trade. This software is made up of complex mathematical algorithms which return large amounts of data on the different financial assets. Other algorithms then take this data, analyse it, and return it either as graphs, charts or signals – signals are messages indicating that a successful trade is about to take place.

Different types of options trading software

There are many different types of trading software and software providers to choose from; thus, it’s important to look for a site that guarantees you 100% legitimacy and expertise. In other words, can you trust the analytical data and signals that the software sends back to you, or your broker’s online trading platform?

Binary options trading software includes both auto-trading or robot-trading software, as well as software that primarily returns trading signals to traders who have signed up for the software. Both types have their own advantages and disadvantages that you should take into account before you decide which software to use and trust.

Here is a detailed explanation of both types of options trading software:

 Signalling software

This software’s purpose is to analyse the market and send signals or messages back to the people who are signed up to use the software. There are a number of ways, including instant messaging, SMS, and email, signalling software can send messages back to its subscribers. These messages provide traders with detailed, expert analysis of the current market trends. Traders can use these signals as a decision-making tool; thus, enabling them to make more and more accurate trades.

Auto-trading or robot-trading software

The second type of options trading software is auto-trading or robot-trading software. It is generally used by people who trade with much higher values than the average investor. In a nutshell, it is able to trade on your behalf; therefore, it has much more control over the total trading process from start to finish than basic signalling software. It is also suitable for serious traders who lead busy lives, as all you need to do is set the parameters, or criteria, (i.e., how much capital you invest on each binary option contract) for your trades and the automated software will sort out the rest. These parameters are rather technical however, and they have a lot to do with setting entry and exit conditions so that the auto-trading software knows what trades to make.

Final thoughts

Deciding whether to use binary options trading software or not, and if so, which trading software to use can be a crucial decision, with the potential for meaning the difference between success and loss.  The consequences of making the wrong trading decisions can be dire!  But don’t let this advice fill you with doubt and deter you. Therefore, do your homework well before you commit yourself to software.