Investors and speculators in the financial market know that the main enemy to make money in this world is precisely the emotional factor. Human beings have desires, wants, greed and fears that make the activity decide the best time to buy and/or sell a real challenge.

When we are working with Investment Robots, we are discussing a strategy that has been previously defined and structured so that it can be executed in a timely manner. Fortunately, robots do not get tired, stress or have any feelings that allow misunderstandings and / or biases when buying or selling.

Recent data (year 2018) show that more than 50% of US financial operations are done by investment robots (Expert Advisors - EA).
In this e-book we will learn how to create, step by step, an automated investment strategy. We will create an EA from scratch using the MetaTrader 5 MQL5 programming language.

MetaTrader 5 is a powerful platform for visualizing, operating and scheduling investment strategies for various types of financial markets.
We will develop a cross-over strategy of two moving averages (one fast and one slow) with the possibility of an input filter in the trader with the very popular RSI (Relative Strength Index) indicator.

Our robot will be multi-strategy. It can work, using as input triggers in the operations, only the crossing of the moving averages, only the RSI or both (crossing of averages plus RSI).
We will also learn how to make backtests. Thus we will be able to test various setups on historical data of various financial assets. The e-book is full of screen capturing guidelines, using the main MetaTrader 5 and MetaEditor fields.

Let's learn the programming syntax in MetaEditor. We have several features when programming with MQL5. It already presents a very significant set of libraries to work with graphical manipulation, mathematical operations, statistics, with price structures and control of sales orders.
Here's a summary of what you'll learn from reading this e-book:

-Learn how to install MetaTrader 5;
-Know the main benefits of MetaTrader's online portal;
-Understand the main features and differences between MetaTrader and MQL5:
-Learn to add indicators and robots;
-Know MetaEditor and some of the key shortcuts to make programming easier;
-Learn the MQL5 programming syntax;
-Know the main functions of the MQL5 development libraries.
-Create a strategy using trend indicators (moving averages) and consolidated market (Relative Strength Index - RSI);
-Program a multi-strategy Robot step-by-step;
-Make backtests of EA created;
-Know the backtest statistics;
-And much more.