An important service and expertise we offer clients is the ability to monitor and execute futures trading systems on their behalf. By assisting investors with professionally developed and carefully researched computerized trading systems, we provide a powerful investment vehicle to our clients. Whether you are experienced or new to systems trading, we will assist you in selecting a system that is right for you. We will monitor the markets and place the orders on your behalf. Free from having to deal with the high costs of hardware, software and research, our service lets you monitor the progress as you like, 24 hours a day.

Most "human" traders, whether they are amateurs or professionals, run the risk of rising emotions. For some investors its ego, greed or wishful thinking that undermines effectiveness. For others its denial, fear or panic that shakes confidence. When it comes to investing in complex futures markets, human emotion can cause investors to be inconsistent and undisciplined. The commonly held belief that 9 out of 10 futures traders lose money can be partially explained as a consequence of human emotion. 

System Discipline

Futures Trading Systems are the "machine" antidote to human emotionality. A computer-based trading system generates instructions based solely on programmed rules. These system rules determine timing for market entry and exit, profit targets, and protective stops to limit losses. A system's binary code is emotionless. The system does not believe, feel, worry or obsess over a trade. It simply transacts unemotionally. System execution is objective, disciplined, quantitative and scientific.

During the past decade the principals of Trade Center, LLC. have had the opportunity to work with and observe the trading habits and strategies of many clients. Based on our experience with investors, we have identified some of the characteristics we believe differentiate their methods of trade. While not true of all investors, the following illustrates some of the differences we have noticed between an investor who uses a trading system and an investor who does not.

The Non-System Investor   Immediate gratification Changes mind mid-stream Undercapitalizes trades Over commits to single market Unable to monitor all opportunities Tries to predict/outsmart the markets

The System Investor   Follows system's long-term strategy Disciplined implementation Account size predetermined to fit system Diversified into multiple markets Constant observation global markets Assumes favorable ratio of gains over losses