Trading bots for every market we cover

Pick a market to see what moves it, what its history says, and what to know before you run a bot on it. Gold, crude oil, and EUR/USD are free; Pro unlocks the rest.

Commodities

  • Gold trading bot — Gold is the most popular market for MetaTrader bots: it trades almost around the clock, moves enough each day to be worth trading, and has decades of clean daily history to learn from.
  • Crude Oil trading bot — Crude oil is one of the most traded commodities in the world, with large daily moves driven by supply, demand and headlines.
  • Silver trading bot — Silver behaves like gold's more excitable sibling: it often moves the same way, but with bigger swings in both directions.
  • Corn trading bot — Corn is the biggest US crop, and its price follows the growing season from spring planting to autumn harvest.
  • Wheat trading bot — Wheat is a global staple grown on several continents, so weather and trade news from around the world keep it moving.
  • Soybeans trading bot — Soybeans have two growing seasons a year: North America's and South America's, which keeps news flowing all year round.
  • Coffee trading bot — Coffee is a weather market: a frost or drought in Brazil can move prices more in a week than most markets move in a month.
  • Oats trading bot — Oats are a small, quiet grain market that often follows corn but has its own supply story.
  • Cotton trading bot — Cotton connects farming and fashion: its price follows crops in a handful of countries and demand from textile mills.
  • Lumber trading bot — Lumber is a housing market in disguise: its price rises and falls with homebuilding.
  • Feeder Cattle trading bot — Feeder cattle are young cattle sold to feedlots, so their price depends on both beef demand and the cost of feed.
  • Copper trading bot — Copper is called "Dr. Copper" because its price tracks the health of the global economy so closely.
  • Natural Gas trading bot — Natural gas is one of the most volatile markets a bot can trade: big trends, sharp reversals and strong seasonal behaviour.

Forex

  • EUR/USD trading bot — EUR/USD is the most traded currency pair in the world, with the tightest spreads, which makes it a natural first market for a trading bot.
  • GBP/USD trading bot — GBP/USD, nicknamed "Cable", moves more than EUR/USD and reacts sharply to UK news.
  • USD/JPY trading bot — USD/JPY is driven by the difference between US and Japanese interest rates, and by the yen's role as a safe haven.
  • USD/CHF trading bot — USD/CHF pairs the US dollar with the Swiss franc, one of the world's classic safe-haven currencies.
  • AUD/USD trading bot — AUD/USD is a commodity currency pair: the Australian dollar tends to rise and fall with metal prices and China's economy.
  • USD/CAD trading bot — USD/CAD, nicknamed the "Loonie", links the US dollar to the Canadian dollar, which moves with the price of oil.
  • NZD/USD trading bot — NZD/USD, the "Kiwi", is a smaller commodity currency pair driven by New Zealand's economy and global risk appetite.

Indices

  • SPY trading bot — SPY tracks the S&P 500. On PositionAlpha its chart uses the ETF; commercial positioning comes from E-mini S&P 500 (ES) futures COT.
  • QQQ trading bot — QQQ tracks the Nasdaq-100. The chart here is the ETF; COT positioning is from E-mini Nasdaq-100 (NQ) futures.
  • IWM trading bot — IWM tracks the Russell 2000 small-cap index. Price on PositionAlpha is the ETF; COT comes from E-mini Russell 2000 (RTY) futures.
  • DIA trading bot — DIA tracks the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The chart is the ETF; COT positioning is from DJIA × $5 (YM) futures.