Security lies at the core of Gmail security in Email Trader, an app that connects to your Gmail account to transform email alerts into automated trading actions. Because the app deals directly with your Gmail inbox and your trading accounts, its architecture relies on one of the most trusted ecosystems available — Google’s own security framework. […]
Automating trades is rising among active traders who want to act on signals without screen-watching. Two tools that offer code-free trade automation are Email Trader and SignalStack. Both aim to bridge trading alerts to broker accounts automatically, but they take very different approaches. This article provides an in-depth look at Email Trader and SignalStack […]
In trading, some ideas sound almost too simple to be true. One of them is the momentum effect: assets that are going up tend to keep going up, and those going down often keep sliding. This effect has been studied for decades, and it’s powerful enough to inspire both academic papers and real-world trading strategies. […]
Connect Gmail to Email Trader, and manage alerts step by step By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have Email Trader linked to a dedicated Gmail inbox, alerts flowing reliably into the app, and rules in place so no signal is ever lost in spam. The flow is designed for simplicity, security, and peace of […]
There are books you read and forget, and there are books that permanently change how you see the world. The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel belongs to the second category for me. It has profoundly shaped my view of trading, investing, and even life itself. That’s why I felt I had to bring […]
Connect to Interactive Brokers (IBKR), step by step. By the end of this tutorial, Email Trader will be connected to IBKR via the official TWS/IB Gateway API, with reliable auto‑restart, and a validated connectivity test on EUR/USD. The flow is designed for clarity, safety, and low friction. Good to know Email Trader runs locally and […]
Email Trader: A Secure, Low-Cost Bridge to IBKR Automation. Before diving into the step-by-step setup, it’s worth stepping back to look at the bigger picture: what is Email Trader, why does it exist, and what makes it different? This article is the first in a three-part series that walks you through the full setup of […]
Interactive Brokers’ Trader Workstation (TWS) is famous for its robustness — but also for its daily logoff. By default, TWS disconnects once every 24 hours, forcing many users to believe they must manually re-enter their username and password every morning. With TWS Auto Restart, this hassle disappears. That may sound like a necessary evil… […]
FAQ (common questions we anticipate) Q1. 5–15s latency… isn’t that too slow? For HFT, yes. But for most retail algo strategies (Swing trading, daily/weekly systems from TradingView), a few seconds don’t change the outcome. The trade-off is stronger security + zero server dependency. Q2. What if Gmail goes down? Gmail has ~99.9% uptime and globally […]
I thought Reddit could be the place to share a new take on trading automation — and the product it inspired. Turns out, the first rule of Reddit Club is: DON’T. So instead of posting on Reddit, I’ll publish here, calmly, what I had prepared in its shortest version, without filter, as censored immediately (<1 […]