So, you want to become an algorithmic trader, but not sure where to start. Maybe you already have some knowledge about trading the markets, and want to take it to the next level by using automation. Maybe you are a college student and want to learn about algorithmic trading. Maybe you are already a professional trader, and want to learn how to create your own systems in python on your own, without hiring expensive software developers. This book will be focused on the creation of a trading system from scratch. This book is a practitioners guide to getting up and running with a forex trading system in python. We won’t go deep into programming or trading theory and background. Instead, this book will focus on getting a person with little to no coding experience up and running with a working python system - learn by doing. My goal in writing this book is to move you from somebody that has interest in systematically trading the forex markets to someone who actually trades the forex markets using python systems that you build yourself! This book will cover the following - How to set up and manage python in conda environments - Introductory level python coding techniques through examples - Implementation of a simple 1-hour trend based system with 1:1 risk to reward through Oanda broker - Complicated logic & mathematics used for forex position sizing - Python code of an end to end system that will trade forex for you And best of all you will not have to risk your own real money or buy any extra tools! We will dive straight into building the python system that will get you trading the forex markets in no time.